It can sometimes be a challenging task to impress upon students the relationship between science and technology. When working in a classroom setting, it is important to bring real world examples to the students because it helps to round out their education. Relating to students with real world examples is key in helping them grasp an understanding of this relationship. Understanding how science enables technological advancement will also give students insight into how the two, science and technology, can help society as a whole.
This post presents two solid examples you can present to students that will get them thinking about how important science is to the advancement of technology. Scientific findings have spurred much fantastic technological advancement. Impressing this upon students will help them have more respect for science as well as encouraging them to think about not only the scientific process, but the application as well.
Technological advances can be developed in many different areas of science such as environment, forensic, geological, physical, chemical, etc.
# Example 1
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The first example of the relationship between science and technology I would like to explain is using heat produced by your body to create energy. “News in Science
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the write up was no bad, but for middle school students to understand, the examples of real day to day life would have been better. The nanotechnology and the knee gadget are yet to be introduced at large scale.
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