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Unit 3: Engineering

Drawing In this unit, students will be introduced to
orthographic and isometric drawings. Students
will be creating their own drawings of objects,

as well as creating three dimensional objects
based on the drawings. These skills will be
carried over in the next unit, Modeling and
Design.

Engineering drawings must be clear and correct. When engineers fail to accurately communicate their ideas, expensive

materials can be cut to the wrong size and ruined, systems can be completed improperly and require expensive changes in
order to be adapted back to the original intent, and structures and machinery can fail, resulting in property damage and

loss of life. Engineers must also take great lengths to model and test every part of a design before completing the final

prototype or full size-model. We call this process the engineering design process. By constructing models at a small scale
and conducting different tests on them, engineers are able to identify where models might fail and decide what changes

would make the design better. Through the cycle of designing, building models, testing, and re-designing, engineers are
able to produce final prototypes, drawings and instructions that accurately reflect the intended product.

Formative Assessments Summative Assessments

•3–2–1 Countdown •Rubric

•Collect critical information •Written worksheets/handouts
about learning progress by •Performance Task
•Oral Presentations
providing feedback
•Check List •Application of knowledge
•Devil’s advocate through on-going construction
•Exit/Admit Slips
of projects
•Four Corners •Quizzes and exams
•Game-based learning •Practical Demonstration
•Hands on Demonstrations
•Storyboards
•In-class discussions •Mind map
•Jigsaw II •Individual Work
•Low-stakes group work
•Small Group Work
•Observations -Visual •Large Group Work
inspection of project build, •Engineering Notebook
(creativity, level, activity •Final Projects
participation, problem solving •PBL Check List
strategies, etc.)
•One-Minute Paper
•Poll Everywhere
•Personal Vignette
•STAD
•Strategic Questioning
•Talk & Walk
•Think-Pair-Share
•Three-minute review
•Three-Step Interview
•Thumbs Up/Down

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