Technology outdoors

Technology outdoors This book will inspire you
and give you ideas. Why this book? I wished there was a book on how to move parts of the technology subject outdoors.

The book presents a collection of exercises
on a number of technology-related
topics, such as environment and
sustainability, Learning should be a full-body experience. I decided to write a book on teaching technology outdoors when I was named Technology Teacher of the Year. At the time, I worked in a lower secondary school (year – , the last three years of compulsory school in the Swedish educat

ion system) and found myself lacking the methods, ideas and tools to move teaching outdoors. I feel support is needed to take the step out, since
teachers rarely have as much planning time as we need. My hope is that this book will be an aid in taking some technology teaching outdoors. I have chosen to put most of my effort into the didactic aspect,
to make it easier to actually hold lessons outdoors. It should not
be necessary to make extensive preparations for an outdoor lesson, preferably no more than for an indoor one. It should be easy and convenient for everyone involved. Most of the activities can be held in nature, in the immediate vicinity of the school or the schoolyard. Why stay inside when you can be outdoors? What is the benefit of holding lessons outdoors instead of in the
classroom where everyone is at home and knows how things should be? One of the most important reasons, in my view, is that everything is much easier outdoors. Pupils can apply all their senses to learning and it’s easy to provide concrete examples and illustrate connections between topics. It is also easier to see how things interact when you
can see all the technology around you.

Now my book is also translated into Japanese. Contact me at my email address and I forward your mail to the publisher in...
18/04/2020

Now my book is also translated into Japanese. Contact me at my email address and I forward your mail to the publisher in Japan.

18/04/2020

In these times it is perfect to teach outdoors. Therefore, extra price on my book to learn technology outdoors.
Cost; SEK 50 (Swedish money) + shipping.
This price is valid until July 30, 2020.
Order the book at: [email protected]

Make a Water wheel Time: 40 minutes.Materials: Knives; potatoes or apples.Purpose: To build a water wheel and see how it...
10/02/2015

Make a Water wheel
Time: 40 minutes.
Materials: Knives; potatoes or apples.
Purpose: To build a water wheel and see how it works. To demonstrate the technological development of water power and harnessing of the energy of moving water.
Level: 10 – 16
Method
Embed rows of sticks into a potato or apple to form paddles. There should be five to six rows on each potato. Add straight sticks, about 10 cm long, at each end. Put two forked sticks in a streambed and hang the water wheel between them.

Information
Today, turbines are used instead of water wheels. Turbines can turn faster, and are more efficient. The water wheel is a good example of technological progress in the middle ages. It clearly demonstrates that medieval culture was mechanically and technologically aware.2
Water wheels were also constructed for use in mines and forges. These typically used a different construction. The primary power source was not the water’s kinetic energy; instead, buckets on the wheel were filled from a water source above the wheel and pulled down by gravity.

Didactic Christmas Present: Teaching Technology outdoors for only 10 Euro.Contact me on Facebook and order the book.
07/12/2014

Didactic Christmas Present: Teaching Technology outdoors for only 10 Euro.
Contact me on Facebook and order the book.

20/01/2014

Technical innovations
Time: minutes.
Materials: None.
Purpose: To identify the pupils’ concepts of technology. To gain
insight into the pupils’ understanding of the technology in their daily
lives.
Level: –
Method
Gather the class in a circle. Gathering in a circle is always good because
it allows eye contact with all the pupils while making it easy to
see and hear each other.
One person – the teacher at first – stands in the middle of the
circle. e person in the middle thinks of a technical innovation, for
example a toaster, then points at someone in the ring and names the
object. e person pointed at ducks, and those to the sides repeat the
word and point at each other.
Note: point with the whole hand, so there is no ambiguity about
who is being pointed at.
e last of the three to respond changes places with the person in
the middle, and the game continues. No innovation may be named
more than once. Only one person is in the middle at a given time.
e person in the middle determines who was last and should
take the next turn. If the class is large, divide them into two groups.
is is a good activity for a cold day, to warm everyone up.
I laugh at myself a lot.
e person who knows
how to laugh at himself
will never cease to be
amused.
Shirley MacLaine

14/10/2013

This page is intended to promote a book I wrote that is about how you can work with technology outside - outdoor environment as inspiration. (it is also available in Swedish and is published by Outdoor teaching) The book is intended for both teachers and facilitators spread working outdoors with groups such as scouting. My idea is that learning should be enjoyable, fun and creative - a learning experience that is felt in the whole body.
Contact me at brage.carina @ gmail.com
if you are interested to know more, or add a post / question on this page.
The book is available both digitally and as a printed book.

13/10/2013

Teaching Technology Outdoors
This book places the technology subject in its proper context – the outdoors. The book presents a collection of exercises on a number of technology-related topics, such as environment and sustainability, food, water, re, simple machines and the history of technology. There is also a chapter on outdoor safety.
Learning should be a full-body experience. The technology
subject should be approachable and fun for pupils and teacher alike.
Carina Brage

13/10/2013
12/10/2013

My objective in writing this book has been to provide methods and
tools to achieve the goals of the technology subject in arenas other
than the classroom. ere is a chapter on outdoor safety at the end of the book, because this is often requested in the teacher training courses I’ve held. Knowing what to do when something unanticipated happens provides a sense of security. Experiment and experience learning with all your senses and your whole body. Take advantage of the opportunities provided by the outdoors, where you never run out of space.
I wish you well and hope this book will be helpful and inspire you
with the joy to move part of your technology teaching outdoors.

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