Concepts of Engineering
[2014-2015]
Lori Dunklin
Rm 314
ldunklin@houstonisd.org
Off: 3rd and 7th
Class Overview
COE is a class that teaches critical thinking and
problem solving skills. While participating in this
class, students will get exposed to engineering
concepts and communications opportunities. As a
COE student you will get the opportunity to
participate in school level and regional competitions
such as bottle rockery, bridge building, egg drop,
essay writing, banner and mousetrap car. Winners
of the mousetrap car competition will get the
opportunity to travel and compete in the National
competition. COE students will also participate in
Science fair and other academic competitions such
as GCTAME and UIL. Students will participate in
other activates and projects as opportunities come
up.
Class Expectations:
Special points of interest:
You will need a composition book that will
serve as your engineering design
notebook. You will put all brain storming
ideas, sketches and project blue prints in
the book.
You will form teams/companies that will stay
the same throughout the year.
Most materials will be provided to you. You
will be informed early if there are materials
You
willwill
receive
a grade on:
that your
need to provide.
· The completed project
· Project milestones
COE students are expected to be on their best
behavior in all classes and be a role model to other
students. COE students are also expected to
maintain good grades in all classes.
· Teamwork
COE is a project based class. You and your
teammates will be given a “problem” and you will be
expected to solve the “problem” by building or
creating a product. Your fall final will consist of a
research project and your spring final will consist of
completion of and online portfolio.
· Final project
· Class and Home work
· Quizzes
Safety:
As a COE student, you will expected to
practice safety procedures while using the
any equipment. You will use drummels and
sand paper. As a COE student you will be
trusted to us the equipment in a safe
manner. You will be trusted to retrieve the
equipment without permission during a
project. If you abuse that trust then you will
not be able to use the equipment and that
will cause a drop in your team work score.
Other equipment consist of protractors,
compass, rulers, scissors, box cutters, wood,
various types of glue, and hot glue gun.
Timeline:
Projects and timeline subject to change do to
materials and or opportunities.
Semester 1
Weeks
1
2-5
6-9
10-13
14-17
18
Activity
Intro
Bridge
Egg drop
Bottle Rocket
Mousetrap car
Finals
Semester 2
Weeks
1-4
2-8
9-12
13-16
17-18
Activity
SeaPerch
Biomedical
Chemical
VEX
Finals