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Curricula Overview and Installation
The Design Academy curriculum begins with a Getting Started section that
provides:
■ Product installation overview
■ Desktop navigation tools, including instructions for creating an AutoCAD
icon
■ File management techniques
■
Quick Start guides for each product
Following the Getting Started section is the Instructor Resources section, with
an outline of the project-based learning and the design process, an explanation
of how to map your curriculum to state and national standards, syllabi for
architectural design, civil design, mechanical design, and evaluation rubrics.
The Design Basics, Pre-Architecture, Pre-Civil, and Pre-Mechanical student
projects sections are the core of the curriculum. They include units subdivided
into lessons, exercises, projects, a summary, and self-test questions. The student
projects also include corresponding standards for science, math, language arts,
and technology content, as well as key terms and objectives. One unit is based
on the FIRST Robotics Competition, another on the F1 in Schools Challenge.
Also included are cross-curricular projects in science and physics.
Finally, a resource section contains web-based reference points and a glossary
that defines key terms.
New and experienced teachers are invited to use the curriculum in the way
that best meets their classroom needs. A new teacher may benefit from
following the curriculum step by step from start to finish; a seasoned design
instructor may find it more suitable to customize the curriculum by selecting
specific sections, and by complementing Design Academy with their own
material.
The curriculum is also available as printable PDF files, included on the
curriculum CD. To print the PDF files, you must install Adobe
®
Reader
®
software, available on the CD or by free download from www.adobe.com.
To view the curriculum, you need to have both Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
or later and Windows Media
®
Player installed.
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