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STEM Academy Integration Planning – August 3rd, 2010

Engineering 1.1 Overview of **design** process Activity – coffee cup improvement (Brainstorming) *HIT – Brainstorming/Process – all classes for their content Selection of best ideas/design matrix /evaluate and justify– sketch of new coffee cup/presentation w/ new product and brief overview of the design process World History – review Ancient Civilizations (Greece, Rome, Egypt) before Middle Ages, building of pyramids/catapults, technbology, weapons, columns, etc. to tie in with English (Troy) -**design** of a castle (Middle Ages) *HIT- tech and structures/design, models and representations English – Troy (summer assignment, activities first few days) – fiction text, emphasis on writing. Logic and reasoning (design), evaluation and justification (word choice, techniques, devices, revision and editing) *HIT – writing process, modeling, representations, matrix Biology – bio molecules, chemistry laden, reaction of enzymes, bonding, cycles (carbon, oxygen, water cycles) *HIT – cycles (w/design cycles) Geometry – tools of geometry, inductive reasoning (design), plane figures (design), coordinate geometry, angles, basic construction, modeling, area and circumference (design) *HIT – building concepts and design (Sketchpad) Algebra II – Tools of Algebra -solving inequalities, equations, absolute values, functions, domain and range *HIT – inductive reasoning
 * Unifying Concept – Cycles/Trends **


 * Instructional Routines – Brainstorming, Processes, Common Vocabulary across content, Science/Engineering Safety, Evaluation and Justification of choices/ideas, cause and effect, EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION and MARZANO STRATEGIES**