Warwick School District

Course Description

Students will design, build, and test a product using the engineering design process.  Students will sketch products, draw their solutions to scale and perform a cost analysis of the products they plan to develop. The design problem solving method approach will be used.

Core Curriculum Content Standards

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

• Technology and Engineering Design

• GRADE 8

• Evaluate the criteria and constraints of a design.(3.4.8.C1)
• Explore the design process as a collaborative endeavor in which each person in the group presents his or her ideas in an open forum.(3.4.8.C2)

Units

Unit #1 - Product Design

Unit #2 - Orthographic Projection

Unit #3 - Isometric Drawing

Unit #4 - Standard Units of Measure (Board Foot Problems)

Unit #5 - Power Machine Safety

Unit #6 - Production Cutting (Non-Metalic)

Unit #7 - Production Cutting (Metalic)

Unit #8 - Production Cutting (Synthetics)

Unit #9 - Mid Term Exam

Unit #10 - The Assembly Process

Unit #11 - The Finishing Process

Unit #12 - The Packaging Process

Unit #13 - Marketing and Engineering Products using CAD (Non-Metalic)

Unit #14 - Marketing and Engineering Products using CAD (Synthetics)

Unit #15 - Marketing and Engineering Products using CAD (Assembly Drawi

Unit #16 - Five Paragraph Essay (Summary)