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| Technology | The use of knowledge to turn resources in to goods and services that extend our capabilities. |
| Engineering | The systematic application of mathematical, scientific, and technical principles produces tangible end products that meet our needs and desires. |
| Engineering Design Process | Defining the Challenge Explore Ideas Plan & Develop Test Idea Present the Solution |
| Prototype | A full size working model. |
| Resources | People, Information, Materials, Energy, Tools and Machines, Capital, and Time. |
| Innovation | The process of altering an existing product or system to improve it. |
| Invention | Creation of a new and unique product. |
| Brainstorming | A group problem-solving design process in which each person in the group presents his or her ideas in an open forum. |
| Constraints | What resources are available? |
| Information Age | Personal computers, cell phones, and portable electronic devices are tools used in this technological age. |
| Industrial Revolution | A period of time from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology advanced human knowledge and expansion. |
| Inclined Plane | A slanted surface used to raise an object. |
| Wedge | An inclined plane which moves. |
| Screw | An inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder to form a spiral. |
| Lever | A bar that pivots on a fulcrum. |
| Wheel | A lever that rotates in a circle around a center point or fulcrum. |
| Pulley | A chain, belt or rope wrapped around a wheel. |
| Face | Any surface of an object |
| Extrusion | A push or pull on any shape or a face of an object |
| Origin | The intersection of the X, Y, and Z Axes. |
| X Axis | Colored Red in Google Sketchup. |
| Y Axis | Colored Green in Google Sketchup |
| Z Axis | Colored Blue in Google Sketchup |
| Radius | Half the measure of the diameter of a circle |
| Diameter | The line that runs through the center of a circle and connects to opposite points on the circle. |
