--- title: Technology — a course of Mova's primary school, with trees and pragmatics description: How things are made: factories, chocolate and crisps, bottles and cans and recycling, clothes and trainers, pencils and paper, toys and Lego, how a car is built, phones and computer chips, fridges and heat pumps, cooking and cleaning machines. 43 lessons, 795 sentences with trees and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / Technology # Technology How things are made: factories, chocolate and crisps, bottles and cans and recycling, clothes and trainers, pencils and paper, toys and Lego, how a car is built, phones and computer chips, fridges and heat pumps, cooking and cleaning machines. The technology course of Mova's primary school: 43 lessons, 795 sentences, each sentence with its syntax tree and pragmatics. Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (Mova corpus 0.4). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/1-how-a-factory-works/) — How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people — 17 sentences · A factory is a building where the same thing is made again and again, thousands of times a day, by machines… - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/2-chocolate-and-sweets/) — Chocolate and sweets — 17 sentences · Chocolate starts as bitter beans inside big pods on cocoa trees in hot countries, mostly in West Africa, and… - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/3-crisps-bread-cereal-and-dairy/) — Crisps, bread, cereal and dairy — 16 sentences · Cameras watch the crisps falling, and tiny puffs of air blow out any burnt or green one in a fraction of a s… - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/4-bottles-cans-and-recycling/) — Bottles, cans and recycling — 15 sentences · A plastic drinks bottle starts life as a little plastic tube about the size of your finger, which is heated… - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers/) — Clothes: T-shirts, jeans and trainers — 19 sentences · Look at the label in your T-shirt: it may say Made in Bangladesh or Vietnam, because many clothes are design… - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/6-pencils-paper-and-school-things/) — Pencils, paper and school things — 18 sentences · Almost everything in your pencil case was made by machines: a pencil is a rod of baked graphite and clay san… - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/7-toys-and-lego/) — Toys and Lego — 18 sentences · A Lego brick begins as a handful of plastic grains, melted and squirted at huge pressure into a steel mould,… - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/8-how-a-car-is-built/) — How a car is built — 18 sentences · A car factory works like a giant recipe: flat steel sheets go in at one end and a finished car drives out at… - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/9-phones-and-computer-chips/) — Phones and computer chips — 17 sentences · Inside your phone is a computer chip smaller than a fingernail holding billions of tiny switches, printed wi… - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/10-keeping-cold-fridges-freezers-and-heat-pumps/) — Keeping cold: fridges, freezers and heat pumps — 18 sentences · A fridge does not make cold: it moves heat out of the box and lets it go from pipes at the back, which is wh… - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/11-cooking-machines/) — Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob — 19 sentences · Every cooking machine in the kitchen does one job: it turns electricity or burning gas into heat and puts th… - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/12-washing-drying-vacuuming-ironing/) — Washing, drying, vacuuming and ironing — 16 sentences · Cleaning machines do the boring jobs people once did by hand: scrubbing clothes, wringing them out, beating… - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/13-heating-water-pipes-and-drains/) — Heating, water pipes and drains — 18 sentences · The clean water arrives from a treatment works, pushed along by pumps and by gravity from reservoirs and wat… - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/14-electricity-at-home/) — Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and alarms — 18 sentences · Electricity reaches your home through a cable, passes the meter that counts it, and goes to the fuse box, wh… - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/15-kitchen-and-garden-dangers/) — Kitchen and garden dangers — 18 sentences · The kitchen and the garden are full of machines that cut, spin or get very hot, which is exactly why they ar… - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/16-electricity-dangers/) — Electricity dangers: sockets, water, chargers and batteries — 19 sentences · The battery in a torch is gentle: you can hold it all day. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/17-inside-a-car/) — Inside a car: engine, gears and the dashboard — 17 sentences · A petrol or diesel car is moved by many tiny explosions: fuel burns inside small cylinders, pushes pistons d… - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/18-car-safety/) — Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags — 18 sentences · A moving car is heavy and fast, and it cannot simply stop: the brakes have to turn all that movement into he… - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/19-electric-cars-and-charging/) — Electric cars and charging — 18 sentences · An electric car has no engine burning fuel: a big battery under the floor powers electric motors that turn t… - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights/) — Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights — 17 sentences · A busy street is a big shared machine: buses, trams, lorries and people all move at once, and traffic lights… - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/) — Trains and the Underground — 20 sentences · A train is a long chain of carriages or wagons rolling on two steel rails. