8th Grade Technology Education
Instructor: Mr. Rogers
DESCRIPTION:
Students will explore the four main areas of technology education (Communications, Construction, Manufacturing, and Power, Energy, and Transportation) Students will be using several woodworking machines to complete their projects. All students must complete all safety tests with 90% or better.
The course will be broken up into the following areas:
1. Communications (Drawings of structures)
*Reading and making blueprints
*Reading measuring instruments
2. Power, Energy, and Transportation
*CO 2 cars
3. Construction
*Folding chairs
*Structure building
GRADING:
This course will be graded on total points. The total points will vary depending on the tasks that are assigned. However, the following scale will be used to determine the final grade.
A = 90-100%
B = 80-89%
C = 70-79%
D = 60-69%
F = 59% and below
Daily grades:
Helps to evaluate true student performance in a lab situation by giving credit toward in class performance and practical application work. In this respect, performance and progress is being evaluated rather than just written work, quizzes, and tests. The Daily Grading System encourages student participation and practical application of content being learned in class and further helps to enhance performance on written work. This daily grading system is intended to evaluate:
Working safely
Lab time work progress towards goals
Planned and wise use of time
Help with clean-up duties
Cooperation with instruction and other students in class
Guidelines:
Class goals and requirements are clearly stated
Grading system is clearly defined
Daily grade system is clearly defined
5= Superior work toward goals along with planned wise use of time.
4= Above average work towards goals.
--May be slow getting started or time not totally wisely used (tardies)
3= Average work towards goals.
--Majority of time spent on task
--Time spent watching others and not used to apply or work on goals
2= Below average work toward goals.
--Slows others as they work
--Shows little effort to apply or work on assigned tasks and projects
1/0= Willful disruption of instruction or to others as they work.
--Willful safety violation-student may also be removed from the class
--Willful unexcused absence, skipping of class or skipping out of class
X= Excused absence
--No points given-the day is not counted toward the total of daily grades
Grade --- Percentage ---Days Counted
A ------------100 -----------1
B -------------85 -----------1
C -------------75 -----------1
D -------------65 -----------1
F --------------0 -----------1
X --------------0 -----------0