Research and development

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/research-and-development

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the strategic role?First stage of development for potential new services or production processes
2. What is the market acquisition?Crucial for gaining significant market share through the introduction of novel offerings
3. Why is R&D important for our world?R&D helps make new medicines, cleaner energy, and better technology. It also helps countries grow and solve big problems like climate change.
4. How does R&D turn ideas into real things?R&D starts with basic research that learns new facts, then applied research that uses those facts for a goal, and finally experimental development that builds the actual product or process.

Basic Research: Systematic investigation to expand fundamental knowledge without a specific commercial application in mind.
Applied Research: Acquisition of new knowledge with a specific practical aim or objective.
Experimental Development: Utilization of existing knowledge to produce new products, processes, or services, or substantially improve existing ones.