Explain how technology and science are related

When you're playing Angry Birds on your smart phone, you likely don't realize how important science is to what you're doing. As the birds catapult through the air, science is probably the last thing on your mind. Aside from the physics involved in sending feathered projectiles flying through the air, there's a far deeper connection between science and playing your favorite games. That's because all technology, from smart phones to medical scanners to cars, are intimately connected with science. Without science, they wouldn't exist.

Science is the study of the natural world by collecting data through a systematic process called the scientific method. And technology is where we apply science to create devices that can solve problems and do tasks. Technology is literally the application of science. So it really is impossible to separate the two. In this lesson, we're going to go into a little bit more detail about how science and technology are related, including some examples.