Tech Ed
- 6th Grade Technology Applications
- 6th Grade Technology and Design
- 7th Grade Digital Media and Communications
- 7th Grade Technology Applications
- 7th Grade Technology and Design
- 8th Grade STEM Entrepreneurship
- 8th Grade Innovation and Design
6th Grade Technology Applications
6th Grade Technology Applications
Length: Semester
Format: Meets Every Other Day
Description: Students will learn about technology in the 21st century while practicing critical thinking, problem solving and collaboration. CAD software and 3D printing will be used to help students create solutions for engineering design challenges. Students will learn fundamental programming concepts to solve problems in a logical and creative way. Adobe Creative Cloud is also introduced to empower students to think creatively and communicate expressively. Students will learn robotics and use the engineering design process to create prototypes, and to test, analyze and improve designs. The focus is on basic robot construction and programming for robotic control. Students will build prototypes or use simulation software to test designs.
**Students who take this course in sixth (6th) grade will take Technology and Design in seventh (7th) grade.
6th Grade Technology and Design
6th Grade Technology and Design
Length: Semester
Format: Meets Every Other Day
Description: In this hands-on/critical thinking course, Students will use Design Process, along with traditional and modern means of production, to create projects and solve problems and challenges. Most projects students will develop their designs in CADD (Computer Aided Drafting & Design) or Adobe Creative Cloud. They will then make use of our maker space/production lab that gives students access to hand tools and rapid prototyping machines such as 3-D Printers, a Laser Engraver, and a CNC Router and Mill. **Students who take this course in sixth (6th) grade will take Technology Applications in seventh (7th) grade.
7th Grade Digital Media and Communications
7th Grade Digital Media and Communications
Length: Semester
Format: Meets Every Other Day
Description: The 7th grade Digital Media and Communications elective will build students’ written and oral communications skills through the study and creation of digital media. Lessons and assignments will center around significant elements of communication, including sender, ideas, encoding, receiver, channel, decoding, and feedback. In their study and practice, students will carefully consider media’s effect on individuals and society, rhetorical devices and techniques used in multimedia (specifically focused around language, structure, evidence, and point of view), communication styles (passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive, and assertive), and digital citizenship. Students will demonstrate their understanding in responses to selected digital media and creation of their own digital media. Throughout the course, students will sample and analyze effective elements of communication in a variety of multimedia formats, including digital publications, podcasts, videos, photo journals, bogs/vlogs, websites, and social media. Students will apply their understanding through the creation of their own digital media projects in the similar formats listed above.
7th Grade Technology Applications
7th Grade Technology Applications
Length: Semester
Format: Meets Every Other Day
Description: Students will learn about technology in the 21st century while practicing critical thinking, problem solving and collaboration. CAD software and 3D printing will be used to help students create solutions for engineering design challenges. Students will learn fundamental programming concepts to solve problems in a logical and creative way. Adobe Creative Cloud is also introduced to empower students to think creatively and communicate expressively. Students will learn robotics and use the engineering design process to create prototypes, and to test, analyze and improve designs. The focus is on basic robot construction and programming for robotic control. Students will build prototypes or use simulation software to test designs.
7th Grade Technology and Design
7th Grade Technology and Design
Length: Semester
Format: Meets Every Other Day
Description: In this hands-on/critical thinking course, Students will use Design Process, along with traditional and modern means of production, to create projects and solve problems and challenges. Most projects students will develop their designs in CADD (Computer Aided Drafting & Design) or Adobe Creative Cloud. They will then make use of our maker space/production lab that gives students access to hand tools and rapid prototyping machines such as 3-D Printers, a Laser Engraver, and a CNC Router and Mill.
8th Grade STEM Entrepreneurship
8th Grade STEM Entrepreneurship
Length: Semester
Format: Meets Every Other Day
Description: Students will develop an entrepreneurial mindset and utilize the design process to create a solution to solve an everyday problem. Basic entrepreneurship concepts, and fundamental business principles will be introduced. Upon completion of the course students will have a business description, logo, prototype, and website for their company. Students will utilize Adobe Illustrator, CAD software 3D printing and coding.
8th Grade Innovation and Design
8th Grade Innovation and Design
Length: Semester
Format: Meets Every Other Day
Description: Students will be given the opportunity complete design challenges while working in the maker space/production lab. Projects will involve several parts of the design process such as using CADD (Computer Aided Drafting & Design) and Digital Modeling. The CO2 Dragster project gives students the chance to work in the Prototyping Lab using the Band Saws, Drill Presses, and Power Sanders along with hand tools. For the LED Display students learn about electrical circuit design and build their LED Circuit that will illuminate their laser etched design.