Written for middle school introductory technology courses, the 2000 edition of Technology: Shaping Our World is firmly based on technology’s underlying physical and scientific principles. This text is a leader in Technology, Science, and Math (TSM) integration, and helps students understand the technological world in which they live. The importance of materials, energy, people, and information to all technological activity is stressed. Problem solving and design applications are supported by various activities throughout the text and its accompanying Activity Manual. This versatile text can be easily utilized in a variety of technology education modules.