APPLIED TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

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APPLIED TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN CP

This course is designed to challenge students through the use of Technology Learning Activities (TLA’s) using the 8-step designing loop, as well as developing basic skills in the use of small hand tools and limited power machinery. Students are encouraged to develop critical thinking skills through problem-solving activities.  Safety is stressed in the school, as well as at home and work.

ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN 1 CP

The college-bound student planning to study architecture needs to understand the design techniques and language that is necessary to enter the field of architecture. The industrial or trade worker needs a basic knowledge of drafting to learn how to read blueprints, to estimate cost, and to follow working instructions from blueprints. He/she must become proficient in on-the-job sketching, as well as in instrument drawing. A vacation home is designed using Revit for floor plans, elevations and wall sections. A simple three-dimensional model is built of the final design. Students will be prepared to further explore their architectural skills and knowledge as they continue in the Architecture and Design 2 course.

Prerequisite for Architecture and Design 1 is CAD

ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN 2 CP

This course provides the students with the opportunity to study Architecture in both the commercial and residential setting. Students are challenged through more advanced design challenges in Revit, AutoCAD, and 3 dimensional models.

Prerequisite:  Architecture and Design 1. 

ARCHITECTURAL MODELING CP

This course is designed for the advanced Architecture student, with an emphasis on the design to model process. Advanced AutoCAD 3-D skills and Revit Programs are used to develop creative design challenges. Architecture and product modeling skills are developed.

Prerequisite:  Architecture and Design 1 & 2.

AT HOME WITH TECHNOLOGY CP

This course emphasizes the study of technology that has entered our home and affects how we maintain and repair it. Units such as house construction, plumbing, electrical, masonry, and carpentry will be covered. Students will have the opportunity to study energy efficient, computerized heating and air conditioning systems. The students will also be introduced to computer programs dealing with how things work. This course will assist students in making intelligent decisions concerning consumer awareness in the home.

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN  (CAD) CP

CAD is offered to those students who are interested in following engineering, architectural, or technical careers. Students will be introduced to Computer Aided Design (CAD), sketching, and basic technical drawing skills.  Students will also use problem-solving skills to develop creative solutions to design problems. There is an opportunity for students to design and build a prototype model.

INDEPENDENT STUDY CP 

Independent study is for the student interested in pursuing further knowledge in the Applied Technology Department at a level exceeding the current courses. To enroll in Independent Study the student must make arrangements with the cooperating teacher of the specified area.

Prerequisite: Must be a senior and permission from the teacher 

INNOVATION AND DESIGN CP

This course will emphasize the process of inventing solutions to problems and the application of design and problem-solving processes to technological problems. Students will work within specific thematic areas and will research, develop, and fabricate solutions to technological problems.

STRUCTURED LEARNING EXPERIENCE  (S.L.E.)

The S.L.E. Program is offered to eleventh and twelfth grade students interested in entering skilled career occupations. The program covers the industrial and trade areas, home economics, and medical fields. Some examples of specific career training positions held by students are machinist, toolmaker, carpenter, electrical and auto mechanic apprentices, welder, cook, baker, tailor, upholsterer, dental assistant, and medical lab technician.

Local industry and the business community team up with the school to offer on-the-job skill training in the afternoon. All S.L.E. students attend a career information class each day. The coordinator who also supervises the students on the job conducts this class. Some of the areas covered in this class are: safety; how to look for a job; interviews; how to be successful on the job; job attitudes; self-analysis of strengths and weaknesses; time-study techniques; and post high school education and training. 

TRANSPORTATION AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CP

Students will gain technological literacy regarding power and energy as it relates to transportation systems.  Students will work on design and problem solving activities related to various types of transportation and energy, and their environmental impact.  Students will gain real world experience understanding and maintaining bicycles.  Careers will be explored relating to transportation and energy. 

WOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY 1 CP

The course is designed to increase the skills in the use of hand tools and power machinery, which relate to woodworking processes. The course also offers the opportunity to enhance the development of lifelong skills.

WOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY 2 CP

The course is designed to enhance the student’s wood processing skills developed in Wood Processing 1 through creative projects and assignments. Students will be reminded and further instructed in the safe use of hand and power tools, the characteristics of various wood materials, assembly techniques, joinery design, and finishing procedures. Emphasis is placed on the development of knowledge, useful throughout their lifetime. The woodworking class begins with simple projects and joinery and progresses to more complex projects as the year goes on.