my dad was born 1980 and is 37 years old=the personal computer
Home computers were a class of microcomputers entering the market in 1977, and becoming common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers that, for the first time, were intended for the use of a single nontechnical
my mum was born 1981 and is 36 years old=space shuttel
The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of the Space Shuttle program.
phone
tv
radio
Nuclear power was to the coal fired power station what steam power had been to the horse drawn carriage : a game changer.
State why Nuclear power was better than steam power?doesint pump out black smoke into the enviroment
What are the downsides to nuclear power?an nucleur power station could melt down and get exposed to it and die
Give an example where there has been a chemical plant explosion and when?chernobyl
Find a picture of it and put it here….
Who invented the Apple and when?steve jobs,ronald wayne,steve wozniak it was invented in 1947
Name some of the many things that computers so for us to make our lives easier?we can facetime people,we can check stuff on the internet,can do our homework on there
What is the computer replacing? sterio and television
Find a picture of the first apple computer and the latest apple computer/laptop now.
What ways do we use planes other than for travel? to transport stuff
Find a picture of the first air NZ passenger plane and the latest air NZ passenger plane. What technologies have improved in that time...what has improved?you can fit more people in and can you travel faster
What did cars replace?
Henry fords assembly-line production style made the automobile affordable and accsable to the average person (before Ford’s Model T was introduced in 1908, only the fabulously wealthy could afford a car). The automobile gave everyone a degree of mobility and personal freedom our forefathers could only dream of, and turned entire generations of teenagers into raging revheads.
Find an image of Henry Ford’s first automobile and an image of the latest electric car, and explain how we have come with cars.
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Positives of Rockets
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Negatives of rockets
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| make international calls | can be used as a weapon |
| accesing out of space | bigger |
| place satelites in space | more powerful |
| predict weather |
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Who invented the first submarine and when. Find an example where submarines were usd in WWII. Find an image and put it here….john phillep holland and they where used to sink ships in ww2
Who invented Antibiotics and when? How did this change health care forever?allexander flemming in 1928 it saved a lot of lives
TV’s - include an image of the first TV and a TV today. How has the tv had a positive effect on our lives and a negative effect?news source,teacher,entertainer but it also destroys our brain cells and renders as emotionaly
What did people do before the invention of the internet?play outside
Explain 10 ways in which you use the internet for your education and learning.
List here…
learning sites
face time with a tutor
news current event
blogs
email
shopping streaming video
online schooling
social networking
information
proffesional devolepment
How was the radio crucial during WWII?you were able to give information of were the enemy was and could send reinforcements
How does the radio work - find an image or diagram and put it here….
How has the internet impacted the radio?not as much people are buying radios now because they can get there information of the internet7
