STEM Engineering Principles (Period 2B)
Course Description
Evanston High School
Computer Science
Course Syllabus 2016-2017
Course Title: STEM Principles of Engineering
Course Number: EHS
Course Credit: 1
Instructor: Todd Nixon
Email: [email protected]
Course Description: Students will be exposed to 5 engineering branches (Civil, Mechanical, Software, Chemical, Electrical) along with the tools provide by spreadsheets and 3D drawing programs. Autocad’s Fusion 360 will be the 3d drawing program that this class will use.
Life Skills: Class work will require all students to listen, read, and collaborate with others in order to accomplish given tasks. Students will develop a connection between computers and programs. Students will be expected to interact with the teacher, other students, the internet, and classroom resource manuals in order to expand their personal knowledge base.
A brief description is provided for each of the Wyoming Career/Vocational strands.
The 2014 Wyoming Career & Vocational Education Content and Performance Standards have been organized into five major categories:
- Career Development and Readiness
- Communication and Collaboration
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Technical Literacy
- Technical Proficiency and Productivity
The standards are not prioritized; rather, they are listed alphabetically.
Career Development and Readiness:
Students demonstrate career planning and employability skills.
Students understand and verbalize the career pathways model. They have worked with a career counselor to develop an inclusive Plan of Study that is aligned with their career interests and strengths. Students work independently with a career counselor to monitor and adjust their Plan of Study as their needs change. This includes secondary and postsecondary coursework opportunities as well as related CTSO & community service involvement. Students can accurately demonstrate personal employability skills and characteristics using both written and verbal communication methods.
Communication and Collaboration:
Students develop the skills necessary to effectively lead, collaborate, and communicate.
Students are capable of fulfilling many roles on a team. They recognize that everyone brings different skills to a team and are able to effectively lead, collaborate, and communicate in order to successfully complete a project. They consistently share project progress and results. They demonstrate global competencies, utilizing perspectives and strengths for the benefit of the team.
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving:
Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate technology, tools, and resources.
Students independently and accurately locate, use, organize, analyze and communicate different types information through verbal and written means. Students use the appropriate technology, tools and resources to independently and accurately lead, research, manage and complete individual and group projects in a timely manner.
Technical Literacy:
Students effectively read, evaluate, write, and communicate technical information.
Students select, read, interpret, evaluate, analyze and communicate technical data in a variety of ways. Students can successfully and independently compose and present different types of technical data using a variety of visual technologies.
Technical Proficiency and Productivity:
Students safely, ethically, and productively use existing and new technologies and systems.
Students consistently and safely use technology to complete tasks and projects that meet or exceed industry standards. They develop, evaluate and modify systems to most efficiently complete a task.
Assignments: All assignments will be submitted to the instructor electronically. Students are responsible for keeping all original electronic documents. Gooru.org is used for the classroom management portal. Students gather information from tutorials and lessons tracked through Gooru. Assignments are then emailed to the instructor for grading.