PLTW Intro to Engineering Design (IED) Syllabus TMHS

Teacher: Mrs. Vanessa Coronado

Email: Preferred for general use:

My google account:

Edlio Teacher Website:

Quizlet: MrsCoronadoTMHS

Room/Extension: 1211/x1062

Resources:

There is no hard copy textbook for this course. All of the vocabulary, presentations, notes, and information are on the student Courses page(my.pltw.org) if PLTW created it, or, my teacher website ( if I have created it. The Autodesk Inventor 2018 software will be installed on all classroom computers. It is a free download at home BUT the computer specifications are quite extensive (google it)to run the software, but that is NOT expected of you and is very rare. We will periodically use your google accounts, so be sure you have access to your TISD issued google account. (######@sec.tomballschools.net).

10Big Ideas and Skills for IED

By the end of this course, the successful student will be able to:

1. Apply the Design Process

2. Create technical sketches and drawings

3. Create engineering documentation and demonstrate drawing standards

4. Demonstrate proper measurement and statistical analysis

5. Use applied geometry

6. Create 3D CAD solid models

7. Complete and reverse engineering project

8. Design a product based on a client’s wants

9. Participate in a virtual design challenge

10. Demonstrate presentation design and delivery

Evaluation

Per district guidelines, 70% of your grade is comprised of major grades, primarily projects, occasionally tests. 30% of your grade is comprised of daily grades, primarily quizzes and checks over homework and vocabulary. *Assignments aren’t always out of 100 points, as to weight some assignments more important than others.Please be aware of this when accessing grades online.

There is also an end of course exam (EOC) given by PLTW that gives you the opportunity to earn college credit in tandem with the second year course. This EOC exam counts as the spring TISD final exam score, no exceptions. We will periodically refer to the exam throughout the year to prepare you for this test.

Tutoring

I highly encourage any student who receives a low grade on an assignment to come in and diagnose why such a low grade was earned. Due to the cumulative nature of this course, you will want to figure out what and why you are missing information before it snowballs on you. In general, I will hold tutoring from 2:50-4:30pm. I will post available tutorial times on the board each week. Generally late busses are available Tuesday and Thursdays and begin to pick up at 4:30. You must notify your teachers by 3:15 if you need a late bus.

Required Materials:

  • Gridded/graph/quad composition book. It MUST be gridded/graph/quad- not lined. This is a PLTW requirement. 1st book provided by TISD.
  • Pencil (preferably mechanical with refill leads). Every day.
  • Pen. Every day.
  • Colored pencils (if you want colors like pink, you might consider the larger packs of pencils, but that is up to you).
  • At least 1 roll of transparent tape at home or in your backpack at all times- this is the easiest, cleanest, and most reliable way to attach materials into your notebook. You may go through quite a few rolls throughout the year depending on your style of organization in your notebook and how much tape you prefer. We have a large supply at school, but you will affix materials when outside of class from time to time.
  • Ruler that has metric and customary units. This will be for use at home. A class set will be provided in the classroom so there is no need to tote it back and forth.
  • Folder or binder for all loose materials. You are welcome to share this folder or binder with other classes- it won’t ever get picked up, it’s just a place for you to keep all materials that aren’t a part of your engineering notebook.

Engineering Notebook:

This is the grid composition book. This is where the bulk of your actual work will go. If at any point you lose your notebook, the unfortunate consequence is having to buy another one for yourself and redo EVERYTHING in it. No joke. So, be extra careful with it and keep it away from water. Feed it a balanced diet (but no food after midnight) and give it regular check-ups. At the end of the year you are expected to have all activities and work that was required in it to be there for the whole yearcompleted as per PLTW guidelines! A lot of grades come from this book, so it is good practice to stay organized and on top of your work.

Academic Dishonesty and Computer Use:

Stealing, lying, and cheating will not be tolerated. We also do not tolerate others who do this. When it comes to cheating, the person who received information is equally as guilty as the person who gave them the information. Both parties will need to conference call their parents with me and discuss what happened and take a zero, etc. File sharing, unless otherwise authorized, is cheating. Autodesk has features that time stamp authors and edit dates. Google has revision history. Don’t. Just don’t.

You have already agreed to the TISD acceptable use policy when you register each year for school. In class, we will outline what this specifically means for our classroom. Be aware, violation of computer use may result in removal from TMHS and/or the engineering program.

Homework:

Homework assignments will be given throughout the week. They will be graded at random. Working diligently in class will most often result in little to no homework. There are times once we start using Autodesk that you will need to stay after and complete work in the program if you work slowly or miss school. Heads up- the day that a project is due, the classroom turns into Procrastination City. In this city, there are more students that want to use computers than computers are available, so don’t procrastinate on your projects. Grit.

Class Goal:

Have fun! This is an awesome class filled with many manyways for you to be creative. When you have fun, you learn better and retain that information better to use in a variety of future settings. Team work is a must- so the positive energy you put out will help the whole class grow and facilitate a great product throughout the year. By the end of the year you will be exposed to the process that engineers use to design with and the various roles of engineers. We will hear from a variety of different engineers via web conferencing. The sky is the limit to what you can come up with- there are high school students who have developed patents on their work around the nation with this program- can you imagine!?!

As the year progresses, there may be opportunities for visits to businesses, competitions, internships, and scholarships. Keep in mind that your demeanor in class can go a long way in a recommendation towards these exciting opportunities.

“Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
–Walt Disney

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