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About Webster's Linked Learning "STEAM Engineering Design" Pathway

Webster's Linked Learning "STEAM Engineering Design" Pathway

Our Linked Learning Goal.....

To prepares students for college and career options by integrating rigorous academics, career technical education, work-based learning, and comprehensive support services that will encourage students to discover that learning makes sense when there is a clear connection to the real world, and the skills and mindsets they gain have relevance that transcends any given sector.
 

Our Career Technology Education (CTE ) Engineering Design Pathway

The Career Technology (CTE) sector Engineering and Architecture pathway we chose was Engineering Design to complement the existing engineering themed innovation projects provided within each CTE elective course. Engineering Design career pathway is a growing option that expands to various industries and areas.  The engineering skill set and mindset prepares students to solve everyday problems in life, as well as,  their future participation in the workforce. This Linked Learning pathway will allow Webster staff to expand and develop a focused structure for each CTE elective course, developing a program of study that emphasizes cross-curricular, student-centered learning focus that centers around engineering career and postsecondary integration, combined with student supports that ensure equitable opportunities for all students. 
 

Our current CTE Engineering Design Linked Learning skills set goals....

The ability to use critical thinking skills to analyze real world problems in order to develop systematic proposed solutions.
 
By evidence of:
 
  • The ability to use the engineering design process to design and construct a solution to solve a problem.
  • The ability to gain understanding from a problem and discover multiple perspectives before attempting to develop solutions.
  • The ability to communicate and interpret information clearly in industry-standard visual and written formats.
  • The ability to use the collaborative process to design and construct a culminating project effectively using engineering and computer science technology.
  • The ability to understand industrial engineering processes, including the use of tools and equipment, methods of measurement, and quality assurance.
 

Linked Learning Electives

We have selected the following Linked Learning electives to be taught each year as your child progresses through middle school. Please note during grades 7 and 8 your child will be participating in Career Technology Education (CTE) courses that will prepare them for a CTE Engineering Design pathway in high school. You may read more about CTE pathways on our website.
 

Grade level Linked Learning electives:

6th grade:  Computer Sci Discoveries MS AB
 
  • Student will explore the impact computer science has on society, as well as, various career options.
  • Students will learn the fundamentals of computer science such as algorithm development, problem solving, and programming to help students use digital tools or language to solve real world everyday problems.
  • Students work in teams to design and construct various programming challenge solutions.
 
7th grade:  Design & Modeling MS  (CTE)
 
  • Students will explore various careers that utilize engineering technology.
  • This course provides students the opportunity to apply the engineering design process to creatively solve real world engineering problems. Students are introduced to the engineering design process and immediately asked to use this process to design a product.
  • During this course students learn how to develop a digital engineering journal that documents their engineering design process for a product they will create.
  • UCLA MESA ( Math, Engineering, Science, and Achievement) competition projects are incorporated into this course to elevate the level of learning that occurs. Students are encouraged to participate in the annual UCLA MESA competition but it is not mandatory.
  • This is a project based learning class that focuses on problem solving, team work, time management, and personal accountability.
 
8th grade:  Auto & Robotics MS (CTE)
 
  • Students will explore various careers that utilize robotics technology.
  • This course provides various opportunities for students to interact with various technology that requires building and/or programming. Some of these technologies include drone programming, VEX robotics, and Arduino programming.
  • Student are given a design challenge to develop a project that incorporates STEAM. Each year the project may change but in the past it has been the robotic prosthetic arm.
  • This is a project based learning class that focuses on problem solving, team work, time management, and personal accountability.
Various Grade Levels: Paxton Patterson Lab
 
  • INTERACTIVE Labs: Students collaborate in groups and drive their own progress through carefully-structured, hands-on, minds-on materials.
  • IMPORTANT CONTENT: Labs create a foundation for careers or college study, so the curriculum is relevant, valuable, and the kind students won’t want to miss. 
  • INSPIRING RESULTS: Not only are students energized each time they complete a lab, but they’re also motivated again and again every time they discover a new possibility for future study or life!