Tech and Eng.

*Introduction to STEM

*Measuring Recap- Skimmers

*Sketching/Dimensioning- Puzzle Cubes

*Inventors/Inventions

*Design Process

*Newton’s Laws/Potential and Kinetic Energy- Roller Coasters

Students in 7^th grade participate in many hands-on activities to help build 21^st century critical thinking and problem solving skills. Much of what they learn in this class will be project based. Students will use engineering style notebooks to understand how science, technology, engineering and math work together, and how engineers contribute to inventions and innovations of products. They will be challenged to think in new, innovative ways throughout this semester class. Rarely will students ever have homework for Tech/Eng.

GRADE SCALE:

50% Projects

25% Test/Quizzes

25% Classwork