Second/Fourth 9 weeks
Second/Fourth 9 weeks
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The second/fourth 9 weeks of STEM we will cover the following topics:
Tinkercad Design Skills
Isometric & Orthographic Sketching
3D Printing Projects:
Balloon Powered Cars
Below are links to the standards used in 7th grade STEM:
Tinkercad Design Skills, Isometric Sketching & Orthographic Views, 3D Printing Projects
Next Generation Science Standards
1. Empowered Learner
1.d. Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.
4. Innovative Designer
4.a. Students know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems.
4.b. Students select and use digital tools to plan and manage a design process that considers design constraints and calculated risks.
4.c. Students develop, test and refine prototypes as part of a cyclical design process.
4.d. Students exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance and the capacity to work with open-ended problems.
5. Computational Thinker
5.a. Students formulate problem definitions suited for technology-assisted methods such as data analysis, abstract models and algorithmic thinking in exploring and finding solutions.
5.b. Students break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving.
6. Creative Communicator
6.a. Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.
6.b. Students create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.
Tinkercad Design Skills
Students will be able to:
Place shapes on the work plane.
Use the viewcube to rotate to each view of a shape.
Move shapes around the work plane.
Rotate shapes.
Copy and duplicate shapes.
Change a shapes scale by sizing it up or down.
Group two individual shapes into one combined shape.
Hide shapes and make them reappear upon clicking the light bulb icon.
Align shapes on the X,Y,Z planes.
Remove material from another shape using the hole feature.
Isometric & Orthographic Sketching
Students will be able to:
Draw a coded plan from an object made of cubes.
Use a coded plan to build an object made of cubes.
Define and explain the meaning of isometric.
Draw a shape on isometric triangle-dot paper.
Explain the concept of orthographic projection and why it is useful in engineering.
Draw the three principle orthographic views of an object.
3D Printing Projects
Students will be able to:
Balloon Powered Car Project:
Understand what potential and kinetic energy are and how one can be converted to the other.
Use the engineering design process to iteratively test and modify a design.
Use Tinkercad design skills to create a balloon powered car.