Technology Classes and Information
Technology Classes
Technology/Life/Careers(TLC)
This is a required course for 7th Grade students. This course
explores different areas of current technology. The major
content areas of exploration are Business, Career Information,
Family and Consumer Sciences, and Technology. Some subjects
which have been in this course in the past include airplane
design, cooking, calculators, desktop publishing, family
resources, graphics, marketing, numerical control machines,
rocketry, sewing, video production, and word processing.
Technology Education 1
This is an elective course available to 8th Graders and
Freshmen. This is a semester course which explains the current
areas of technology which include communications, manufacturing,
construction, power, energy and transportation. The technology
lab implements these into 15 different modules which include
robotics, computer animated design, digital video, digital
design and flight technology just to name a few. CO2 rocket
dragsters are designed and developed then raced against
other dragsters in class. Space exploration will be covered
using model rockets that use solid fuel boosters which are
built from scratch then launched. Other areas covered will
be computer aided drafting, and small woodworking projects.
No prerequisite. Lab fee: $20.00
Technology Education 2
This is an elective course available for 8th Graders and
Freshmen. This course is a continuation of Tech Ed. 1 where
the students continue to explore the technology areas of
communication, construction, manufacturing, power, energy
and transportation using the Tech Lab modules. Also covered
will be architectural drawing and multi view drawing using
CAD software programs, these will also be in the technology
lab. Problem solving using a variety of methods and applications
will be used. No prerequisite. Lab fee: $20.00.
