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Research and Development in Technology

This course is a capstone of experiences in Technology Education.

R&D in Technology engages students in activities such as organization, problem solving, technical reading and research, scenario writing, conducting surveys, and future forecasting, all of which will add another dimension to existing curricula. Discussion and debate among students encourage critical self-evaluation and promote more complex reasoning ability and increased perspective of other abilities. Depending on modules selected and the course structure in which they are used, activities vary on a year to year basis and are student driven.

Topics might include: Human powered transportation, robotics, ethical use of technology, biotechnology, Rube Goldberg inventions, civic needs as it relates to youth, improving or developing a technology - system - or device.

2004-05:

Topic - Build an enclosed human powered device from 12" Red Rider tricycle to travel a given course and retrieve items which can not be touched by human hands until it is brought back to the start/finish line (shortest time wins).
Items were;2 raw eggs (unbroken), a dinner knife- a spoon- a fork-a napkin, a dinner plate, a water balloon with 1/2 gallon of water, an extension cord, a hot plate, and a sauce pan with cover (to boil the water to cook the egg).

2005-06:

Topic 1 - Research and design weight type scales and then build one that could weight up to a kilogram and have the accuracy of within 1 gram.

Topic 2 - A robotics contest that allows students to build their own robot from the VEX Robotic Starter Kit with the goal of competing against three other teams for a type of goal orientated game. The start of the game is within an enclosed field of play with four goals, five lacrosse balls and four robotic players. The goal is to keep two lacrosse balls in your goal for two minutes without enteing the goal area.

More pictures to follow.