Summary Grade 8 Technology (TECH) Summaries - Term 2 (Spot On)

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Summaries after sample

, Negative impact on society

Negative impact • Factory and farming machinery – machines can
increase unemployment.
• Technology has improved • Electronic communication – People no longer meet
the standard of living for face to face.
many. • Computer games – children don’t play outside or
• Some has negative impact. getting exercise in fresh air.
• Negative impact can
• Packaging – pollution and litter.
influence both, natural
world and human



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behaviour.
• Plastic bags have negative U3: Negative
impact on environment.
• Technology can create and
impact of
solve problems that impact technology
society.



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• Solutions can compensate
(make up for something) or
counteract (prevent or
reduce) the negative impact.
Solutions that compensate
• Plastic bags:
• Negative impact: Litter, dangerous to animals, non-biodegradable.
• Solutions: fabric bags, bio-degradable plastic.
• Computer games:
• Negative impact: Children – don’t play outside, don’t get enough exercise, do not interact.
• Solutions: computer games – Require players to do real life tasks, requires player to move,
multi-player games in which players must interact.




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