Friday, September 21, 2012

CEA Period 1 Lesson for Friday September 21, 2012



Good morning CEA Block 1 students. I am very sorry to be out again today. I have seen your 200b floor plan sketches and many of them reflect good concept sketching technique. Some of the work station configurations (where you place the computers) are very interesting.
Q. What is a work station?
A. It’s a space where one or more workers can achieve a high level of productivity.
Q. What tasks would a civil engineer/Designer/Architect do to be highly productive?
A. They would be sketching, computer modeling, prototyping designs through scaled physical model production, meeting with other team members, and keeping some equipment close by that would allow them to quickly leave the work space in order to go to the job site.

Today’s task: Would you please create an electronic document (Microsoft word) that will explore possible solutions for the following question:
What would an ideal work station for a student of civil engineering and architecture look like?
 You are to use your online research skills to find a minimum of 3 images of “work stations” that would look like they could achieve the following:
1.      Allow for comfortable sketching
2.      Have some storage space for the following tools, equipment, and safety clothing. (NOTE: look  up any unfamiliar terms in an image search so you can learn what they look like):
a.      Surveyor’s auto level and tripod
b.      Surveyor’s measuring rod
c.      100’ steel tape measure
d.      Hard Hat
e.      Safety Glasses
f.       1 Pair of steel toed work boots
3.      Have space for a Lap Top Computer that can connect to a large monitor ( 20” or more)

 How to complete this assignment successfully!!

  1. Copy paste the 3 images into a Microsoft word document (  21 points per image)
  2. For each image, use a text box (found in the insert tab) to create a caption.
  3.  Each caption should explain the following: 
    1.     what about the image is appealing to you (4 points per image) 
    2.   how big you think this space is (width X Depth in feet) (4 points per image) 
    3.   The website where you found this image ( 4 points per image)
Save the document in your Z drive as your name work station ideas (example: Robert work station ideas)

Monday, September 10, 2012

IED Lesson for Monday and Tuesday (9/10 & 11/2012)



Good Morning/Afternoon!

Please use these links to assist you with the 1.7 activity. If you are using a school computer, you will not be able to open the YouTube links.

So tell me, why do you want to be an engineer?


 I am an Engineer:


Engineering Careers Intro:


Engineering Achievements:


Women in Engineering:


Discover Engineering. 


Engineering Degrees 101. 

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Sketching Activity #1






Good Morning/Afternoon! This is the activity for Thursday September 6 for IED, CEA, and POE: Today you are going to begin sketching using a #2 pencil on a piece of white construction paper.

Use this image to assist you in making your sketch. The top lines should be done quickly. Hold the paper so that you can make your lines over and over again with as little effort as possible. This technique is called "Hatching."

The bottom shapes are best drawn by creating a lightly sketched square or rectangle and then completing the shape inside of the square/rectangle. This technique is called "crating."  

Click on the image to enlarge it so that you can see it better.





























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