The content to be learned in Engineering Technology will include:

• Understand & use the engineering design process
• Collaborate and communicate with a group
• ITEEA REACH Challenge
• Robots & Electronics
  • Understand analog and digital electronics
  • Program robots/microprocessors with sensors to allow robots to sense environment and respond in some way.
  • VEX Code VR and/or Microbit

Students will study engineering technology, while working in collaborative groups to develop an understanding of robotics and programming. Upon completion of this course students will be proficient in the following areas:

• Understand the functions of mechanical applications within the context of tangible models.
• Understand and learn how to use the engineering design process as an effective paradigm for good design.
• Learn the importance of the rudimentary principles of mechanical advantage as illustrated through the use pulleys, gears and chain drives in varied applications.
• Learn how to work collaboratively towards a common goal.
• Test and evaluate the correlational purpose of robot subsystems for optimum functionality as a cohesive unit.
• Know how to work to achieve an explicit objective within a specific time table.