Understanding Technology is designed for middle school introductory technology education courses. The text explains technology, what it is, how it works, and how it affects our lives. Text content centers around the four basic industrial technology systems of manufacturing, construction, communication, and transportation. It introduces students to important topics such as resources, design, production systems, and biorelated systems. This text not only provides students with a basic knowledge of technology, it will help them develop problem-solving abilities, assess and apply technology, and develop communication skills.

Provides instant access to useful instructional resources, ready to print, as you need them. Reproducible masters are presented in PowerPoint format for easy classroom use. Related Web links allow you to connect to numerous online resources. Also included are lesson plans that you can quickly customize to make daily lesson planning easy.
Also included on this CD is the ExamView Assessment Suite.
System Requirements
Windows 98 SE (or higher); Minimum 128 MB of RAM (256 MB RAM recommended); Intel Pentium II 450 MHz processor (or higher); Adobe(R) Reader(R) (download link included on CD); PowerPoint(R) or PowerPoint Viewer (download link included on CD) or higher; Internet browser (Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer recommended).

Understanding Technology is designed for middle school introductory technology education courses. The text explains technology, what it is, how it works, and how it affects our lives. Text content centers around the four basic industrial technology systems of manufacturing, construction, communication, and transportation. It introduces students to important topics such as resources, design, production systems, and biorelated systems. This text not only provides students with a basic knowledge of technology, it will help them develop problem-solving abilities, assess and apply technology, and develop communication skills.