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École Secondaire Argyle Secondary School

Course Outline

Subject: Metalwork Level 1 Grade: 9 / 10 Teacher: B. Taylor ([email protected])

Rationale and Curricular Big Ideas: Working in has been a part of the history of human beings for thousands of years; in fact, many of the ancient techniques are still in use today. The designing and fabricating items out of metal are evident in all cultures throughout the world. Through project based learning, students will learn a variety of skills, hand use and safe power tool use in order to manipulate , such as cutting, shaping, and joining of metals. As the course progresses, students skill levels will grow with it.

Curricular Competencies: This course will introduce students to the various techniques used in both modern and traditional methods of skills used in many cultures, and First Peoples in the world. This course will also give students a broad overview of the all the techniques involved in the metalwork trades and how those techniques could be applied over a wide range of projects. Through the making of various projects throughout the course, students will be introduced to the skills required to make projects of increasing complexity. Further, these same skills that are learned in this course could be carried over to many other aspects of technology, and they could be of life-long benefit if one were to enter the trades. The encouragement and personal rewards experienced from producing an artifact that one has made, as well as the life-long skills learned and applied in this course, can be incalculable for students.

Student Expectations: Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to: • Have a clear understanding of shop safety and work within this standard • Identify common used in metalwork • Demonstrate the proper use and safe practices of these tools • Understand the properties of metals used in the course. • Manipulate metals through the uses of files, , punches, , heat and machines. • Apply the skills necessary to join metals using and soldering techniques. • Understand the various aspects of mass production, fabrication and how these aspects can affect sustainability as well as their personal wellbeing and social environment. • Identify how the land and natural resources influence First Peoples’ design and technologies

Course Content: • The course content is project based. Students will learn the various skills, machine operation and safety procedures necessary to complete the required projects for the course. The projects may include the following: o guage

o Balancing Project o Scribe o whistle o Sheet metal box o o Welding exercise

Resource Materials: • Handouts created by teacher

Student Learning: Activities and Strategies: • Each project will introduce students to the various skills and processes listed: o Drill guage • Layout techniques • Sawing • Drill press set-up (speed setting, drill indexing, drill installation) • Stamping and finishing o Balancing Project • operation and set-up • Lathe nomenclature • reading (.001”) • Machining—, to diameter and centre • Plasma cutter operation • Oxy-acetylene set-up and shut down • Brazing o Scribe • Machining aluminum • Turning a taper • Knurling • Heat treatment--hardening and tempering steel o Brass whistle • Machining brass—special tooling required • Vertical machine operation o Sheet metal box • Stretch-out layout • Spot welding / soft soldering o Hacksaw • Vertical and horizontal milling machine operation and set-up • Slot milling (horizontal milling) • Lathe operation and set-up for required machining • Welding (oxy / acet. steel) • External and internal threads (tap and ) • Knurling steel o Welding exercise (optional- time dependant) • Three welding processes • TIG • MIG • Torch

Student Assessment and Evaluation:

1. Theory - 10% - Quizzes, safety tests 2. Practical Work -75% - Projects, design portfolios 3. Social Responsibility - 15% - Safety, Daily log, clean-up, accountability

Marks Assignment: Students will be given a “marks sheet” where a running record of their marks will be recorded Student Responsibilities:

Power Tools - Before using a power tool or machine the student must: • Witness the demonstration • Achieve at least 80% on the safety test • Ask permission of the teacher Safety - The technology department has a zero tolerance policy on violations of safety regulations Attendanc - This is a Technology course, ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY Shop Attire - Students should wear long pants and must wear safe footwear, No sweatshirts or baggy clothing, including watches or personal headsets Project Completion – Open shop times are a privilege. It is expected that students who are behind in their work will attend open shop periods.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS

Projects All materials and special equipment not covered in the course fee, and materials required for extra credit project work must be paid for by the student at cost of the materials. It is the responsibility of the student to: a) provide the necessary time and effort to complete all projects attempted b) communicate the cost of each project with their parent/guardian