POE Master Plan

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Introduction

OBJECTIVE	SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES/ASSESSMENTS	Slides
Define technology as it relates to problem solving and design.	Gather examples of technology that were created to solve a particular problem. Evaluate whether the technology accomplished its original goal, and identify unexpected outcomes.	Problem Solving.ppt
Differentiate between science, technology, engineering, and manufacturing.	Outline the lifecycle of a technological product. Include sections on the science behind the technology, its development cycle, and its manufacturing	Science, Invention, and Engineering.ppt
Differentiate between invention and innovation.	Describe the history of some technology. Select several pivotal milestones and defend them as innovation or invention.
Provide various examples of how technological developments have shaped human history.	Report on a famous engineer of the present or past and his or her contribution to technology and the engineering profession.

Civil Engineering

Use applicable geometric and trigonometric principles in technical drawings and system designs.	At least one project should require the student to apply trigonometry and geometry in its design. (e.g., determining turning radii in a robotics project.)
Land Use and Surveying
Bridge constructions

Mechanical Engineering

OBJECTIVE	SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES/ASSESSMENTS	Slides
Write technical documents using the four technical writing objectives: accessibility, accuracy, conciseness, and clarity.	Projects should include a requirement to document the project process, design, and results.
Draw isometric and orthographic diagrams	Use color pencils and markers to draw orthographic and isometric views on graph and grid paper. Projects should include a requirement to draw their designs.
Apply appropriate physical principles of motion, force, gravity, and electricity to system designs.	At least one project should be a mechanical system that incorporates physical science in its design (e.g., an understanding of simple machines such as levers, inclines, and gears.).

Engineering and Society

Understand the professional, legal, and ethical responsibilities of an engineer.

Evaluate an example of an engineering failure (e.g., the Challenger explosion) for lapses of professional responsibility.

Apply economic principles to evaluate the cost, benefits, and economic feasibility of a system design.

Projects should include a budget for time, energy, and materials.

Apply sociological and psychological principles (such as vision and perception) to evaluate the usability of a system design.

Interpret the results of eye chart test that uses different combinations of foreground and background colors.
Projects should consider characteristics of the target users.

System Engineering

OBJECTIVE	SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES/ASSESSMENTS	Slides
Differentiate between the four parts of a system: input, process, output, and feedback.	Project designs should identify their inputs, processes, outputs, and feedback mechanisms. For example, the robotics project will list inputs (materials, tools, instructions); will describe the process (assembly and fine-tuning) and will list outputs (completed robot and supporting documentation.)
Categorize inputs of a system into time, capital, material, people, information, energy, and tools/equipment.	Project documentation should include a description of their inputs. The time category includes project scheduling. Each project should include a schedule of its activities. The capital category includes a project budget. The materials category includes materials to be considered and chosen for the construction of the system. The people category includes a consideration of the numbers and characteristics of people who will build, operate, and use the system. Information category includes the information necessary to design the system, such as requirements, specifications, and standards). The energy category includes a description of how the system development and operation will be powered.
Evaluate the outputs of a system as expected desired, unexpected desired, expected undesired, and unexpected undesired.	These terms should be defined with examples related to the projects the student will be completing. Each project, in turn should describe and characterize the outputs.
Utilize feedback used or provided in a system.	The term feedback should be defined in terms of the engineering processes (How does the team know it is building the right system?) and the system’s operation. (How does the system know it is operating correctly?)
Use and create mathematical formulas and models in system design.	Use mathematical formulas to predict how a model of a project design might behave under varying conditions. (e.g., determine the speed of a robot with different gear ratios.)
Use probabilities and probability distributions to predict system events and inputs.	Use a probability distribution to determine expected and unusual volumes of input (e.g., the number of cars arriving at an intersection.)
Evaluate the results of design and testing using mathematical and statistical calculations.	Calculate measures of central tendency and variance for repeatable test results. Draw scatter charts and box-and-whiskers diagrams of data.

Use the engineering design process to solve a problem or meet a challenge

OBJECTIVE	SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES/ASSESSMENTS	Slides
Identify an opportunity or problem to engineer along with any constraints on such a need or problem.	Projects will describe the problem the system is supposed to fix, or the opportunity the system will take advantage of.
Research an opportunity or problem so as to determine its current states and current solutions.	Describe the patent process and how to do a patent search.
Develop possible solutions to a need or problem and articulate these possible solutions using basic engineering tools.	Each project should include a brief description of alternate solutions.
Evaluate possible solutions to a need or problem and select the most effective solution(s). Justify the choice(s).	Have the students select the best design from a sample of project designs. The students must defend their selection.
Construct a prototype or model of a possible solution to an opportunity or problem.	Review modeling techniques such as computer generate models, foam models, etc. Process materials for design solution.
Test and evaluate a model of a potential solution. Does it work? Does it meet the original design constraints?	Describe a typical test processes (e.g., test plans, test scenarios, reliability testing.)
Communicate an engineered solution by making a presentation that includes a discussion of how the solution best meets the needs of the initial problem or opportunity.	All teams will present their project design to the rest of the class for peer review. Each team will include in its final report the comments and recommendations from this design review, and how the team responded to them.
Redesign an engineered solution based on information gathered during testing and/or during presenting.	All teams will present their final project to the rest of the class. Final review will include a discussion of how the recommendations from the design review were incorporated into the final output.
Understand the role of risk assessment.	Analyze the risks associated with making and using a technological product.