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Technology Department

Guilderland High School

Courses I Teach for 2007/2008

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Manufacturing - Systems Course
Grade : 9,10,11,12
Prerequisites : None
Reading Level : Average
Offering : Spring semester (20 weeks)
Local Exam

    Students explore the concepts of custom and mass production
as they form a manufacturing company. Departments, including
Research and Development, Finance, Marketing, Human Resources,
and Production will work together to design, manufacture, and sell
one or more products. Much time will be devoted to the study of current
manufacturing techniques as a supplement to the product development,
market research, advertising and production.
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Design and Drawing for Production (DDP) - Foundation Course
Grade : 9,10,11,12
Prerequisites : None
Reading Level : Average
Offering : Full Year
Local Exam
 
    This course provides opportunities for creative thinking, decision-making,
and problem solving. Students will use design techniques to generate
real solutions and apply them to real problems. This course stimulates
student's understanding of the design process through challenges to develop
solutions to project-based problems. Develop skills in 3-D sketching,
computer aided drafting (CAD), modeling, technical design, and production.
Students will learn to use hand and power tools while producing prototypes
of your designs. This course fulfills the one unit Art/Music requirement
for graduation.
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Technical Drawing - Elective
Grade : 10,11,12
Prerequisites : None
Reading Level : Average
Offering : Fall Semester (20 weeks)
Local Exam
 
    Drawings and prints of drawings are prepared and used as a form of
nonverbal communication between the designer and the builder of a
product. They show shape, size, location, and perhaps how to get
from one place to another. Depending on the particular trade or
occupation, the drawings may be engineering drawings, blueprints,
shop sketches, maps, or specification sheets. However, they are all
intended to communicate through a language often referred to as a
universal language. Students will also gain experience in drawing and
sketching in several modes. The computer will be introduced and used
for drawing and design via the CAD system.
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Advanced CAD for Production - Elective
Grade : 10,11,12
Prerequisites : Design and Drawing for Production and Technical Drawing
Reading Level : Average
Offering : Spring Semester (20 weeks)
Local Exam

   This course is for students who want to further develop their CAD skills,
attack design problems with higher technical challenge, and refine wood-
working skills. If a student wishes to take the course for more than one
semester, it may be continued as an independent study contingent upon
space availability and the teacher's schedule. This course is designed to
use skills from Design and Drawing for Production as well as Technical
Drawing class. Some review of CAD will be covered with new concepts
introduced. This course is a more free, but advanced version of Design
and Drawing for Production.
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To find out what other courses are offered through the Guilderland High School Technology Department, visit http://www.guilderlandschools.org/district/Instructional_programs/Curriculum/curricFinV2.pdf