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=Welcome to Prairie Point Gateway to Technology=

===This site is intended to address the literacy of engineering technology as it pertains to middle level education. This site will serve as a central location for collection and posting of lessons, projects, and activities during the implementation of a pre-engineering program at the middle school level.===

__Sample Projects__
Activities during this project will include a lab to teach students how to read a residential electric meter, creating and keeping up to date an energy diary, generate energy usage graph, evaluate home for potential energy savings, and generate an energy saving strategy. Goals: 1. Analyze data collected to determine trends based on population versus energy consumption. 2. Evaluate home energy usage and develop an energy saving plan.
 * EnergyWise Telecollaborative Project**

Activities during this project include four tutorials, guided practice activities, and a final programming project. A rubric is provided for assessment. Goals: 1. Work in a collaborative manner to solve complex problems using Alice program. 2. Develop a working 3 dimensional program.
 * Introduction to Programming**

This presentation contains a series of instructional videos intended for middle school students. The videos are intended to provide students with an introduction to basic tools used in the solid modeling program Inventor. Goals: 1. Create 3D parts using Inventor file .ipt 2. Assemble 3D parts using file .iam 3. Produce drawing files of parts and assemblies using file .idw
 * __Introduction to Inventor__**

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