Topic outline

  • General

    INTRODUCTION TO TECHNOLOGY 1 - Homkes
    • WOODS - 9 weeks
    • PLASTICS - 9 weeks

    Textbook: "Exploring Woodworking"

  • Topic 1

    SAFETY TRAINING
    • Overview of all safety issues in shop
    • Instructor demonstrates all power tools in shop while students take notes on test form
    • All students take written safety test (5 pages)
    • Black and Decker Safety Video

    • Topic 2

      INTRODUCTION TO ALL SHOP TOOLS
      • HAND TOOLS including: hand plane, wood chisel, hand saw, level, square, etc.
      • PORTABLE POWER TOOLS including: skill saw, hand drills, hand router, hand sander, KREG Jig, hand belt sander
      • STATIONARY POWER TOOLS including: table saw, sliding miter saw, table mounted router, radial arm saw, belt/disk sander, drill press, band saw, scroll saw, spindle sander, planer, wood lathe

      • Topic 3

        OVERVIEW OF WOOD SPECIES AND WOOD PRODUCTS
        • SOFTWOODS (coniferous) - firs, S4S, plywoods, MDF, OSB, etc.
        • HARDWOODS (deciduous) - cherry, maple, oak, walnut, poplar, ironwood, etc.
        • VIDEOS: "The Lumberyard" and "Logging Tech"
        • Woodworking terminology

      • Topic 4

        INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATES THE FOLLOWING SKILLS AS NEEDED:
        • Gluing and clamping
        • Proper use of nails and nailing techniques
        • Proper use of screws
        • Hiding screws with hole plugs
        • Sanding and Finishing
        • Overview of common woodworking edges and joints

        • Topic 5

          REQUIRED PROJECTS (students demonstrate increasingly difficult woodworking skills)
          1. Project 1 - Birdhouse
          2. Project 2 - Step stool
          3. Project 3 - Cutting board
          4. Project 4 - Self choice #1
          5. Project 5 - Self choice #2

          • Topic 6

            WOODWORKING TEST - written

            • Topic 7

              INTRODUCTION TO PLASTICS
              • Safety training - plastics
              • Videos: "Understanding Plastics" and "Introduction to Plastics Technology"
              • Terminology
              • Overview of shop plastics equipment
              • Careers

              • Topic 8

                STUDENTS MAKE 1-2 ITEMS FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES:
                • Rotational molder
                • Vacuum former
                • Thermo-former (strip heater)
                • Hot dip
                • Injection molder
                • Blow molder
                • Plastics casting

                • Topic 9

                  STUDENTS COMBINE WOODWORKING AND PLASTICS SKILLS:
                  • Students are challenged to make a custom mold that can used to make an useful object, e.g., cupholder for their car, iPod storage tray, etc.
                  • OR, fabricate an useful object using a combination of plastics and wood

                  • Topic 10

                    PLASTICS TEST - written

                    • Topic 11

                      COURSE OBJECTIVES - at the end of this semester long class you will be able to:

                      WOODS

                      1. Explain the theoretical safe use of all shop woodworking equipment including passing a written safety test.
                      2. Understand the safe use of hand tools like hammers, saws, chisels, hand planes, etc..
                      3. Demonstrate the safe use of all portable and stationary power tools.
                      4. Recognize the different species of wood and where they are used and how grown and processed.
                      5. Demonstrate a woodworking knowledge base including sawing, boring holes, fastener use, routering, sanding and finishing, planing, miter sawing, wood turing, jig sawing, etc.
                      6. Build increasingly more complex items made from wood as found on a skills chart.
                      7. Complete the academic part of the class by passing a written Woodworking test.
                      8. Have enough knowledge to consider a career as a carpenter, cabinet maker, construction worker, homebuilder, etc.

                      PLASTICS

                      1. Explain where plastics come from, the different types and how they are processed.
                      2. Demonstrate injection molding equipment, when best used and typical products.
                      3. Demonstrate vacuum forming equipment, when best used and typical products.
                      4. Demonstrate rotational molding equipment, when best used and typical products.
                      5. Demonstrate blow molding equipment, when best used and typical products.
                      6. Demonstrate the hot dip process, when best used and typical products.
                      7. Demonstrate thermo forming equipment, when best used and typical products.
                      8. Complete the academic part of the class by passing a written Plastics test.
                      9. Have enough knowledge to consider a career as a plastics technician or plastics business owner utilizing any or all of the processes outlined above.