Technological Systems

(Engineering Technology - Simulation, Fabrication and Design)

Course #8462

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 pen), 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, and a series of safety tests on specific tools and equipment: 

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 

FULL YEAR COURSE

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.

1-2.  Getting to Know You, Lab Introductions, Class Procedures & Overviews, Warm-Ups, Safety Procedures & Pre-Assessment Testing, Technology Orientation, Notebook Organization, Fees Discussion 

2-3.  Safety Tests, Measurement Systems, Technical Design: Sketching and Drafting, Technology Student Associations (TSA), Engineering, STEM, Engineering Notebooks

3-6.  Measurement Systems, Technical Design   Sketching and Drafting, Design Brief (s), Digital Photography

7-9. Technology Student Associations, Impacts of Technology, Technology Systems and Subsystems: Universal Systems Model, Areas of Technology, STEM

10-11 Impacts of Technology, Computer Technology; Case Studies and Tech Assessments; Tools, Machines, Materials and Processes, Safety Procedures and Operations, 21st Century / Careers

12-16. Designing and Modeling Solutions to Technological Problems; Architectural and Engineering Methods: Technical Lettering, Orthographic/Isometric/Oblique Drawing

17-18.  Presentations and Demonstrations of Solutions to Technological Problems, STEM

19-20 Lab Personnel Systems, Promotional and Leadership Projects; Community Impacts and Interactions, Technological Resources 

21-22.  Promotional and Leadership Projects, Multimedia Projects and Community Interactions, Analyzing Improvements to Inventions, Making Recommendations, Careers

23-26.  Safety, Architectural Designing, Modeling, and Engineering; Energy as a Technological Resource: Bridge Building (Hands-on and 3D Simulation); Transportation Subsystems

27-29.  Technology Student Association Competitions, Study and Control of Devices with Electronics, Computer and Information Technology: Binary/Microcontroller Systems: Microbits, Arduinos, PCI Cards

30-31 Impacts of Technology, High Tech Resources, Digital Resumes; 21st Century Budgeting /Careers

32-34.  Tools, Machines, Technology Student Association and Kid Wind, TSA Competitions, 21st Century Careers

35. Designing and Construct 2-D and 3-D Modeling Solutions to Technical Problems; Architectural and Engineering Methods

36. Presentations and Demonstrations of Solutions to Technological Problems, Post Assessment Tests