Mid Term Study Guide

Lab Safety Colors

Reverse Engineering

Reverse engineering is perfect to help solve problems faster. By taking something apart 

you can see how the person built the product. By seeing that you can understand the 

mechanics of the product and make it even better. 

TSA

Mission Statement:

The Technology Student Association fosters personal growth, leadership, and opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM); members apply and integrate these concepts through co-curricular activities, competitions, and related programs.

Motto:

Learning to Live in a Technical World

Overview:

TSA is a non profit organization of middle and high school students who are engaged in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Since TSA was charted in 1978, over 2,000,000 students members have participated in challenging competitions, leadership opportunities, and community service.

CTSO

Career and Technical Student Organizations are vocational organizations primarily based in high schools and career technical centers.

Ex: TSA, FFA, FBLA, and HOSA

TSA Colors

Scarlet represents the strength and determination of students and teachers to obtain their goals,

White represents high standards, morals, and religious beliefs.

Blue represents the sincerity of the technology students and teachers in obtaining a greater knowledge of our technological world.

History of Technology

Engineers Design Notebook

A design notebook is a way for a designer or engineer to keep history of of his or her design project from start to finish. It is a place to record research, observations, ideas, drawings, comments, and questions to the design project. At the end of the project, someone reviewing your design should fully understand it. 

Label your notebook

Use ink

Number pages 1-200 on outside corner

Create table of contents on pages 1-6

Architectural Scale

Metric Scale Conversions

Metric System Powerpoint
Above is the link to the metric system power-point presentation.

Engineering Lettering




Lettering Powerpoint

Rapid Prototyping



Scale Factor





Drafting

Drafting boot camp

Parametric/Surface Modeling

Powerpoint

Orthographic




Engineering blog post




TSA Competitions





Maker Movement




Wire frame, surface, and solid models