Techniques for handling and converting timber. Safety and health guidelines.
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Theme: Timber
Competencies
Competence in Linguistic Communication
Mathematical competence in science, technology and engineering
Personal, social and learning to learn competence
Entrepreneurial Competence
Subjects and year by Educational System
Spain > Technology and digitisation > 1st ESO > Troubleshooting process. Workshop tools and machines
Spain > Technology and digitisation > 2nd ESO > Troubleshooting process. Workshop tools and machines
Spain > Technology and digitisation > 3rd ESO > Troubleshooting process. Workshop tools and machines
Enunciation
Observations and context
We can relate the invention of the circular saw, made by Sarah Tabitha Babbitt, to other far-reaching inventions for industry and technological progress made by women: Wifi (Hedy Lamarr), GPS (Gladys Mae West), the electronic book (Ángela Ruiz Robles), anti-reflective glass (Katharine Blodgett), vacuum packaging (Amanda Jones), fiber optic cable (Shirley Jackson), VoiP technology (Marian Croak), portable X-rays (Marie Curie) or Kevlar (Stephanie Kwolek).
Description
Type: Exercises to put into practise the different techniques for log handling and conversion, as well as the safety and health guidelines that should be followed, framed in the topic of timber.
OBJECTIVES: Analysing the methodology for obtaining timber, the properties of this material and its byproducts, and how it is used in technological projects; learning about safety and health guidelines.