ELT1910: ELT Project A
Students develop project design and management skills to extend and enhance competencies and skills in other CTS courses through contexts that are personally relevant.
- Prerequisite: two ELT credits
Plan
- Decide which soldering kit to assemble (e.g. DAOKI C51), or design your own circuit (e.g. laser cut lamp).
- Design and fabricate a custom case for your project (e.g. cardboard, laser cut wood)
- Document the process in an engineering journal.
Create
- Set up an engineering journal document.
- Verify all kit components.
- Lay out tools and safety gear.
- Practice through-hole soldering on a practice board.
- Solder your project, documenting the process with photos and descriptions.
- Test and troubleshoot your project.
- Measure your project and design the enclosure.
- Select and obtain materials.
- Fabricate the case, documenting the process.
Documentation and Reflection
Your engineering journal should include:
- bill of materials and tools used
- step-by-step assembly photos and notes (so someone else could recreate the project)
- photos of the completed project
- evaluation of the final product:
- Does it work?
- Does it match up with the original goal?
- What went well in the process?
- What challenges did you experience?
- How did safety protocols help?
- What improvements could be made for next time?
- Describe how this project relates to your interests, values, beliefs, resources, prior learning, and experiences.
- Describe potential careers or occupational choices related to this project.
Competencies and Skills
You will also be evaluated on your competencies such as your ability to:
- communicate
- manage information
- use numbers
- think and solve problems
- demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviours
- be responsible
- be adaptable
- learn continuously
- work safely
- work with others
- participate in projects and tasks