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Course Description
Course Description
Manufactured items are part of everyday life, yet most students have not been introduced to the high-tech, innovative nature of modern manufacturing. This course illuminates the opportunities related to understanding manufacturing. At the same time, it teaches students about manufacturing processes, product design, robotics, and automation.
Outcomes:
• Students will explore requirements and opportunities in many engineering fields.
• Students will work independently and collaborate to create design proposals.
• Students will use the engineering design process to develop an original solution to a problem.
• Using computational thinking to solve problems.
• Students will learn, practice, and follow all safety rules for using fabrication tools.
• Students will maintain an engineering journal where they will record their design process.
• Students will create, save and organize their work digitally on computers.
Lego CIM Lessons https://education.lego.com/en-us/lessons/ev3-cim
STEM - Proficiencies Standards
Unit 1 Automation
Unit 2 Manufacturing Processes
Unit 3 Design for Manufacturing
Unit 4 Automated Factory Design
Project Lead The Way (PLTW)- Engineering
Each PLTW Engineering course engages students in interdisciplinary activities like working with a client to design a home, programming electronic devices or robotic arms. These activities not only build knowledge and skills in engineering, but also empower students to develop essential skills such as problem solving, critical and creative thinking, communication, collaboration, and perseverance.
Introduction to Engineering Design (9th grade)
Students dig deep into the engineering design process, applying math, science, and engineering standards to hands-on projects like designing a new toy or improving an existing product.
Principles of Engineering (10th, 11th grade)
Students explore a broad range of engineering topics including mechanisms, strength of structure and materials, and automation, and then they apply what they know to take on challenges like designing a self-powered car.
Computer Integrated Manufacturing (10th, 11th or 12th grade)
Students discover and explore manufacturing processes, product design, robotics, and automation, and then they apply what they have learned to design solutions for real-world manufacturing problems.
Aerospace Engineering (11th or 12th grade)
Students explore and experience the wonders of flight, aerodynamics, and space exploration. Student will learn about the field of aerospace and then they apply what they have learned to design and test model planes, rockets, and drones.
Digital Electronics (11th or 12th grade)
Students explore the foundations of computing by engaging in circuit design processes to create combinational logic and sequential logic (memory) as electrical engineers do in industry.
Engineering Design and Development (12th grade - Capstone Project)
Students identify a real-world challenge and then research, design, and test a solution, ultimately presenting their unique solutions to a panel of engineers.
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