For Technical Drawing/Design Level 1, 2, 3, & 4 students



For: Technical Drawing/Design Level 2, 3H, & 4H students

Re: Required summer reading and activities list; supply list for upcoming school year

From: Mr. Kutz – Westlake High School Technology & Engineering Education Dept.

"Home of the innovative and award-winning TechMates …..The Power of Doing"

Dear Parents,

After reading the book “The World Is Flat” by Thomas Friedman, one could surmise that we as teachers and parents need to ensure that our students are well equipped for the many technological changes in their future. They already have (and will continue to have) a significant advantage and accrued multiple capabilities by virtue of taking the Technical Drawing/Design class, and we need to encourage them to continue to pursue this edge. No matter what they aspire to for a profession, the success of their careers and livelihoods will depend on their technological literacy (by the way, there are seven technological systems). Across the globe, the level of technology and innovation will continue to increase and become more sophisticated, emphasizing the increasingly important role it will play in their lives. One of the ways your son/daughter can continue staying sharp, developing potential and pursuing their edge is by engaging in summer “engineering/design/architecture/tech” type of activities. Please peruse the many activities your son/daughter can and need to participate in. They are all technology/design/engineering/innovation related. As William A. Wulf, President of the National Academy of Engineering has stated, “engineering is great preparation for many careers. Consider that 22% of Fortune 200 CEO’s have a BS in engineering. In fact, engineering in the most common undergraduate degree among the fortune 200 CEO’s”. We all want the best for our children – please encourage your son/daughter to help them achieve their technological/innovative potential. Best wishes for a great and productive summer! Let me know if you have any questions and thank you for your continued support!

Scott Kutz

Westlake High School

Technology & Engineering Education Department, The “Original” STEM subject

STEM, TRIZ, AP Computer Science Principles, Design Squad, Architecture, Engineering, & Design Studies

“Teaching the new age of INNOVATION”

Email: kutz@

440-899-3075 x2041

SUMMERTIME T & E

SUMMER T & E Programs: Many colleges offer summer programs in architecture, engineering, and design that can be taken for enrichment. There are numerous benefits for attending, including gaining knowledge, educational growth, meeting new people and experiencing a college environment. In addition, such experiences look impressive on a college application….”Knowledge & wisdom is power – reach beyond your grasp!”

 

Alfred University (NY) – summer programs including ROBOTICS and ENGINEERING. For additional information please go to alfred.edu/summer.

ASM Materials Camp – ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCE. Entering high school juniors and seniors. Held in July. Website:

 

Carnegie Mellon – Summer Pre-College Programs including ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, and GAME ACADEMY. Website: cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college.

Case Western Reserve University (and Ohio State University) – ID Tech Camp is a unique computer camp offering courses that vary from 3D MODELING & 3D PRINTING to PROGRAMMING and ROBOTICS.



Columbia University – Summer High School Programs, Pre-college courses for grades 9-12. Study in NYC: including ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, COMPUTER SCIENCE. Website: ce.columbia.edu/highschool

 

Engineering Camps across the country:



Fallingwater High School residency – Summer ARCHITECTURE program.

Website:

Harvard Summer School – Summer program for HS students including ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE.



Miami University (OH.) – Junior Scholars Program. Including ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, INTERIOR DESIGN.



Ohio State University – Women in ENGINEERING program. Website:

 

Otis College of Art and Design (CA) – Includes ARCHITECTURE & TOY DESIGN; Visit their web site at otis.edu.

 

Penn State University – Women in ENGINEERING program. This is a one-week residential program for young women entering the 10th or 11th grade.

Pratt University – pre-college programs for ARCHITECTURE, GRAPHIC DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION, INTERIOR DESIGN. Open to grades 10-12. Additional info.

Purdue University – Visit the ENGINEERING program. Summer and in the Fall.



 

Smith College (MA.) – Summer Science and ENGINEERING Program for High School Girls, July – August. Visit their web site at smith.edu/summerprograms/ssep.

Summer Discovery – Pre-college enrichment for high school students. Website:

Summer Institute for the Gifted (SIG) – Residential Program for grades 4-11 at various participating universities. Brochures available in the guidance office. Visit their web site at .

United States Military Academy – Summer Leaders Experience. Held in June.

