2019-2020 Program of Studies - Technology Education

Introduction to the Workshop

Half Year Course Number: 8001

Half year

Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

Introduction to the Workshop is a semester long course introducing the planning, tools, materials, and procedures necessary to manufacture a product. Students will spend time working with wood, metal, welding, CAD, and drawing plans. Focus will be on the use of shop tools, while learning the importance and various methods of planning and executing a project. Students will produce projects in wood and metal to demonstrate their knowledge while working in teams and as individuals.

Computer Aided Design

Half Year Course Number: 8004

Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

This is a course introducing students to computer aided drafting (CAD). Future designers, engineers, architects, etc. will find this course to be a great platform to build from. Students will learn to operate two different CAD programs using their laptops and understand the application of CAD in industry and/or business. It will prepare students to use CAD in college or postgraduate CAD programs. Once skills are built up, students will generate a 3D printed project and possibly work with local businesses to produce needed products using CAD files to generate code for manufacturing tools to execute--such as plasma and water jet cutting or CNC machining.

Woodworking

Half Year Course Number: 8005

Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

In this course students will build on skills learned in the Intro. to Shop course to make more detailed and precise products in wood. Projects might include a jewelry box, skateboard, end table, chest, or other small pieces of furniture. Focus will be on refining skills to produce really fine pieces from wood using advanced joinery and finishing techniques in an efficient manner.

Prerequisite: Intro to Workshop

Engineering

Half Year Course Number: 8003

Grades: 10, 11, 12

This is a challenge based course where students will identify, research, design, build a prototype, troubleshoot and refine, then build a final product when practical. Typical challenges include the Maine Wind Blade Challenge, Team America Rocket Challenge, and the International Bridge Building Competition. These require students to use computer modeling software to simulate a model rocket carrying a payload; use physics and vacuum infusion of fiberglass composites to develop a wind blade which will maximize electricity; and build a model bridge to meet specific loading and size criteria. Students that are considering a career in engineering or other technology related career fields would find this course challenging and intriguing. Expect field trips to UMO and local companies.

Prerequisite: Either Intro to Workshop or CAD

Welding

Half Year Course Number: 8006

Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

Students will build on their welding skills learned in the Intro. to Shop course. It will expand to include all the welders and metal fabrication tools available. These would include oxyacetylene welding, arc/stick welding procedures, Metal Inert Gas (MIG) and Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding, and Plasma Arc cutting. Students are expected to develop a specific degree of proficiency in all available methods of welding and brazing. Possible products might include trailers, wood splitters, wood stoves, or funny bikes.

Prerequisite: Intro to Workshop

Advanced Workshop

Half year Course Number: 8007

Grades: 10, 11, 12

For students who have taken 3 semesters of shop classes this would be an opportunity to combine those skills into a substantial project. Consider this a guided independent study course where projects are of the student’s design. Projects might include canoes, truck racks, furniture, repairs to snow machines or four wheelers, chicken tractors, ice sheds, etc.. Students are responsible for the cost of materials not normally stocked in the shop or used in large quantities; hardwood, plywood, veneers, hardware, metal stocks, etc. are some examples.

Prerequisite: 3 semesters of shop classes with a B or better grade

IB Design Technology

Full year Course Number: 0011

Grades: 11, 12

Inquiry and problem solving are at the heart of Design Technology. This course uses of the design cycle as a tool, to structure inquiry and analysis of problems, develop feasible solutions, and test and evaluate solutions. Design Technology promotes design literacy by enabling students to develop critical-thinking and design skills, which they can apply in a practical context. While designing may take various forms, it involves the selective application of knowledge within an ethical framework.