Wood Technology I

Grades 9-12

Units of Credit:

One semester (Elective)

Prerequisites:

None

Course Overview:

This course challenges students with problem-solving situations related to wood and wood technology. Basic skills in sawing, planning, drilling, gluing, shaping, finishing and design are demonstrated to students through mass production and teacher-required projects and activities with an emphasis on safety. The content of Wood Technology I is arranged around the four MCPS Career and Technical Education Standards. These standards include Technical Skills and Content Knowledge, Career and Life Planning, Skills for Life and Work, and Structure of Organizations and Work.

Current industry standards are introduced. Students develop and use a variety of skills including safe work habits, organization, problem solving, and practical application of woodworking techniques. Students engage in a variety of learning activities including lecture and note taking, research, individual projects, demonstrations, and performance tasks. Students are assessed through observation, performance on tests, quizzes, assigned tasks and projects, and by the quality of work produced.

Topics:

Measurement Systems

Care and Use of Hand Tools and Equipment

Introduction to Safe Use of Portable Power Tools

Introduction to Safe Use of Woodworking Machines

Personal Safety in the Woodworking Laboratory

Introduction to Wood Joinery and Shaping

Basic Woodworking Terminology

Wood Identification

Wood Preparation for Finishing

Introduction to Wood Finishing

Woods Technology Career Exploration

Basic Design and Planning

Content Competencies:

Standard #1: Technical Skills and Content Knowledge

Students acquire and demonstrate current knowledge and skills leading to an occupation.

  1. Use tools, machines, and equipment to manufacture or produce solutions to problems.
  2. Demonstrate knowledge of new and emerging technologies that may affect the field of woodworking.
  3. Practice appropriate woodworking techniques based on knowledge of modern equipment and newly developed woodworking processes.
  4. Read and interpret woodworking project plans.
  5. Use cross-curricular resources and knowledge to develop solutions to problems.
  6. Develop knowledge to create innovative solutions and ideas.
  7. Utilize correct techniques for proper handling of hazardous materials.

Standard #2: Career and Life Planning

Students develop self-knowledge, explore different educational, career, and life options available, and design and implement educational, career, and life plans.

  1. Identify information related to woods technologies as it applies to continuing education and career decisions.
  2. Demonstrate skills and knowledge of current equipment, materials, and processes used in related careers.
  3. Recognize the career opportunities for a person with woodworking skills.

Standard #3: Skills for Life and Work

Students acquire and apply the necessary skills that will help them become successful, productive citizens. Workplace skills must build upon basic academic skills; and higher order thinking skills and personal qualities must be practiced in an environment that accurately represents the realities of today’s workplace.

3a: Skills for Life and Work Content

  1. Apply basic woodworking skills in a working environment.
  2. Apply teamwork and cooperative learning skills.
  3. Develop organizational and time management skills as part of the problem-solving process.
  4. Demonstrate knowledge of the concepts and skills related to health and safety in the workplace.
  5. Produce work of the highest quality possible.

3b: Workplace Competencies

WC Standard #1: Workplace Resources—Students identify, organize, plan, and allocate workplace resources of time, money, materials, facilities, and human resources.

  1. Select goal-relevant activities, rank them, allocate time, and prepare and follow schedules.
  2. Use or prepare budgets, make forecasts, keep records, make adjustments to meet objectives, and evaluate financial records.
  3. Allocate and evaluate time, materials, facilities and resources to set and achieve goals.
  4. Assess skills and distribute work accordingly; evaluate performance and provide feedback toward the accomplishment of personal and team goals.

WC Standard #2: Interpersonal Workplace Skills—Students acquire and demonstrate interpersonal workplace skills.

  1. Practice various roles required as a member of an effective team while recognizing individual differences and cultural diversity.
  2. Demonstrate and teach a learned skill including performance evaluation of self and others in this process.
  3. Communicate ideas to justify position, persuade and convince others, and responsibly challenge existing procedures and policies.
  4. Practice and evaluate negotiating process including researching, goal setting, presenting, listening, clarifying, adjusting and compromising.
  5. Practice and evaluate positive service skills (e.g., resolving misunderstanding, consumer complaints).

WC Standard #3: Workplace Information—Students acquire and use workplace information.

  1. Gather, compile and analyze data from a variety of sources, and evaluate relevance and accuracy in making informed decisions in the workplace.
  2. Organize, process, analyze, and maintain written and computerized records and other forms of information using systematic methods.
  3. Select, analyze, and present information using a variety of methods (e.g., oral, written, graphic, pictorial, multimedia).
  4. Acquire, organize, communicate, process, analyze and evaluate information from print and electronic sources.

3c: Applied Academics and Reasoning Skills: Communication Arts and Math Content

  1. Listen for, receive, interprets and recall specific details and instructions in conversations and group meetings.
  2. Respond appropriately during conversations, uses proper language etiquette, speaks clearly and directly, and uses correct technical vocabulary.
  3. Locate and demonstrate understanding of written technical and non-technical information necessary for completion of task or project.
  4. Use proper business or technical writing styles, take effective notes, and complete written assignments legibly, completely, and accurately.
  5. Solve linear equations.
  6. Use basic operations with real numbers.
  7. Use fractions, decimals, and percents.
  8. Use ratios and proportions.
  9. Apply coordinate geometry.
  10. Apply vocabulary and formulas of two-dimensional geometric shapes.
  11. Use vocabulary and formulas of three-dimensional geometric shapes.

Standard #4: Structure of Organizations and Work

Students gain an understanding of simple and complex organizations; engage in analysis or application of organizational concepts; incorporate the perspectives of management, workers, volunteers, and the community in the study of organizational behavior.

4a: Content Competencies

  1. Demonstrate the principles of effective group participation and leadership related to citizenship and career preparation.
  2. Use tools, materials, and equipment common to the field of woodworking in a safe manner.
  3. Select raw materials based on product quality.
  4. Recognize acceptable finished product quality.

Resources:

Beginning Woodwork, Glencoe McGraw-Hill

Wood Technology and Processes, Glencoe McGraw-Hill

Exploring Woodworking, Goodheart-Wilcox

Modern Woodworking, Goodheart-Wilcox

Assessments:

Assessment will include written and oral student response, student-made products and presentations, teacher observation, objective tests, and performance assessment of learning activities and tasks.

Meeting Diverse Student Needs:

Students with diverse needs—those with unique abilities and/or disabilities—will have differentiated opportunities to achieve competencies and standards, and at rates and in manners consistent with their needs. For methodology, please see Appendix I.