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=Evaluation Questions:= = = = = = = =Design Technology - Exploratory Q2 2011=

Class 14 - Joints Continued (12/7)
Drawing Competition
 * Making marks
 * Combination Square
 * Reflections

Types of joints

 * 1) Butt Joint
 * 2) Miter Joint
 * 3) Finger Joint
 * 4) Dovetail Joint
 * 5) Rabat Joint

Joint Lab:

 * Design Brief**: Create a Butt Joint from 1x4 pine that is 6"x6"
 * Design Specification**:
 * Must be made from 1x4 pine
 * The joint must make 90 degree angle
 * The outside dimensions must be 6" on both sides
 * You must use the tools provided.

Class 12 (12/01) - SAISA Soccer Tournament
Peer Review of Design Brief. Watch the AISD Defending SAISA Champions! Go Tigers

Class 11 - SketchUp Primer (11/29) - ISTA trip
SketchUp is a powerful tool for designing in 2D and 3D In todays lesson we will learn cover the following topics:
 * Keyboard Shortcuts
 * Axis and how to constrain movement on an axis
 * Entering precise values to control the size of your objects
 * Components
 * The Move/Copy tool
 * Drawing precisely by using inference

Class 10 - Design Brief and Design Specification (11/22)


You have discussed the Unit Question and restated it in your own words. You have also investigated how the Unit Question is relevant to your own lives and our lives here in Dhaka and at AISD.

Now it is time to start thinking about how to solve the Unit Question. The first step is to develop a Design Brief.

The **Design Brief** is a simple statement about what you plan to do. It should include the following:
 * 1) What you will do
 * 2) Who it is for
 * 3) How it solves the unit question

Once you have developed a Design Brief you must also create a **Design Specification**. The specification is a list of all the things that are necessary for the product to be successful.

Here is a general list of things that should be in your specification. You will be asked to expand this list for your particular product.
 * Must be small enough for you to carry
 * Must be made from materials available in the DT lab
 * Must be able to be built in the time available
 * Must be made in a safe manor
 * Must solve the unit problem
 * Must be pleasing to the eye

Investigation - Guiding Questions.
During your investigation you should also keep a list of all the questions that come up along the way. These questions help you know what to investigate and help guide your product development.


 * How much time is available to make the product?
 * Where will my product live when it is done?
 * Do I have permission to display the product where it is intended?
 * Do I have the tools and skills needed to complete the product?

Wood Lab Cont.
At the end of last class we did our best to split the wood with a chisel but couldn't quite get the job done. Today we'll apply greater force and split the wood with the nail pulling part of a hammer. An axe would have been better but we don't have on the lab. Once the wood is split we'll investigate more and try to discover evidence of how the wood grew when it was still a tree. We will investigate:
 * Water and moisture content
 * Heart wood and sap wood
 * Growth Rings
 * Cell Structure

HW due next class - Create first draft of your Design Brief.

Class 9 - Wood Investigation Lab (11/20)
In todays lab we will Investigate wood. By using the power of observation we will learn discover as many properties of wood as we can. To make observations we will use all our senses.

One way to investigate wood is to see how it reacts to stuff that we do to it. We will use a variety of DT lab tools to see how wood responds to manipulation. The tools we use include:
 * hammer
 * nails
 * saws
 * chisels
 * wrecking bar
 * vises and clamps

Class 8 - Self Assessment (11/16)
How do Global Issues relate to you? What do you know? In class today we will investigate what we know about global issues and how they impact our lives and the lives of the people in our community. We will also investigate the school vision statement and see how it relates to global issues and to how we think about our work in school.


 * AISD Vision Statement**: "To prepare students to become stewards of a just and sustainable world."

Class 7 - Making it personal (11/14)
Unit Question Interpreted Discussed Computer Lab - Mind Map Complete

Unit Question (revised Nov 16th):
Why and how do societies convey the importance of global issues to its members? Here at AISD how can we promote the importance global issues so that we can better live the school's vision of “being stewards of a just and sustainable world?"

