This document--intended to help technology education teachers plan their classroom curriculum for secondary school and college students--contains units on creativity, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, polymeric materials, manufacturing in space, metallic materials, intermodal transportation, and food production. The sociocultural impact of each of those topics and its relationship to the common elements of technological systems are covered in each unit. Units also typically include narrative information, line illustrations, photographs, a glossary of technical terms, a constructional activity, examples of how math and science can be used to support the students' constructional activities and provide the motivation for students to make the connections between technical education and math and science, a student quiz, possible student outcomes, and references. (CML)