What is Tech Ed at LAMS?
Standards: Using the Standards for Technological and Engineering Literacy developed and released by the ITEEA in summer 2020 as our backbone, students focus on eight core standards, within a series of practices. We meet these standards through exploration and practice in a variety of contexts or content areas. Tech Ed at LAMS focuses on all of these standards and practices using several of the identified contexts (or content areas) within the three years of Technology Education. At the present time, our curriculum includes PLTW courses in Flight & Space for 6th grade, Energy and the Environment for 7th grade, and Automation & Robotics for 8th grade.
Technology and Design: Students explore and develop an understanding of the scope and characteristics of technology and the core concepts of technology. They recognize the relationships and the connections between technology and other fields of study while working to understand the attributes of design and apply the design process through a series of hands on activities. Students develop skills in the areas of assessing the impacts of products and systems, researching, problem solving and developing an attitude of safety, while working collaboratively with others. Invention and Engineering: Students develop an understanding of the cultural, social, economic, environmental, and political effects of technology; the role of society in the development and use of technology; the influence of technology on history. Students use engineering design; troubleshooting, research & development, invention and innovation, and experimentation in problem solving while learning to use and maintain technological systems. Technology Systems: Students develop the ability to apply learned knowledge and skills to solve problems involving energy and power technologies, information and communication technologies, transportation technologies, manufacturing technologies, and construction technologies. Emphasis is placed on the study of the human-designed world. Additional understanding of the nature of technology, technology and society, design, and the abilities needed to succeed in a technological world are addressed. |