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CAREER CLUSTERS
STEM, Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
What does a career in Mechanisms look like?
A career in mechanisms involves designing, analyzing, and optimizing mechanical systems and devices. Professionals in this field, often mechanical engineers or mechanical designers, work on creating efficient and reliable mechanisms for various applications. This could include machinery, robotics, or automotive systems. They use principles of physics and engineering to ensure proper functioning and performance of mechanical components. Skills in CAD (Computer-Aided Design), knowledge of materials, and an understanding of mechanical principles are essential in this career.
Inside look at the Module:
Students examine the fundamentals of simple machines in the study of gears, sprockets, levers, and pulleys while experimenting with gear reduction, speed reduction, and mechanical advantage devices.
Project-based activities include:
Activity: Trainer Components & Functions
Activity: Internet Research - Inventions
Activity: Three Classes of Levers
Activity: Single and Double Pulleys
Activity: Internet Research - Exploring Gears
Activity: Changing the Direction of Force
Activity: Gear Trains & Speed Change
Activity: Multiple Speed Reductions
Activity: Crazy Contraptions
Activity: Narrative Writing & Checkpoint Test
Activity: Sprocket Gears & Chain Drives
Activity: Design Brief
Activity: Argumentative Writing, Career Research & Planning, and Checkpoint Test
FEATURES
• Project-Based Learning
• Career Ready Practices
• Reading and Writing in Context
• Customizable Content
Career Pathway:
There are hundreds of related careers in the STEM Career Cluster, some more similar than others. By classifying these similar careers into narrower categories called pathways, it helps individuals look at a range of options when it comes to employment in an area with similar skills and knowledge. Although this system of classifying careers into clusters and pathways is helpful in navigating career options, it is not the only way. This module is more specifically aligned with the Science and Math Career Pathway. Individuals in this pathway share a set of skills and knowledge which expand upon the skills and knowledge needed in the STEM Career Cluster. Individuals in the Science and Math Career Pathway demonstrate the following skills and knowledge:
Apply science and mathematics to provide results, answers and algorithms for engineering and technological activities.
Apply science and mathematics concepts to the development of plans, processes and projects that address real-world problems.
Analyze the impact that science and mathematics have on society.
Apply critical thinking skills to review information, explain statistical analysis, and to translate, interpret and summarize research and statistical data.
Planning Your Career:
By working through this module you will begin your journey toward developing the skills and knowledge to be successfully employed in this pathway. By taking your experience and building on it by applying these skills in different scenarios you will be better prepared to take the next step in your educational path. At the end of this module, you will select two of the related careers and describe the means by which to achieve those opportunities.
These are the careers you will explore in this module:
Millwright
Farm Equipment Mechanic
Construction Equipment Operator
Automotive Mechanic
Mechanical Engineers
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanic
General Maintenance Mechanic
Industrial Machinery Repair Technician
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