Warwick School District

Course Description

Students will concentrate on basic electronic principles utilizing hands on activities in the rapidly progressing technological field. Included in this course will be an emphasis on safety, equipment, basic electronic theory, a study of electronic components, experimental testing, construction of electrical circuits, and the discussion of current issues in the field (industry) of electricity and electronics. Constructing inexpensive take-home projects will also develop practical applications of electrical principles and skills. Strong mathematical skills are helpful.

Core Curriculum Content Standards

PA Common Core: Science and Technical Subjects (2012)

• Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text – with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.

• GRADES 11-12

• Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks; analyze the specific results based on explanations in the text.(3.5.11-12.C)

PA Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice

• Mathematical Practices

• Grade 9-12

• Model with mathematics. (9-12.4)
• Attend to precision.(9-12.6)

Sci & Tech - Technology and Engineering Education (2009-2012)

• Abilities for a Technological World

• GRADE 7

• Select and safely use appropriate tools, products and systems for specific tasks.(3.4.7.D2)

• GRADE 8

• Operate and maintain systems in order to achieve a given purpose.(3.4.8.D2)

• GRADE 10

• Refine a design by using prototypes and modeling to ensure quality, efficiency, and productivity of a final product.(3.4.10.D1)
• Diagnose a malfunctioning system and use tools, materials, and knowledge to repair it.(3.4.10.D2)
• Synthesize data, analyze trends, and draw conclusions regarding the effect of technology on the individual, society, and the environment.(3.4.10.D3)

• GRADE 12

• Verify that engineering design is influenced by personal characteristics, such as creativity, resourcefulness, and the ability to visualize and think abstractly.(3.4.12.D2)

• The Designed World

• GRADE 10

• Assess how medical technologies over time have impacted prevention and rehabilitation, vaccines and pharmaceuticals, medical and surgical procedures, and genetic engineering.(3.4.10.E1)
• Compare and contrast how the engineering design and management of agricultural systems require knowledge of artificial ecosystems and the effects of technological development on flora and fauna.(3.4.10.E2)
• Evaluate the purpose and effectiveness of information and communication systems.(3.4.10.E4)

• GRADE 12

• Compare and contrast energy and power systems as they relate to pollution, renewable and non-renewable resources, and conservation.(3.4.12.E3)
• Synthesize the effects of information and communication systems and subsystems as an integral part of the development of the Information Age.(3.4.12.E4)
• Compare and contrast the importance of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) as it pertains to the manufactured world.(3.4.12.E6)
• Analyze the technologies of prefabrication and new structural materials and processes as they pertain to constructing the modern world.(3.4.12.E7)

International Technology Education Association (2007)

• 9-12

• Students will develop an understanding of the characteristics and scope of technology. (ITEA.9-12.1)
• Students will develop an understanding of the core concepts of technology. (ITEA.9-12.2)
• Students will develop an understanding of the relationships among technologies and the connections between technology and other fields of study.(ITEA.9-12.3)
• Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use energy and power technologies. (ITEA.9-12.16)

Science

• Grade 11

• Physical Sciences

• Forms, Sources, Conversion, and Transfer of Energy

• Analyze energy sources and transfer of energy, or conversion of energy.(S11.C.2.1)

Units

Unit #1 - Safety

Unit #2 - Review of Basic Terms and Concepts

Unit #3 - Review and Extension of Measurement details

Unit #4 - Review of Semiconductor Theory and the Transistor

Unit #5 - Review and Extension of Series and Parallel Circuits

Unit #6 - Advanced Problems: Solving Unknown Values

Unit #7 - Introduction to AOI Logic

Unit #8 - Binary Numbers and Binary Counting

Unit #9 - Advanced Digital Circuit Applications

Unit #10 - Advanced Problems: Opto Communications Concept Exploration

Unit #11 - Advanced Concepts: 26 in 1 Robot Exploration

Unit #12 - Advanced Project and Circuit Assembly Opportunities