Activity 1: Example of Technology Impacting society: The Atlatl

Source:

Source: Global Atmospheric Change Activity - http://www.ed.psu.edu/ci/Papers/STS/gac-5/a2.htm

HSTA Module Development, funded by NIH-SEPA RR-12329-01

 Purpose:

Students exposed to an invention used 1,000's of years ago, evaluate how this technology has impacted humans throughout history.

Materials:

Overhead projector, goggles, badminton racket, lacrosse stick, or similar toy, plastic wiffle ball or Nerf ball, 50 meter tape measure, graph paper, ruler

Time Frame:

1 1/2 hours

Procedure/Assessment

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