University of Akron – “See UA” Camp (Summer Experience in ENGINEERING) for girls only (grades 9-12). Held in June.

Website:

University of Dayton – Several ENGINEERING Summer Camps. For information visit their web site at



 

University of Toronto - Summer Academy, ENGINEERING enrichment program. Visit their web site for information at

Washington University in St. Louis – ARCHITECTURE Discovery Program. Visit their web site for information at

For information call 314-935-8652.

 

Worchester Polytechnic Institute – Frontiers, a two-week summer residential program for soon to be juniors and seniors interested in science, math and ENGINEERING. Visit their web site for information at wpi.edu/+frontiers

 

Wright State – Summer Institutes and Camps for grades 6-12 and Summer Honors Institute for gifted students entering grades 10-11; includes ENGINEERING & COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY. Web site: wright.edu/academics/precollege.

 

More reasons to attend a summer Technology, Architecture, Design or Engineering program:

▪ To explore the possibility of studying architecture, design, engineering, innovation/creativity, and to help determine that this is the area you would like to study in college.

▪ To discover and develop your skills and capabilities through college-level coursework, using a variety of tools, materials, techniques, and experiences.

▪ To develop a body of work for your portfolio for admission to college.

▪ To meet other students who share your interests and to sample the college experience.

Here’s a list of required summer reading and activities for students in the Advanced Technical Drawing/Design classes. Students will submit and/or present their work on the 1st day back – it will count as the first graded assignment. Extra credit will be granted if an approved additional book (w/completed summary) and/or activity (w/documentation) is completed.

Level 2 students: complete each of the four sections. (Bonus: Complete Sketch Packet – sketch daily)!

_____1. READ/RESEARCH (15 pts.) - Read an article from one of the following and complete a summary:

"Architectural Digest", or “Dwell”, or "House Beautiful", or "Popular Mechanics", or “MAKE Magazine”.

_____2. DRAW/DESIGN/CREATE (35 pts.) - Download Inventor (free version from AutoDesk) and work through

the online tutorials to learn how to create architectural, engineering, mechanical, and industrial design type

objects. Then, design and create an object (concept car, gadget, product) of your own. Be creative.

Graded on degree of difficulty. Secret: Work for at least 20 minutes a day - everyday!

_____3. BUILD/CONSTRUCT (40 pts.) - Construct a 3 dimensional object (full size or scale model) of something

you’ve seen in a book or a magazine (e.g., a building, structure, chair, tower design, etc.) out of cardboard,

foam core, wood, balsa wood, or mat board. Secret: Start building no later than the 4th of July!

_____4. EXPLORE/ENGAGE (10 pts.) – Attend a summer and/or pre-college program (in engineering,

architecture, design, CAD); OR visit 1 or 2 college campuses to obtain information and a sense of perspective.

Level 3 students: complete each of the four sections. (Bonus: Sketch Daily! industrial design; product design).

_____1. READ/RESEARCH (15 pts.) - Read one of the following books and complete a summary:

"The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman, OR “Hot, Flat, & Crowded” by Friedman, OR a biography book

of an inventor, industrialist, designer, or entrepreneur (ex. - Edison, Dyson, Tesla, Feynman, Ford, Wozniak, Musk).

_____2. DRAW/DESIGN/CREATE (35 pts.) - Download REVIT (free version from AutoDesk) and work through the online tutorials to learn how to create architectural and mechanical design type objects. Then, design and create an object (house, building, structure) of your own. Be creative/innovative. Graded on degree of difficulty. Secret: Work for 20 minutes a day! (options: I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P w/ approval)

_____3. BUILD/CONSTRUCT (40 pts.) – Research Rube Goldberg websites and projects. Design and build a Rube Goldberg machine that includes at least 10 steps or more, and has a final task of accomplishing something you might do in the kitchen, bathroom, or garage. Bonus points will be given for machines that are completely automated and/or include an Arduino or Raspberry Pi (credit card size computer) in the operation.

_____4. EXPLORE/ENGAGE (10 pts.) – Attend a summer and/or pre-college program (in engineering,

architecture, design, CAD); OR visit 1 or 2 college campuses to obtain information and a sense of perspective

about the school, OR contact a local architect/engineer/contractor/computer firm for a summer internship.

Level 4 students: complete each of the four sections. (Bonus: Sketch Daily! industrial design; product design).

