Middle School (Grades 6-8) Engineering byDesign

Middle School Engineering: Three grade level courses that prepare students with an understanding of technology and engineering through the use of hands-on activities that promote both Technological and Engineering Literacy. Students will apply the engineering design process in real-world

problem solving lessons.

  • Exploring Technology

    Technology exists to solve problems through the use of creative solutions that work best by demonstrating careful selection of resources to generate the best outcomes. Use of resources are a result of detailed and accurate plans based on ideas evolved through utilization of the Engineering Design Process in an Engineering Design Journal to ensure production of the technology designed solution is developed to achieve desired results.

  • Invention and Innovation - Gr. 7

    They study the history of inventions and innovations, including their impacts on society. They learn about the core concepts of technology and about the various approaches to solving problems, including engineering design and experimentation. Students apply their creativity in the invention and innovation of new products, processes, or systems.

  • Technological Systems - Gr. 8

    Technological Systems is intended to teach students how systems work together to solve problems and capture opportunities. A system can be as small as two components working together (technical system/device level) or can contain millions of interacting devices (user system/network level). This course gives students a general background on the different types of systems with a concentration on the connections between these systems.

  • Engineering For All

    Engineering for All (EfA) consists of two seven-week modules for middle school technology education classes on the important social contexts of food and water. The units are built on four "drivers" that underpin the Engineering for All approach. These include:

    ● Promoting the potential of engineering as a social good.

    ● Revisiting unifying engineering and technology themes (i.e., design, modeling, systems, resources, and human values) in authentic social contexts.

    ● Using design-based engineering activities as authentic contexts for teaching and learning Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) ideas and practices

    ● Using informed design as the core pedagogical methodology. oes here