This is an introductory course designed to develop student problem solving skills, with emphasis placed upon the concept of developing a 3-D model or solid rendering of an object. Students focus on the application of visualization processes and tools provided by modern, state of the art computer hardware and software. The course will emphasize the design development process of a product and how a model of that product is produced, analyzed and evaluated, using the most current version of Inventor software, made available through the Technology Department's affiliation with Project Lead the Way and R.I.T. Techniques learned are equally applicable to areas such as game design, garment design, archaeological or accident reconstruction, simulated surgery, advertising or animated films. This course is an Art Education and Technology Education course and can be used as a substitute for the Art/Music graduation requirement. DDP is the first course in the Project Lead the Way Pre-Engineering foundation course sequence, also called Introduction to Engineering Design (IED). 2004-2005 TECH PREP MINI-GRANT AWARD TITLE:   Technology Education/Mathematics Education Curriculum Collaboration SHORT ABSTRACT This award will support a project for students that will integrate across the Technology Education and Mathematics disciplines at the high school level.  The students selected for the project will be enrolled in Math A and Design and Drawing For Production (DDP) classes.  The Inventor software used in DDP will be used to explore mathematical concepts directly related to the competencies contained in the NYS Math A exam. Student Emilie Searle's exploration of the Pythagorean Theorem using Inventor Modeling Software ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLTW's DDP/IED       "Principles & Elements of Design" This is an introductory course, which develops student problem solving skills, with emphasis placed upon the concept of developing a 3-D model or solid rendering of an object. Students focus on the application of visualization processes and tools provided by modern, state of the art computer hardware and software. The course will emphasize the design development process of a product and how a model of that product is produced, analyzed and evaluated, using a computer aided design system through the creation of various products such as a desk set, puzzle cube, weathervane, or injection molded soap dish. Techniques learned are equally applicable to areas such as garment design, archaeological or accident reconstruction, simulated surgery, advertising or animated films. This course is an Art Education and Technology Education course and can be used as a substitute for the Art/Music graduation requirement for graduation. DDP is the first course in the Project Lead the Way Pre-Engineering foundation course sequence. Useful Websites for DDP and CAD Career Search/Career Outlook http://www.abet.org/: ~Online College Accreditation Database Search Histories/Timelines http://www.users.fast.net/~blc/xlhome2.htm: Blacks in Technology http://idsa.org/whatis/100yr/100yearsofdesign.htm: ~IDSA – 100 years of Design http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~rlandrum/aawomen.htm: ~African-American Inventors Series – Women http://www.webcom.com/calc/: ~History of Calculating Devices http://inventors.about.com/cs/womeninventors/index.htm: ~Women Inventors http://www.inventorsmuseum.com/womenmap.htm: ~Women Inventors and Invention http://inventorsmuseum.com/television.htm: ~Inventors Museum – Television http://www.si.edu/lemelson/centerpieces/index.html: ~Lemelson Center Invention Features http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsclist.htm: ~Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions http://www.goodyear.com/us/corporate/strange.html: ~The Charles Goodyear Story http://www.precinemahistory.net/900.htm: ~History of Cinematography http://www.uh.edu/engines/epiindex.htm: ~The Index to Ingenuity http://www.invent.org/book/index.html: ~The National Inventors Hall of Fame http://www.pbs.org/transistor/: ~History of the Transistor http://www.armchair.com/warp/win.html: ~Women Inventors http://www.mercedes-benz.com/e/about/mbspecial.htm: ~Mercedes-Benz History Robotics http://www.irt.uni-hannover.de/~biped/welcome.html#general: ~Biped Robot Project (Cool Videos) http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/RHex/: ~Hex Robot Project