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PLTW – Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) 

 Instructor: Jon Hidalgo                                                         Central Academy of Technology and Arts

 

Course Description

            Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) is the study of manufacturing planning, integration, and implementation of automation. The course explores manufacturing history, individual processes, systems, and careers. In addition to technical concepts, the course incorporates finance, ethics, and engineering design. This reflects an integrated approach that leading manufacturers have adopted to improve safety, quality, and efficiency. 

Utilizing the activity-project-problem-based (APPB) teaching and learning method, students will analyze, design, and build manufacturing systems. While implementing these designs, students will continually hone their interpersonal skills, creative abilities, and understanding of the design process. Students apply knowledge gained throughout the course in a final open-ended problem to build a manufacturing system. 

Computer Integrated Manufacturing is a high school level course that is appropriate for 10th, 11th, or 12thgrade students interested in manufacturing and automation.  It is recommended that students are concurrently enrolled in grade level mathematics and science courses and have successfully completed the Introduction to Engineering Design (IED) course. 

CIM is one of the specialization courses in the Project Lead the Way high school engineering program. The course applies and concurrently develops secondary-level knowledge and skills in mathematics, science, and technology. 

Course Objectives

            The Project Lead the Way curriculum, including Computer Integrated Manufacturing, focuses on making math and science relevant for students.  The approach used is called APPB-learning (activities, projects, and problem-based learning).  By engaging in hands-on, real-world projects, students understand how the material covered in class can be applied in their everyday lives.  Learning activities will include teacher-led instruction, cooperative learning, and project-based learning.  Technology will be used to enhance students learning, and provide real-world applications. 

 

Engineering is a profession that contributes to change and improvements in our world. It creates imaginative and visionary solutions to the challenges of the 21st century – the problems of feeding the world, how we will use energy and continue to protect our environment. Engineering and technology play a vital role in the quality of everyday life and wealth creation. Appropriate attitudes relative to the professional social obligations of the engineer, and the relationships between math, science, technology and society need to be learned. Real world, open-ended engineering problems that cover a wide range of content will be presented. 

Course Outline

Unit 1: Principles of Manufacturing

            Lesson 1.1  History of Manufacturing

            Lesson 1.2  Control Systems

            Lesson 1.3  Cost of Manufacturing

Unit 2: Technical Sketching and Drawing

            Lesson 2.1  Designing for Manufacturability

            Lesson 2.2  How we make things

            Lesson 2.3  Product Development

Unit 3: Elements of Automation 

            Lesson 3.1  Introduction to Automation

            Lesson 3.2  Elements of Power

            Lesson 3.3  Robotic Programming and Usage

Unit 4: Integration of Manufacturing Elements

            Lesson 4.1  Integration of Manufacturing Elements

            Lesson 4.2  Manufacturing Application

Grading Policy:

This course is a semester long course which will be divided into three six-week periods. Each six weeks will count 25% of the final grade.  The final exam will count 25% of the overall grade. The final exam cannot be exempted. The six week grades are awarded on a weighted category system as follows:

Quizzes:  25%

Projects: 25%

Classwork: 25%

Test: 25%

 

Categories of Quizzes, Classwork, and Projects will be equally weighted to make up each six week grade. Extra credit may be possible – at the teacher’s discretion.

Supplies Needed:      

  • Engineering Notebook
  • Scientific Calculator
  • Pencils/writing instruments
  • Flash drive (4 GB minimum)  

Make-up Work rules / Procedures:

Per policy students will have (2) days to make up work for every (1) day of an excused absence.  It will be the student’s responsibility to determine what was missed by checking Canvas, their partners in class, or the teacher outside of instructional time.  Students are to submit any assignments, make up quizzes / tests within the time allotted.  The grading system will reflect make-up work as follows:

  • A zero (0) grade in PowerSchool represents work the student CANNOT makeup;
  • A one (1) grade in PowerSchool represents work the student MAY makeup in the allowed period of time, or upon prior agreed upon deadline.

Canvas:

The majority of assignments will be submitted on Canvas.  Assignments can be submitted a variety of ways including, uploading files, typing into text boxes, and sharing Google documents/presentations. It is the student's responsibility to ensure assignments are submitted on time and to contact the teacher if there is a problem.  The Canvas Learning Platform logs every student log-in on Canvas which provides teachers with a list of when students log-in to Canvas using their user id. 

 

Canvas is used to grade assignments as well, however, the grades in Canvas, while accurate to that assignment, are NOT the teacher’s gradebook.  The teacher’s gradebook includes categories of assignments that may be weighted differently and may include grades for assignments that did not use the Canvas Learning Platform.  Therefore, students and parents should always check their child’s true average on the Parent Portal on Powerschool. 

