In these classrooms, as in real life, inquiry and subject matter are inextricable. In the early stages of any project, a teacher may need to identify the important questions for the class. By owning the questions, students come to appreciate the power of the answers that science and technology afford them. Technology is intimately connected to science and they are combined in this framework. But science and technology are not identical.
Science involves the discovery of fundamental relationships that help explain the natural world.
It extends human potential for controlling the natural and human-made environment. The progress of science is dependent on technology. From bolts to bytes, science research relies so heavily on technology that most scientific advances can be traced to improvements in technology. Similarly, technical advances often occur when scientific understandings have been applied to a particular problem. Finally and most importantly, science and technology are not abstract subject areas but integral parts of our daily lives, and they have significant impact on human life and the life of the planet.