
CURRICULUM MAP: 10208.map
Construction Technology (GEN) 713
Unit 1. Shop Safety, Measurements and Framing Layout
TIME FRAME: 2 weeks
GRADE: 9-12
CONTACT:
MAP LEVEL: 2
09.0 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
09.0.3.9.2
-- Students will demonstrate an ability to take responsibility for their own actions
09.0.3.9.3
-- Students will explain the need to be a lifelong learner
09.0.3.9.4
-- Students will exhibit appropriate behaviors in both school and work situations
09.0.3.9.5
-- Students will define and demonstrate a personal work ethic
09.0.4.9.1
-- Students will use research techniques to support design development
09.0.4.9.3
-- Students will develop several alternative design solutions to the same problem
09.0 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
09.0.3.5.9
-- Students will explore career options
09.0.5.0.5
-- Students will organize a team to solve a teacher-given problem
09.0.6.0.4
-- Students will use tools and resources correctly and safely
09.0.7.5.7
-- Students will evaluate and select appropriate methods of communication for a given problem or situation
09.0.8.5.6
-- Students will design, construct and test models of shelters and other structures
09.0.8.9.5
-- Students will describe the significance of architectural drawings, specifications and contracts in the construction industry
09.0 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
09.0.8.9.5
-- Students will describe the significance of architectural drawings, specifications and contracts in the construction industry
09.0.8.9.6
-- Students will describe and apply the process of site selection and preparation
09.0.8.9.8
-- Students will demonstrate the safe and accurate use of layout, forming, separating, combining, treating, and finishing tools and procedures in building a shelter or structure
09.0.8.9.7
-- Students will demonstrate an ability to read and interpret architectural renderings
07.0 SCIENCE
07.0.1.0.8
-- Students will use evidence and logical reasoning as a basis for decision making
07.0.14.5.10
-- Students will understand that engineers, architects and others who engage in design and technology use scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
07.0.14.9.8
-- Students will understand that science, mathematics and technology are interdependent human endeavors with strengths and limitations
05.0 MATHEMATICS
05.0.2.9.1
-- Students will use arithmetic operations to solve problems encountered in everyday consumer situations
05.0.1.5.1
-- Students will use real-life experiences, physical materials and technology to construct meanings for whole numbers, commonly used fractions, decimals and money amounts, and extend these understandings to construct meanings for integers, rational numbers, percents, exponents, roots, absolute value and scientific notation
05.0.2.9.3
-- Students will use appropriate methods for computing, including mental math, estimation, paper-and-pencil and calculator methods
05.0.3.9.2
-- Students will develop, use and apply a variety of estimation strategies in problem situations
05.0.5.0.2
-- Students will compare and order objects according to some measurable attribute
05.0.5.9.3
-- Students will choose appropriate tools and techniques to measure quantities to specified degrees of precision and accuracy

1. What are the general classroom policies and general shop safety rules?
2. What are the general machine safety rules?
3. How is the compound miter saw (chop saw) operated properly?
4. How is the table saw operated properly and safely?
5. How is the band saw operated properly and safely?
6. How is the skill saw operated properly and safely?
7. How is the hand-held jigsaw operated properly and safely?
8. How are the lines on a Ruler/Tape Measure marked in fractional inches read correctly?
9. What is the correct procedure for making and laying out building framing?

Classroom policies and general shop safety rules
General machine safety rules
Safety on the compound miter saw (Chop Saw)
Safety on the table saw
Safety on the band saw
Safety with the skill saw
Safety with the hand-held jig saw
Reading a ruler/tape measure marked in fractional inches
Framing layout for 16" and 24" on center

Students in Building Construction will develop the ability to:
-- Work in and around a wood shop and construction site safely,
-- Work in the vicinity of machinery safely,
-- Work with a compound miter saw (chop saw) safely,
-- Work with a table saw safely,
-- Work with a band saw safely,
-- Work with a skill saw safely,
-- Work with a hand-held jig saw safely,
-- Make measurements with a ruler/tape measure accurately,
-- Layout building framing.

All students will:
-- Work safely in a woodshop and construction site safely in the vicinity of machinery,
-- Work safely with tools and machinery typically found in a woodshop and construction site
-- Make measurements with a ruler/tape measure accurately,
-- Layout building framing.

Effort/attitude/participation = 50% of grade
Assessed daily, recorded as a weekly grade
Assigned Drawing Projects = 50% of grade
Assessed for quality of workmanship
Shop safety will be observed everyday throughout the semester.
Safety with machinery will be observed everyday throughout the semester.
Accuracy with measurements will be observed with all projects.
Building layout will be tested by the student doing a hands-on demonstration.
Building layout will also be observed when the student does the layout for projects.

Typical woodshop and construction tools.
Typical woodshop and construction machinery.
Standard construction materials.