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Foundations of Technology

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Unit 3 Design Group: Manufacturing

Appalachian Trail Activity

Scenario

You and three-four of your friends decide to hike part of the Appalachian Trail, the
whole trail is a total of 2175-mile trail running from Georgia to Maine. Your team
will be dropped off in New York and picked up at Harpers Ferry. The team will be
starting when school ends for the year in June. Your team will consist of an expert
in each of the following subjects on the trip:
- Energy & Power
- Manufacturing
- Construction
- Information & Communication
- Agriculture & Transportation
- Medicine & First Aid

Manufacturing
Background

Manufactured devices are made up of a number of parts. These parts are made of
various materials. To determine which material is best, a designer must consider,
among other things, strength, mass/weight, availability, and cost.
Each person is responsible for making sure that their Hiking Team is well prepared
for this trip by knowing their own subject and packing the resources needed for
this trip within their subject. Your fearless and supportive leader/teacher will be
meeting you ONCE with a ration of supplies that you come up with within the
weight limits.

Problem

Your Design Group is in charge of informing the rest of the teams about the
knowledge you gained of Manufacturing.
Procedure

Materials

1. Research your topic from the information given

2. Now that you are an expert in your topic access your scenario what
information and materials would you need within your Hiking Team. Create
a list neatly compiled and complete list.
3. Complete the Vocabulary Crossword
4. Create Vocabulary Cards
a. Front: Vocabulary word
b. Back: Definition WITH a chart/picture/memory helper
5. Design an activity that will only take 30 minutes maximum to relay the
information to the rest of the class. ALL students must be able to pass the
Manufacturing Quiz with the information given from your activity.
Computer w/Internet Access
Calculator
Cardstock

Manufacturing Vocabulary Words

Natural Material
Synthetic Material
Mixed Materials
Metals
Ceramics
Polymers
Composites
Tensile Strength
Compression Strength
Fatigue Strength
Hardness

Elasticity
Brittleness
Ductility and Malleability
Electrical Conductivity
Electrical Resistivity
Magnetic Permeability
Thermal Conductivity
Thermal Expansion
Primary Manufacturing
Processes
Secondary Manufacturing

Processes
Custom Manufacturing
Batch Manufacturing
Continuous Manufacturing
Forming
Casting
Machining
Joining
Rapid manufacturing
Interchangeable Parts
Sustainable Manufacturing

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Foundations of Technology

Period:

Date:
Unit 3 Design Group: Manufacturing

Manufacturing Quiz
Selected Response Items
1. Materials are classified as
1. Natural, plastic, and leather
3. Metal, synthetic, and leather
2. Natural, synthetic, and mixed
4. Metal, plastic, and leather
2. Which of the answers below lists actual material properties?
1. Mechanical, radiant, and
3. Thermal, radiant, and nuclear
nuclear
4. Mechanical, thermal, and
2. Thermal, radiant, and electrical
electrical
3. Manufacturing production systems can be classified as
1. Customized, batch, and
3. Customized, synthetic, and
continuous
continuous
2. Natural, batch, and continuous
4. Customized, batch, and natural
4. The effectiveness of the manufacturing process was increased by the introduction of
1. Custom made parts
3. Interchangeable parts
2. Batch production methods
4. Natural materials
5. When designing and/or engineering solutions to problems, which of the following is taken
into account?
1. Scientific laws
3. Engineering principles
2. Properties of materials
4. All of the above
Assessment Instrument - Brief Constructed Response (BCR)
Students are expected to respond to one of the questions described below. Students should
provide examples to clarify their response.
1. Manufacturing systems may be classified into types, such as customized production, batch
production, and continuous production. Describe examples of how each product type is
applied; cite examples of products that are produced as customized, batch, and
continuous.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
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2. The interchangeability of parts increases the effectiveness of manufacturing processes.
Describe situations where parts are developed to be interchangeable, and why this is
important for industry.
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Brief Constructed Response Item Rubric
Category

Below Average

Understanding

Response demonstrates an implied, Response is written technically and Response is written technically and
partial, or superficial understanding precisely. The answer
precisely. The answer demonstrates
of the text and/or the question.
demonstrates understanding of the understanding of the topic and cites
topic.
specific examples.

Focus

Response lacks transitional

information to show the
relationship between the content
and the support to the question.

Average

Excellent

Response addresses the question, Response addresses the question, cites

includes pertinent information, and specific examples, includes pertinent
remains focused on the topic.
information, and remains focused on the
topic. Details are clearly stated and do not
detract from the response.

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Use of Related
Information

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Response uses minimal supporting Response uses expressed and/or

Response uses clear and concise
information to clarify or extend
implied supporting information that examples as well as supporting
meaning.
clarifies or extends meaning.
information that clarifies or extends
meaning.