Transcript Introduction to Technology

What will your student learn in
the Paxton Patterson S.T.E.M
lab?
Information Technology
Design and produce a document using
word processing software
 Demonstrate the use of a spreadsheet
 Develop a multimedia presentation
 Develop a web page
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Activities
Write a business letter
 Demonstrate spreadsheet applications
 Make a Power point presentation
 Create a Web Page
 Narrative and Persuasive Writing
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Robotics
Identify a various types of robots
 Describe artificial intelligence application
of robotics
 Identify, sketch, and label all major parts of
an industrial robot
 Compare and contrast robotic
applications in medicine, industrial, and
entertainment
 Set up and program a robot
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Activities
Program an Autonomous Guided Vehicle
•Drive the robot and create Hot Points
•Design a path using Graph-and-Go navigation
•Navigate using a Polar Coordinate system
•Map the perimeter of the room using drawing tools
•Establish check points for the robot
•Arrange instruction for robot on a flow chart
•Persuasive and Narrative writing
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Laser Technology
Identify laser applications in industry,
communications, and daily life
 Apply safety procedures
 Describe the characteristics of sound
transmission using laser technology
 Describe the physical properties of light and
implication to laser systems
 Describe how fiber optics are used in
common and technological application
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Laser Technology Cont’d
Determine the focal length of various lenses
•Learn how light rays can be bent
•Learn how mirrors are used to control and
direct laser light in military and industrial
applications
•Compare how different types of light spread
out as they travel
•Persuasive and Narrative Writing
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Activities
Learn how light is a form of energy
 Compare laser light to ordinary light with
a prism
 Learn the scientific description of light
and discover how color filters affect laser
light
 Recreate Tyndall’s experiment with
internal reflection
 Experiment with fiber-optics in
communication
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•Identify
Health and Fitness
the 7 major body systems
•Describe the function, impact and importance of weight
to height ratio
•Operate biomedical equipment and make predictions
relative to exercise
•Identify and describe measures to prevent sport injuries,
and produce exercise warm-up program
•Identify the importance of sleep
•Describe a system of 5 health related components of
fitness and learn to use them in daily life
Activities
Collect and record personal health date
utilizing biomedical equipment
 Determine personal fitness level
 Interpret nutritional information
 Analyze personal eating habits
 Measure blood pressure
 Determine calorie expenditure
 Persuasive and Narrative Writing
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Environment and Ecology
Explore and identify the factors that are
necessary to effectively grow plant matter
 Classify the types and uses of energy
systems
 Determine the impact of polluted water and
test ph level of water
 Explore the composition and characteristics
of soil
 Explore the soil nutrient cycle
 Compare and contrast soil nutrient levels in
soil samples
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Activities
Compare organic and nonorganic fertilizer
 Observe and Graph plant growth
 Test pH in water
 Examine and classify soil texture
 Test ph of soil
 Discover how packaging materials affect the
environment
 Test soil for nitrogen, potassium and
phosphorous
 Persuasive and Narrative Writing
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Energy and Power
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Identify and characterize the six main forms of
energy
Perform the conversion of different forms of
energy into power
List and describe the careers relating to energy
and power
Identify and appropriately use tools to test,
disassemble, measure, and reassemble a small
engine
Describe the components of a combustion engine
Determine the efficacy of alternative energy
sources
Activities
Identify and understand the proper use
of engine repair tools
 Identify and understand the functions
of certain parts of a four-stroke engine
 Learn how to test the ignition and
compression system
 Work with the small engine and learn
how valves operate
 Persuasive and Narrative Writing
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Flight Technology
Discuss the history and future of rocketry
and flight systems
 Identify and describe the forces that affect
rocket flight
 Identify and describe the basic laws and
effects of aerodynamics
 Identify and describe factors influencing
rocket stability
 Calculate the angle of trajectory, altitude,
and azimuth of a rocket
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Activities
Design and build a virtual space station
 Construct the nose cone and body of a
rocket
 Test rocket for stability
 Apply the principle of center of gravity
 Demonstrate how to correctly launch a
rocket
 Persuasive and Narrative Writing
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Digital Music
Determine the relationship of computer
programming theory and principles of
digital music production
 Develop and apply fundamental musical
structure and systematically apply these
principles to digital and analog music
 Distinguish among different forms of
digital music and identify equipment used
in digital music production
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Digital Music Cont’d
•Explore
the history of musical instruments
and audio recording to determine the sources
of digital music
•Appropriately use digital music terminology
in the application of a variety of computer
applications
•Arrange and produce a digital music
composition
Activities
Explore a synthesizer
•Record multiple tracks using software
•Learn basic keyboarding skills
•Edit sound
•Read notes
Persuasive and Narrative Writing
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Computer Graphics and Animation
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Describe how communications technology
developed for computer graphics
Describe how the parts of a computer system
are used to create computer graphics
Describe the design process as it relates to
creating computer graphics
Describe different uses of computer graphics
within communications systems
Complete an assigned computer graphic job using
the design process
Evaluate the effectiveness of examples of
computer graphics drawing
Activities
• Apply
the design process while sketching
sign/advertisement
•Learn how to use a graphic tablet
•Sketch then create a brochure using
Microsoft Publisher
•Create animation using 3D choreographer
•Design a cartoon
•Persuasive and Narrative Writing
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Define the use of CAD as a
communication process
 Demonstrate the use of computer skills
in the use of a CAD software program
 Create a variety of drawings using CAD
software program
 Identify the uses of CAD within
manufacturing, production, and
construction technologies
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CAD cont’d
Apply algebraic and geometric math skills
to CAD drawings
 Describe the design process for
architectural and mechanical drawing
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Understand how to use a CAD program called
AutoSketch
Learn about the toolbars and menu bars in
AutoSketch
Draw lines with AutoSketch
Construct a drawing using arcs, lines, and circles
Create a multi-view drawing with dimensions
Draw 3D isometric objects
Create floor plans with dimensions
Persuasive and Narrative Writing
Audio Communications
Define the types of audio communications,
the components of recording and radio
systems, and the history of radio and early
radio pioneers
 Describe and define the organization and
operation of a radio station, spot advertising,
and radio/recording functions, and personnel
 Identify and distinguish among AM, FM,
analog, and digital signals and the scientific
principles that explain the technology of
radio
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Audio Communications Cont’d
•Create
and develop a series of radio “copy”
such as writing news, weather, commercials,
and weather information
•Select, develop, and use an appropriate radio
format and operate the equipment necessary
to produce a show in that format
•Write, develop, plan, produce, and record a
demo tape
Activities
Explore articles about the history and
technology of radio communication
 Understand how to use a mixer
 Practice recording and critiquing news
stories
 Create radio commercials with music and
sound
 Using Audacity record voice and sound
tracks
 Persuasive and Narrative Writing
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