Turner College and Career High School

Turner College and Career High School

Project Lead the Way

Engineering Design and Problem Solving 2016/2017

Engineering Design and Problem Solving (ED&PS) gives students an opportunity to exercise the skills they have developed not only in their Project Lead the Way classes, but in other classes and in their personal experiences in general. Students will work in teams to solve a problem of their choosing. This course centers on using, documenting, and working through the engineering design process to address a problem. EDD is about the journey of seeking a well-justified original solution to a real-world problem.

Classroom Policies:

Presentation of Design

Each student will maintain an engineer’s journal and portfolio. I will provide the journal and I will store the Portfolio work that is not recorded in the journal. The other daily assignments should be stored either in a 3 ring binder or pocket folder. At the end of each semester the best work will be set aside to be bound for a portfolio. Learning to build a portfolio is an important part of this course.

Class Participation

Students are expected to come to class with an attitude to do their best and to bring all the materials they need to participate fully in the class. Most of the work will be done in class so regular attendance is an important part of the course.

Tutorials

I will available for tutorials most days from 2:45 to 3:30. Each student is asked to sign in and out when they come for tutorials. Students may use this time to complete missed or unfinished work.

Absences/OSB

Students are given a 9 week calendar and should be prepared to complete work assigned during an absence for official school business prior to leaving. Students must turn in major projects due on the OSB date prior to the absence. Students absent for other reasons should meet with the teacher at their return to class to arrange the makeup of missed assignments.

Grading Polices:

The work in this course is challenging and success may not happen on the first try but I will provide many opportunities to improve a grade.

Quizzes

The purpose of the quizzes is to prepare students to safely use the prototyping equipment and to understand the computer modeling tools used in this course. These scores will be averaged in with the daily grades but will count twice. There are very few quizzes in this course.

Daily Assessments

These will be assignments designed to prepare the students for projects and quizzes. There will not be much homework for this class and it will consist mostly of researching topics that relate to your project, preparing for quizzes or to completing an assessment. The scores will be included in the averages of daily assessments.

Projects

The average of project work will account for 60% of the 9 weeks average and the due dates for these are provided. After the first 9 weeks the due dates will depend to some extent on the actual projects but there will have to be some final cut off deadlines. Occasionally I will return work with a low score but will allow the teams to redo the work for a higher score. The goal is to learn the process and to create a quality product.

This course is a yearlong project that has many parts that will be graded throughout the year and the final report and presentation will be included in the 4th 9 weeks grading period. This report and presentation will be weighted heavily in the last 9 weeks grading period. Students will present their work for the year to a panel of engineers, teachers, administrators, family members and friends. It should be understood that failure to sufficiently complete this project could result in a low or failing grade for the second semester.

There is a reprint of this policy at the end of this document, please print, sign and have your parent or guardian sign as well.

Technical Writing Assignments

For these assignments, the student will be asked to answer a question in paragraph format in their journal. The questions will be subjective so support of the opinion must be included. Students may write a 5 paragraph essay using these questions to make up for a zero on a daily grade. Writing assignments are good practice for college and career preparation.

In summary:

Projects60%

Daily (daily, quizzes, class participation, technical writing)40%

Supplies

Highlighter

Pencils and erasers

Box of tissues (please)

If you have any questions concerning my policies please contact me by email ( ) or phone (281.727.1650).

1st Term Projects- due dates posted on calendar located on teacher website

 Invention and Innovation – Patents

 Steps to Design – Design Challenge

 Choosing a Problem

 Knowledge of the Marketplace

2nd Term Projects

 Design Specification

 Concept Development

 Best Solution

 Concept Testing

 Choosing Materials and Fastening Procedures

3rd Term Projects

 Virtual Solutions

 Professional Correspondence

 Test Criteria

 Build the Prototype

 Test Procedure

 Test and Evaluate

 2 Critical Design Review

4th Term Projects

 Final Presentation

 Final Report

 Portfolio

 Acknowledgement of Mentors

Student Name (Print) ______

Projects Grading Policy

This course is a yearlong project that has many parts that will be graded throughout the year and the final report and presentation will be included in the 4th 9 weeks grading period. This report and presentation will be weighted heavily in the last 9 weeks grading period. Students will present their work for the year to a panel of engineers, teachers, administrators, family members and friends. It should be understood that failure to sufficiently complete this project will result in a low or failing grade for the second semester.

I have read and understand the previous statements.

Student Signature ______Date ______

Parent/Guardian Name (Print) ______

Parent/Guardian Signature ______

Date ______

Revised August 2015