Can students relate specific technologies to the extension of specific human attributes or senses?
Students will generally agree that technology extends human potential. Obvious examples include the wheel and other transportation innovations that extend our potential for movement, and electronic devices, such as TV, radio, and telephones, that extend our ability to communicate. Microscopes, telescopes, eyeglasses, and contact lenses extend and enhance our sense of vision. Computers and written materials can be seen as ways to extend memory. There are many other examples. Tip from the field test: Some students correctly pointed out that technology is also used to extend animal potential. • Ask students to consider only technologies that have increased our understanding of living systems. Do they extend any human attributes? If they do, which attributes are extended? Students will probably focus on those that extend vision, since they are the easiest to recognize. Examples could include radar, eyeglasses, contact lenses, and telescopes. Students also know that microscopes allow us to
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