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Engineering Design for the Texas Four-by-Four
Rich Crawford, Mechanical EngineerCheryl Farmer, Project Director
Todd Head, Physics Teacher
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Presentation Overview What is engineering? Form or function? Overview
Texas Pilot and Early Results Pilot Phase Two and Beyond
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Presentation Overview What is engineering? Form or function? Overview
Texas Pilot and Early Results Pilot Phase Two and Beyond
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Presentation Overview What is engineering? Form or function? Overview
Texas Pilot and Early Results Pilot Phase Two and Beyond
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Features Engages students in authentic engineering practices Project-based environment
80% hands-on activity 20% documenting and reflecting on work, preparing
presentations and reports, participating in direct instruction Student learning scaffolded over six design challenges
Standardized engineering design process Requires purposeful application of engineering principles
and relevant science and math concepts Aligned with Texas state standards and emerging Next
Generation Science Standards
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Course Framework
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Course Framework
Student Learning
Outcomes
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Course Framework
Engineering Design
Process
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Unit 1: What Is Engineering? & Class NormsEngineers rely on teamwork and communication.
DocumentationCollaboration
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Unit 2: The Evolution of ImageryEngineers design products to satisfy customer wants and needs.
The engineering design processNew designDesign evolutionAnalyzing/interpreting requirementsConcept generationDesign embodimentPerformance verificationEngineering notebooks
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Unit 3: Green Energy for Clean WaterEngineers improve lives.
Design modificationAppropriate instrumentation and
experimentationData acquisition, analysis and representationEngineering standards and regulations
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Unit 4: Aerial ImagingEngineers work in teams to solve complex design challenges.
Systems thinkingDesign at the subsystem levelComplex teamsProject managementConcept selectionRisk analysisEthics and safety
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Unit 5: The Search for Lunar IceEngineering opens frontiers.
Automation and controlProgramming basicsOperations planningGreatest engineering
achievements
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Unit 6: Reverse Engineer Your WorldEngineering impacts our everyday lives.
Reverse engineering and redesign
Functional modelingGathering/analyzing
customer needsInformation gatheringGrand challenges for
engineeringSafety and legal aspects
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Unit 7: Culminating Design ChallengeEngineers in all disciplines solve open-ended design challenges.
More complex, less structured unitStudent-directed design processIncludes all engineering critical aspectsFocuses on STEM professionsEmphasizes project management skills
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Presentation Overview What is engineering? Form or function? Overview
Texas Pilot and Early Results Pilot Phase Two and Beyond
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Bowie HS 2,805 students
(12.7 % ED)
Crockett HS 1,732 students
(61.1 % ED)
McCallum HS 1,751 students
(38.7 % ED)
Reagan HS 866 students (88.3 % ED)
Dripping Springs HS 1,235 stu-
dents (8.3 % ED)
Plano HS 2,664 students
(11 % ED)
Stony Point HS 2,535 stu-
dents (33.8 % ED)
Milton B Lee Academy of Sci-ence 216 students
(78.7 % ED)
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Campus (Rating) # Sections Offered
# Students in 2011-12 Pilot
CourseOther Courses
TaughtYears Teaching
ExperienceEngineering Degree or
Experience
Bowie HS (R) 1 24 Physics 20 No
Crockett HS (A) 1 9 Physics 15 No
McCallum HS (A) 1 10 CAD 10 No
Reagan HS (A) 1 7 Physics 4
Dripping Springs HS (R) 1 22 Statistics 10
Plano HS (R) 4 (2 teachers) > 120 Physics 5 and 2
Stony Point HS (A) 2 60 Physics 16 No
Pilot Teachers
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Early Results from 2011-12 Pilot Teachers struggled to complete the course in their first
year (to be expected)
Need to establish classroom norms early in the course
Need to modify and strengthen scaffolding
What do you want to know?Q&A with a pilot
teacher
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Presentation Overview What is engineering? Form or function? Overview
Texas Pilot and Early Results Pilot Phase Two and Beyond
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What’s New in 2012-2013? Teacher PD
Two-week workshop to enhance participants’ engineering content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge
Mentorship Developing and testing a mentorship model for scale
Assessments Developing validated assessment tools for assessing student
artifacts Portfolio (AP®) Version
Piloting portfolio version aligned with current draft AP® standards
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Developing Courseware:LMS + Virtual Collaboration Tool
M1 M2 … MX
T1 T2 … TX
S11 … S1N1S21 … S2N2 … SX1 … SXNX
• Teacher/teacher collaboration
• Teacher-student communication
• Student/student collaboration
• Teacher/mentor collaboration
• Mentor/mentor collaboration
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M1 M2 … MX
T1 T2 … TX
S11 … S1N1S21 … S2N2 … SX1 … SXNX
For teachers, access to• Course Materials
• Lesson plans• Background materials• Supporting resources
• Ongoing PD• Refresher videos• On-time training• Webinars on practice
• Course Management Tools• Share resources with
students• Assign, view, assess
student work• Collaboration Tools
• Teacher-to-teacher• Teacher-to-mentor
Developing Courseware:LMS + Virtual Collaboration Tool
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For mentors, access to• Course Materials
• Lesson plans• Background materials• Supporting resources
• Teacher PD Materials• Refresher videos• On-time training
• Collaboration Tools• Mentor-to-mentor• Mentor-to-teacher
Developing Courseware:LMS + Virtual Collaboration Tool
M1 M2 … MX
T1 T2 … TX
S11 … S1N1S21 … S2N2 … SX1 … SXNX
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M1 M2 … MX
T1 T2 … TX
S11 … S1N1S21 … S2N2 … SX1 … SXNX
For students, access to• Course Materials
• Background materials and supporting resources shared by teacher
• Assignments• Virtual Engineering Notebook
• Document work for self• Submit work to teacher• Prepare portfolio for AP or
admissions• Collaboration Tools
• Student-to-student• Student-to-teacher
Developing Courseware:LMS + Virtual Collaboration Tool
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Presentation Overview What is engineering? Form or function? Overview
Texas Pilot and Early Results Pilot Phase Two and Beyond
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