6th Engineering

Welcome to 6th grade engineering.  Below is a course description and homework agenda.  At the bottom of the page are important uploads, such as the class syllabus, grading rubrics, and labs.  Please e-mail Mrs. Hunt (direct link in navigation pane to the left) if you have questions.

Purpose:

The goal of the STEM courses is to encourage students' innovative and critical thinking skills utilizing fun hands on challenges, simulations, and projects.  Through both independent and group oriented tasks students will develop project management skills and familiarity with the engineering design process.  The hope is for students to improve their collaborative skills, mature as creative problem solvers, and appreciate STEM as a fun, exciting, and evolving field with numerous career possibilities and applications.

Curriculum:

Engineering is a hands-on course to help students understand the influence that creative and innovative design has on our lives. Students are placed on “design teams” to collaboratively solve engineering problems, such as exploring forces in bridge building.  Using project/problem- based learning students recognize the value of an engineering notebook to document and capture their ideas, practice engineering sketching, and use industry standard 3D modeling software to create a virtual image of their designs. Their final team project is a bridge model that performs well under stress tests.  Career options available through engineering will also be introduced.

As part of the program, students work towards these three practices of the ParishProfile:

·         P4- Imagines alternatives and generates solutions for problems.

·         P5- Develops a product or concept for public consideration.

·         P6- Connects and relates knowledge in and across disciplines (art, math, science, technology, engineering)