Engineering the Future 1
Course Syllabus
Teacher: Mr. Gurner [email protected]
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the Engineering Design Process,
a method used by Engineers to solve Design challenges by implementing appropriate Technologies. Throughout the semester, students will engage in a series of projects that will acquaint them with this process.
The Engineering Design Process is a step by step method of creative problem solving that requires working collaboratively in teams to come up with solutions to design problems and procedures for fabricating prototypes. This will require cultivating a spirit of cooperation and compromise with the members of your design team.
The steps of the Engineering Design Process are:
-Identify the Need or Problem
-Research the need or problem
-Develop possible solutions
-Select the best solutions
-Build a prototype
-Test and evaluate the solutions
-Communicate the solutions
-Redesign
In the shop, the safe use of the hand and power tools used in prototype making, will be emphasized and students will be expected to take notes on all the safety topics presented in class. No student will be permitted to use any tool without first demonstrating knowledge and skill of the proper procedures specific to each tool.
While this is primarily a hands-on project based class, there will also be weekly readings assigned from the text book and written responses to those readings. In addition to 2 or 3 quizzes, students are expected to write a 4 page research paper on a 20th or 21st century innovation/invention that has had a major impact on human society and the technologies incorporated in that invention.
Final grades will be calculated as follows:
-Projects 50%
-Quizzes and Tests 20%
-Conduct and Safety 10%
-Research Paper 20%
Course Requirements
Students will be required to keep a 1” tabbed 3 Ring Binder with sections for each of the following:
Syllabus
Written Responses
Shop Safety Handouts
Design Projects
Research Paper
Students are expected to bring these binders with them to every class along with a pencil, paper and the Engineer’s Notebook for the current project.
All Students will be responsible for shop clean-up duties. The last 5 minutes of class will be devoted to cleaning up the shop. Each and every student is expected to participate in the daily clean-up.
Students are expected to attend all classes on time prepared to work at the start of class. If a student misses a significant number of classes, it will be very difficult to keep up with the tasks required and to achieve success.
Course Syllabus
Teacher: Mr. Gurner [email protected]
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the Engineering Design Process,
a method used by Engineers to solve Design challenges by implementing appropriate Technologies. Throughout the semester, students will engage in a series of projects that will acquaint them with this process.
The Engineering Design Process is a step by step method of creative problem solving that requires working collaboratively in teams to come up with solutions to design problems and procedures for fabricating prototypes. This will require cultivating a spirit of cooperation and compromise with the members of your design team.
The steps of the Engineering Design Process are:
-Identify the Need or Problem
-Research the need or problem
-Develop possible solutions
-Select the best solutions
-Build a prototype
-Test and evaluate the solutions
-Communicate the solutions
-Redesign
In the shop, the safe use of the hand and power tools used in prototype making, will be emphasized and students will be expected to take notes on all the safety topics presented in class. No student will be permitted to use any tool without first demonstrating knowledge and skill of the proper procedures specific to each tool.
While this is primarily a hands-on project based class, there will also be weekly readings assigned from the text book and written responses to those readings. In addition to 2 or 3 quizzes, students are expected to write a 4 page research paper on a 20th or 21st century innovation/invention that has had a major impact on human society and the technologies incorporated in that invention.
Final grades will be calculated as follows:
-Projects 50%
-Quizzes and Tests 20%
-Conduct and Safety 10%
-Research Paper 20%
Course Requirements
Students will be required to keep a 1” tabbed 3 Ring Binder with sections for each of the following:
Syllabus
Written Responses
Shop Safety Handouts
Design Projects
Research Paper
Students are expected to bring these binders with them to every class along with a pencil, paper and the Engineer’s Notebook for the current project.
All Students will be responsible for shop clean-up duties. The last 5 minutes of class will be devoted to cleaning up the shop. Each and every student is expected to participate in the daily clean-up.
Students are expected to attend all classes on time prepared to work at the start of class. If a student misses a significant number of classes, it will be very difficult to keep up with the tasks required and to achieve success.