Gateway to Technology at Laura Jeffrey Academy

Progress on PowerPoint presentations with information on all early work in the Engineering Design Process and updated with steps 5-7 (Selecting the best solution, Developmental Work, and Modeling and Prototyping) is due on Thursday for “A” day classes and Friday for “B” day classes. Students are welcome to work on the PowerPoints at home if they would like to bring a flash drive to school. Final PowerPoint presentations are due June 17 and 18.

Learning targets:
I can explain how aeordynamics and Bernoulli’s Principle affect my dragster design and my real world
I can us the Engineeing Design Process to create a working prototype to solve a problem in my real world
I can create a physical dragster design to match the electronic design created on AutoDesk Inventor
 
Big Ideas:
Aerodynamics and Bernoulli’s Principal
Computer Aided Drafting
Engineering Design Process
Measurement

Timeline for Independent Engineering Project is located under “Pages” in the right hand side of this page.

Laura Jeffrey Academy is currently engaged in the redesign of our classroom webpages. Our goal is to create pages that are more readily accessible, easily understandable, and more consistent in format and content across subject areas. Additionally, they are being designed to complement and align with the new Parent Portal that we are now piloting and intend to implement fully in the fall. Until new pages are up, please find the course outlines and learning targets for GTT as well as the timeline for due dates for the Independent Engineering Project.

Welcome to Gateway to Technology (GTT). GTT is the middle school engineering program for Project Lead the Way, a high school engineering program that allows participants to explore areas of engineering and earn college credit while still in high school. The website for Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is http://www.pltw.org   GTT has four modules students will learn while at LJA – Science of Technology, Design and Modeling, Magic of Electrons, and Automation and Robotics. This year, students will be learning Design and Modeling and Magic of Electrons. In addition to the GTT curriculum, students will be learning keyboarding, Microsoft Office, and general computer troubleshooting.