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Module Title:
Engineering Design
Course Purpose:
The student will learn the steps in the engineering design process
and be able to apply the process to a wide range of problems.
Module Designed For: This module designed to be used as one part of a one
year (two semester) high school course on engineering fundamentals. It may be
used alone as a technology-based science (e.g., earth science, chemistry) unit. Lessons substantially
incorporate National and State content standards, SCANS,
and California Engineering Technology standards.
Duration. The material is organized to be presented over six weeks.
Teachers may compress or expand the material as desired.
Assessment Methods: Assessments are continuous and include class
participation, homework, individual and team projects, and quizzes and tests. A
comprehensive list of terms and definitions related to each weekly
lesson plan may be used by the teacher as a lecture note or
repackaged by the teacher for student research or evaluation.
Course structure: CETA
curriculum modules are presented in a standard format for engineering modules
as part of the objective engineering technology course. Over
the six-week unit duration, 20% of the time is motivation to learn, 20%
lecture and guided discussion, 40% activities, laboratories, and projects. The
balance of the time, 20% is for evaluations and feedback.
Laboratory Description: Laboratory activities are presented as series of
options. Choose among the options or design your own
activities from lessons you know or can get form various sources (see
links). Among the alternatives is six-week (12-14 day)
comprehensive design projects such as the ASME "King
of the Hill" contest. Other calsses may want to use
laboratory time on short, one-two day design challenges, many of
which are suggested in the module.
Prerequisites:
None
Textbooks and other resources: There is no text for the module. All
material to teach the basic course is include in the course materials.
Supplemental material is included in the course materials or by reference.
Units and Lesson Summary:
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The Engineering Design Process:
Creative Problem Solving
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Determining Design Requirements
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Forming Design Solutions (Alternatives,
Criteria, and Constraints)
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Building Prototypes to prove the
design
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Testing, Evaluation, Analyzing,
and Fixing
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Design Documentation
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Design projects, contests
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Daily Design Challenges
Specific Objectives: On completion of the course the student
will be able to:
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Determine what information and principles are relevant to a
problem and its
analysis.
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Create original problem
solutions using the engineering design Process
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Choose among alternative solutions in solving a problem and
be able to justify the choices made in determining a solution.
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Translate word problems into mathematical statements when
appropriate
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Build a prototype from plans and test it.
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Evaluate and redesign a prototype on the basis of collected
test data.
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