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MCSD Technology Education Curriculum
Technology Education Planned Instruction
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Title of Planned Instruction:
Technology Education |
| Subject Area:
Science and Technology
Grade Level:
7 |
| Prerequisites: none Course Description:
This course is broad-based. It is exploratory in nature and
provides for various hands-on experiences with tools, materials,
products, and processes related to our technological society.
Required Time: 45 class periods
Course Credit: 0.25
Major Text(s) and Resources: |
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Names of District Subject Area Curriculum Writing Committee: |
- Carl D. Harpster
- Brent J. Hartman, Sr.
- Joseph G. Korona
- Ezra L. Scheffel
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Date of Board Approval: July 24, 2003 |
| Major Topics |
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| Course Objectives and Performance Indicators |
Strand: Science and Technology
Standard: 3.6 Technology Education
Grade/course: Technology Education - 7 |
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Course Level Objectives |
Performance
Indicators |
Assessments |
| B. |
Know that information
technologies involve encoding, transmitting, receiving, storing,
retrieving, and decoding. |
Identify graphic
reproduction methods. Demonstrate the ability to communicate an idea by
applying basic sketching and drawing techniques.
Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of a graphic object designed and
produced to communicate a thought or concept.
Apply basic technical drawing techniques to communicate an idea or
solution to a problem.
Apply the appropriate method of communication technology to communicate
a thought. |
--Tests
--Drawings
--Projects
--Teacher/student observations |
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Know physical technologies
of structural design, analysis and engineering, finance, production,
marketing, research, and design. |
Explain the relationship
among the basic resources needed in the production process for a specific
manufactured object. Identify basic resources needed to produce a
manufactured item.
Identify basic component operations in a specific manufacturing
enterprise (e.g., cutting, shaping, attaching).
Explain and demonstrate the concept of manufacturing (e.g., assemble a
set of papers or ballpoint pens sequentially, mass-produce an object).
Explain basic material processes that manufactured objects undergo
during production (e.g., separating, forming, combining).
Explain transportation technologies of propelling, structuring,
suspending, guiding, controlling, and supporting. |
--Project
and process analysis |
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Strand: 3.7 Technological Devices
Grade/Course: Technology Education - 7 |
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Course Level Objectives |
Performance
Indicators |
Assessments |
| A. |
Explore the use of basic
tools, simple materials and techniques to safely solve problems. |
Group tools and machines by
their function. Identify uses of tools, machines, materials, energy, and
time that meet specific design criteria.
Describe safe procedures for using tools and materials.
Assess materials for appropriateness of use.
Select and safely apply appropriate tools, materials, and processes
necessary to solve complex problems. |
--Project
and process analysis --Tests for safety |
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Select appropriate
instruments to study materials. |
Develop simple skills to
measure, record, cut, and fasten. Explain appropriate instrument
selection for specific tasks.
Apply accurate measurement knowledge to solve everyday problems. |
--Testing
--Projects
--Teacher observation |
| D. |
Use basic computer
software. |
Identify and use simple
graphic and presentation graphic materials generated by the computer. |
--Projects
--Teacher observation
--Drawings |
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Strand: 3.8 Science, Technology, and
Human Endeavors
Grade/course: Technology Education – 7 |
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Course Objectives |
Performance
Indicators |
Assessment
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Know that people select,
create, and use science and technology and that they are limited by social
and physical restraints. |
Apply the technological
design process to solve a simple problem. |
--Projects
--Drawings
--Problem solving
--Teacher observation |
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District Recommended Instructional Approach For
the Course
To Drive Teacher’s Instructional Activities |
- Lecture
- Demonstration
- Projects
- Small group work
- Individualized instruction
- Processes
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