Engineering Principles 1
Course Introduction
Core Standards of the Course
Strand 1
Students will follow safety practices.
Standard 1
Identify potential safety hazards and follow general laboratory safety practices.
Standard 2
Use safe work practices.
Standard 3
Complete a basic safety test without errors (100%) before using any tools or shop equipment.
Strand 2
Students will investigate career opportunities within the world of Engineering.
Standard 1
Identify occupations related to Engineering.
Standard 2
Differentiate among various Engineering disciplines.
Standard 3
Investigate different types of occupational training and educational opportunities.
Strand 3
Students will understand and develop positive work ethics, communication skills, and leadership skills.
Standard 1
Demonstrate positive work ethics and leadership skills.
Standard 2
Employ the Technology Student Association (TSA) student organization's program as an integral element of the curriculum.
Standard 3
Participate in problem-solving, both individually and as part of a team.
Standard 4
Understand the importance of inter-disciplinary teams.
Standard 5
Take minutes of a team meeting.
Standard 6
Make accurately proportioned sketches using correct drawing conventions.
Standard 7
Create and utilize an engineering notebook per established conventions.
Strand 4
Students will identify the qualities of successful engineering design, recognize its role in society, and develop projects using an engineering design process.
Standard 1
Identify the qualities of good design and their relationship to the design's user.
Standard 2
Recognize and identify the role of engineering and engineered products in society.
Standard 3
Identify the requirements for and role of intellectual property in design.
Standard 4
Recall education requirements for professional success as a designer/engineer.
Standard 5
Identify and explain the elements of an engineering design process.
Standard 6
Understand the concept of a problem statement and design requirements.
Standard 7
Create design specifications considering such factors as:
Standard 8
Translate design requirements into a design solution.
Standard 9
Use brainstorming methods to identify solutions to a design problem.
Standard 10
Recognize and demonstrate that there are many possible successful designs and that a design process does not always result in a single best design.
Standard 11
Explain the role of and be able to utilize mathematical and functional modeling in the creation and assessment of a design.
Standard 12
Perform a design-of-experiments.
Standard 13
Build and test designs against design specifications, evaluate the results of those tests, and present their analyses.
Standard 14
Demonstrate that design is an iterative process, subject to continuous evolutionary improvement.
Strand 5
Students will understand ways in which Civil Engineering can enhance health and well-being of individuals.
Standard 1
Identify several different careers that support large scale civil or environmental projects.
Standard 2
Use idealized equations that are fundamental to Civil Engineering.
Standard 3
Describe how real world factors change performance from the ideal to:
Standard 4
Work in teams to design and build a project related to Civil Engineering.
Standard 5
Write a reflection of the project.
Standard 6
Give a brief presentation on an existing or an emerging Civil Engineering technology.
Strand 6
Students will understand ways in which Computer Engineering can enhance health and well-being of individuals.
Standard 1
Identify several different careers that support the computer industry.
Standard 2
Identify the main internal and external components of a computer.
Standard 3
Explain the basic components of a computer's programming design.
Standard 4
Understand various elements of coding structure.
Standard 5
Work in teams to design and build a project related to Computer Engineering.
Standard 6
Write a reflection of the project.
Standard 7
Give a brief presentation on an existing or an emerging Computer Engineering technology.
Strand 7
Students will understand ways in which Bioengineering can enhance the lives of individuals.
Standard 1
Identify several different careers that support bioengineering or Biomanufacturing.
Standard 2
Understand the role of specialists in solving bioengineering problems.
Standard 3
Work in teams to design and build a project related to Bioengineering.
Standard 4
Write a reflection of the project.
Standard 5
Give a brief presentation on an existing or an emerging Bioengineering technology.
Standard 1
Create and utilize an engineering notebook per established conventions.
Standard 2
Demonstrate practice of the Technology & Engineering Professional Workplace Skills.
Standard 3
Participate in a significant activity that provides each student with an opportunity to render service to others, employ leadership skills, or demonstrate skills they have learned through this course, preferably through participation in a Career & Technical Student Organization (CTSO) such as the Technology Student Association (TSA).
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