GRADES 6-12
- Prerequisite Course(s): Principles of Technology 1
- High School Credit = 1/2 credit per semester (Postsecondary credit = 0)
- This course will be offered: every year
- Pathway (Optional): Technology Education
- Career Cluster Area: Applied Academics
- Source of Occupational Skills Standards: NCAA Academic Requirement Committee
- Eligibility for Nationally Recognized Skill Certificate(s)/State License? No
- Tech Prep: No
- Is this course brokered through another institution or agency? No
- Course Description: This course is designed to present students with unifying concepts within modern mechanical, thermal, electrical, and fluid systems technologies.
- Content Headings/Topics
- Force Transfers
- Resistance
- Energy
- Power
| Performance Standards (Learner Outcomes) | Specific Occupational Skills Standards | Alaska Reading, Writing, Math, Science Performance Standards | Alaska Content Standards | Alaska Employability Standards | Alaska Cultural Standards | All Aspects of Industry | Assessments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Describe linear and angular momentum (in general terms). | NCCA A2-6 B1, 2 | Technical | Lab Assignments | ||||
| 2. State the law of conservation of momentum as it affects linear or angular motion. | NCCA A2-6 C1, 2 | ME1.41 | MD | Technical | Pre / Post Test | ||
| 3. List examples of how momentum affects mechanical and fluid systems. | NCCA A2-6 D1-2 | W3.6 | LA | Technical | |||
| 4. Describe wave motion in general. | NCCA A16 B1,2, 5 | Technical | Pre / Post Test | ||||
| 5. Describe how waves transmit (move) energy. | NCCA A2-6 | Technical | Pre / Post Test | ||||
| 6. Identify workplace applications where waves and vibrations are found. | NCCA A2-6 D1,2, 5, 6 | Technical | Pre / Post Test | ||||
| 7. Describe the purpose of an energy converter. | NCCA A2-6 D1 | W3.4 | LA | Technical | Pre / Post Test | ||
| 8. Identify converters that change mechanical energy to fluid or electrical energy. | NCCA A2-6 | Technical | Pre / Post Test Lab Assignments | ||||
| 9. Identify converters that change fluid, electrical, and thermal energy to mechanical energy. | NCCA A2-6 | Technical | Pre / Post Test Lab Assignments | ||||
| 10. Describe what is meant by the efficiency of an energy converter. | NCCA A2-6 | Technical | Presentation | ||||
| 11. Distinguish between an energy converter and a transducer. | NCCA A2-6 | Technical | |||||
| 12. Research educational requirements for related jobs. | NCCA D1, 2, 5-7 | A1-7 B1-5 | Technical | Presentation | |||
| 13. Discuss work skills required for related jobs. | NCCA D1, 2, 5-7 | A1-7 B1-5 | Technical | Class Participation | |||
| 14. List jobs/careers available in the field. | NCCA D1, 2, 5-7 | A1-7 B1-5 | Technical | Class Participation |