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Week 1-3 (1st 9 weeks)

Introduction to Engineering
Major Grade
STEM Investigation 1.1.3 (Submit conclusion questions in LMS and in class presentation)

Daily Grade -
Introduction to Engineering 1.1.2 (Submit in LMS)

Engineering Careers Scavenger Hunt 1.1.5
(Submit in LMS)

Design Elements 1.2.2 (Submit in LMS)

Design Process (PBS Kids) 1.2.1 (Submit in LMS)

Week 4-6

Design & Modeling
Major Grade
Measurement Lab: Skimmer 1.3.4 (75%) (Project)
and 1.3.1 Measurements in Standard and Metric (25%) (Submit in LMS)

Daily Grade -
Engineering Notebook Check (essential questions) to include:
Hobby Organizer Design or Furniture Design 1.2.3 or 1.2.3a

Engineering Notebook Check (essential questions) to include:
Orthographic Projection 1.4.4

Engineering Notebook Check (essential questions) to include:
Dimensioning 1.4.5



Week 7-8

Design & Modeling
Major Grade
Peg Board Toy for Tristan and Aiden 1.5.5

Daily Grade -
Descriptive Geometry and Coordinate System 1.5.1 (Submit in LMS)

Sketch Plane Cube 1.5.4 (Submit 3D designs in LMS)

Notebook Sketch of Plane Cube

Week 09-11 (2nd 9 weeks)

Design & Modeling
Major Grade
Playground Design Problem 1.5.9 (Submit in LMS and in class presentation)
35% Prototype
20% Presentation Visuals (Powerpoint, Prezi, Animoto, Powtoons, Brochures, Posters Etc...)
30% Inventor 3D Assembly File
15% Professional Dress and Sales Pitch


Daily Grade -

Peg Board Toy Tristan and Aiden Challenge 1.5.5 (Submit designs in LMS)

Playground Part Files (Submit in LMS) Graded for each team member based on what they are responsible for with the team

50% for the creation of the playground part in 3D
50% for showing the dimensions


Playground Presentation (includes design brief, decision matrix, Inventor Assembly file and presentation)

25% each


Playground Prototype (final built product to spec dimensions)

50% does it look like the Inventor 3D assembly file
50% is it built to scale




Week 12-14

Automation & Robotics
Major Grade
Mechanical Gears 2.2.2 (Take photos and submit pictures and conclusion questions in LMS)

Daily Grade -

Sandwich Algorithm 2.1.1a and VEX Build 2.1.1b

What do we use robots for 2.1.2 (Submit in LMS and class presentation)
This assignment will count as a Double Daily Grade.
Week 15-16

Automation & Robotics
Major Grade


Daily Grade -


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