All students are required to satisfactorily complete all of their lab activities, which include but are not limited to, research questions, projects/experiments, math work, test, and journal activities. Instructional delivery is given through lectures, demonstrations, videos, computers, instructional manuals, and various pieces of equipment used in their experiments. The instructor is a facilitator who coordinates, helps, oversees, and encourages the progress of each student.

• Comprehend the dynamics of technology, including its development, impact, and potential.

• Employ basic skills and the technological processes of problem solving utilizing the design cycle and its four elements: Investigate, Plan, Create a product/solution, and Evaluate.

• Analyze technological systems and subsystems, including the tools, materials, processes, energy, information, and people involved in systems.

• Apply scientific principles, engineering concepts, and technological systems in the processes of technology.

• Interlock experiences with all other curriculum areas.

• Create an awareness of quality work, effective use of class time, safety, and organization, following procedures, working in teams, and finishing an assigned task.

Students are expected to bring the following to class each day:

• composition notebook (Engineering design notebook)**

• writing utensils (#2 pencil, BLACK ink), paper

• classwork, homework

• headphones (optional, but HIGHLY recommended)

• computer mouse (optional, but HIGHLY recommended) can be kept/left in Tech class.

• project (s) and /or multimedia materials

**Engineering design notebooks will be checked throughout the course term and will be factored into the Classwork category.

All students will be expected to complete a general safety test, a series of safety tests on specific tools and equipment, or both.

1. Students must pass appropriate written safety test(s) with a raw score 100%.

2. A safety policy and procedure sheet will be provided and will need a signature by a parent or guardian.

3. Students must complete a practical assessment of the equipment. Students can only operate equipment or power tools after the above is done.

The overall letter grade is based on HCPS grading scale found on the HCPS website. The student/s grade will be determined by using the following categories and percentages:

• 35%   Tests/Projects 

• 30%    Quiz 

• 10%    Independent Practice 

• 25%    Classwork 

Below is a summary outline of the course, major projects and plans for instructional delivery. All students will be required to participate in the topics or units listed. Students will complete challenges and modules as they proceed through various units or topics. Major course projects may vary.

Week 1 - 2

Getting to Know You, Lab Introductions, Class Procedures, ELKO PRIDE, Technology Orientation, Notebook Organization, Engineering Notebooks, Fees Discussion, Return ALL Forms Signed; Pre-Assessment Tests, Workplace Readiness Skills, Safety Tests, Measurement Systems

Week 2 - 3

Exploring Inventions and Innovations: Processes, Systems, Developments in Society and throughout History, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks (Shark Tank)

Week 3 - 8

Exploring Tools of Inventions and Innovations: Architectural Modeling and Design; Design Creativity, CAD Design, Electronic Circuits, Mechanisms/Rube Goldberg

Week 9 - 11

Using the Engineering Design Process: Individual Projects: Engineering Inventions for Social Impact

Week 11-16

Building Teamwork through the Engineering Design Process

Week 17-18

Presentations and Demonstrations of Solutions to Technological Problems with Engineering Design Process; Evaluate Team Process; Post Assessment Tests