Units & Timelines
The grade 9 tech program here at IRHS is split to 1/2 semester of 'soft tech' projects (what you see below) and the other 1/2 is 'hard tech'.
You will have the hard tech component with another teacher.
Unit 1 - Sketching (1 week)
1 pt perspective of the street view - 3 days
2 point perspective of the room view - 1/2 day
Orthographic and Isometric -
Students draw orthographic and isometric views of their cellphone - 1 day
* extra 1/2 day for students that need extra time
Unit 2 Comm Tech (2.5 weeks)
T-Shirt Design
- Fundamentals (2 days)
- Elements of Design + Principles of Graphic Design
- Graphic Design What Makes A Good Ad?
- Complete advertising analysis. (1 day)
- Present Advertising Analysis to the class (1/2 day)
- Photoshop video tutorials (3 days)
- Create the T-shirt (5 days)
Holiday Card (2 days)
Unit 3 - Interior Design (2.5 weeks)
MTV Cribs Dream Room Assignment
- Interior Design Power Points (1 day)
- Watch MTV cribs videos (1 day)
- Create a Floor Plan in either (home by Me, Floor Planner, Home Styler) (5 days)
- Creation of a PPT Digital Design Board (ex. paint swatches, furniture, lighting, rugs, hardwood / floors, ALL design ideas) (5 days)
Students create screen shots and put them into a Power Point Presentation that they will show the class
- Presentations (2 days)
Unit 4 - Engineering Design Unit (2 weeks)
3D Print Unit (1 week)
- Tinker Cad
students create an easy small item to 3D print
Card Stock Shoe Design (1 week)
- Build and test a cardboard shoe
- Last day is the big race
Unit 5 - Architecture Unit (2 weeks)
Cardboard / Card Stock / Construction Paper Famous Landmarks
- Research landmarks and come up with a concept (2 day)
- Create model of landmark (6 days)
- Create a write up about your landmark and why you chose to create the cardboard version. Discuss the building process with photos in your presentation.
- Presentations (2 days)