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- I can differentiate the various fields of engineering and the historical contributions made in them.
- I can identify various career pathways in engineering.
- I can use trends in engineering to predict future technologies.
- Students will create a timeline of a piece of technology and how it has evolved and future possibilities.
- Students will justify their predictions utilizing relevant supporting documentation.
Understanding Historical Contributions to the Field of Engineering
Understanding Historical Contributions to the Field of Engineering
Chronology Game
Chronology Game
Instructions
Instructions
As a class, we will play my version called Chronicle. The objective of this activity is to learn about influential engineering events from history.
As a class, we will play my version called Chronicle. The objective of this activity is to learn about influential engineering events from history.
We will take one day to complete the game and then utilize the Chronicle cards for our next activity.
We will take one day to complete the game and then utilize the Chronicle cards for our next activity.
Identifying Various Career Pathways in Engineering
Identifying Various Career Pathways in Engineering
Utilizing the cards from the Chronicle game, you will create categories that you think the cards belong to and then sort the cards into the categories. Each category will need at least 3 cards.
Utilizing the cards from the Chronicle game, you will create categories that you think the cards belong to and then sort the cards into the categories. Each category will need at least 3 cards.
You will do this in small groups and then we will compare.
You will do this in small groups and then we will compare.
The following links provide resources/timelines/inventions/people that are related to each topic.
Career Pathway Infographic
Career Pathway Infographic
Criteria
Criteria
Create a poster infographic that gives the following information about your chosen engineering career pathway:
How this field started
A good title on your poster for this would be: How ____________ Began
Example: How Energy Engineering Began
Major developments in the past
A good title on your poster for this would be: Major Milestones in __________________
Example: Major Milestones in Aerospace Engineering
Major contributors (professionals) to this field
A good title on your poster for this would be: People Who Have Impacted ____________
Example: People Who Have Impacted Digital Engineering
What this field has done for modern society
A good title on your poster for this would be: ___________ Impact on Today's Society
Example: Agricultural Engineering's Impact on Today's Society
What advancements are developing for the future
A good title on your poster for this would be: Advancements in ___________
Example: Advancements in Biomedical Engineering
Potential future impact of these developments on society
A good title on your poster for this would be: Future Impact of _________________
Example: Future Impact of Civil Engineering
Career fields within this pathway, salary ranges, job responsibilities, and future growth opportunities of each
A good title on your poster for this would be: Career Fields Within _____________
Example: Career Fields Within Cybersecurity Engineering
Each poster must contain at least one graphic
Guidelines:
Guidelines:
You will work with a partner.
Each group will do a different pathway topic. First come first served.
Each partnership will split the responsibilities listed above equally between them.
Each person in the partnership will be responsible for including thorough information about their discussion points listed above.
Each partnership will create a two part infographic detailing their information.
The project should be cohesive in nature, theme, and design.
Each person in the partnership will be graded via the rubric on their own product.
Research will be completed digitally but the product cannot be digital.
Career Pathway Infographic Rubric
Career Pathway Infographic Rubric
25% Content- Was the content appropriate to the task, accurate, and supported?
Infographic demonstrates an understanding of the engineering career pathway
25% Process- Was the approach sound?
Student is able to conduct research and document information in a unique and individual way (not plagiarized)
Be able to work with others in a group setting to successfully complete a cohesive and quality product
25% Quality- Was the performance or product of high quality?
Documentation is legible and can be understood by any reader
Presentation is presented clearly and completely
25% Impact- Was the work effective?
Is the problem solved in the best way possible?
Students will document notes on each pathway to ensure understanding of each.
Using Trends in Engineering to Predict Future Technologies
Using Trends in Engineering to Predict Future Technologies
Take it one step further...
Take it one step further...
Using your career pathway, create a potential future technology within that field of engineering. You will:
Using your career pathway, create a potential future technology within that field of engineering. You will:
Draw an annotated sketch of your technology
Explain how this technology will come about
For example, is it an iteration or improvement on something that currently exists?
Do we currently have the technology to support it's development and if we don't, what can you explain about our needs for development in the future?
Justify the reasoning behind why this technology is needed.
What is TIME magazine?
What is TIME magazine?
Important Note: You DO NOT need to understand the technology and break it down for us, just explain some main concepts behind the technology. For example: Flying Car - be able to understand that we have the technology to fly (airplaines) but why can we not apply it to a car right now?
Important Note: You DO NOT need to understand the technology and break it down for us, just explain some main concepts behind the technology. For example: Flying Car - be able to understand that we have the technology to fly (airplaines) but why can we not apply it to a car right now?
Project Purpose:
Project Purpose:
I can use trends in engineering to predict future technologies.
I can use trends in engineering to predict future technologies.
Students will justify their predictions utilizing relevant supporting documentation.
Students will justify their predictions utilizing relevant supporting documentation.
Project Must Include:
Project Must Include:
- Sketch of technology invention with annotations (notes).
This must be presented as the front cover of TIME magazine.
Written documentation (article, interview of hypothetical inventer) that describes:
The field of engineering
Why we need this technology
Why it is something that can only be developed in the future
How we will go about inventing/creating it
Predicting Future Technology Rubric
Predicting Future Technology Rubric
25% Content- Was the content appropriate to the task, accurate, and supported?
Project demonstrates an understanding of the a potential need in this engineering field in the future.
25% Process- Was the approach sound?
Student is able to conduct research and document information in a unique and individual way (not plagiarized)
Be able to successfully complete a cohesive and quality product with both drawn and written documentation.
25% Quality- Was the performance or product of high quality?
Sketch is legible and can be understood by any reader with annotations to help document the parts and their purposes.
Article is written clearly and includes information necessary for the project.
25% Impact- Was the work effective?
Is the problem solved in the best way possible?
Students demonstrates an understanding of a future technology and produces a product that justifies that technology.
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