Technology Education
The Future is Here.
by K. Boughton
August 20, 2010
Andover Middle School provides students with the opportunity to explore a variety of different types of technology in a hands-on environment. Andover schools uses Stokes Education Service custom written curriculum for 6th grade and Synergistic Systems curriculum for seventh and eight grade classes.
The technology lab is a hands-on learning experience. Students work in pairs to learn about a verity of technologies and how they are used in the work place. During this process students use skills learned in their math, science, English and other classes. Students must be able to follow directions, problem solve and make decisions as an individual and as a team. The following are just a few of the missions and modules available.
7th/ 8th Grade Technology Lab Syllabus
| Students work with the technology to learn how it is used as well as the types of careers available in that field. Graphic Communications allows students to learn basic drafting skill and then advance to a CAD program to design final products. |
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Robots are becoming more prevalent in many companies. These students are finding out that a robot may take the place of an assembly line worker, but someone has to write the programs to run them. |
| Digital video allows students to work with editing software. Students learn to take different pieces of video and put them in an order that makes sense, and how to use a "green screen" to create special effects. |  |
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| Electricity - Student's learn how to wire series and parallel circuits. Students also learn how to calculate kilowatt hours. |  |
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Rocketry & Space - students learn about space flight and construct a model rocket which we launch at the end of the nine weeks. |
 Flight Technology: Students learn about the factors that allow an aircraft to flight by building a wing and testing their design in a wind tunnel. |
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