The Learning Academy at the Els Center of Excellence
Grade 9Engineering Design and Development LEVEL: Honors

The Learning Academy at the Els Center of ExcellenceEngineering Design and Development LEVEL: Honors

May 2026 · 2nd Semester

This course serves as a capstone course to provide students with the opportunity to develop a solution to a design problem from start to finish. Students work in teams to design, engineer, create a prototype, perform product testing, and then produce a finished product. This would involve using ALL of the knowledge previously learned, not only in technology education, but across the curriculum. Students will be expected to create and deliver a formal report on the project.

Grades: 9

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