Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing, & Architectural Machining

I explain how the students get to use mass and custom production in making lasered bookmarks. Students make their own custom ice cream and label in groups. Their labels receive feedback from other classes and they make improvements. Yes they get to eat their ice cream creations. Students make their own custom ping pong ball accelerators mostly out of cardboard. 

Quick custom keychain. Giant clothespin. Wood box. All teachable with Tinkercad, Fusion, hand drawings, or a combination. Get to 3D print, blue print, use shop tools. Nothing takes longer than a week. Low-cost simple projects enable iteration. Don't bog down. Make short dives into drawing, measuring, and using CAD.

"Are you on your way to having teacher burnout?  Come see how self-paced curriculum works - Stop doing class lectures every day, work with students on a one-to-one basis, and how not to grade on the weekends.This session will be focused on the curriculum for:  Architecture Design and Mechanical Engineering Design. courses"

This session presents my progress in the last few years to develop a progression of projects across Exploring Technology 7th, 8th, Manufacturing Technology, Robotics Technology, and Engineering Technology in Jr. High. Many of these projects came from help with other teachers, and I would like to continue conversations about how we can be intentional about helping students develop the skills they need through our classes across grade levels. I'll show examples of each project I've been doing and solicit feedback about things each of us might add to strengthen our pathways into high school.

Do your students struggle to interpret, visualize, or create 2D and 3D designs? Spatial Protocol and Reasoning Command (SPARC) is a Mars-themed spatial learning experience that helps students develop foundational spatial abilities through block play, sketching, communication and visualization challenges. In this session, you will learn how to play SPARC, explore the research behind spatial skill development, gain access to the complete toolkit, and discover ways to implement the framework in your classroom.