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Finally, a curriculum that makes Technology
Education even more interesting to students by combining
The Standards for Technological Literacy, and TSA
Competitive Events. This curriculum will provide
Technology classrooms the assurance that they are
reaching the Standards for Technological Literacy, while
maintaining high interest daily lessons. Even if you are
not planning on participating in the TSA Competitive
Events, The TECHKnow Project will provide wonderful
experiences, solid curriculum structure and actively
involved students in your classroom.
The
TECHKnow Project, was funded in part by the National
science Foundation, and in cooperation with the
Technology Student Association. TECHKnow was developed
at North Carolina State University and is available from
Centre Pointe Learning. |
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Unit I -
Agriculture/Biotechnology
The Scope of technology
has an ever-widening influence over agriculture and
biotechnology fields.
This unit will begin the study of
those technologies and their applications. |
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Unit II - Flight Challenge
The
success of our modern flight owes a lot to the early pioneers
who investigated gliders. The task of designing, constructing,
testing and evaluating gliders helped us understand flight,
including the technology, science, and math
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Unit III - Structural Challenge
The
Structural Challenge unit is designed to help you understand
the world of construction and to plan and successfully build
an engineered structure. |
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Unit IV - Digital Photography
Even
though the advent of digital cameras for the general
population is reasonably recent, the technological advances
have provided a whole new industry. This unit explores the
variety of uses and technologies for digital
photography. |
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Unit V - Medical Technology
Challenge
Medicine and related medical fields
continue to spread their impact on all of our daily lives.
This unit explores some of the fundamental medical practices
and implications. |
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Unit I - System Control
System
Control technologies are making extensive changes in
production systems and consumer products. This unit introduces
the reader to many of the fundamental system control
technologies. |
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Unit II - SCIVIS
Scientific and
technological visualization (SciVis) is a new and emerging
area in the world of computer visualization. Scientific
visualization is the process used to show scientific and
technical information in a visual form. |
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Unit III - Structural
Engineering
To build the modern structures of
today, structural engineers combine technical skills, computer
technology along with mathematic principles to build larger
and stronger structures. Structural Engineering analyzes the
trade-offs between planned structures, their environments,
their uses, and their resistance to various types of
failure. |
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Unit IV - Desktop
Publishing
Desktop Publishing is a process that
uses small computer driven technologies to create, edit,
layout, and often print a variety of print and electronic
media materials. These materials include reports, books,
magazines, brochures, flyers, newsletters, and
advertisements. |
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Unit V - Manufacturing
Prototype
Every new manufacturing machine began as
a prototype, a working model of the finished project. This
unit involves exploring the background, construction and
applications in the world of manufacturing
prototypes. | | |
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