Grade 9 – Exploring Technology - TIJ1O CURRICULUM GUIDELINES: ‘This course enables students to further explore and develop technological knowledge and skills introduced in the elementary science and technology program. Students will be given the opportunity to design and create products and / or provide services related to the various technological areas or industries, working with a variety of tools, equipment, and software commonly used in industry. Students will develop an awareness of environmental and societal issues, and will begin to explore secondary and postsecondary education and training pathways leading to careers in technology-related fields.’ The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Technological Education, 2009 (Revised) SATEC’S GRADE 9 COURSE: The Grade 9 Exploring Technology classroom here at SATEC @ W. A. Porter is an exciting, fast-paced learning environment! The opportunity this programme offers is to truly ‘explore’ different technologies and their applications extensively. In the SATEC Technology department, we value the goals that individual students have for career development and we therefore place particular emphasis on: ● Twenty-first century literacy – “Learning How To Learn” ● Personal work habits, interpersonal communication skills and character traits ● Thinking skills including goal-setting, planning and information processing ● Problem-solving and design for environmental and social sustainability ● The significance, in the workplace, of fundamental concepts such as... aesthetics, control, environmental sustainability/stewardship, ergonomics, fabrication/building/ creation, function, innovation, material, mechanism, power and energy, safety, structure and systems. ● Technical Communication Skills -- written, verbal, structured data, visual / graphic ● Project management and learning management The course is organized into approximately two (2) week intervals. This means there are seven (7) different learning experiences for each and every student within a term. All the coursework is project-based learning. A portion of these seven projects are considered units where the entire class focuses on the same learning goals. The other portion of projects are self-directed learning opportunities set up an a module format - rotations. Students participate in three (3) rotations of their own choosing. Our Unit topics are as follows:
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Grade 9 – Exploring Technology - TIJ1O
CURRICULUM GUIDELINES:
‘This course enables students to further explore and develop technological knowledge and skills
introduced in the elementary science and technology program. Students will be given the
opportunity to design and create products and / or provide services related to the various
technological areas or industries, working with a variety of tools, equipment, and software
commonly used in industry. Students will develop an awareness of environmental and societal
issues, and will begin to explore secondary and postsecondary education and training pathways
leading to careers in technology-related fields.’ The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Technological Education, 2009 (Revised)
SATEC’S GRADE 9 COURSE: The Grade 9 Exploring Technology classroom here at SATEC @ W. A. Porter is an exciting,
fast-paced learning environment! The opportunity this programme offers is to truly ‘explore’
different technologies and their applications extensively.
In the SATEC Technology department, we value the goals that individual students have for
career development and we therefore place particular emphasis on:
● Twenty-first century literacy – “Learning How To Learn”
● Personal work habits, interpersonal communication skills and character traits
● Thinking skills including goal-setting, planning and information processing
● Problem-solving and design for environmental and social sustainability
● The significance, in the workplace, of fundamental concepts such as... aesthetics,