TECHNOLOGY VS SCIENCE:

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TECHNOLOGY VS SCIENCE

• Like brothers! Or sisters!
• How are they similar different?

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After this presentation, your goal is to..

• Understand the definition of technology
• Determine the difference between science and
  technology
• Discover the human limitations, and the
  technology we use to overcome them
• Explore the characteristics of technology
• Know the resources of technology
• Find out what a Renewable and Nonrenewable
  resource is
• Describe how technology has led to more
  scientific knowledge.

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WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY?

• The application of knowledge, tools, and
  processes to solve practical problems and extend
  human capabilities.

• QUIZ What is TECHNOLOGY?
• A space suit?
• The internet?

• A newborn baby?

• Grass?

• An inoculation against smallpox?

• A hammer?

--A chair?
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How is TECHNOLOGY different than SCIENCE?
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SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
Technology is the application of knowledge.
Science is the accumulation of knowledge.
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SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY is the use of knowledge to turn
resources into the goods and services that
society needs.
SCIENCE is the study of WHY natural things
happen the way they do.
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SCIENTIST TECHNOLOGIST
Use the materials in the earth to make useful
objects.
Study how the earth was formed and what it is
made from.
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SCIENTIST TECHNOLOGIST
Build and launch space shuttles and satellites.
Study the relationship between the earth,
planets, and the stars.
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SCIENTIST TECHNOLOGIST
Technologists create new materials with improved
characteristics.
Study materials under a microscope to learn why
they have the characteristics that they do.
Nanotubes can make electrical wires that dont
loose electricity through heat!
Except Scientists can only grow nanotubes an
inch long! Check back in 20 years!
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SCIENTIST TECHNOLOGIST
Make artificial hearts and limbs.
Discover the way the human body works.
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SCIENTIST TECHNOLOGIST
Use codes to develop new medicines and vaccines.
Discover genetic codes that determine the nature
of life.
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SCIENTISTS TECHNOLOGISTS ARE A TEAM!
Biologists, chemists, and physicists are
Scientists
Architects, engineers, product designers and
technicians are
Technologists
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SCIENCE answers the question
Why do people from Asia look different from
people in South America?
Why does this material release electricity when
exposed to the sun?
Why does this chemical react with this one?
Why does the heart beat?
Why is the sun hot?
Why does glass break?
Why do we get cancer?
Why is the average global temperature rising?
WHY?
Why do some people struggle with their weight?
Why do we age?
Why does lighting strike?
Why are teenagers so moody?
Why do geese fly south for the winter?
Why do we have families?
Why do we hear when someone talks?
Why do we have earthquakes?
Why does the moon look like cheese?
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TECHNOLOGY answers the question
How can we best transport people from Asia to
South America?
How can we make electricity with the sun?
How can we make a non-explosive gasoline?
How can we protect ourselves from the sun?
How can we make an artificial heart?
How can we make an unbreakable glass?
How can we stop cancer?
How can we end global warming?
HOW?
How can we stop obesity?
How can we stop aging?
How can we avoid being hit by lighting?
How can we make teenagers less moody?
How can we moniter gees flying south for the
winter?
How can we create a home for a family?
How can we help a deaf person to hear?
How can we make buildings earthquake-proof?
How can we land on the moon?
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WE ARE LIMITED The 6 Human Limitations

1. Temperature

1. Muscles

1. Sight

1. Hearing

1. Speed

1. Touch

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10 Characteristics of Technology

1. Technology is evident in all cultures.

1. is knowledge based

1. is fundamental to humanity

1. is fundamental to survival

1. extends our capabilities

1. is accumulative

1. alters our culture

1. is future oriented

1. is observable

1. seeks harmony

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Resources for Technology

1. People

1. Information

1. Materials

1. Tools and Machines

1. Energy

1. Capital

1. Time

Time
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Resources can be either

• LIMITED
• In short supply
• Water in some places
• Petroleum
• UNLIMITED
• Available in great quantity
• Clay
• Iron ore
• Sand

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Renewable NonrenewableRAW MATERIALS

• Nonrenewable
• Cannot be grown or replaced
• E.g. Minerals, metal ores
• Iron ore, Copper Gold
• Oil, Coal Gas

• Renewable
• can be either grown or replaced
• E.g. Wood, rubber
• Animals Plants

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REVIEW

• What is the definition of technology?
• Which is the technologist Biologist or
  Architect?
• What are the human limitations? What technology
  do we use to overcome them?
• What are the characteristics of technology?
• Name the resources of technology
• Name three examples of a Renewable and
  Nonrenewable resource.
• WHO ASKS HOW? WHO ASKS WHY?

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Describe how technology has led to more science
knowledge. -steam engines developed many laws
and theories thermodynamics -Dutch
satellites advanced astronomy -electron
microscope cell study -liquid fuel rockets
-bombs-spacecraft- - moon landing- soil
samples -probes to planets.