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My name is Mr. Ciccarello
I teach all levels of Woodworking and The Introduction to Engineering Design class which is part of the Project Lead the Way Program.
I am usually at school between 7:00am and 3:30pm. I can be reached by phone at (603)432-6941 x2348 or email at tciccarello@londonderry.org. Extra help is available by appoitment. Just see me and we will find a time during the school day or after school. I share an office with Mr. Koch. It is located just outside the Wood Shop (room 349).
My Schedule fo rthe first semester of the 2012-13 school year is:
A Introduction to Engineering Design
B Study Hall supervision in the Caf.
C Prep period
D Advanced Woodworking
E Advanced Woodworking
F Woodworking Interactive
G My Lunch
H Woodworking with Hand Tools
Special grading codes you may see me use on X2 are listed below. These are also listed on X2.
Grade book Codes
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Code |
Meaning |
Grade Value |
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AB |
Absent – needs to be made up |
Zero |
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MI |
Missing |
Zero |
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Inc |
Incomplete |
Zero |
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0 |
Zero – cannot be made up |
Zero |
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EX |
Excused |
No score |
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BG |
Being Graded |
No score |
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OP |
Optional |
No score |
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Pass |
Student has passed the competency assessment |
No score |
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Fail |
Student has failed the competency assessment |
No score |
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Y |
Yes |
No score |
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N |
No |
No score |
On smaller assignments like homework I use the grading scale shown below
| Code | Meaning | Grade Value |
| P | Full credit | 100% |
| P- | Passing but minimal effort | 75% |
| F | Failing | 50% |
| Mi | Missing | 0 |
Advanced Woodworking Technology
Course Outline
Organization: Stu. Info sheets, lockers, fire exits, logbooks, course expectations
Machine: Operation & Safety
- Review machines from Wood Tech. plus new machines
- Expand knowledge on machine use, maintenance & consumer knowledge
- Complete Safety Test
Project selection:
- Choose projects
Plans Required
Teacher approval
Appropriate for ability and time allowed
- Place lumber orders
Review measurement and reading a ruler to 1/64”
Layout & start-up basics
- Using your plans
- Laying out and cutting up stock
Rough lumber
Plywood
Even Years (Sept.)- Custom Cabinetwork & Design
Joinery:
- Identification
- Advantages & disadvantages
Basic Cabinet Construction - Casework & Cabinetwork
Frame & panel construction
Gluing & assembling cabinetwork
Lumber grading:
- Softwood & Hardwood
- Plywood & sheet goods
Estimating & board footage
Finishing
- Spray gun
- Types
- Techniques
- Film finishes
- Layered finishes
Careers in woodworking
- Custom cabinetmaker
- Finish carpenter
- Millwork shop operator
Further training/education
- Technical schools
- Apprentice programs
- Art & specialty schools
Field trip possibilities
- Custom cabinet shop
- Lumber mill
- Millwork shop
Guest Speakers
- Custom Cabinetmaker
- Antique expert
- Millwork shop owner
Odd Years (Sept.)- Production & Finish Carpentry
Basic Joinery:
- Joint identification
- Methods of cutting them (best method for material being used)
Kitchen Cabinets
Frame vs. frameless construction
- Joinery
- Door & drawer construction
- Hardware
- Kitchen design & layout basics
Moldings
- Common Shapes & applications
- Cutting & fitting – coped and mitered joints
Plastic laminates & solid-surfaces
- Types & fabrications
Gluing and assembling cabinetwork
Careers in woodworking
- Carpenter
- Finish carpenter
- Kitchen designer (CKD certification)
- Production cabinet maker
- Builder/contractor
Further training/education
- Technical schools
- Apprentice programs
- Specialty schools
ADVANCED WOODWORKING TECHNOLOGY
GRADES 10-12--S1/2
Course Description:
This is a full year course that is designed for the student who is seriously interested in investigating opportunities in the woodworking industry. Students will explore the basics of cabinetwork through a series of activities that will result in an advanced level product (or series of products). Areas that will be covered include product design, aspects of cabinetwork and casework, assembly, finishing, lumber specifications, cost estimation, and careers in the woodworking industry.
