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In 7th grade science I teach a program module titled PLTW. This stands for Project Lead the Way and is a Middle School Engineering Curriculum. The title of the module is GTT which stands for Gateway to Technology. 7th graders do a module of PLTW GTT titled Design and Modeling in which they use a computer design software called Autodesk Inventor. My lesson plans are "lesson descriptions" because of them being copywrited by PLTW and me not being able to re-produce them.

Lesson Description: 7th Grade Inventor Computer Design Extension Project: Bags Board Set. This lesson was done over the course of 2 days. I cannot re-post the lesson from PLTW due to copywrite issues. I have the students do this for support of Inventor as the supplemental resources from PLTW are a little light. I like the students to have experience with building some items in Inventor that are real life items. Thus, I have them build a "Bag Board Set". The objective is to have students sketch the Top, Front, and Right Side views, and then model the piece in Inventor. By students modeling an example of a real life situation in stead of random parts they get an idea of what a engineer really does on a daily basis. I explain how engineers make things that people use for their daily lives, and things they use for fun - such as bags board sets!!

Student Sample is Monet Hassen

Lesson Description: PLTW - GTT - Activity 1.5.4 - Sketch Plane Cube: This lesson was done over the course of 2 days. I cannot re-post the lesson from PLTW due to copywrite issues. This lesson is done with the objective of students using the 3 step design method of 1) sketch 2) dimension 3) extrude. Students follow these simple steps 4 times and what they have left is the sketch plane cube. I demonstrate the steps to this project on the Lcd projector and students simply follow along with the piece that I make on my screen. A sheet is passed out to each student with the dimensions and what should go on each of the sides (top, front, right side). Overall this is the project that really teaches students to be able to make a piece in Inventor and add portions onto it to make it complete. Student sample is Brittany Reed

Lesson Description: PLTW - GTT - Activity 1.5 - Invention Research Project. Lesson Description: PLTW - GTT - Activity 1.5.4 - Sketch Plane Cube: This lesson was done over the course of 2 days. I cannot re-post the lesson from PLTW due to copywrite issues. This lesson is done for students to research invetions to realize how much teachnology has improved throughout the years. Students choose from any Invention made after the year 1910 (past 100 years) and reseach and create a power point to tell how the invention has impacted society. What we want students to learn is that not everything that we have nowadays was always available to people in the past. This project is always popular among students and most kids come up with some very interesting ideas. Student Sample is Erykah Williams