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Aerospace Engineering & Design
Video Overview
Video Overview
Aerospace Engineering & Design course introduction video.mp4Course Description
Course Description
Aerospace Engineering and Design is an elective course that focuses on the principles of design and engineering as they relate to aviation, aerodynamics, and space exploration. Students will learn the basic design process, how to conceptualize and prototype a design, and how to reiterate a design once it fails or new constraints present themselves. Using this design thinking framework, students will apply their ideas to design products and solutions in a variety of areas. Students will also acquire a background in astronomy, the history of aviation and space exploration, and possible human expansion beyond earth. Concepts in earth and space science will support student innovations throughout the course and allow students to connect their ideas to real-world problems. Students will be challenged to apply their knowledge and skills in the design of functional and theoretical aerospace products.
Units of Study
Units of Study
Broad Learning Categories
Broad Learning Categories
Science at Cheongna Dalton School is taught with alignment to the Next Generation Science Standards. Within the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), there are three distinct dimensions to learning science. These dimensions are combined to form each standard—or performance expectation— to help students build a cohesive understanding of science over time.
Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI) [40%] are fundamental scientific ideas that form the content of an NGSS curriculum. They cover four domains: physical science, life science, earth and space science, as well as engineering, technology, and applications of science.
Science and Engineering Practices [40%] describe what scientists do to investigate the natural world and what engineers do to design and build systems. The practices better explain and extend what is meant by “inquiry” in science and the range of cognitive, social, and physical practices that it requires. Students engage in practices to build, deepen, and apply their knowledge of core ideas and crosscutting concepts
Crosscutting concepts [20%] have application across all domains of science. As such, they are a way of linking the different domains of science. They include patterns; cause and effect; scale, proportion, and quantity; systems and system models; energy and matter; structure and function; and stability and change.
Parents can find more information of the standards assessed in each Broad Learning Category on PowerSchool.
Relevant Science Standards
Relevant Science Standards
1. Engineering Design
1-1: HS-ETS1-1: Analyze a major global challenge to specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for solutions that account for societal needs and wants.
1.2 HS-ETS1-2: Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering.
1.3 HS-ETS1-3: Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.
1.4 HS-ETS1-4: Use a computer simulation to model the impact of proposed solutions to a complex real-world problem with numerous criteria and constraints on interactions within and between systems relevant to the problem.
1.5 Innovative Designer / ISTE 1.4: Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions.
1.6 HS-PS2-3: Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. (Reducing Force in Collisions Device)
1.7 HS-PS3-3: Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy. (Energy Conversion Device Design - Energy and Matter)
1.8 HS-ESS-4: Use mathematical or computational representations to predict the motion of orbiting objects in the solar system.
Expectations
Expectations
Students will be expected to:
Come to class prepared with all necessary course materials.
Complete assignments thoroughly and submit them on time.
Perform laboratory experiments that demonstrate inquiry.
Master standards relevant to each unit.
Work effectively in collaborative groups.
Exhibit perseverance in the face of technological and design challenges.
Show kindness, open-mindedness, and respect to peers.
Reassessment Policy
Reassessment Policy
Policy:
Reassessments may range from an individual student to the entire class.
When tasks/assignments are re-assessed, they may be reassessed partially, entirely, or in a different format.
Examples may include lab experiments, projects, or tests of a similar format.
Requirements for Reassessment:
Complete the original task or assessment
Complete required assignments, and
Complete a mini conference with the teacher
This may include re-teaching/re-learning activities as determined by the teacher
Limitations:
Summative: At least one reassessment.
If there is a plan to reassess the same learning outcome, then no additional reassessment is necessary.
With whatever is set, make sure it is realistic and manageable.
Formative: Unlimited
The following final measures of learning may not be reassessed:
End-of-course or end of semester exams;
Final research papers
Culminating projects/performances.
Grading Breakdown
Grading Breakdown
Grading this year will be completely Standards-Based. Students will be assessed on their proficiency with regard to the skill described in each standard and graded based on the evidence they present that they can perform that skill.
Proficiency Scale
Proficiency Scale
Quick Link High School Policies
Quick Link High School Policies
Other Policies:
GOOGLE CLASSROOM - All assignments will be posted in Google Classroom. If you are having trouble locating it, contact the teacher.
RUBRICS AND POLICIES - Once posted here they will not change. However, if a chance is necessary the teacher will inform students well in advance and will clearly mark the changes.
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