ACTIVITY Nº1:
1.1. Look for information about the main industries in your community. Write a short report about what is produced and how technology is used for.
1.2. Find out and write down the environmental problems that can come from those processes.
ACTIVITITY Nº2:
2.1. Complete the folowing table.
PRODUCT | NEEDS | KNOWLEDGE | SKILL | RISK |
Tin | Food | Chemist | Investigating | Factory waste |
PC |
Work and Leisure | Programmer | Computing | Factory waste | |
Car | Transport | Mecanic | Assembling | Factory waste |
Flute | Leisure | Musician | Playing | Noise |
2.2. Make a table with ten invents, their inventors and the date
INVENT | INVENTOR | YEAR |
Telephone | Antonio meucci | 1857 |
Locomotive | Richard Trevithick | 1804 |
Print | Johannes Guntenberg | 1440 |
Bulb | Thomas Alva Edison | 1879 |
Television | Constantin Perski | 1900 |
Paper | Ts´ai Lun | 105 DC |
Camera | Johann Zahn | 1685 |
Telescope | Galileo Galila | 1600 |
Microwave | Percy Le Baron Spencer | 1945 |
Microphone | Edward Hughes | 1878 |
Sewing Machine | Barthélemy Thimmonir | 1830 |
Thermostater | Andrew Ure | 1830 |
Stapler | Samuel Slowm | 1841 |
Lift | Elisha Otis Grave | 1851 |
Fan | John Joseph Wright | 1882 |
ACTIVITY Nº3:
3.1. Find out the opposites of these word:
a) Pull out; pull in
a) Pull out; pull in
b) Put on; pull off
c) Put together; pull apart
d)Put in; pull out
3.2. Match the tools you need with the actions:
a) To cut a plywood board; Saw
b) To glue two pieces of woo; Glue and Clamps
c) To measure a board; Ruler or Set Square
d) To sand a corner of a pieces of planks; File or Sand Paper
e)To make a hole; Drill
f) To insert a nail; Hammer
3.3. Write down in your blog why this actions are dangerous in a workshop:
a) running: I think running is dangerous because you might fall.
b) jumping: I think jumping is dangerous because you can fall and hurt yourself with a tool
c) having loose hair: I think having lose hair is dangerous because it can be caught by the machines
d) push: I think pushing is dangerous because you can push a classmate against a machine and hurt him
3.3. Write down in your blog why this actions are dangerous in a workshop:
a) running: I think running is dangerous because you might fall.
b) jumping: I think jumping is dangerous because you can fall and hurt yourself with a tool
c) having loose hair: I think having lose hair is dangerous because it can be caught by the machines
d) push: I think pushing is dangerous because you can push a classmate against a machine and hurt him
3.4.- Copy and complete these sentenses about health and safety.
· a) "You musn´t wear rings or having loose hair because: they can be caught by the machines
· b) "You musn´t make too much noise because: you can disturb your classmates
· c) "You must keep your workstation clean and tidy because: if you don't do it you will not work properly
3.5.- Match the tools you need with the actions. Use your dictionary. Copy them into your notebook and draw a picture of the tools next to the word
1.-Glue and clamps B | a) To cut a plywood board/ 2 |
2.-Saw A | b)To glue two pieces of Wood/ 1 |
3.-Ruler or set square E | c) To sand the corner of a piece of planks/ 4 |
4.-File or sandpaper C | d) To insert an eye bolt in a piece of wood/ 5 |
5.-Punch or make a hole D | e) To measure a board/ 3 |