Education
Mr. Wright’s Industrial Arts Education Class
I am now a retired Shop Teacher - who loved teaching Junior High Industrial Arts multiple activity class. (Multiple activity means groups of 4 or 5 students work in one area for a few weeks, and rotate from area to area through the year.) This is a multiple-activity class where students rotate through “shops” to develop transferable and essential skills when completing hands-on projects and tasks.
The following has been created after I retired and includes new areas and different projects and is intended to inspire future students and teachers to learn about the practical arts.
The framework below includes the many ideas that will be developed to support future multiple-activity class or makerspace learning. If you are interested in a specific project or area not yet posted on-line, please contact us using the Contact Form and we will provide additional information.
General Safety - at the start of the year
The year begins with general shop safety. After the initial safety learning, then each shop (area) starts with Safety and then moves to Making, and finally the student Sharing their project.
Each Shop: Safety —> Making —> Sharing
Individual Shops
Each area of the Industrial Arts Education Class is divided into stand-alone ‘shops’. Each shop has specific projects that can be completed with the tools, equipment, and materials in that shop. Also, the provincial CTF learning outcomes have been matched to each shop, so the students are learning the prescribed curriculum.
Shops in Development
The following shops are in development and can currently be accessed on-line:
Wood Shop - Creating projects from solid wood
1 - Loonie Coin Bank
2 - CO2 Metric Dragster
3 - (Rube Goldberg / Great Ball Contraption / Maze)
Additional / Choice Projects
Shop Set Up
Planned Shops
The following shops are at the planning stage and not currently accessible on-line.
Architecture Shop - Structures for life, work, and play
1 - Floor Plan with Walls
2 - Outdoor Space
3 - Apartment Building
Additional / Choice Projects
Shop Set Up
Cosplay Shop - Where the Practical Arts meet the Pop Arts
1 - Foam accessory rosette
2 - (curves)
3 - Foam Headpiece (sphere)
Additional / Choice Projects
Shop Set Up
Design Shop - Design and rapid prototyping
1 - 3D CAD to Prototype
2 - 3D Additive
3 - 3D Removal (CNC mill)
Additional / Choice Projects
Shop Set Up
Electronics Shop - Putting Electrons to Work
1 - Breadboard / Solder
2 - Micro:bit (coding)
3 - Arduino
Additional / Choice Projects
Shop Set Up
Metal Shop - Fabricating project from metal
1 - Holder / Organizer
2 - Parts Sorter with Funnel (Curves / Cones)
3 - Machining
Additional / Choice Projects
Shop Set Up
Model Shop - Scratch building original hard-surface models
1 - Theme Park (fantasy building)
2 - Styrene Build (kit-bashing)
3 - Multi Material
Additional / Choice Projects
Shop Set Up
Plastic Shop - Forming raw plastic into objects
1 - Coin Purse (lettering foil)
2 - Mold making and Vacuum Forming
3 - Casting
Additional / Choice Projects
Shop Set Up
Prop Shop - Replicating realistic items at scale
1 - Replica Prop (1:1 scale)
2 - Scene (Smaller Scale)
3 - _____ (Larger Scale)
Additional / Choice Projects
Shop Set Up
Robot Shop - Using mechatronics to make things move
1 - Remote Control (wire or radio) - motor
2 - Control Program - servo
3 - Reactionary - Sensors as Inputs
Additional / Choice Projects
Shop Set Up
Textile Shop - Developing from idea to pattern to product
1 - Tool Roll
2 - Sewing (Tool-bag / Apron)
3 - Leatherwork
Additional / Choice Projects
Shop Set Up
Future Shop - what would you like to see developed?
1 - New Project Suggestion
2 - New Project Suggestion
3 - New Project Suggestion
Additional / Choice Projects
Shop Set Up
Class Lessons
Throughout the year, a class lesson is presented to the whole class (no students work in their shops that day).
The following are some examples of Class Lessons:
ABC of Hand Tools
Career (myBlueprint.ca)
Design and Fabrication Portfolio
Design Thinking Process
Portfolio Development
Presenting / Displaying work
Maker Fair
Project Box Team Challenge
Project Management
Reading Plans
Repair
Sketching
Skill Tree
Skills Self-Assessment
Troubleshooting