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7th/8th Grade PLTW
Activity A.2 Introduction to Engineering
Term | Definition |
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Process | Human activities used to create, invent, design, transform, produce, control, maintain, and use products or systems; a sequence of actions that combines resources to produce an output. |
Science | The study of our natural world through observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanations. |
Math | The science of patterns and order and the study of measurement, properties, and the relationships of quantities using numbers and symbols. |
Engineering | Using technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems. |
Technology | The way people use resources to meet their wants and needs. |
Invention | A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentation. |
Innovation | An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something. |
System | A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a goal. |