Course Descriptions

Intro to Tech Education:  7th grade.
Students are exposed to technical skills in graphic arts, drafting/design, woodworking, and model rocketry.

Exploring Tech Education: 8th grade.
Expands the student’s experiences from the previous year.  Curriculum topics include woodworking, plastics, and electricity.

World of Technology:  9th grade.
A year-long course devoted to a variety of technical fields such as drafting/design, woodworking, plastics, pneumatics/hydraulics, magnetic levitation vehicles, and model rocketry.  The emphasis of this course is on hands-on activities.

Machine Woodworking:  Grades 10-12.
Students experience hands-on exposure to a wide variety of hand and power tools and machines by constructing a Grandfather Clock/Bookcase and a Coffee/End Table.

Modern Cabinetmaking:  Grades 11-12.
Allows a student to select a project while demonstrating skills acquired in “Machine Woodworking.”

Architectural Drafting and Design: Grades 11-12.
Students are introduced to the field of Architecture by working with a “client” in the designing and drawing of a residential floor plan using Computer Assisted Design (CAD) techniques.

Small Gas Engines: Grades 11-12.
Students discover the workings of the internal combustion engine through the disassembly, inspection, and reassembly of a small, four-stroke engine.  Alternative forms of energy are also discussed.