TARDY POLICY: 

At CATA, instruction is very important. All students are expected to be in their classrooms and ready to receive instruction before the tardy bell rings for each class. Following the tardy bell, students who are not in class must report to the front office for a tardy pass if they tardy to first period.  During the rest of the day teachers will mark student tardy in the PowerSchool Attendance System.   Only students with a Tardy Pass will be admitted after the tardy bell rings for first period.  There is absolutely no food allowed in the classrooms.  Students may not bring in food. 

Tardies will be recorded as unexcused unless an excuse can be verified by staff. Tardies will result in the following penalties:

All students must report to the office when tardy to first period and to class the rest of the day.  Teachers will mark students tardy who are late to 2nd period, 3rd period, and 4th period.  If a student is tardy twice in third period on Cougar Time days (Once before class and once after lunch), then the teacher will  mark them tardy one time in Power School and write it up as a minor incident in Educator Handbook for the second tardy of the period.   

1st/2nd Tardy:  Warning from an administrator in the front office (1st period) and the teacher in the classroom (all periods)

3rd Tardy:  Warning from an administrator in the front office (1st period) and the teacher in the classroom (all periods).  The teacher will contact the parent on the third tardy by phone.  

4th/5th Tardy:  Warning from an administrator in the front office (1st period) and the teacher in the classroom (all periods). The teacher will submit a discipline referral to the administration and 1 day ASD with administration.  The administration will contact the parent.  

6th/7th Tardy:  Warning from an administrator in the front office (1st period) and the teacher in the classroom (all periods).  The teacher will submit a discipline referral to the administration and 2 days ASD with administration.  The administration will contact the parent.  

8th Tardy: Warning from an administrator in the front office (1st period) and the teacher in the classroom (all periods).  The teacher will submit a discipline referral to the administration and 3 days ASD.  The administration will set up a parent conference, create a written plan, and possible additional consequences. 

Classroom Policies and Expectations:

  1. Arrive at class prepared to learn every day.
  2. Every student should be seated and ready to learn when the tardy bell rings.
  3. All assignments and projects are to be turned in on time. Late work will automatically receive a (1) letter grade deduction for each day late. 
  4. Cheating will not be tolerated. Do your own work. All suspected of cheating will receive a zero for each assignment.
  5. Make up work due to an excused absence is the student’s responsibility. A student has 2 days per each day missed to make up missed work. After that the grade will be a zero unless prior agreement is made with the teacher.
  6. No food is allowed in the lab.
  7. No inappropriate behavior (i.e. profanity, bullying, horse-play)
  8. Respect all UCPS property (i.e. computers, desks, chairs, drafting equipment)
  9. Students are to receive permission and a handwritten pass from the teacher to leave the classroom.
  10. Everyone is to be treated with respect. If the teacher or another student is speaking to the class they deserve your attention. No threatening, negative talk, or put-downs.
  11. All CATA Rules and Union County Public Schools Rules as stated in the student handbook are to be followed, specifically regarding cell phones, ear buds, wearing hats, dress code, etc.

 

Consequences for Violating Policies:

  1. Verbal Warning
  2. Student/Teacher Conference
  3. Parent Contact (phone call home during class and/or parent/teacher meeting)
  4. Office Referral

Computer Use Guidelines:

The computers are to be used for classroom instruction only. Students are not to be on the internet unless the classroom assignment requires it. The computer is not to be used to play games. Do not change any settings on the computer.

The following activities are strictly prohibited on all computers and will result in disciplinary action:

  • Tampering or mistreating computer hardware in any way (display settings, unplugging, switching mice or keyboards, etc.)
  • Listening to music, playing games, or watching videos/movies that are not teacher directed
  • Placing games/entertainment files in shared folders on the network
  • Bypassing the internet filter to access blocked websites
  • Participating in chat rooms or online “meeting” websites (i.e. Facebook, Snapchat)
  • Outside Email (only school email accounts are allowed)
  • Tampering with system files of computers
  • Accessing network files not associated with course content
  • Accessing websites with inappropriate content (i.e. gang related, sexually explicit materials, sites containing profanity)

Consequences for Violating Computer Guidelines:

  • 1st Offense: Restricted computer access
  • 2nd Offense: Access blocked for remaining class period and parent contact (phone call home during class)

Repeated offenses will result in parent/teacher meeting and/or office referral.

Contact Information

I look forward to working with you and your child.  Please feel free to contact me with questions or concerns.

Email: jon.hidalgo@ucps.k12.nc.us

School Phone:  704-296-3088

 

 

 

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