MassTEC Curriculum Sharing Page

Welcome to the MassTEC Curriculum Page. We would like to offer this resource to share curriculum for the Technology Engineering classroom. There are many resources on the internet that offer similar information but we would like a place to share lessons and activities that have been presented and refined by the Technology Education/Engineering classroom teacher.

We will be posting lessons from applicants for Lesson of the Year on this page. Any contributions of lessons/activities to the page would be greatly appreciated and can be made without submitting a application for lesson of the year. We ask that you use the Unit Planning Document found on our recognition page to submit your lesson/activity.

If you have any questions feel free to e-mail the webmaster.

Scott Karpuk Massachusetts Technology/Engineering Standards Video on You Tube, there is also a link on the classroom resources page, web sites with lessons, click here to go the classroom resources page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy62yWqXucc

Growing Balsam Fir Trees in a Hydroponics System- A Study in the Universal Systems Model and Custom/Mass Production
This lesson utilizes a ebb and flow hydroponics system as an instructional tool to identify the parts of the universal systems model. Activities included are worksheets where students break down the hydroponics system into the universal systems model, students identify their own system and apply it to the universal systems model, and a worksheet on custom production and creating a mass production system planting balsam fir trees. Click here for the lesson. This lesson is in microsoft word format.