ADTECH 2 COURSE OUTLINE

Descriptive Title: An Introduction to the Design Process – Resistant Materials and Electronics (Application and Evaluation)

FIRST QUARTER THIRD QUARTER

I. INTRODUCTION V. BASIC ELECTRONICS CONCEPTS
A. Introduction to Technology Skills A. Safety Rules
B. Laboratory Orientation B. Voltage
C. Design and the Design Process C. Current
D. Project: D. Resistance
E. Power
II. REVIEW VI. ELECTRICITY and ELECTRONICS
A. Communicating Design: Design Drawing A. The Design Process-Troubleshooting
B. Drawing as a Tool for Giving Instructions B. Using a Digital Multimeter (DMM)
C. Dimensioned Drawing C. The Manipulation of Electricity and Electronics-Motors,
D. Annotated Sketches Batteries
D. Conductivity and Insulation
III. WORKING WITH RESISTANT MATERIALS E. Soldering Basics
A. Working with Cardboard and other Light Materials F. Super Simple Circuit
B. Systems Analysis, Factor Analysis
C. Troubleshooting Techniques FOURTH QUARTER
D. Design and Analysis Sketches
VII. THE IMPORTANCE OF PRECISION: Engineering Disasters
E. Overview of Materials and Properties
VIII. OHM’s LAW
SECOND QUARTER
IV. MECHANICAL DESIGN AND TESTING IX. SERIES and PARALLEL CIRCUITS
A. Characteristics of joining/assembling wood, metal, plastic A. Series Circuits
parts, “found” items B. Parallel Circuits
B. Fabrication and Assembly C. Combination Circuits
C. Working with Metal D. Problem Solving

X. RESISTOR COLOR CODING

XI. IMPORTANT CIRCUITS and ICs

A. Potentiometers and Voltage Dividers
B. Converting Impedance Variations to Voltage Variations
C. The LM358
D. The Light Dependent Resistor (LDR), the Thermistor, and the
Solar Panel
E. The LM 555 timer