Technology in Grade 8 explores how tools, machines, and digital systems shape human life. Through inquiry, students ask how innovations solve problems, why technology creates both opportunities and risks, and what future changes may look like. Instead of only using devices, they analyze impacts, design projects, and reflect on ethics. Activities such as coding, research, and collaborative design encourage creativity and problem solving. By linking technology to science, society, and daily routines, students understand that technology is not just equipment but a driving force of change, communication, and innovation.
🟢 Starter
- Define technology in one sentence.
- List five examples of technology used in daily life.
- Write five benefits of modern technology.
- Create a two-sentence explanation of innovation.
- Reflect: why does technology change so quickly?
- Identify five risks of technology use.
- Compare old technology and new technology.
- Write a paragraph about the role of electricity.
- List five examples of digital devices.
- Write a reflection on how technology supports learning.
- Create five examples of how technology saves time.
- Compare tools used at home and tools used at school.
- Write a paragraph about the role of the internet.
- List five examples of communication technology.
- Reflect: how does technology connect people?
- Write five examples of technology in transportation.
- Create a two-sentence explanation of artificial intelligence.
- Compare human labor and machine labor.
- Write a reflection on how technology affects health.
- List five careers related to technology.
🟡 Practice
- Write a paragraph on how technology changes education.
- Create a chart comparing renewable and nonrenewable energy technology.
- Research five consequences of overusing digital devices.
- Write a reflection on how technology changes friendships.
- Compare smartphones and computers in daily use.
- Create a project about designing a sustainable invention.
- Write five strategies for using technology responsibly.
- Research how robotics helps in medicine.
- Write a persuasive paragraph about access to technology for all.
- Create a poster showing safe online behavior.
- Compare digital learning and traditional learning.
- Write a reflection on how technology shapes culture.
- Research five technological advances in space exploration.
- Create a guide to protecting personal information online.
- Write a paragraph about how transportation technology shapes cities.
- Compare positive and negative impacts of social media.
- Write a reflection on how technology supports creativity.
- Research five careers in information technology.
- Create a project on technology reducing environmental impact.
- Reflect: how does technology prepare us for the future?
🔴 Challenge
- Write an essay on the importance of technology in society.
- Research how the internet transformed communication.
- Debate: should schools limit technology use in class?
- Create a project about solving a global problem with technology.
- Research five ethical issues in artificial intelligence.
- Write a persuasive essay about renewable technology investment.
- Compare technology in developing and developed countries.
- Write a reflection on how technology changes identity.
- Research how medical technology saves lives.
- Debate: is technology making people more dependent?
- Create a presentation on the future of virtual reality.
- Research five inventions that shaped human history.
- Write a short story imagining life without technology.
- Compare human intelligence and machine intelligence.
- Write a reflection on the balance between progress and ethics.
- Research how technology impacts climate change.
- Write a poem about human life and machines.
- Debate: is technology creating more jobs or taking them away?
- Write an essay on technology as a tool for global cooperation.
- Propose five new ways schools can make technology engaging.