CAD I

Course Content

CADD/CIM

Solidworks 🔗↗️

CADD/CIM

CAM/CNC Mill & Lathe 🔗↗️

Laser Cutting/Engraving 🔗↗️

3D Printing 🔗↗️

Iowa DE CTE Standards

Engineering and Design

EGD1. Students recognize historical and current events related to engineering design and their effects on society. 

• EGD1.1 Know historical and current events that have relevance to engineering and design. 

• EGD1.2 Understand the development of graphical language in relation to engineering design. 

EGD2. Students understand the effective use of engineering design equipment. 

• EGD2.1 Use the appropriate methods and techniques for employing all engineering design equipment. 

• EGD2.2 Apply conventional engineering design processes and procedures accurately appropriately and safely. 

• EGD2.3 Apply the concepts of engineering design to the tools, equipment, projects, and procedures of engineering and design projects. 

EGD3. Students understand measurement systems as they apply to engineering design. 

• EGD3.1 Know how the various measurement systems are used in engineering drawings.

• EGD3.2 Understand the degree of accuracy necessary for engineering design 

EGD5. Students understand the effective use of engineering design equipment 

• EGD5.1 Understand the steps in the design process. 

• EGD5.2 Determine what information and principles are relevant to a problem and its analysis. 

• EGD5.3 Choose between alternate solutions in solving a problem and be able to justify the choices made in determining a solution. 

• EGD5.4 Understand the process of developing multiple details into a single solution. 

• EGD5.5 Build a prototype from plans and test it. 

• EGD5.6 Evaluate and redesign a prototype on the basis of collected test data. 

EGD6. Students understand industrial engineering processes, including the use of tools and equipment, methods of measurement and quality assurance. 

• EGD6.1 Know the common structure and processes of a quality assurance cycle. 

• EGD6.2 Understand the major manufacturing processes. 

• EGD6.3 Use tools, fasteners and joining systems employed in selected engineering processes. 

• EGD6.4 Estimate and measure the size of objects in both Standard International and United States units. 

• EGD6.5 Calibrate and measure objects by using precision measurement tools and instruments. 

EGD7. Students understand the concepts of physics that are fundamental to engineering technology. 

• EGD7.1 Understand Newton’s laws and how they affect and define the movement of objects. 

• EGD7.2 Understand how the laws of conservation of energy and momentum provide a way to predict and describe the movement of objects. 

EGD8. Students understand the fundamentals of systems and products as they are developed and released to production and marketing. 

• EGD8.1 Understand the process of product development. 

• EGD8.2 Understand charting and the use of graphic tools in illustrating the development of a product and the processes involved. 

EGD9. Students understand the effective use of engineering technology equipment. 

• EGD9.1 Use methods and techniques for employing all engineering technology equipment appropriately. 

• EGD9.2 Apply conventional engineering technology processes and procedures accurately, appropriately and safely. 

• EGD9.3 Apply the concepts of engineering technology to the tools, equipment, projects and procedures of the program. 

Iowa Core 21st Century Employability Skills

• 21.9-12.ES.1
  Essential Concept and/or Skill: Communicate and work productively with others, incorporating different perspectives and cross cultural understanding, to increase innovation and the quality of work.
  Work appropriately and productively with others

  • Set goals

  • Effectively communicate with group and stakeholders

  • Demonstrate respectful behavior to group member ideas and opinions

  • Manage and resolve conflict when appropriate

  • Lead or support when appropriate

  • Determine people’s strengths and assign roles accordingly

  • Contribute to a team by sharing information and expertise

  • Agree to disagree in a respectful manner in a group dynamic

  • Collaborate effectively with other teams/team members toward a common goal

  • Recognize own and other’s good efforts

• Use different perspectives to increase innovation and the quality of work

  • Gather input from all group members

  • Capitalize on the diversity of group members

  • Accept and provide feedback in a constructive and considerate manner

• Use all the appropriate principles of communication effectively

  • Listen to understand and appreciate the points of view of others

  • Listen for comprehension

  • Listen for decision making

  • Process information in order to make an informed decision

  • Ask appropriate questions in seeking clarification

  • Read, understand and create information presented in a variety of forms (e.g. words, charts, graphs, diagrams)

  • Follow directions

  • Express thoughts and ideas clearly and succinctly

  • Use appropriate technology to communicate

  • Use appropriate channels of communication (written, verbal, technical, visual)

