Environmental Engineering

What is technology?

• Only cellphones

• Only computers

• Anything created to help solve a problem or to make life easier

• Just electronics

Which is NOT an example of technology?

• Wind-up Toy

• Volcano

• Cellphone

• Broom

What is an engineer?

• Someone who fixes computers

• Someone who works on cars

• Someone who puts roofs on buildings

• Someone who used his/her knowledge of Science and Math to design objects or systems to solve problems

Dana and John were building a small windmill together. The two of them attached the blades to the rotor and it began to spin.

Which step of the Engineering Design Process do you think Dana and John were working on?

• Ask

• Imagine

• Plan

• Create

David is working on a design. He made a list like the one below. Which step of the Engineering Design Process is this?

Things we can do to make our assembly line work faster:

Make the lever longer Put simple machines closer together Attach another bucket to the cart

• Improve

• Plan

• Create

• Ask

When water dries up and goes back into the air:

• Evaporation

• Pollution

• Bacteria

• Filter

A type of light with rays like intense sunshine that can burn and destroy microbes:

• Bright light

• Lightbulb

• Ultraviolet light

• Filter

Something that separates contaminants from water or another substance:

• Water

• Pollution

• Bacteria

• Filter

Harmful substances that dirty the environment

• Water Purification

• Pollution

• Engineer

• Evaporation

In our story, Saving Salila's Turtle, where did it take place?

• India

• Spain

• United States

• China