Ancient Engineering & Technology
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Information Technology (IT)
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7th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Hard
CLAUDIA GUAJARDO
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6 Slides • 13 Questions
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Learn about the development of ancient Polynesian ship technology, from dugout canoes to catamarans, in this video from NOVA: Great Human Odyssey.
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Although there is no archeological evidence of the earliest boats, there are clues in Papua New Guinea, where people are still crafting dugout canoes like their ancestors did.
Great Human Odyssey
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Open Ended
How has technology evolved over time to suit our needs?
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Open Ended
Name an example of a piece of technology that has evolved and list the innovations required to improve its function.
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Open Ended
What are examples of types of boats? How does the design of each boat suit the needs of the user?
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Multiple Choice
How does an outrigger work? How did outriggers help humans settle islands in the Pacific?
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Multiple Choice
How does a sailboat travel into the wind?
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Multiple Choice
What are the advantages of a catamaran?
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Open Ended
How do you think that people first discovered the technology to build boats? Why was it necessary for them to develop this technology?
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Open Ended
How did early boat technology affect the success of humans?
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Learn about a bloomery, an ancient type of furnace that raised the temperature of fire enough to separate iron from rock, in this video from NOVA: Treasures of the Earth: Metals.
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With heat-resistant walls made of earth, clay, or stone, and pipes at its base, bloomeries were an important advance in smelting that enabled early iron production.
Treasures of the Earth
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Video Response
What daily objects do you use that have iron in them?
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Open Ended
What technology was developed to increase the temperature of flames to smelt iron? What was it made of and how did it work?
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Open Ended
Why does air make flames hotter? Describe the chemical reaction that occurs.
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Open Ended
How did iron transform the way that we live?
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Video Response
What are examples of other early technologies that transformed our society?
Learn about the development of ancient Polynesian ship technology, from dugout canoes to catamarans, in this video from NOVA: Great Human Odyssey.
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