Prerequisite: Woodworking Technology or Woodworking for Women
Course Competencies:
- The student will demonstrate general woodshop safety practices
- The student will demonstrate how to use a set of plans to properly layout a part or joint.
- The student will demonstrate how to properly set up a machine to accurately fabricate a woodworking joint.
- The student will demonstrate how to properly apply a finish.
Course Competency Assessments:
- Machine Operation and Safety Test
- Students will accurately identify and layout 2 joints using their project plans.
- Students will set up machinery and accurately fabricate a woodworking joint.
- Students will properly apply a finish to some aspect of their project or sample a board.
Woodworking with Hand Tools
Course Outline
Instructors: Mr. Ciccarello & Mr. Koch
Organization
- · Course overview
- · Safety and tool handling
- · Lockers
- · Handout tools
Tools
- · Common hand tools
- Chisels
- Hand planes, Draw knives, Shaves
- Hand Saws
- Layout tools
- · Sharpening
- Theory
- Chisel edge
- Knife edge
- Testing for sharpness
- Methods
- Shaping vs. Sharpening
- Theory
Windsor Chair Joinery
- · What is a Windsor Chair
- Common characteristics
- Types of Windsors
- · Hand made vs. Mass produced
Projects
- Shaker Stool
- Hand Carved Sign
- Lathe Turning
- Shaker Oval Box
- Hand Cut Dove Tail Joint
WOODWORKING WITH HAND TOOLS
GRADES 9-12?S1/2
Course Description:
This course is designed for the student who enjoys creating something entirely by hand. Students will learn how to use, sharpen and maintain different kinds of hand tools as they build a beautiful Windsor stool. Students will be learning techniques and methods used by master craftsmen over 100 years ago to hand make these beautiful stools. Other handmade projects may include such items as shaker oval boxes and hand carved signs. The only prerequisite for this class is a desire to build something challenging out of wood.
Course Competencies:
- The student will demonstrate general woodshop safety practices
- The Student will demonstrate how to read a ruler to the nearest 1/8 of an inch.
- The Student will demonstrate the ability to properly identify common hand tools that are used currently as well as some commonly used during the 17th century
Course Competency Assessments:
- General Safety Test
- Ruler Quiz – Exploring Woodworking Skills & Woodworking with Hand Tools
- Stool seat layout – leg hole placement
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NOTE: The IED Curriculum has been revised and updated this year. I am in the process of updating my web page to reflect these changes and hope to have things up to speed by the end of September. Thank you for your patience
The IED Glossary can be found on IED link (Google Apps) on the Links Tab
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IED Course Description |
Introduction to Engineering Design (IED) is a high school level course that is appropriate for 9th or 10th grade students who are interested in design and engineering. The major focus of the IED course is to expose students to design process, research and analysis, teamwork, communication methods, global and human impacts, engineering standards, and technical documentation. IED gives students the opportunity to develop skills and understanding of course concepts through activity-, project-, and problem-based (APPB) learning. Used in combination with a teaming approach, APPB-learning challenges students to continually hone their interpersonal skills, creative abilities and understanding of the design process. It also allows students to develop strategies to enable and direct their own learning, which is the ultimate goal of education.
The course assumes no previous knowledge, but students should be concurrently enrolled in college preparatory mathematics and science. Students will employ engineering and scientific concepts in the solution of engineering design problems. In addition, students use a state of the 3D solid modeling design software package to help them design solutions to solve proposed problems. Students will develop problem-solving skills and apply their knowledge of research and design to create solutions to various challenges that increase in difficulty throughout the course. Students will also learn how to document their work, and communicate their solutions to their peers and members of the professional community.
Introduction to Engineering Design is one of three foundation courses in the Project Lead The Way high school pre-engineering program. The course applies and concurrently develops secondary level knowledge and skills in mathematics, science, and technology.
