Engineer Design and Problem Solving
Let’s Engineer Your World Instructor: Mrs. Jacobs [email protected] www.mrsjacobsstemworld.weebly.com www.yearnspace.weebly.com www.engineeryourworld.org Equal access to Career and Technical programs and activities is assured students in Mesquite Independent School District without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, or disability. Welcome to Engineer Your World! This class will engage you in authentic engineering practices in a project-based learning (PBL) environment. Learning is scaffold over a series of engaging and socially relevant explorations and design challenges. The curriculum focuses on creating a 1) Narrative of engineering 2) Building engineering design career skills 3) Developing engineering professional habits of mind 4) Introducing engineering fields ,professions, and participating in engineering organization . 2018-2019 At a Glance Fall Semester SAFETY Teaming, Tools, Machinery, Intro to drafting, and Engineering notebook Digital portfolio, field trips, Competitions, Job shadowing Introduction to coding Unit 1: Introduction to Engineering/ Robotics and BEST robotics Competition Unit 2: Designing for Customers - Customer Needs (Exploration) Texas A &M Engineering Manufacturing and Material Engineering Project Unit 3: Reverse Engineering - Flashlight Redesign (Design Challenge) Unit 4: Discovering Design - Pinhole Camera (Design Challenge) Job Shadowing Presentations Spring Semester Unit 5: Designing with Data - Safer Buildings (Design Challenge) Skills USA competition Unit 7: Programming - Electronic Music (Exploration) NDT- Presentation and Observations Unit 8: Systems Engineering - Aerial Imaging (Design Challenge) Capstone project- This project is a student innovative community project Job Shadowing Presentations Technology Resources: Students should use google classroom to access all lecture notes, additional resources, homework assignments and project rubrics. Students should use a flash drive in this course for records of data analysis Students will have home access to solidworks to help guide their certification study guides Evaluation and Grading Policy We have a lot to accomplish this year; thus the rigid schedule. If you're going to miss class it is your responsibility to make arrangements for late work and missed time both with the instructor and your teammates. Late work will not be accepted unless you schedule a conference with the instructor prior to the absence. Student are responsible for updating Engineering notebooks if student is absent from class. Each student will have the opportunity to make up missed weekly notebook checks with instructor notification and instructor arrangement of completion date. Design challenge grades will not be curved. Projects and presentations are graded on many different aspects (i.e., both process and product) providing opportunities for success despite failure in other areas. Rubrics will be provided for all projects and presentations.Gantt charts will evaluate your progress and completion status. Individual Assessments - This includes both daily and major grades. Students will be graded individually on their engineering notebooks and individual assignments such as Quizzes, homework, peer and self-assessments, individual reports and research projects. Engineer Notebook: You are required to keep an up-to-date engineer notebook throughout the year representing a significant portion of your overall grade. Notebooks are required in professional practice: they are important legal documents and document the history of your work. Notebooks are invaluable when writing project reports. Click on this link for Industry standards for having an Engineer Notebook Use your engineer notebook to document all of your work and contributions towards your team's project. Notebooks are working documents, but they must provide a comprehensible trail for your product development effort. Don’t stress perfection, if you make a mistake just cross it out and move on! Team Design Challenges – Major grades. Teams will be graded on team explorations and major design challenges. Everyone on the team gets the same score for final design product, design quality, and team presentations. III. End of year Capstone Project- Projects are conceived and designed entirely by the student, capstone projects are expected to meet the Engineering design process learning you have developed throughout the year, develop skills and attributes related to the Engineering industry. How successful the project will be largely depends upon how well it is planned and executed. IV Technical Reports- Technical reports present facts and conclusions about your designs and other projects. A technical report includes research about technical concepts as well as graphical depictions of designs and data. A technical report also follows a strict organization. This way, when other engineers read what you write, they can quickly locate the information that interests them the most. The instructor will advise you on which projects will require a technical report. The following are guidelines to writing a technical report in this course: Title page Summary Table of Contents Introduction Middle sections with numbered headings Conclusions References Appendices Weighted Grades Classwork(Assignments, Notebook entries, & quizzes)(50%) Test/Projects(30%) Six weeks Test(20%) Required Materials Engineering Notebook Spiral : 1 subject, Graph Ruled notebook, 100 sheets, 2 pockets (This is provided) 1 plastic folder with brads- for all of the handouts For design challenges you are highly encouraged bring your own materials outside of class. USB flashdrive Disclosures:
Advice: Have fun, get nerdy, and don't take yourself too seriously! One thing you're going to have to accept is not being perfect the first time around. If you accept the lack of perfection you will learn a whole lot more. Jump right in and learn, reflect, evaluate, and then jump again. Failure lets you know where the problems are! Yes, there is a lot of work but the work is fun and scaffolded for success. You are primarily graded on the habits of the mind, not the final product. Keep up with your engineer notebook! Stay busy; there is always something to do. Manage your time well and learn to make quick decisions as team even if you don't agree. Get over it, continue to work together. Regroup after failure and promote encouragement and ideas not blame and problems. Engineering is a process, trust the process … |
Class requirements
The course is required for each student to have full participation with every challenge and competition in the classroom.
The Texas education Knowledge and skills standards encourages each student to become a member of CTSO organization. This course is aligned with SKILLS USA, and would encourage each student to become affliated with each competition with in the class. Becoming an officer, committee member, or member. This organization not only prepares the students with soft skills but industry standard engineering skills.
SKillsUSA mobile robotics competitionOther competitions to prepare you for engineering skills"I joined BEST hoping to further define my identity as an engineer. After working with team members that became new friends, learning to think critically and to problem solve, and learning basic equipment and tool management, in a span of a mere eight weeks, my way of problem-solving thinking has changed to become more technical and analytical. Additionally, I further confirmed my identity as an engineer."
- 12th Grade, Merrol Hyde Magnet School (Music City BEST) Supporting our competitionsSupporting our competition entries requires students to the following in your high school, and your community
a. Plan b. Budget c. Create and showcase d. Fundraise e. Community involvement Other competitions that CTE STEM supports |