Story of Étude High School Engineering
As students enter high school, many of them have experienced engineering at Étude Middle School. This can give a distinct advantage to many of those students who are coming in with the skills necessary to be successful in any of the future high school classes. As for new students, Introduction to Engineering is meant to be an introduction into high school engineering skills that will prepare them for the three year cycle of courses.
Introduction to Engineering is a fundamental piece of the puzzle that connects computer aided design to hand drawings and model manipulation. Through the use of PTC Creo Parametric, hand drawing, isometric drawings, and manipulatives, students create their own puzzle cubes. These introductory skills are fundamental to creating projects and lead to learning 3D printing as part of the prototyping phase. This project leads into the later projects of contraption development based on research of Rube Goldberg devices and the Water Recreation Design Challenge.
After ITE, students venture into more content specific classes such as Principles of Engineering, Foundations of Architectural Design, and Design for Manufacturing. POE focuses on electronics and computers. FAD focuses on applied architectural design and job shadowing experiences. DM focuses on bio-mimicry and furniture design. These classes allow students to dive deeper into content and have an open path in projects that allows students to take projects to places that interest them the most. Also, these classes give students a high school career of unique classes they can take without overlap, which is a unique experience.
Introduction to Engineering is a fundamental piece of the puzzle that connects computer aided design to hand drawings and model manipulation. Through the use of PTC Creo Parametric, hand drawing, isometric drawings, and manipulatives, students create their own puzzle cubes. These introductory skills are fundamental to creating projects and lead to learning 3D printing as part of the prototyping phase. This project leads into the later projects of contraption development based on research of Rube Goldberg devices and the Water Recreation Design Challenge.
After ITE, students venture into more content specific classes such as Principles of Engineering, Foundations of Architectural Design, and Design for Manufacturing. POE focuses on electronics and computers. FAD focuses on applied architectural design and job shadowing experiences. DM focuses on bio-mimicry and furniture design. These classes allow students to dive deeper into content and have an open path in projects that allows students to take projects to places that interest them the most. Also, these classes give students a high school career of unique classes they can take without overlap, which is a unique experience.
Course Sequence
Introduction to Engineering
Principles of Engineering (2017-2018)
Principles of Engineering provides students who have an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and/or Math the advanced opportunities to explore and gain knowledge that can be applied in real world case studies. Students will expand their learning opportunities from Introduction to Engineering and apply the engineering design process to new problems and concepts. Students will explore realms of electricity, soldering, electronics, and programming applications for Android. There will be opportunities to design their own projects.
Foundations of Architectural Design (2018-2019)
Students will learn the necessary concepts to understand the world of architectural design. Students will be working with computer aided design software such as Revit to help be immersed in the industry standards. Projects will include hands on learning through the Shanty Town event through Habitat for Humanity, model design and building, and ending in a culminating project for Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity. Students will design and build the best shed designs for homes in the lakeshore area. There will be shadow opportunities for students to learn about architectural design from architects at Abacus Architecture. Students will collect evidence of their work through an electronic engineering notebook.
Design for Manufacturing (2019-2020)
Design for Manufacturing is a course that challenges students to understand high level use of Computer aided design. Students make observations of the structures of nature and design furniture and other products based on these observations. As students dive into the higher order skills of computer aided design, they experiment with advanced tools and analysis to ensure that designs are applicable to the real world. The essential questions to their investigations are:
- How can the skills of engineering help me solve my own problems?
Principles of Engineering (2017-2018)
Principles of Engineering provides students who have an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and/or Math the advanced opportunities to explore and gain knowledge that can be applied in real world case studies. Students will expand their learning opportunities from Introduction to Engineering and apply the engineering design process to new problems and concepts. Students will explore realms of electricity, soldering, electronics, and programming applications for Android. There will be opportunities to design their own projects.
- How can electricity be manipulated to my advantage?
- How can digital logic defend my home?
- How can I develop an app to
Foundations of Architectural Design (2018-2019)
Students will learn the necessary concepts to understand the world of architectural design. Students will be working with computer aided design software such as Revit to help be immersed in the industry standards. Projects will include hands on learning through the Shanty Town event through Habitat for Humanity, model design and building, and ending in a culminating project for Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity. Students will design and build the best shed designs for homes in the lakeshore area. There will be shadow opportunities for students to learn about architectural design from architects at Abacus Architecture. Students will collect evidence of their work through an electronic engineering notebook.
- How can architecture be used to my advantage?
- How can architectural design be used to solve world problems?
- How does the construction of an architectural solution benefit my future self?
Design for Manufacturing (2019-2020)
Design for Manufacturing is a course that challenges students to understand high level use of Computer aided design. Students make observations of the structures of nature and design furniture and other products based on these observations. As students dive into the higher order skills of computer aided design, they experiment with advanced tools and analysis to ensure that designs are applicable to the real world. The essential questions to their investigations are:
- How can manufacturing environmentally sustainable products positively influence our community?
- How does Biomimicry play a role in modern engineering?
- How can products be developed that can improve the quality of life for others?