• 21.9-12.ES.2
  Essential Concept and/or Skill: Adapt to various roles and responsibilities and work flexibly in climates of ambiguity and changing priorities.
  Adapt to varied roles, responsibilities, and expectations

  • Work independently or as a part of a team

  • Learn from mistakes and accept feedback

  • Carry out multiple tasks or projects

  • Continuously monitor the success of a project or task

  • Identify ways to improve project or task

  • Consider multiple perspectives and represents a problem in more than one way

  • Accept others; tolerant of differences

• Work effectively in a climate of ambiguity and changing priorities

  • Cope with uncertainty; quickly and calmly change focus and goals as the situation requires

  • Demonstrate a sense of comfort with lack of structure

  • Remain composed and focused, even under stress

  • Adapt to changing requirements and information

  • Respond openly and constructively to change

  • Approach conflict from win-win perspective

• Demonstrate appropriate risk-taking

  • Provides innovative and resourceful engagement

  • Identifies and suggests alternative ways to achieve goals

  • Asks “what if”

  • Brainstorms effectively

  • Questions assumptions in a non-confrontational manner

• 21.9-12.ES.3
  Use interpersonal skills to influence and guide others toward a goal

  • Positively support the work of others

  • Facilitate and delegate responsibilities to best accomplish goal(s)

  • Build relationships

  • Engage in the tasks to accomplish goal

  • Know when to listen and when to speak-up

  • Maintain an open mind

  • Provide constructive feedback

• Leverage the strengths of others to accomplish a common goal

  • Communicate effectively

  • Collaborate effectively

  • Appreciate ideas of others

  • Facilitate compromise that can lead to group consensus

• Demonstrate integrity and ethical behavior

  • Accept ownership for actions

  • Demonstrate trustworthiness and honesty

  • Make decisions based on important core values

• Demonstrate mental, physical, and emotional preparedness to accomplish the task

  • Organize required materials in a readily accessible format

  • Focus and become energized on the task objectives

• 21.9-12.ES.4
  Essential Concept and/or Skill: Demonstrate initiative and self-direction through high achievement and lifelong learning while exploring the ways individual talents and skills can be used for productive outcomes in personal and professional life.
  Perform work without oversight

  • Assesses the situation and identify the priority/necessary actions to be taken

  • Understand the value of the task in relationship to greater goal

  • Understand that incomplete work-- even if excellent--is a failure

  • Model self-confidence

  • Know how to find and evaluate appropriate resources

  • Implement solutions

  • Demonstrate commitment to self/group/society

• Use time efficiently to manage workload

  • Segment task into logical steps with appropriate estimates of time

  • Build a timeline to facilitate completion of the task

  • Prioritize steps in proper order

• Assess one’s own mastery of skills

  • Understand the task

  • Identify the depth and breadth of knowledge to be successful at a task

  • Identify and utilize appropriate measure of knowledge

• Set and achieve high standards and goals

  • Understand incremental steps for acquiring goals

  • Create a written plan

  • Set realistic goals that match aptitudes

  • Engage in activities to improve skills that are relative to goals

  • Demonstrate core values

  • Constructively evaluate progress and takes corrective action when necessary

• Engage in effective problem solving process

  • Transfer learning from one domain to another

  • Identify partners and resources germane to the situation

  • Evaluate and select the best resources in context of the problem, and allocates them appropriately

  • Identify root cause of problem

  • Detail a course of action in writing with sequence of steps involved

  • Implement a solution and makes adjustments when there is need/opportunity for improvement

• 21.9-12.ES.5
  Essential Concept and/or Skill: Demonstrate productivity and accountability by meeting high expectations.
  Deliver quality job performance on time

  • Recognize and understand required standards needed for successful completion

  • Set goals and establish timelines to reach required standards

  • Establish assessment checkpoints throughout work processes

  • Identify quality control issues and makes needed adjustments to correct problems

  • Take initiative to see job completed without compromising quality

  • Reassess process on a regular basis to identify any opportunities for improvement

  • Demonstrate ethical behavior and works responsibly, reliably, and collaboratively with others

• Demonstrate accountability for individual performance

  • Come to work regularly and is on time all of the time

  • Stay productive when on the job

  • Take initiative to help others when own work is completed

  • Accept responsibility for errors and corrects errors

  • Learn from mistakes

  • Follow through with work assignments

  • Demonstrate willingness to work overtime

  • Demonstrate flexibility to cross train