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HCPSS Middle School Tech Ed Curriculum. MS Tech Ed Curriculum Overview. Curriculum Overview Grade Level Curriculum Availability Wiki contents Use of traditional Industrial Arts tools. Grade Level Curriculum . 6 th Grade – Exploring Technology 7 th Grade – Invention and Innovation
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HCPSS Middle School Tech Ed Curriculum
MS Tech Ed Curriculum Overview • Curriculum Overview • Grade Level Curriculum • Availability • Wiki contents • Use of traditional Industrial Arts tools
Grade Level Curriculum • 6th Grade – Exploring Technology • 7th Grade – Invention and Innovation • 8th Grade – Technological Systems
Curriculum Availability • All lessons on MS Tech Ed Wiki • https://msteched.wikispaces.hcpss.org/ • Align to ITEEA Standards for Technological Literacy (STL) benchmarks • Apply MSDE Voluntary State Curriculum standards • Include HCPSS Tech Ed benchmarks • Incorporate Common Core Standards • Disciplinary Literacy (Close reading of Complex Text) • Persuasive Argument Writing
Use of traditional Industrial Arts tools • Hand and power tools used to build technology projects • Engineering Design Process used to guide design, implementation, test and analysis of project • Projects demonstrate technologies and physics principles • Instruction provided in safe use of basic tools • Scroll Saw • Disc/Belt Sander • Drill Press • HCPSS Safety Web site
Use of traditional Industrial Arts tools • Instruction provided in safe use of basic tools • Scroll Saw • Disc/Belt Sander • Drill Press • HCPSS Safety Web site • Provides instructional material including • Demonstration videos viewed by students to reinforce hands-on fabrication lab instruction
MS Tech Ed Curriculum Summary • Curriculum aligned with ITEEA standards, MSDE VSC and HCPSS benchmarks • Specific lessons designed for 6th, 7th and 8th grades • Curriculum available on MS Tech Wiki • All lesson notes, worksheets and quizzes uploaded • Includes lessons for incorporating Common Core Standards (DL and persuasive argument writing) • Traditional hand and power tools used to build projectsusing the Engineering Design Process