**Why and how do societies convey the importance of global issues to it's members? Here at AISD how can we better communicate about important global issues so that we can participate in and promote the school's vision for a "just and sustainable world?"**

The unit question gives us a broad theme to explore and a problem to be solved. Your job is to think about this problem and discover they way it is relevant to you. Here are some guiding questions to help you think about the problem:
 * What global issues are important to you?
 * What does it mean to be a steward of a just and sustainable world?
 * What responsibilities come with being part of a community?

Global Issues Brainstorm - Class activity
Work together in small groups to "unpack" the unit question. What are the big ideas in the unit question? On a large piece of paper brainstorm about the unit question in the form of a Mind Map.

Resources Demonstration - [|Bubbl.us]
Bubbl.us a great resource for creating mind maps. Create an account on Bubbl.us so that you save your work and edit it later. It's fun, colorful and can help you organize and communicate your brain storms. Bubbl.us is also a great tool for telling compelling stories!

Update your Design Folder
All the work we are doing is part of the investigation phase of your design folder. Be sure to update your design folder to include:
 * The UQ
 * A restatement of the unit question in your own words including how it is relevant to you.
 * Your mind map about the UQ

Homework

 * Get a DT Notebook
 * Update the Design Folder
 * Mind Map (1st Draft)

Class 5 - Scroll Saw Lab (11/3)
Scroll Saw Magic

Compelling Stories

Sketch Video Review

Lab - Scroll Saw Lab

Class 4 - November 1
In Class we will review the logo shapes homework and transfer your designs to a block a plywood. If you used the template you design will fit perfectly on the plywood.


 * Exercise 1** - Plywood observations

In class you you will be given a 4.5" x 4.5" piece of 1/8 plywood. Examine the plywood and make observations about it. What characteristic do you observe in the plywood? How is it made? What makes plywood the ideal material for house building? How is plywood different than regular wood.


 * Exercise 2** - Transferring your design to the plywood.

Did you draw your design at 1 to 1 scale? How can you insure that your design is centered properly on your plywood? What tools can you use to help you achieve the best results?

There will be a short Sketch Up quiz next class.
 * Homework -** continue working with the New User SketchUp Videos

Class 3 - Safety Demonstration by Mr. Hashan

 * Review the Safety Contract
 * Safety Tour of the Lab
 * What is a Specification?

A **Design Specification** is a series of statements that describe what is required for a product to be successful. Some of the se statements will be very specific, e.g.:' The product must be green.' other statements will be relative to something else, e.g.: 'The product must fit in an AISD locker.'

Some things that might be specified in a Design Specification:
 * size and weight
 * appearance
 * safety
 * cost
 * materials
 * environmental requirements
 * ergonomics

NOTE: When your final product is complete you will evaluate it against the specification.

Design Specification (see above)
 * Homework 1**: Design 3 Logo Shapes
 * The designs must fit on 4.5" square surface.
 * The designs must be solid (no empty spaces or voids inside the shape).
 * The design must have curve in it.
 * The design must have a straight line in it.
 * The design must be at least 3/4" from the edge of the square.


 * //Example Logo Shape://**

Here is a template that will help you design your shape. The Template is US Letter SIze. Right Click on the image below and "open image in another tab or window." Then print the image.


 * Homework 2** - Download SketchUp New User Videos from the DT server. (The videos are also available from Google).

From the Finder type "Cmd K" or click Menu:: Go:: Connect to Server
 * How to connect to the DT Server:**

Choose (or type) afp://designtechnology and click connect.

This will mount the server on the desktop. You can find the videos by following this path:

Class 2 - About DT - Unit Question Revealed

 * Why do we study DT?
 * How do we study DT?
 * Design Cycle Discussion
 * Sketch Up - Video

SketchUp is an incredibly powerful tool for designing in 2D and 3D. Sketchup is not just used in DT. It is used in many industries including, architecture, product design, video game design and even movie making. This video show how Sketch Up was used to help design 2009 Game of the Year "Uncharted."

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Here is a link to a YouTube video about how Sketch Up is used in the Motion Picture Industry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bJ3s_cUV3s&feature=relmfu

Class 1 - Getting Started

 * 1) Introduction to the class wiki.
 * 2) Setting up your Design Folder.
 * 3) The DT Server
 * 4) SketchUP Demo
 * 5) Home work rubric explained


 * Homework**:
 * Download SketchUp
 * Sign and return the Safety Contract