Create models and prototypes using CAD techniques and/or appropriate manufacturing tools.
Application
Utilize real-world STEM principles to investigate a variety of engineering disciplines.
Example: Use project-based learning to investigate and solve problems related to engineering.
Research and investigate engineering challenges in today’s world.
Apply the systems model of input, process, output, feedback, and impact to the engineering design process.
Analyze an engineering design brief.
Collaborate with team members to observe, identify, and modify individual solutions to engineering problems.
Design and/or test a prototype using an engineering design process.
Generate code to solve challenges using appropriate languages.
Applications of Engineering and Technology
Foundational Standards
Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and following protocols for fire and electrical safety.
Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.
Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.
Demonstrate digital literacy by using digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically.
Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.
Standard Practices
Apply the design process to problems that can be solved using methods of engineering.
Create a project scope which includes, but is not limited to, a Gantt chart, a budget, and a materials list.
Energy and Power
Design, create, test, and perform calculations on simple machines, gear trains, and sprockets.
Investigate the application of multiple energy sources to a variety of systems.
Describe the features of and explain the differences between series and parallel circuits.
Use Ohms Law to calculate current, voltage, resistance, and power in series and parallel circuits.
Use a multimeter to measure current, voltage, and/or resistance to diagnose and correct problems within a series or parallel circuit.
Communication Technologies
Analyze properties and functionalities of communication technologies.
Examples: terrestrial communication technology with analog or digital data; satellite communication technology including satellite ground station, remote sensing, navigation, geocentric orbit (low earth orbit, medium earth orbit, high earth orbit); Global Positioning Systems (GPS); geostationary satellites (GEOs); polar satellites; Nano satellites; CubeSats; SmallSats
Analyze properties and functionalities of laser and fiber optic technologies.
Materials and Structures
Calculate unknown forces using vectors.
Construct free-body diagrams.
Represent vector quantities by directed line segments, and use appropriate symbols for vectors and their magnitudes.
Calculate weight, density, mass, volume, and surface area of common items.
Design, create, test, and perform calculations on structural members using real models and computerized simulations.
Examples: beams, trusses
Use 3D modeling software to examine properties and functionality of objects.
