Oak View Middle School

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"Engineering: Aerospace & Design" is the new name of the elective course for 7th & 8th graders that was previously titled "Project Lead The Way - DSF (PLTW-DSF) Gateway To Technology" that began for the 2014-15 school year.

During 1st & 2nd trimester, we will create a flying contraption called a tetrahedral kits and a vehicle thatfloats on a thin layer of air as we learn about technical reading & practice our measuring skills. Students will also learn about the Engineering Design Process by using orthographic and isometric drawings and then explore 3-D solid modeling computer aided drafting & design (CADD) to communicate ideas with others and create and collect information from a wooden puzzle cube project and by creating a functioning medical device.  Students will apply Science & Engineering concepts of energy as they do activities such as roller coaster physics, and principles of working mechanisms by building a Rube Goldberg Device. During the remaining time in 2nd trimester & throughout 3rd trimester students will learn several concepts of flight & space travel as they explore how a pilot controls an aircraft and also experiment with home-made rocket fuel. We will learn about how the human body is effected by weightlessness and living/working in space, then create a prototype spacecraft that can carry astronauts and have them land safely on Mars.