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Create a presentation in PowerPoint, Word, Activstudio, Movie Maker, Photostory3, etc. outlining how one technology tool works.

Website: http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Requirements:

û Title Page- First /Last name

û Explain how your apparatus works. -5 slides

û Provide several pictures. –on every slide/page

û Label the parts of your tool.

û Who was inventor? When?

û Why was it invented? For what purpose?

û Do we still use the tool the same way? What has changed?

û Where is this apparatus built/manufactured?

û What are the raw materials used to build this product?

û What are the costs to build? What does it sell for? What is the profit margin?

û Health risks/benefits?

û How do YOU use this device?

û Unusual facts?

û Does the tool have a nickname?

û Can we live without this technology instrument? Explain.

û Can this tool be improved? How?

û How does this tool make our lives easier? More efficient.

û What is the most interesting thing you have learned?- 5 sentences

û Create a 5 question quiz at the end. -5 slides

Ø      No less than 20 slides. The design is up to you.

Ideas:


 

·          Computer

·          TV-plasma/HD

·          Light bulb

·          Printer

·          Computer mouse

·          Refrigerator/freezer

·          Car

·          Phone/cell phone/text messaging

·          Internet

·          Satellites

·          iPod/iPhone

·          Space shuttle


 

 

 

 

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