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/22-why-planes-fly/) — Why planes fly — 15 sentences · This upward push is called lift. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/) — Airports, the black box, helicopters and drones — 21 sentences · An airport is like a huge machine for sorting people, bags and planes. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/24-ships-ports-and-submarines/) — Ships, ports and submarines — 18 sentences · The secret is shape: the hollow hull pushes aside a huge amount of water, and the water pushes back up with… - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/25-bicycles-and-other-wheels/) — Bicycles and other wheels — 21 sentences · A bicycle turns the push of your legs into rolling. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/26-escalators-and-lifts/) — Escalators and lifts — 21 sentences · An escalator is a loop of steps on a chain, pulled round and round by a motor. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/27-road-and-railway-safety/) — Road and railway safety — 20 sentences · A car, a bus or a train is a heavy machine that needs time and space to stop, and its driver can only stop f… - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/28-diggers-cranes-and-cement-mixers/) — Diggers, cranes and cement mixers — 22 sentences · Building machines are giants with one big trick each. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/29-tunnels-and-under-the-street/) — Tunnels and what lies under the street — 17 sentences · Under the street you walk on there is a hidden city: water pipes, sewers, gas pipes, electricity and interne… - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/30-bridges-and-skyscrapers/) — Bridges and skyscrapers — 23 sentences · Every bridge and every building has one job: to carry its own weight, and the weight of everything on it, sa… - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/31-roads-and-road-signs/) — Roads and road signs — 18 sentences · A road looks like a flat black strip, but it is really a layer cake. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/32-power-stations-and-the-grid/) — Power stations and the grid — 20 sentences · Almost all the electricity in your house was made by something spinning. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy/) — Wind, sun and other clean energy — 19 sentences · Some energy never runs out. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/34-batteries/) — Batteries — 19 sentences · A battery is a little box of stored chemical energy. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/35-phones-and-how-a-call-travels/) — Phones and how a call travels — 21 sentences · When you ring Grandma, your phone's microphone turns the wobbles of your voice into electric signals, and th… - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/36-computers-and-screens/) — Computers and screens — 20 sentences · A computer is not clever the way you are; it is incredibly fast and incredibly obedient. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables/) — The internet and undersea cables — 17 sentences · The internet is not one machine; it is a network of networks, millions of computers joined together. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/38-satellites-and-gps/) — Satellites and GPS — 19 sentences · A satellite does not float in space; it is falling all the time. - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/39-robots-at-work-and-at-home/) — Robots at work and at home — 19 sentences · A robot vacuum feels a chair leg with its bumper, its program says turn, and its wheels turn; that sense, de… - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/40-self-driving-cars-and-machines-that-run-themselves/) — Self-driving cars and machines that run themselves — 22 sentences · A self-driving car is a robot you can sit in. - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/41-rivers-canals-and-boats-locks-weirs-water-mills-barges-and-how-not-to-tip-a-rowing-boat/) — Rivers, canals and boats: locks, weirs, water-mills, barges and how not to tip a rowing boat — 19 sentences · All of these are real machines and real places that people built and used. - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/42-olympiad-machines-at-home-and-in-the-factory/) — Olympiad: machines at home and in the factory ★★★ — 15 sentences · This olympiad lesson mixes the machines of the whole course, from the factory floor to the kitchen, the bike… - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/) — Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★ — 18 sentences · This last olympiad lesson takes you out of the house: onto runways and canals, through tunnels and over brid… - ← previous: [Space](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/) - 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