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Design & Modeling: Grade 7
Instructor: Michaud, C.Pre-Engineering: Design & Modeling
The Design & Modeling courses highlight the design process and encourage students to be creative and critical thinkers as they use the principles of engineering to solve problems. As pre-engineers, students are expected to document their thinking and techniques through journaling activities and portfolio creation. Grading is largely determined by these portfolios and through successful completion of design challenges.Key topics covered include: - The Design Process
- Technological Resources
- Invention and Innovation
- Computational Thinking
- Game Design
Announcements
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Week of April 3
This is the final week of Quarter 3. Students should complete the following projects: * Innovation Videos - includes closing and MLA citations * Frogger Game Design - all agents, worksheets, and behaviors * Engineering Portfolio - particularly the technical directions prompt for AgentSheets
Links
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Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask
This resource, published by the University of California Berkeley, identifies strategies one can use to determine if a website is a reliable source of information. -
Free Bibliography and Citation Generator
The ethical use of digital information includes the proper citing of online sources. Use the EasyBib Citation Generator to help you create citations from websites and 58 other information sources (books, newspapers, journals, ...) -
Google Patent Search
Google's Patent Search Beta Version allows you to search over seven million patents. -
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
How many of the 20th century's greatest engineering achievements will you use today? A car? Computer? Telephone? Explore this list of the top 20 achievements and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world.
Files
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Invention and Patents.pdf
The World Intellectual Property Organization's publication of "Learn From the Past, Create the Future: Inventions and Patents" provides basic information about inventions and patents and a roadmap for invention that encourages young students to invent and patent their creations. -
Screen Capture Turtle Transport.PNG
This screen capture shows the turtle behaviors that allow the turtle to transport the frog. There are two things to note - apply the same "once every" condition to both the move and transport rules for the turtle and place the transport rule above the move rule. -
moviemaker file.mp4
This brief tutorial for Windows Live Movie Maker will demonstrate how to transfer pictures and information from your research table to a video timeline. -
portfolio rubric.pdf
Students must capture their thinking throughout the quarter using an engineering portfolio. This rubric details the requirements needed for journal entries in the engineering portfolio.