Prerequisite: Open to all students

Level: 9 - 10

Credit: 1.0 – vocational

Additional: This course is accepted as a vocational credit for h.s. graduation

This class is not eligible for credit by the NCAA

This course is accepted as a vocational credit for college admission

 

Course Description

This course incorporates three different components that serve as an introduction to the construction industry.

 

The drafting component will foster an awareness and understanding of drafting terms, drafting instruments (including computer aided drafting) and their uses, lettering styles and procedures, sketching and shape description, geometric constructions, and multi view projection. This component provides a foundation for students interested in engineering or architecture related careers.

 

The construction technology component of this course includes study and practical application of fundamental principles, methods, and basic technical skills related to residential construction.

 

The woods and hand tools component of this course fosters an awareness of construction technology. Through a variety of learning activities, students are exposed to many career opportunities in the construction field. Safety procedures are stressed and monitored at all times. Experience in construction include product design, materials and processes, tools and equipment in the wood working field (including computers), and safety procedures.

Illinois State Goals and Learning Standards which are addressed in this class are:

State Goals, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, &15 (see attached page.)

 

Professionalism, work place skills, and Illinois State Social and Emotional standards are also addressed in this class.

 

First Quarter

Drafting Goals & Objectives

• Students will be able to apply Safety First.
• Students will be able to read and apply the parts of a ruler.
• Students will be able to Fractions of an inch
• Students will be able to define, identify, and apply guide lines, border lines, hidden lines, extension lines, object lines, and dimension lines.
• Students will be able to identify, describe and draw isometric drawings
• Students will be able to identify, describe and draw orthographic projections

Second & Third Quarter

Construction Technology Goals & Objectives

• Students will be able to apply Safety First
• Students will be introduced to the World of Construction
• Students will be able to identify and describe different types of industry.
• Students will be able to identify and define construction jargon.
• Students will be able to sketch a house plan.
• Students will be able to build the interior and exterior walls of a scaled house out of Styrofoam.
• Students will be able to describe the different types of industrial businesses.
• Students will be able to determine the types of contracts that go with a specific job.
• Students will be able to apply their knowledge of concrete and masonry work.
• Students will be able to apply their knowledge of metals and woods through projects.
• Students will be able to identify gypsum, glass, and plastic.
• Students will be able to identify, describe and distinguish the different types of wall framing systems.
• Students will be able to identify, describe and distinguish the different types of roof systems.
• Students will be able to identify, describe and distinguish the different types of plumbing.
• Students will be able to identify, describe and distinguish the different types of climate control
• Students will be able to identify, describe and distinguish the different types of electrical wiring.
• Students will be able to identify, describe and distinguish the different types of interior finishing.

Fourth Quarter

Woods and Hand Tools Goals & Objectives

• Students will be able to apply Safety First
• Students will demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of the “Shop Safety Rules” before entering the Shop.
• Students will demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of the “Floor Plan of the Shop” before entering the Shop.
• Students will demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of the “Shop Material and Tools Rules” before entering the Shop.
• Students will demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of the “Shop Clean-Up Rules” before entering the Shop.
• Students will be able to read and understand working blue prints.
• Students will be able to identify, describe and distinguish the different types of wood.
• Students will be able to figure the costs of wood working.
• Students will be able to write a plan and include the proper procedures of construction.
• Students will be able to identify, describe and distinguish the different types of joints, clamps, measuring tools, cutting tools, and edge trimming tools.
• Students will be able to identify, describe and distinguish the different types of drilling and boring.

 

Course Outline

First Quarter

Drafting

• Safety First.
• Parts of a ruler.
• Fractions of an inch
• Lines
• Guide lines
• Border lines
• Hidden lines
• Extension
• Object lines
• Dimension lines
• Isometric Drawings

Isometric drawing, the students will be able to identify and describe the parts.

(i.e. top, front, right side).

• Orthographic Projections

Orthographic drawing, the students will be able to identify and describe the parts

(i.e. top, front, right side).

• Fifteen Orthographic Projection Drawings

Note: The students will spend three weeks on these drawings.

Each student has 15 drawings to complete.