The course of study includes:
· Design Process
· Modeling
· Sketching
· Measurement, Statistics, and Applied Geometry
· Presentation Design and Delivery
· Engineering Drawing Standards
· CAD Solid Modeling
· Reverse Engineering
· Consumer Product Design Innovation
· Marketing
· Graphic Design
· Engineering Ethics
· Virtual Design Teams
COLLEGE PREP INTRODUCTION TO
ENGINEERING DESIGN
GRADES 9-12?S1/2
This yearlong course is the first in our Project Lead the Way pathway. It is designed to teach problem-solving skills by using a design development process. Students will work from sketching simple geometric shapes to applying a solid modeling computer software package. Emphasis is placed on the development of a three-dimensional solid model. The techniques learned and the equipment used are state of the art and are currently being used by engineers throughout the United States.
This course is a Project Running Start course.
Prerequisite: Informal Algebra I or College Prep Algebra I (concurrent or previously taken)
Course Competencies:
- The student will demonstrate the ability to develop a 3D solid model of an idea
- The student will demonstrate the ability to produce a full set of working drawings of a product
- The student will demonstrate how the design process works in the development of a solution to a design problem as stated in a design brief.
- The student will demonstrate an understanding of the principals and elements of design.
Course Competency Assessments:
- Student will successfully complete a 3D solid model of the puzzle cube
- Student will successfully complete working drawing of Mini Train or Arbor press project
- Student will successfully complete Design Challenge 2.4.1
- Student will successfully complete the Principals and Elements of Design Test
Woodworking for Women S1/2
Course Description:
This one semester course is designed specifically for women. No previous woodworking experience is required. Students will learn woodworking skills and safety techniques necessary to create a variety of projects. Topics will include the safe use and care of common hand and power tools, woodworking from plans, assembly and finishing techniques, and wood products. Students will also have the opportunity to experience decorative treatments.
Course Outline
- Safety & Class procedures
- Project selection and design
- Design principles & styles
- Projection selection criteria
- Terminology (“boardology”)
- Reading plans
- Reading a ruler, measurement
- Getting information off of plans
- Order of operation
- Machine operation & safety
- Jointer
- Planer
- Band Saw
- Table Saw
- Radial arm saw
- B&D sander
- Drill press
- Scroll Saw
- Hand tools
- Drills & screw guns
- Sanders
- Measurement
- Chisels
- Routers & router bits
- Fasteners
- Nails
- Screws
- Biscuits
- Assembly
- Adhesives
- Clamps
- Finishing techniques
- Protective coatings
- Decorative treatments
Course Competencies:
- The student will demonstrate an understanding of general woodshop safety practices.
- The Student will demonstrate an understanding of the correct procedure for squaring a board.
- The Student will demonstrate how to properly choose and apply a finish
Course Competency Assessments:
- General Safety Test
- Squaring a Board Test
- Proper application of an appropriate finish to an aspect of their project
New England School of Architectural Woodworking
IED PowerPoints and related docs - Google Apps
Apprenticeshop - Boat Builders
Files marked ".pdf" require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Files marked ".doc" require MS Word.
Files Marked ".ppt" require MS PowerPoint.
Rich Text Files ".rtf" will open on any computer.
Activity2_1_5CAD_Model_Features.doc
Assembly_Drawings_Balloons_Parts_Lists.ppt
Basic_Assembly_Constraints_Concepts.pptx
Blizzard_Bag_1_Interactive_Woods.docx
Dim_Rules_and_CAD_drawing_criteria.doc
Global_Human_Ethical_Impacts.ppt
Inventor_download_instructions.doc
Metal_Fasteners_Joining_Adhesives.ppt
Parametric_Modeling_Equations.ppt
Plastic_Fasteners_Welding_Bonding.ppt
Project2_1_6Model_Creation.doc
Properties_Geometric_Solids.ppt
Visual_Design_Principles_Elements.ppt
Wood_Fasteners_Joinery_Adhesives.ppt