The ENIAC was one of the first computers.

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5th Grade Technology in our World Project

Card 1 - General Definition of Technology

Card 2 - Advanced Definition of Technology http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/trinity/watistec.html

Card 3 - What is High and Low Technology? Include several pictures to support your claim.

Card 4, 5, 6 - Track the history of an invention. It must be from over 100 years ago. What did it look like at first? 50 years ago? Now? You must write a short essay on how the invention change our lives in a good way, and one negative impact it may have had on our lives or environment.

• The Swiss spaghetti harvest
• The 1800's Mechanical Man
• Dog Island
• Typing Monkey