History of Engineering

History of Engineering
Principles of Applied Engineering

Open Ended

How do you think technology started? What was the first piece of technology?

Draw

Draw what you think our first tools looked like.

Divides human history into 3 consecutive time periods named for their particular tool making technologies

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​"Three Age" System

Reorder

What order did the Three Age System occur in?

Reorder the following

• Stone Age

• Bronze Age

• Iron Age

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2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

• 1 million BC to about 3,000 BC

• Nomadic lives

• Humans made tools from stone

• Axes, spears, scrapers, tools for starting fires, bows for hunting

• Bone for needles to sew clothing from animal skin

Stone Age

• ​3,000 BC to 12,000 BC

• Discovery of copper a soft metal

• Bronze came from melting copper & tin

• Bronze tools lighter & sharper

• Knives, hooks, pins, urns, and vessels

Bronze Age

• ​It began around 1200 BC in the Middle East and spread to other parts of the world over the next few centuries

• Iron used to make tools & weapons

• During the Iron Age, there were many advances in technology, including the invention of the plow, the sword, and the chariot

Iron Age

• Irrigation canals

• Dams

• Water storage facilities

Irrigation

• ​Latrines

• Holes in the ground

Sewage Systems

• ​Ancient Rome aqueducts

Aqueducts

Multiple Choice

What resource were the Nabataeans successfully able to conserve and use?

• Terracotta

• Clay

• Water

Multiple Choice

How did Marcus Agrippa contribute to Roman Empire water system?

• He created the first aqueduct

• He improved and extended existing aqueducts

• He built the first toilet

• ​8,000 BC

• We start growing our own food

• Wheat & barely

​​Wheat & Barely

• ​Flax for linen cloth

Flax

• ​4,000 BC

• Efficient farming

Plow

Open Ended

Describe the ways in which the complexity of civilization led to inventive and innovative ways of doing things.