DESCRIPTION
Technological Design
Intended Audience
Grades 10-12 (Foundations of Technology highly recommended)
Course Overview
In Engineering Design, engineering scope, content, and professional
practices are presented through practical applications. Students
in engineering teams apply technology, science, and mathematics
concepts and skills to solve engineering design problems and
innovate designs. Students research, develop, test, and analyze
engineering designs using criteria such as design effectiveness,
public safety, human factors, and ethics. This course is the
capstone experience for students who are interested in technology,
innovation, design and engineering.
Course Length
36 weeks
Connections
Technological Design contributes to the development of each
high school student’s capacity to make responsible judgments
about technology’s development, control, and use. Critiquing
appropriate technology and sustainable development are important.
The structure of the course brings discussions of technological
values so that students can reflect and develop their own
ethical standards. Students are actively involved in the organized
and integrated application of technological resources, engineering
concepts, and scientific procedures. Through high school technology
education experiences, students address the complexities of
technology and issues that stem from designing, developing,
using, and assessing technological systems. In developing
a functional understanding of technology, students comprehend
how human conditions, current affairs, and personal preferences
drive technological design and problem solving. Actively engaged
in making and developing, using, and managing technological
systems, students better understand the role of systems in
meeting specific purposes. Students are able to analyze and
understand the behavior and operation of basic technological
systems in different contexts. Students are able to extend
their knowledge of systems to new and emerging applications
by the time they graduate from high school. Technological
Design prepares students for the capstone Engineering Design
course that is used as a bridge course for post-secondary
study.
