Seven Resources of Technology

   UNDERSTANDING THE SEVEN RESOURCES FOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

Please complete the 7 resources Pre Assessment

SEVEN RESOURCES A DOCUMENTARY    

SEVEN RESOURCES A REVIEW

CLASS WORK

CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO COMPLETE THE REVIEW SHEET 

• Seven Resources.
•  Resource article 

     

PUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST WITH THE FOLLOWING PROJECT

In class project exploring problem solving and resources that are necessary to produce any technological product or application

Tallest tower Design Problem

                               PLEASE CHOOSE A PARTNER FOR THE PROJECT Above 

Dream Waves

 "Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible"                                                            ~ Albert Einstein

Now that I have your attention!
Imagine you are laying there on a summer day with your little cousin watching the clouds float by across the summer sun and they said to you, lets build a ladder to the sun.....

WOULD YOU DO IT!

NOW THAT YOUR MIND IS IN THE CORRECT SPACE, PRETEND YOU ARE 6 YEARS OLD...CLOSE YOUR EYES AND BRING YOURSELF BACK TO THAT TIME...FEEL THE CREATIVITY FLOW.. 

ASSIGNMENT #1 

YOUR CREATIVITY TASK:

INVENT  SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT EXIST...

EXAMPLES:

THE LADDER TO THE SUN, SPRAY ON SOCKS, A WINDOW THAT TRANSPORTS YOU ANYWRE IN THE WORLD.

THE KEY TO THIS IS YOU HAVE TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT EXIST.  THERE ARE NO LIMITATIONS IN THE DESIGN OF YOUR PRODUCT.  

DELIVERABLES

1) Sketch your product clearly, sketch it large, label each part

2) Write a crazy good description, you want to sell this product 

ASSIGNMENT #2 

Why you should Think out side the box ~ 

1)Read  The article

2) Make certain you are logged into your Gmail.

3) Post a comment about what specifically struck you about this article in the comment section below.  

Down Stream Effects

Plastic In Our Oceans 

Bill Schubat VPR about plastic in the oceans

video on the garbage in the oceans. 

Swimm

                                   Do You contribute to Ocean Pollution? Let's find out! 

Boyan Slat 

video on his new design of his system that was deployed off the coast of CA

Interceptor 007 faces rain event in LA 

Interceptor 006 Guatemala

               First Product Created of Plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch 

ASSIGNMENT 

As we discuss the realizations, Engineers and Scientists may have not considered the impacts and  Downstream affects of critical decisions, consider the actions which have led to the extreme pollution across the world, answer the following questions.  

Post your answers in the comment section to below questions. 

In your observations of the videos identify obstacles which would hold back or hinder the collection process of the ocean clean up and the interceptors 

Take a stance on whether these types of collection devices are serving the symptom or the cause in the fight against pollution and environmental inequality for some across the world?