6th Grade Technology Education

6th Grade

Elective

Course Description:

This curriculum is formatted as a series of Missions and is not meant to be taught in a linear fashion. There are 8 total possible Missions during the course. Each student will complete 5-6 of the Missions.

Semester 1

Technology and Design
Mission 1: Technology and Design

Power and Energy
Mission 1: Energy
Mission 2: Limited Resources

Manufacturing and Construction
Mission 1: Engineering Structures

Semester 2

Note: if the following section is blank the course is 1 semester long

Inquiry
Mission 1: Body of Work
Mission 2: Crime Lab

Transportation
Mission 1: Motion and Force
Mission 2: Rocketry

Enrichment Discovery Day
Topic 1: Hot Air Balloons
Topic 2: Balsa Wood Bridges