_____1. READ/RESEARCH (15 pts.) - Read one of the following books and complete a summary:

"40 Principles: TRIZ Keys to Technical Innovation" by Genrich Altshuller, OR

"And Suddenly the Inventor Appeared: TRIZ, the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving" by Genrich Altshuller.

_____2. DRAW/DESIGN/CREATE (35 pts.) - Download REVIT (free version from AutoDesk) and work through the online tutorials to learn how to create architectural and mechanical design type objects. Then, design and create an object (house, building, structure) of your own. Be creative/innovative. Graded on degree of difficulty. Secret: Work for 20 minutes a day! (options: I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P w/ approval)

_____3. BUILD/CONSTRUCT (40 pts.) – Research Rube Goldberg websites and projects. Design and build a Rube Goldberg machine that includes at least 10 steps or more, and has a final task of accomplishing something you might do in the kitchen, bathroom, or garage. Bonus points will be given for machines that are completely automated and/or include an Arduino or Raspberry Pi (credit card size computer) in the operation.

_____4. EXPLORE/ENGAGE (10 pts.) – Attend a summer and/or pre-college program (in engineering,

architecture, design, CAD); OR visit 1 or 2 college campuses to obtain information and a sense of perspective

about the school, OR contact a local architect/engineer/contractor/computer firm for a summer internship.

Here's an additional list of activities that can help you become more productive, capable, creative, intellectual, and will give you a great start for the next school year in your Technical Drawing/Design class. These activities can count for extra credit and/or be a substitute with approval.

(Compliments of the WHS Technology & Engineering brainstorm department).........

A. READ/RESEARCH - Go to the library/bookstore and read the book “Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future” (2007) by the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP). Complete a summary. (level 2, 3 & 4).

B. READ/RESEARCH - Go to the library/bookstore and read the autobiography of Richard Feynman, or bio on Thomas Edison, or Nikola Tesla, or Sir James Dyson, etc. Complete a summary. (level 2, 3 & 4).

C. READ/RESEARCH - Go to Pat Catan's to buy and read the latest issue of "Airbrush Action" magazine. Complete a summary. (for level 2 only).

D. READ/RESEARCH - Watch an HGTV-type show such as “Green Home ‘10”, “Design Star”, "Before &

After", or "Divine Design". Complete a summary. (for level 2 only).

E. READ/RESEARCH – Read "The Five Regions of the Future” by Joel Barker and Thomas Erikson, OR

"Form, Space, Order" by Ching, OR “Eco Architecture” by Fisanick, OR “Green Architecture” by Taschen. (level 2, 3 & 4).

F. DRAW/DESIGN/CREATE - Download SketchUp (free version from Google) and learn how to create architectural, mechanical, and other everyday objects you might see in the kitchen, garage, or around the house. Then, design and create an object (house, concept car, gadget, product) of your own.

G. DRAW/DESIGN/CREATE - Head outdoors and freehand sketch a detailed 2 pt. perspective of your house or car, or sketch an indoor perspective of your kitchen or great room, with detail. Marker render and/or airbrush color to your illustration.

H. DRAW/DESIGN/CREATE - Brainstorm, invent, and sketch out new ideas and useful products.

I. BUILD/CONSTRUCT - Click on and explore all the different ways to make

interesting items. Try to build one or more of the projects posted and improve on the design.

J. BUILD/CONSTRUCT - Click on and explore all the different ways to make

interesting items. Try to build one or more of the projects posted and improve on the design.

K. BUILD/CONSTRUCT - Click on and build/race a soapbox derby car in the

Cleveland Soap Box Derby Race (held in early June).

L. BUILD/CONSTRUCT - Design and build a derby car that will go down the hill AND BACK UP as well!

OR a derby car w/ a high mileage engine in it; OR a derby car that is all-electric; OR new brake system.

M. BUILD/CONSTRUCT - Click on designsquad and view the website episodes; Design and construct a project from one of the Design Squad Nation TV episodes.

N. BUILD/CONSTRUCT – Design and build a Segway; OR a propane powered moped/scooter; OR a cooler scooter; OR solar powered bicycle.

