Description
This hands-on Grade 9 course introduces students to the engineering design process and a range of technological knowledge and skills. Students initiate, design, build and evaluate projects, explore skilled trades pathways and examine how technology shapes society and the environment.
What You’ll Learn
- Initiate and plan technology projects using fundamental concepts and skills.
- Design and perform projects that create products and/or services.
- Test, analyze and refine processes, products and services.
- Apply health-and-safety practices when using materials, tools and equipment.
- Analyze how social, economic and environmental needs drive technological development and how technologies affect people and the environment.
- Explore technology careers, skilled trades, apprenticeships, certifications and education/training pathways.
Skills You’ll Develop
- Engineering design and iterative problem-solving
- Technical communication, digital design and CAD
- Precision measurement, planning and documentation
- Safe prototyping and responsible use of tools/materials
- Career exploration and transferable employability skills
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate technological concepts and related skills by initiating and planning projects.
- Develop products and/or services using appropriate resources and techniques and document the design process.
- Evaluate and refine processes, products and services.
- Apply health-and-safety practices and procedures.
- Explain factors that drive technological development.
- Analyze social, economic and environmental impacts of technologies.
- Explore careers and pathways in technology and the skilled trades.
