Grade 9 – Exploring Technology - TIJ1O

CURRICULUM GUIDELINES:

‘This course enables students to further explore and develop technological knowledge and skills

introduced in the elementary science and technology program. Students will be given the

opportunity to design and create products and / or provide services related to the various

technological areas or industries, working with a variety of tools, equipment, and software

commonly used in industry. Students will develop an awareness of environmental and societal

issues, and will begin to explore secondary and postsecondary education and training pathways

leading to careers in technology-related fields.’ The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Technological Education, 2009 (Revised)

SATEC’S GRADE 9 COURSE: The Grade 9 Exploring Technology classroom here at SATEC @ W. A. Porter is an exciting,

fast-paced learning environment! The opportunity this programme offers is to truly ‘explore’

different technologies and their applications extensively.

In the SATEC Technology department, we value the goals that individual students have for

career development and we therefore place particular emphasis on:

● Twenty-first century literacy – “Learning How To Learn”

● Personal work habits, interpersonal communication skills and character traits

● Thinking skills including goal-setting, planning and information processing

● Problem-solving and design for environmental and social sustainability

● The significance, in the workplace, of fundamental concepts such as... aesthetics,

control, environmental sustainability/stewardship, ergonomics, fabrication/building/

creation, function, innovation, material, mechanism, power and energy, safety,

structure and systems.

● Technical Communication Skills -- written, verbal, structured data, visual / graphic

● Project management and learning management

The course is organized into approximately two (2) week intervals. This means there are seven

(7) different learning experiences for each and every student within a term. All the coursework

is project-based learning. A portion of these seven projects are considered units where the

entire class focuses on the same learning goals. The other portion of projects are self-directed

learning opportunities set up an a module format - rotations. Students participate in three (3)

rotations of their own choosing.

Our Unit topics are as follows:

Careers ● research focusing on Broad Based Technologies

● students create slide show presentations that focus on

their future careers and how technology, good work

habits, positive characteristics and essential skills play a

role in achieving their goals

● students are introduced to fundamental concepts and

processes that recur over and over again - in school and in

the workplace - that teach how to manage your learning

and manage your time

Design Planning:

Hand Drafting

● understanding the concept of orthographic and isometric

technical drawing

● practicing visualization skills, measurement and

dimensioning, attention to detail and utilizing industry

standards re documentation

Design Process Theory

applied through

Prototyping:

MagLev Vehicle

Structural Design

● learning to organize our thoughts, ideas and research in a

systematic way to achieve built design work

● testing of prototypes and reflection leading to potential

design improvements

● engineering design principles

● use of model making skills to build a prototype

● project topics have been magnetic levitation vehicles,

bridge design

MagLev Vehicle: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6ex8cbHcV-MVHIwYnJiX05MeUU https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B55iMLzR-h18alU0S1V0MWd2S00

Structural Design:

Final Culminating

Project

● a culminating project that incorporates the design process,

technical drawing, model making skills, use of hand tools

and contemplative reflection

● engineering and / or architectural design principles

● project topics could include magnetic levitation vehicles,

architectural condo design inclusive of LED lighting, CNC

Router wood project and / or 3D Printing

Our Rotation topics are as follows:

COMMUNICATION

AutoCAD (mandatory) ● computer aided 2D / 3D technical drawing

3D Max ● computer aided 3D technical drawing and animation

CorelDraw ● 2D graphic design

● custom t-shirt making

DESIGN

Architecture ● students study architectural design theory and

precedents to inform their own condo designs

3D Printing - Additive

Manufacturing

● students utilize their CAD skills to design and print out

a 3D Printed model

MANUFACTURING

CNC Lathe ● computer numerical control lathe cutting

● students design a g-code programme to control the

lathe

CNC Mill ● computer numerical control mill (table router) cutting

● students design a g-code programme to control the

mill

Lego NXT Robotics ● build robot and create a programme to operate it

Pegasus Robotic Arm ● programme the articulated arm servo robot to

complete sorting and material handling tasks

● the Pegasus mimics robots used in manufacturing

applications

ENERGY

Pneumatics ● students learn to setup and operate a pneumatic

machine

● students learn to read and create technical pneumatic

drawing

Hydraulics ● students learn to setup and operate a hydraulic

machine

● students learn to read and create technical hydraulic

drawing

Electricity ● students learn to document and create series / parallel

circuits with differing loads and switches