August 13 – Sept 3 3 weeks
Unit Summary Students will learn about technical occupations, including the different engineering disciplines, how and why you use a design process, and how document ideas and work as a technical professional. Students will learn how to brainstorm ideas within a group.
This unit is design for distant learning delivery.
Big Ideas
An engineering design process involves a characteristic set of practices and steps used to develop innovative solutions to problems.
Brainstorming may take many forms and is used to generate a large number of innovative, creative ideas in a short time.
Technical professionals (like engineers) document and report their work using an Engineering Notebook.
Engineering consists of a variety of specialist sub-fields, with each contributing in different ways to the design and development of solutions to different types of problems.
Essential Questions
What is engineering?
What is the difference between an engineer and a scientist?
What is the engineering Design Process?
When solving an engineering problem, how can we be reasonably sure that we have created the BEST solution possible? What is the evidence?
How do you ensure that you have documented your work as you progress through the Design Process to create a solution to a problem?
What engineering accomplishment of the 20th century has had the greatest impact on society?
Priority TEKS
Identify the steps in an engineering design process and describe the activities involved in each step of the process.
Explain the concept of proportion and how it relates to freehand sketching.
Identify and describe a variety of brainstorming techniques and rules for brainstorming.
Differentiate between invention and innovation.
Identify and differentiate between the work of an engineer and the work of a scientist.
Identify and differentiate between mechanical, electrical, civil, and chemical engineering fields.
Activities*
Class Introduction
Technical Professions
What is engineering Design?
Engineering Design Process Guided Notes
Design Process Sort
Concept Sketching
Paper Bridge IC
Deep Dive
Engineering Design Process matchup
Assessment 1
For weeks 1 -3:
* All assignments are individual work unless stated otherwise
**Paper-based for remote learning assignments will be completed on Google Docs and upload to LMS for student turn-in.