7th Grade Engineering and Technology Systems
with
Coach Ernst
Invention and Innovation
Syllabus
Intended Audience
Grade 7
Purpose of Course
Invention and Innovation prepares student with opportunities to apply the design process in the invention or innovation of a new product, process, or system.
Course Overview
In this course, students learn all about invention and innovation. They have opportunities to study the history of inventions and innovations, including their impacts on society. They learn about the core concepts of technology and about the various approaches to solving problems, including engineering design and experimentation. Students apply their creativity in the invention and innovation of new products, processes, or systems. Finally, students learn about how various inventions and innovations impact their lives. Students participate in engineering-design activities to understand how criteria, constraints, and processes affect designs. Students are involved in activities and experiences where they learn about brainstorming, visualizing, modeling, constructing, testing, experimenting, and refining designs. Students also develop skills in researching for information, communicating design information, and reporting results.
Course Length
9 Weeks
Connections
Invention and Innovation builds on K–5 experiences as well as those in Exploring Technology and develops a student's understanding of the scope of technology and the iterative nature of technological design and problem-solving processes. Likewise, students participate in engineeringdesign activities to understand how criteria, constraints, and processes affect designs. Students will be involved in activities and experiences where they learn about brainstorming, visualizing, modeling, constructing, testing, experimenting, and refining designs. Students will also develop skills in researching for information, communicating design information, and reporting results.
Grading Protocol
Infinite Campus Description | Description | Weight |
Pre Assessment | Pre-Test | 0% |
Assessment During Learning | Engineering Design Journals, Discussions, Quizzes, Tests | 25% |
Guided/Group Practice | Classwork, Daily Work, Performance, Projects, Labs | 45% |
Summative Assessment | Post Test/Capstone Project | 30% |
STANDARDS
MSENGR-II-1: Students will learn the concept of invention and innovation. | MSENGR-II-2: Students will examine the core concepts of engineering and technology. |
MSENGR-II-3: Students will demonstrate engineering design and problem solving skills. | MSENGR-II-4: Students will invent or innovate a technological product. |
MSENGR-II-5: Students will examine the impacts of inventions and innvations on society. | MSENGR-II-6: Students will develop leadership skills and work ethics. |
DISTRICT EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCCESS
| Student Progress | Semester progress reports shall be issued 4 ½ weeks into each semester. The progress of students shall be evaluated frequently and plans shall be generated to remediate deficiencies as they are discovered. Plans shall include appropriate interventions designed to meet the needs of the students. Please sign up and check students’ progress using Infinite Campus. |
Academic Integrity | Students will not engage in an act of academic dishonesty including, but not limited to, cheating, providing false information, falsifying school records, forging signatures, or using an unauthorized computer user ID or password. See the Code of Student Conduct - Student Rights and Responsibilities and Character Development Handbook. |
| Homework | Homework assignments, when given, will be due on the due dates given in class. Students may be asked to bring in materials, if applicable, to complete classroom projects.
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| Late Work | Student work must be completed within the prescribed time limit. The maximum point allotment will be 80%. Late assignments will incur an additional 10 point deduction each day it is late. Assignments more than three days late will not be accepted.
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Make Up Due to Absences
| It is the student’s responsibility to make arrangements with the teacher to receive any work missed due to absence(s). Make-up work must be completed within the designated time allotted. See Board Policy IHEA. |
Transfer Students | Students who transfer in from a different course within the school (Band, Orchestra, Chorus) will be required to make up the work they missed starting at the beginning of the 9 week grading period. Zeros will be given to assignments not completed. |
SCHOOL EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCCESS
| CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS | 1. Be on time for class every day! 2. Use your time wisely. 3. Do not enter the lab area unless directed to do so. 4. Respect the people, equipment, and furnishings of the classroom and lab at all times. 5. No eating, chewing gum, or drinking in the classroom. 6. Do not get up out of your desk without permission for any reason. 7. Follow direction the first time they are given. 8. Do not talk when others are talking. 9. When you need to speak, raise your hand and wait to be acknowledged. 10. Clean your work area, when directed, before class ends. You will be dismissed individually, by groups, or by rows. |
| MATERIALS & SUPPLIES | USB Flash Drive, Pocket Folder, Pen/Pencil
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DISCIPLINE PLAN
| Minor Offenses: 1st Offense = Warning/Conference with student 2nd Offense = Reassign seat 3rd Offense = Phone call to parent/Afterschool detention 4th Offense = Referral to Grade Level Administrator Major Offenses: Immediate Referral: Profanity and obscene words/gestures Weapons Skipping Drugs Fighting, Bullying, Threats or Harassment Inappropriate bodily contact |