O. BUILD/CONSTRUCT – Design and build/construct an entry for the Siemens Contest, OR Exploravision

Contest, OR GOOGLE Science Fair, OR Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams contest, OR INTEL Science &

Engineering Festival, OR Sea Perch Challenge, OR Real World Design Challenge, OR Dupont Science

Essay Competition, OR Girls Who Code contest, OR MakerED contest.

P. BUILD/CONSTRUCT – Design and build a furniture project out of wood/metal/stone/glass for your home (others: table, desk, chair, lawn furniture, corn hole game, fire pit, deck, shed, storage unit).

Q. EXPLORE/ENGAGE - Visit Model homes of new developments to get ideas for next year's Model

Home Design Contest. Complete a summary.

R. EXPLORE/ENGAGE - Attend a summer engineering, architecture, design, CS or CAD program.

S. EXPLORE/ENGAGE - Contact a local architect/engineer/contractor/computer firm to obtain a summer

internship with them.

T. EXPLORE/ENGAGE - Visit 2 or 3 college campuses to obtain information and a sense of perspective.

U. EXPLORE/ENGAGE – Visit/report on a trip to Henry Ford Museum; Fallingwater; COSI; factory tour.

V. SUPER BONUS CATEGORY – See Mr. Kutz!!! (Daily dose of T & E calendar).

.............................Have a pleasant, productive, & innovative Summer!...................................

CLASS SUPPLY LIST REQUIREMENTS – TECHNICAL DRAWING/DESIGN & D-MAX

1. At least 2 No. 2 pencils. Everyday. Pens are prohibited.

2. College-lined looseleaf notebook paper (ripped, spiral-bound paper will NOT be accepted!)

3. New 1.5" binder (No retreads, trapper keepers, multi-use, or soft bound). Binders with the

plastic windows to insert a cover design are preferred – required for level one students only.

4. Masking tape (.75” wide), metric (mm) rule, red/blue pencil.

5. Utility knife AND an “X-Acto” (hobby knife - #11 size) – required for level 2, 3, & 4 students only.

6. Jump Drive – 5GB or higher.

7. Also, complete Summer reading/activities assignments for level 2, 3 & 4.

……THINKING GREAT THOUGHTS…..

In 2009, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the National Research Council (NRC) proposed three principles to guide K-12 engineering education. One of these principles was that K-12 engineering education should promote engineering habits of mind, which represent values, attitudes, and thinking skills associated with engineering. Engineering habits of mind include:

 

• Being creative

• Working, communicating, and negotiating in teams

• Adopting optimistic (growth) mindsets when problem solving and designing

• Thinking not only about individual technologies, but also about how the systems within those technologies operate

• Considering the ethical nature of engineering and its products

It appears that gaining an appreciation for and experiences in engineering habits of mind apply to just about any kind of career one might decide to pursue in the future.

……JOIN THE…..

“T e c h M a t e s C l u b”

The Westlake High School TechMates Club exists as an outlet to discover, develop and showcase the many talents, capabilities, and aspirations of the future architects, engineers, designers, makers, inventors, builders, and artisans of our school. It will help prepare you for the challenges of a dynamic world by promoting technological literacy, leadership, and problem solving, resulting in personal growth and opportunity.

Among the numerous contests, competitions, and activities students participate in include Halloween Fun Night, the Airbrush Action Excellence Competition, Student Model Home Design Contest, OTEEA State Conference Schools Exhibits competition, Westshore 3D Design Contest, Goodyear STEM Career Day Rube Goldberg Challenge, Gravity Racing Challenge, Northeast Ohio Science & Engineering Fair, Verizon App Challenge, Hyland Innovation Showdown, Stuck at Prom Contest, robotics competitions, Norwalk Summit High School Nationals, as well as service projects, field trips, internships and scholarships.

Our hope is that if you choose to participate in the TechMates Club, you will experience the incomparable feeling of accomplishment, pride in excellence, and an enhanced confidence and self-esteem after a job well done. Along with developing a positive attitude and pride in our club and school, you will assuredly carry over these values and capabilities toward future success. These are treasures that you will draw upon the rest of your life.

We hope you decide to participate in making the club a positive experience at Westlake High School. If

you have any questions, call Mr. Kutz at 440-899-3075 ext.2041, or you can e-mail me at kutz@.

We look forward to helping you become the best you can be in one of the premiere Technology &

Engineering Education programs in Ohio!

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download