Week One

1. Orientation-Welcome Back

2. Course description and expectations

    a. class room rules

    b. emergency procedures

    c. parent letters

    d. rest room passes

3. Problem solving activities

    a. Roller coasters

    b. Spaghetti towers

    c. paper towers

4. Lab Safety Rules # 1-10

5. Students and Safety # 1-5

6. Safety Test

Week Two

1. Wright Brothers DVD

2. White Wing Gliders

    a. directions on assembly of parts

    b. test gliders and fly for grade

3. Metric Glider-Aero Space Unit

    a. students design a mock up of glider

    b. trace on to card stock and cut out

    c. assemble glider parts

4. Production of Balsa Wood Glider

    a. Drawing glider design on CAD

    b. Auto CAD Drawing copy/pasted into Corel Draw    

     c. Vector cutting with the Laser Engraver

5. Auto CAD assignment

    a. Editing the Electric Train

6. Lab Work

Week Three

1. Balsa Wood Propeller Planes

    a. CAD Drawing of plane

    b. Board drawing plane layout for balsa wood

    c. Cutting and assembly of Glider with glue

2. Medallion Design

    a. 3.5 x 3.5 material

    b. laser design and cut out shape

    c. drilling and sanding

    d. apply wood finish

3. Lab Work

Week Four

1. Building wing, rudder, and stabilizer

    a. cutting and gluing balsa wood to plan sheet

2. CAD Drawing- Transmission gasket

    a. complete drawing and send to teacher drop box

3. Lab work

Week Five

1. Propeller Plane building continues

2. Testing and balancing plane

    a. grading for time aloft

    b. testing  planes flight

3. Lab work

Week Six

1. CAD Drawing- Hand Wheel (5-32)

    a. Complete drawing and send to teacher drop box for grading

2. CO2 Dragsters

    a. Master CAM Design

        1. creating splines, rotating, lofting surface, posting NCI

3. Sanding and drilling axle holes

4. Lab work

OR

1. Solar Ovens Activity

    a. insulation and chalking of boxes

    b. painting boxes black

2. assembly of oven parts

3. metal or mirror reflectors

Week Seven

1. Technology News Article Assignment

    a. students research new technology and present to class

    b. 10 power point slides and one page typed summary

2. Master CAM Dragsters Production

    a. computer machining  of dragsters

    b. sanding and axle holes

    c. applying sealer and painting

3. Lab work

Week Eight

1. Car Production continues- Master CAM X Software

    a. run NCI file on the Milling machine

    b. sanding and axle holes

    c. applying sealer and painting

2. Tech News Article

    a. work on research and power point slides

3. CAD Drawing- Movie Film Reel (problem 5-39)

4. Lab work

Week Nine

1. Assembly of wheels for dragsters

   a. mid term exam problem in Auto CAD

        1. send to teacher drop box

2. Dragster Racing

    a. head to head competition

3. Technology News Article presentations start

Week Ten

1. News Article Presentations

2. Review for Mid term exam

3. Take exams

Week Eleven

1. Model Rocket Unit

    a. construction of rocket parts

        1. airframe, nose cone, parachute, engine mount, launch lug, tail fins

    b. rocket history and theory

2. Lab work

Week Twelve

1. Launching Model Rockets

2. Master CAM University

3. Auto CAD drawing - Closed end wrench

    a. send to drop box

4. Lab work

Week Thirteen

1. Architecture House Plans

    a. research plans for a small house

    b. draw floor plans

    c. build a scale model of the house

        1. small group project

    d. construct walls, roof trusses, doors, windows, etc.

2. Lab work

Week Fourteen

1. House Plans construction continues

    a. walls, doors, windows

2. Auto CAD- Buick Transmission Gasket 5-40

    a. send to drop box

3. Lab work

Week Fifteen

1. Architecture House plans

    a. truss and roof design

    b. research roof designs

    c. construct roof on model

2. Lab work

 Week Sixteen

1. Bridge Design Activity

    a. design a balsa wood bridge

        1. efficiency=least material that holds the most weight

    b. cutting, gluing, and pinning road bead

2. Lab work

Week Seventeen

1. Bridges continue

    a. truss designs

    b. cutting, gluing, and pinning balsa wood

2. Lab work

Week of Eighteen

1. Bridge Design Activity

    a. complete construction of bridge

    b. compression testing for grade

2. Lab work

Week Nineteen

1. Review for Finals

2. Take Exams