Tech Ed (Smart Lab)

TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION*

Grade Level: 8

Prerequisite: None

Course Length: Full year

A comprehensive hands-on, high tech laboratory program designed to expose students to the wide range of technologies used in today's industries. In this lab, learning experiences are guided by individual learning module assignments. These modules are designed so that a pair of students, working as a team, are guided through the exploration of a technology.

These learning modules provide background information about the technology being explored and provide the opportunity for problem-solving. In this learning environment the teacher becomes a facilitator to the students’ learning experiences assisting and guiding them through their activities.

Activities that students are exposed to in this course include the following: aerodynamic testing, structural stress testing and analyzing, aerodynamics, laser technology, electricity/electronics, computer animation, satellite communication, desktop publishing, robotics, computer aided design, pneumatics, programming, microelectronics, model building, video, computer digitizing and more.

*Additional supplies or materials will be required. Cost will be dependent upon the projects the student chooses.

EXPLORING COMPUTER APPLICATIONS*

(Agnew, Berry, Kimbrough, New, Terry, Vanston, Wilkinson)

Grade Level: 8

Prerequisite: Technology Education

Course Length: Full year

This advanced course is a continuation of the concepts and skills developed during the first Technology Education course.

*Additional supplies or materials will be required. Cost will be dependent upon the projects the student chooses.