Assessments:

• Quizzes over Measurements, Fractions
• Test over Measurements, Lines, Isometric Drawings, and Orthographic Projections
• Fifteen Orthographic Drawings done by each individual student

Grading

• Quizzes one point for each question
• Study Guides points vary
• Drawings 10 points each (Total 150 points)
• Test 100 points

Sometime during these three weeks a speaker will be presenting to the class. See course description to determine speaker rotation.

 

Second Quarter

Construction Technology

• Safety First
• Chapters 1- 15
• Introduction to the World of Construction
• Industrial and Construction Jargon
• Career Profiles
• Group Project
• Sketch out a House Plan
• Build out of Styrofoam
• Field Trip
• Business & Contracts
• Concrete & Masonry
• Metals & Woods
• Gypsum, Glass, & Plastic

Assessments:

• Quiz ( Chapter 1) over The Construction Industry
• Group Project – Styrofoam House
• Test
• Chapters 1 – 5
• Construction Industry
• Designing for Construction
• Architectural Drawings
• Specifications and Contracts
• Business of Construction
• Chapters 6 – 8
• Concrete and Masonry
• Metal and Wood Products
• Gypsum, Glass, & Plastic
• Chapters 13 – 15
• Site Work
• Foundation systems
• Floor System

Grading

• Quizzes one point for each question
• Group Project 100 points
• Test 100 points

Semester Exam 20% of semester grade as by district policy

 

Third Quarter

Construction Technology

• Safety First
• Chapters 16 – 18 & 24 - 29
• Wall Framing Systems
• Roof Systems
• Inclosing the Structure
• Plumbing
• Climate Control
• Electrical Wiring
• Interior Finishing
• Painting
• Landscaping
• Field Trip

Assessments:

• Quizzes
• Test
• Chapters 16 - 18
• Wall Framing Systems
• Roof Systems
• Inclosing the Structure
• Chapters 24 - 26
• Plumbing
• Climate Control
• Electrical Wiring
• Chapters 27 - 29
• Interior Finishing
• Painting
• Landscaping

Grading

• Quizzes one point for each question
• Test 100 points

 

Quarter 4

Students will demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of the “Shop Safety Rules” before entering the Shop.

 

Students will demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of the “Floor Plan of the Shop” before entering the Shop.

 

Students will demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of the “Shop Material and Tools Rules” before entering the Shop.

 

Students will demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of the “Shop Clean-Up Rules” before entering the Shop.

 

• Safety First
• Blue Prints
• Types of Wood
• Costs
• Plan and Procedure
• Joints
• Clamps
• Measuring and Laying out Tools
• Cutting Tools
• Edge Trimming Tools
• Drilling and Boring
• Project

Assessments:

• Quizzes
• Test
• Blue Prints
• Types of Woods
• Costs
• Plan and Procedure
• Joints
• Test

“Shop Safety Rules”

• Test
• Measuring and Laying out Tools
• Clamps
• Test - Cutting Tools
• Test - Edge Trimming Tools
• Test – Drilling and Boring
• Project

Grading

• Quizzes one point for each question
• Test 100 points
• Project 100 points
  

Teaching Methods

This course is taught through lecture, study guides, projects, and presentations, independent study, reading, videos, guest speakers, and field trips. Students are allowed to work together on selected projects and are given worksheets and handouts to supplement each unit.

 

Text

Huth, Mark W. Construction Technology third addition, Thomson Learning Tools, 1996

 

Enrichment

Videos – Shop Safety Video, Home Construction Videos

Slide Show – Home Construction from Beginning to Completion

Field Trips – Will vary from year to year on a four year rotation.

• Williams Heating and Cooling
• Sparta Light Metals
• Mevert Associates
• Pinckneyville Modular Homes
• Vocational Careers Conference at SWIC (if SWIC offers this yearly this trip will not be on the rotation, but a yearly trip.)

 

Guest Speakers – Will vary from year to year on a four year rotation

• Educational/Career Institutions
• Rankin
• UTI
• Nashville Auto and Diesel
• Armed Service Representative
• Professionals
• Plumber
• Electrician
• Power Company Employee
• Heating and Cooling