Systems

Systems

Exploring Technology
KSB 1 Lesson 3

Purpose of Lesson

This lesson enables students to have a better understanding of how technology is systematically designed and how important the feedback part of the system design is in determining whether the technology is designed as desired.

Enduring Understandings

• Identify how technologies are interdependent.

• Explain the four essential elements of a four-part, closed-loop system.

• Examine how each part of a closed-loop system is necessary to ensure that the technology performs its desired goal and/or function.

• Analyze how different technologies depend on similar and different sets of processes.

• Demonstrate and explain how the quality of technology is often a result of the integrity of the system and the resources used in the process.

Open Ended

The BIG Idea

Technology is most useful when each facet of its creative design is carefully considered, such as its inputs, processes, output, and feedback.

The BIG Idea

Technology is most useful when each facet of its creative design is carefully considered, such as its inputs, processes, output, and feedback.

This statement emphasizes the importance of considering every aspect of technology's design in order to maximize its usefulness.
When creating technology, it is crucial to carefully think about various elements such as the inputs, processes, output, and feedback.

Systems Categories

• Inputs

• Processes

• Outputs

• Feedback

Input

​Data or information it receives

Processes

​How it operates or functions.

Outputs

​The results it produces.

Feedback

​The information it receives in response to its performance.

Test Your Knowledge

Multiple Choice

1.    ________________ is described as a set of parts that work together as a unit.

• System

• Subsystem

• Process

• Feedback

Multiple Choice

2.    A _______________ is something that goes into a system, a resource such as time, money, communication, etc.

• Input

• Process

• Output

• Feedback

Multiple Choice

3.     _________________ is a systematic sequence of actions that combines resources to produce an output.

• Input

• Process

• Output

• Feedback

Multiple Choice

4. Companies use _______________ to determine if changes need to be made to the inputs or processes of a product.

• Feedback

• Process

• Output

• Input

Multiple Choice

5. The ___________ of a system is the result of the system's process.

• Input

• Output

• Process

• Feedback

Technology Can be designed to be more effective and efficient in meeting its intended purpose.

Class Activity