• What steps would you need to consider when building your own system or project?
• How will you go about identifying a simple machine problem?
• What are possible solutions to resolve your problem?
• How does various energy play a role in building a system?
• What is the value of creating a prototype?
• Why is it important to have file organization on a project?
• Identify one career where you would use the skills learned in your project.

• Designs and builds several parts of a device that will adhere to specific constraints.
• Identifies the simple and compound simple machines.
• Understands how the simple machines increase human capabilities through mechanical advantage/disadvantage.
• Recognizes the difference between potential and kinetic energy.
• Creates 3D models to develop ideas for projects
• Creates, saves, and edits digital works.

• What are different ways you could demonstrate knowledge of your projects?
• How can you communicate appropriately with traditional and online resources?
• What a various multimedia presentation methods?
• What are various collaborative skills will you need to work with high efficiency?
• Identify one career where you would use the skills learned in your project.

• Present a project with multiple artifacts
• Utilizes an online web blog
• Utilizes traditional or digital forms to effectively relay information
• Produces a multimedia presentation
• Working on a team with high efficiency

• How has automation and programming changed our daily lives?
• How has manufacturing changed over the last 10 years?
• How do programs calculate information for you?
• What role does innovation play in our society?
• How has technology affected our environment?
• What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources?
• Identify one career where you would use the skills learned in your project.

• Identifies the role automation plays in our society.
• Understands the role computer programming plays in today’s society.
• Explains how automation and robotics has transformed the role of the manufacturing industry
• Create a program to analyze/manipulate information.
• Analyze how innovations affect our social, cultural, economic, and political environment.
• Investigates the environmental impacts of energy usage decisions and their long term consequences.
• Distinguishes between renewable and nonrenewable resources.
• Builds mechanical gear configurations.
• Identifies careers related to given projects.

• How can you determine a sequence of events that will allow you to complete a task?
• Why is it important to stay organized during a project.
• What can happen if technology is not used appropriately?
• How can a problem be identified in a design?
• Why is it important to create a document detailing the process of a design?
• Why is it important to measure accurately?
• Why do you need to understand how to create a decimal from a fraction?

• Write technical instructions-procedure list
• Break down project into manageable time tables
• Applies computer fundamentals and file management techniques in classroom projects
• Makes good ethical decisions concerning the use and abuse of technology.
• Applies the principles they have learned to solve a challenge problem
• Analyze and adjust a faulty design
• Creates a document utilizing the design process
• Projects are completed utilizing appropriate measuring techniques
• Understands fractions and their decimal equivalents

The student respects and contributes to the diverse learning community by:

• Honoring the ideas and opinions of others and
• Interacting effectively and appropriately with others

The student takes ownership of work and actions by:

• Completing assignments on time
• Arriving prepared and on time
• Managing time

The student demonstrates independence by:

• Self-advocating for assistance or resources
• Persevering through rigorous/challenging tasks
• Utilizing feedback