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(7.20) Science, technology, and society. The student understands the impact of scientific discoveries and technological innovations on the political, economic, and social development of Texas.
The student is expected to:Related Handbook of Texas Online articles:
A: compare types and uses of technology, past and present;
B: identify Texas leaders in science and technology such as Roy Bedichek, Walter Cunningham, Michael DeBakey, and C.M. "Dad" Joiner;
C: analyze the effects of scientific discoveries and technological innovations, such as barbed wire, the windmill, and oil, gas, and aerospace industries, on the developments of Texas;
D: evaluate the effects of scientific discoveries and technological innovations on the use of resources such as fossil fuels, water, and land;
E: analyze how scientific discoveries and technological innovations have resulted in an interdependence among Texas, the United States, and the world; and
F: make predictions about economic, social, and environmental consequences that may result from future scientific discoveries and technological innovations.

Created by Michel Hinton, Hogg Middle School, Houston ISD, April 2002.

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