Unit 1 Who am I?
Engineering Notebook Resume
Digital Expression and Photo Editing
Career Exploration
My Business Profile
My Business Plan
OSHA and Right to Know
Unit 2 Design Process
Design Process Digital Model
Gravity Car Challenge
Inclined Plane and Friction
Assumptions and predictions
Data Collection
Intro to CAD (Trimble Sketchup)
Wood Band Saw
Lathe Center Drilling
Test and Build
Publish Results
Unit 3 Using Pressure
What is Pressure?
Measurements and conversions
Internal Combustion vs External Combustion
4 cycle motors
Piston Design
Piston Types
Lathe Grooves
Mill, angle milling, flat milling, boring
Thrust
CO2 Car Challenge
Design and Simulate
3d Shaping
Axle vs Spindle
Lathe turning and parting.
Finishing and finishes
Accurate timing, drag, and thrust
Test
Publish Results
Car Show
Unit 3 Civil Engineering
Building to Last
Torsion, deflection, live and static load, sheer, tension and compression
Transit and Builders Level
String Line
Erosion Challenge
Levee building
Elevation Downspout
Calculation of Runoff
River and Stream movement
Wall Or Bridge Challenge
Bridge history
Basic designs pros and cons
Working within a budget
Gusset, Cripple Studs, headers
Break and analyze
Publish the results
Unit 4 Aerospace and Aviation
History of Aerospace and Aviation
Rocketry
Fins and Cones
Trajectory, altitude, lift, drag, thrust, and gravity
Aviation Airplane Design and Simulation
Rocket Challenge
Design and CAD
Build Straw Rocket as Prototype
Trajectory Calculation
Redesign AP Rocket
Launch!
Publish
Unit 5 Sheet Metal and 2d Design
Flat Metal Usage
Measurements using T Square, Square, Straight edge, and Scribe
Toolbox Challenge
Calculation and Layout on metal.
2d Plans on CAD
Transfer of plans to metal
Bending and riveting
Sheering and Rolling
Hinges
Finishing
Toolbox Show!
Unit 6 Electricity and Electromagnetism
What is Electricity?
OHM's Law
Volt, Ampere, Ohm,
Electromagnetism
Electric Motor Challenge
Build a motor
Add a switch
Batteries and Power Supplies
AC vs DC
Parallel vs Series
Unit 7 Review and Test
Finalize Engineering Notebook
Semester Review
Semester Test