Let Girls Learn STEM: Technology

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FOR SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES SPECIFICALLY FOR GIRLS

Let Girls Learn STEM: Technology

From Ancient Technology to the Technology of the Future

Goal:
Students will learn that technologies have been developed throughout history and that ancient technologies influenced present ones

Objective:
Students will learn about ancient technologies, how they created present technologies, the impact of technology on humans and how we live, and develop their own 22nd century technology design and prototype.

FOR GIRLS’ SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR GIRLS

This lesson is for students in middle grades and students with learning disabilities in higher grades.

Outcomes:
1. Students will understand how ancient technologies influence present technologies
2. Students will identify modern technologies that developed from ancient ones.
3. Students will design and create an artefact of a future technology.