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Technology Education - Westfall
Grade 7 Outline
1. Room rules
Expectations
Read Safety stories
Safety story writing assignment
2. Demo Color Me sheets
Have them do #1 as a class
Students responsible for two more Color Me sheets - their choice as to which numbers.
3. Complete five dimensioning sheets
4. Demo Board Isometric Drafting
Class does #1 together
5. Board drafting continued #2 & #3
6. Board drafting continued #3 & #4
7. Final day for board drafting
8. Board drafting test
9. Overview of Dragster unit
Watch “Fast Cars”
Complete video notesheet
10. Discuss cars, resistance, and aerodynamics
Complete thumbnail/rough sketch sheet
11. Notes on scroll saw
Intro 2 view drawing - start with side view
12. Scroll saw test
Finish 2 view drawing
13. Demo cutting out drawing and tracing on foam block
Go over clean up procedures - have students write names on cards
Begin cutting prototypes
14. 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
15. Go over wood block and tracing
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
16. Begin drilling
Continue tracing wood block
Begin cutting
17-18. Filing and sanding
19-20.Painting
Finish drilling
Continue cutting
21. Demo installing wheels/axles
Demo roll ramp/discuss roll ramp worksheet
Install wheels/axles and test on roll ramp
22. Race
23. Vote - best decorated, best design, most creative, smoothest, best effort
Finish racing.
24. Begin candy machine
Stamp name on base, sand, mark, and drill
25. Sand sides, front, and back.... then assemble
Mark and drill hole in top
26. Sand, mark and drill slider
Stamp name and glue dowels into bottom of slider
27. Paint
28. Paint
29. Final assembly
30. Attach jars, lids, fix any final issues
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