Engineering and Design

Students recognize historical and current events related to engineering design and their effects on society.EGD1

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    Know historical and current events that have relevance to engineering and design.EGD1.1

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    Understand the development of graphical language in relation to engineering design.EGD1.2

Students understand the effective use of engineering design equipment.EGD2

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    Use the appropriate methods and techniques for employing all engineering design equipment.EGD2.1

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    Apply conventional engineering design processes and procedures accurately appropriately and safely.EGD2.2

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    Apply the concepts of engineering design to the tools, equipment, projects, and procedures of engineering and design projects. EGD2.3

Students understand measurement systems as they apply to engineering design.EGD3

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    Know how the various measurement systems are used in engineering drawings.EGD3.1

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    Understand the degree of accuracy necessary for engineering design.EGD3.2

Students understand how the principles of force, work, rate, power, energy and resistance relate to mechanical, electrical, fluid and thermal engineering systems.EGD4

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    Know the six simple machines and their applications.EGD4.1

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    Know how energy is transferred; know the effects of resistance in mechanical, electrical, fluid and thermal systems.EGD4.2

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    Solve problems by using the appropriate units applied in mechanical, electrical, fluid and thermal engineering systems. EGD4.3

Students understand the effective use of engineering design equipment.EGD5

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    Understand the steps in the design process.EGD5.1

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    Determine what information and principles are relevant to a problem and its analysis.EGD5.2

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    Choose between alternate solutions in solving a problem and be able to justify the choices made in determining a solution.EGD5.3

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    Understand the process of developing multiple details into a single solution.EGD5.4

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    Build a prototype from plans and test it.EGD5.5

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    Evaluate and redesign a prototype on the basis of collected test data.EGD5.6

Students understand industrial engineering processes, including the use of tools and equipment, methods of measurement and quality assurance.EGD6

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    Know the common structure and processes of a quality assurance cycle.EGD6.1

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    Understand the major manufacturing processes.EGD6.2

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    Use tools, fasteners and joining systems employed in selected engineering processes.EGD6.3

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    Estimate and measure the size of objects in both Standard International and United States units.EGD6.4

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    Calibrate and measure objects by using precision measurement tools and instruments.EGD6.5

Students understand the concepts of physics that are fundamental to engineering technology.EGD7

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    Understand Newton’s laws and how they affect and define the movement of objects.EGD7.1

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    Understand how the laws of conservation of energy and momentum provide a way to predict and describe the movement of objects.EGD7.2

Students understand the fundamentals of systems and products as they are developed and released to production and marketing.EGD8

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    Understand the process of product development.EGD8.1

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    Understand charting and the use of graphic tools in illustrating the development of a product and the processes involved.EGD8.2

Students understand the effective use of engineering technology equipment.EGD9

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    Use methods and techniques for employing all engineering technology equipment appropriately.EGD9.1

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    Apply conventional engineering technology processes and procedures accurately, appropriately and safely.EGD9.2

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    Apply the concepts of engineering technology to the tools, equipment, projects and procedures of the program.EGD9.3

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What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12

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