Course Description:
Principles Of Engineering (POE) is a high school-level survey course of engineering. The course exposes students to some of the major concepts that they will encounter in a post secondary engineering course of study. Students have an opportunity to investigate engineering and high tech careers. POE gives students the opportunity to develop skills and understanding of course concepts through activity-, project-, and problem-based (APPB) learning. Used in combination with a teaming approach, APPB learning challenges students to continually hone their interpersonal skills, creative abilities, and problem solving skills based upon engineering concepts. It also allows students to develop strategies to enable and direct their own learning, which is the ultimate goal of education.
To be successful in POE, students should be concurrently enrolled in college preparatory mathematics and science.Students will employ engineering and scientific concepts in the solution of engineering design problems. Students will develop problem-solving skills and apply their knowledge of research and design to create solutions to various challenges. Students will also learn how to document their work and communicate their solutions to their peers and members of the professional community.
Principles Of Engineering is the second of two foundation courses in the Project Lead The Way high school engineering program. The course applies and concurrently develops secondary level knowledge and skills in mathematics, science, and technology.
What will my classes be like?
Go beyond “myth buster” to solution builder! As you master the basic concepts needed to continue your education in engineering or engineering technology, you’ll apply them — tackling real world challenges:
•Energy sources and applications
•Machine systems
•Fluid power
•Testing the strength and durability of materials
•Understanding how things move and applying that knowledge to projects
You are not in this alone: team up with other students to test and share your developing skills and problem-solving ability through hands-on projects and presentations.
Course Goals / Objectives:
The Project Lead the Way curriculum, including Principles of Engineering, focuses on making math and science relevant for students. The approach used is called APPB-learning (activities, projects, and problem-based learning). By engaging in hands-on, real-world projects, students understand how the material covered in class can be applied in their everyday lives. Learning activities will include teacher-led instruction, cooperative learning, and project-based learning. Technology will be used to enhance students learning, and provide real-world applications.
Engineering is a profession that contributes to change and improvements in our world. It creates imaginative and visionary solutions to the challenges of the 21st century – the problems of feeding the world, how we will use energy and continue to protect our environment. Engineering and technology play a vital role in the quality of everyday life and wealth creation. Appropriate attitudes relative to the professional social obligations of the engineer, and the relationships between math, science, technology and society need to be learned. Real world, open-ended engineering problems that cover a wide range of content will be presented.
Course Outline:
Unit 1 Energy and Power
Lesson 1.1 Mechanisms
Lesson 1.2 Energy Sources
Lesson 1.3 Energy Applications
Lesson 1.4 Design Problem –Energy and Power
Unit 2 Materials and Structures
Lesson 2.1 Statics
Lesson 2.2 Material Properties
Lesson 2.3 Material Testing
Lesson 2.4 Design Problem – Materials and Structures
Unit 3 Control Systems
Lesson 3.1 Machine Control
Lesson 3.2 Fluid Power
Lesson 3.3 Design Problem – Control Systems
Unit 4 Statistics and Kinematics
Lesson 4.1 Statistics
Lesson 4.2 Kinematics