6th grade outline

Technology Education - Westfall

Grade 6

1. Room rules

Expectations

2. Read “Remembering an Eye Injury”

Complete writing prompt

3. Intro one point perspective

4-5. Squares, rectangles

6. House assignment

7-8. Work on house assignment

9. Finish house assignment

10. Analyze Egg Package Mission - develop a plan

11. Prototyping - Day One

12. Prototyping - Day Two

13. Develop final package

14. Last day to finish package

15. Testing - Day One

drop packages from the ceiling to the floor

16. Testing - Day Two

drop packages from the library window onto the concrete outside

Egg Package closure

17. Watch “Timber” video

Complete “Timber” notesheet

18. Overview of Dragster unit

Watch “Fast Cars”

Complete video notesheet

19. Discuss cars, resistance, and aerodynamics

Complete thumbnail/rough sketch sheet

20. Notes on scroll saw

Intro 2 view drawing - start with side view

21. Scroll saw test

Finish 2 view drawing

22. Demo cutting out drawing and tracing on foam block

Go over clean up procedures - have students write names on cards

Begin cutting prototypes

23. Demo wind tunnel and wind tunnel worksheet

Demo sandpaper

If they’ve cut and sanded the foam block, they can use the wind tunnel

Continue cutting prototype

24. Go over wood block and tracing

make sure they use pencil, put the top view on the slanted side, and match the straw hole outline with the actual straw hole.

If they have drawing and wind tunnel reading, then they get a wood block

25. Begin drilling

Continue tracing wood block

Begin cutting

26. Filing and sanding

27-26. Painting

Finish drilling

Continue cutting

28. Demo installing wheels/axles

Demo roll ramp/discuss roll ramp worksheet

Install wheels/axles and test on roll ramp

29. Race

30. Vote - best decorated, best design, most creative, smoothest, best effort

Finish racing.