BELLE VERNON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT

GENERAL SYLLABUS OUTLINE

**This syllabus is subject to change**

Course Name:

Technology Education

Grade:

7

1.)

Course Description:

This is the second of three courses in the Technology Education/Industrial Arts area at the Middle

School.  Emphasis is placed on understanding how transportation affects society in everyday living.

Learning experiences with tools, materials, equipment, and processes represented by the transportation

industry will be provided for students to explore and gain understanding of transportation.  History of

land, air, space, and water transportation will be included in this class as well as projects pertaining

to each of the transportation systems.

2.)

Learning Standards:

3.6

Technology Education

3.7

Technological Devices

3.8

Science, Technology and Human Endeavors

3.)

Student Objectives:

3.6.7     Technology Education

v

Explain biotechnologies that relate to related technologies of propagating, growing,

maintaining, adapting, treating, and converting.

v

Explain information technologies of encoding, transmitting, receiving, storing, retrieving,

and decoding.

v

Explain physical technologies of structural design, analysis and engineering, personnel

relations, financial affairs, structural production, marketing, research, and design.

3.7.7     Technological Devices

v

Describe the safe and appropriate use of tools, materials and techniques to answer

questions and solve problems.

v

Use appropriate instruments and apparatus to study materials.

v

Explain and demonstrate basic computer operations and concepts.

v

Apply computer software to solve specific problems.

v

Explain basic computer communication systems.

3.8.7     Science, Technology, and Human Endeavors

v

Explain how sciences and technologies are limited in their effects and influences on society.

v

Explain how human ingenuity and technological resources satisfy specific human needs

and improve the quality of life.

v

Identify the pros and cons of applying technological and scientific solutions to address

problems and the effect upon society.

4.)

Course Text:

v     No basic course text.  Many different teacher resources are used.

5.)

Major Units or Themes:  (Include the following)

v     Air Transportation (2 weeks)

Trace the Evolution of the Airplane

Understand the Scientific Principles Responsible for Buoyancy and Lift

Identify an Airplane's Components and Describe their Function

Explain the Four Forces that Act on a Plane

Describe the Actions of a Pilot to Command an Airplane to Fly

Understand the Operations of the Airports Facilities

Follow Instructions and Build a Flying Model Plane

Fly a Model Glider and Make Flight Performance Adjustments Based Upon Newly

Acquired Knowledge

v     Space Transportation (3 weeks)

Describe and Demonstrate Proper Safety Procedures When Launching a Model Rocket

Identify Each Part of a Rocket and Describe its Function

Construct their own Rocket from Scratch Material

Describe How a Rocket Works from Launch Through Acceleration, Coasting, Approach,

and Landing

Describe How Fins Provide Aerodynamic Stability to the Flying Rocket

Construct and Demonstrate the Use of an Altitude Measuring Device

Describe Rocket Recovery Systems and Determine Which is the Best for the Rocket

being Constructed

Demonstrate Proper Safety Procedures When Building and Launching a Rocket

Describe Newton's Three Laws of Motion and How They Relate to Model Rocketry

v     Land Transportation (4 weeks)

Understand How Land Transportation Plays an Important Role in the Social

and Economic Development of our Country

Understand the Operation of the Automobile and How Technology is used in

the Design and Manufacture of Vehicles

Examine the Basics of Aerodynamics by Building a CO2 Car

Define and Discuss Friction and How it Effects Automobiles

Define and Discuss Force and How it Effects Automobiles

Define and Discuss Turbulence and How it Effects Automobiles

Follow Instructions and Build and Design a CO2 Car

Launch a CO2 Car and Discuss the Performance Based on Newly Acquired Knowledge

6.)

Teaching Methods:

v     Demonstration

v     Simulation

v     Cooperative Learning

v     Guided Practice

v     Lecture

v     Facilitated Inquiry

7.)

Assessment:

The following areas represent ways in which the students will interface with the curriculum in this

subject area.  This is a listing of activities students may experience throughout the year.

v     Tests/Quizzes

v     Daily Homework

v     Journals/Notebooks

v     Essays

v     Oral Presentation

v     Creative Writing

v     Response Journals

v     Student Projects