7th Grade
The seventh grade will be working on the following standards some at the same time, primarily Manufacturing, Bio-Engineering and Transportation Technologies.
After researching prosthetics, hydraulics and automated manufacturing students will design, build, test and evaluate a robotic arm using hydraulic control. Students will assume real-life roles to communicate their new product highlighting the features and benefits, along with the process that the design team used.
Students will investigate rockets in relation to Newton's Three Laws of Motion and the Universal Law of Gravity through a challenge to use a balloon to lift some cargo. Building on what they learned in 6th grade students will investigate rocket propulsion and Kepler's Law of Orbital Motion and the difference between air and space flight. Using this knowledge students will build a solid fuel rocket out of paper, cardboard and tape to launch outside. Students will use stop watches, trundle wheels and clinometers to gather data and mathematics to determine the height and speed of their rocket's flight.
After researching prosthetics, hydraulics and automated manufacturing students will design, build, test and evaluate a robotic arm using hydraulic control. Students will assume real-life roles to communicate their new product highlighting the features and benefits, along with the process that the design team used.
Students will investigate rockets in relation to Newton's Three Laws of Motion and the Universal Law of Gravity through a challenge to use a balloon to lift some cargo. Building on what they learned in 6th grade students will investigate rocket propulsion and Kepler's Law of Orbital Motion and the difference between air and space flight. Using this knowledge students will build a solid fuel rocket out of paper, cardboard and tape to launch outside. Students will use stop watches, trundle wheels and clinometers to gather data and mathematics to determine the height and speed of their rocket's flight.