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Prerequisite: Open to all students

Level: 11 - 12

Credit: 0.5 - Vocational

Additional: This course is accepted as a vocational .5 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

The course includes study and practical application of bench metals and the metal industry, machine shop skills, lathe operations, foundry work, bench metals, and metal fabrication. These competence's and skills will be acquired through producing sheet metal projects, foundry projects, and lathe project. Craftsmanship attitude development, finishing procedures, skills developed in the use of all metal working machines and all portable power tools, safety procedures are stressed.

 

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.

 

Goals & Objectives

  • Students will be able to apply Safety First.
  • Students will be able to identify and describe the different types of careers in the metal industry and the responsibilities of these careers.
  • Students will be able to identify and describe the metal.
  • Given the shop, the students will demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of the “Shop Safety Rules” before entering the Shop.
  • Given the shop, the students will demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of the “Floor Plan of the Shop” before entering the Shop.
  • Given the shop, the students will demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of the “Shop Material and Tools Rules” before entering the Shop.
  • Given the shop, the students will demonstrate a working knowledge and understanding of the “Shop Clean-Up Rules” before entering the Shop.
  • Students will be able to identify and describe the elements of iron and the process for making iron.
  • Students will be able to identify the types of steel, describe the process for making steel.
  • Students will be able to identify different alloys, describe their characteristics and explain the uses in the metal working industry.
  • Students will be able to identify and describing pictorial drawings, working drawings, and cross section drawings.
  • Students will be able to measure using standard and metric measuring systems.
  • Students will be able to lay out tools and materials necessary for producing a project.
  • Students will be able to use a micrometer and vemier caliper.
  • Students will be able to properly use and care for hand tools and practice good safety procedures.
  • Students will be able to identify the different types of fasteners, describe their uses and where each fastener is best used.
  • Students will be able to identify the different jobs in a foundry.
  • Students will be able to identify the different types of castings and be able to sand cast.
  • Students will be able to identify and describe the different methods of melting metals and why this process is necessary, as well as, demonstrate and apply the proper methods of pouring.
  • Students will be able to identify the parts of the lathe, describe the workings of a lathe, use of the cutting tools of a lathe, and describe the methods of sharpening the cutting tools of a lathe.

 

Course Outline

  • Safety First.
  • Chapter 1
    • Careers in Metal Working
    • Selecting a Career
    • Occupation Classifications
  • Chapter 2
    • Introduction of Metals
    • Classification of Metals
    • Properties of Metals
  • Chapter 3
    • Personal Safety
    • Safe Work Practices
  • Chapter 4
    • Iron
    • Types of Iron
  • Chapter 5
    • Steel Making
    • Processes
    • Shaping
  • Chapter 6
    • Types of Steel
    • Carbon Steel
    • Alloy Steel
  • Chapter 7
    • Non-Ferrous Metal
    • Non-Ferrous Alloy
    • Pure Metals
  • Chapter 8
    • Metal Designation
    • Identification
    • Coding
  • Chapter 9
    • Readings Drawings
    • Working Drawings
    • Tolerances and Allowances
  • Chapter 10
    • Product Planning
    • Bill of Materials
  • Chapter 11
    • Linear Measurements
    • Standard Measurement
    • Metric Measurement
  • Chapter 12
    • Lay out Tools
    • Steel Square
    • Calipers
  • Chapter 13
    • Lay Out Techniques
    • Scribing Lines
  • Chapter 14
    • Micrometer
    • Veneers
  • Chapter 29
    • Sheet Metal Pattern Development
    • Hand Tools
    • Cutting Tools
  • Chapter 30
    • Bending Sheet Metal
    • Hand Bending
    • Machine Bending
  • Work in Shop
    • Fabrication Metal
      • Tool Boxes
      • Dust Pans
      • Sugar Scoops
      • Etc.
  • Chapter 15
    • Hand sawing
    • Blade Selecting
    • Cutting Techniques
  • Chapter 25
    • Fasteners
    • Bolts and Screws
    • Pins and Keys
    • Rivets
  • Work in Shop
    • Fabrication Metal
      • Matchbox
      • Sliding top box
      • Etc.
  • Chapter 32
    • Sand Casting
    • Patterns
    • Equipment
  • Chapters 33
    • Investment Molding
    • Flask Molding
    • Shell Molding
  • Chapters 34
    • Permanent Mold Casting
    • Die Casting
  • Chapters 35
    • Miscellaneous Casting
    • Centrifugal Casting
  • Chapter 36
    • Melting and Pouring Metal
    • Safety Clothing
    • Technique
  • Work in Shop
    • Foundry work
      • Split Mold
      • Simple Mold
  • Chapter 58
    • Metal Lathe
    • Types of Lathe
    • Size of Lathe
    • Lathe Accessories
  • Work in shop
    • Lathe
      • Miniature Hammer

Assessments:

  • Quizzes
  • Homework
  • Test
  • Five Metal Fabrication Projects
  • Two Foundry Projects
  • One Lathe Project

 

Grading

  • Quizzes one point for each question
  • Homework points vary according to assignment
  • Test 100 points each
  • Projects 100 points each

 

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

Repp, Victor E., McCarthy, Willard J. Metalwork Technology and Practice, Glencoe, Eight Edition, 1989

 

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 * Power Company Employee
    • Electrician * Heating and Cooling