Syllabus for Woods 1 and 2
1. Students will become proficient in many of the basic operations and processes of woodworking. The student will plan projects by analyzing the capabilities and usage of the tools available in the shop. Emphasis is on safety, accuracy, efficiency and quality in the finished product. Other topics include wood product marketability, shop maintenance, small scale mass production, and custom designing. This course will allow the students to make meaningful decisions regarding further industrial occupations. The Spring Semester is dedicated to the construction of a cabinet. The proper construction and completion of their individual cabinet project determine the student’s entire grade.
2. The key focus of the course is for students to learn the safe, effective, and efficient use of power tools to produce woodworking projects. A key emphasis in the class is on planning and proper order of procedure. Reading plans, learning measurement, quality control, and basic woodworking standards are also stressed.
3. Students progress at their own rate of speed. Student ability, ambition, and aptitude determine what projects they undertake, and which tools they are allowed to use.
4. All formal classroom resources are teacher-produced. Textbooks, magazines, and Internet resources are only used as occasional supplements for individual students as appropriate.
5. Students are graded on their achievements (projects and work in shop), progress, attitude, and work ethic in relation to their individual ability. These categories are assigned a grade, and then the Unit 10 grading scale is used to determine quarter grades. Students are expected to view each day in the workshop as though they were employed there. Students are expected to develop good work habits, exhibit initiative, and incorporate cooperation as part of their normal daily routines.
6. All CHS discipline policies will be followed with a number of additional rules as they apply to safety in the workshop. Students may remove their nametags while inside the workshop for safety concerns.
7. Quarter 1:
1. Review of Introduction to Woodworking information: tools, safety, terms, standards, quality standards, fabrication, planning, and concepts.
2. Advanced techniques: Mitre saw, stack cutting, shortcuts.
3. Advanced fabrication: Mass production techniques, woodlathe
Quarter 2:
1. Christmas projects
2. Mass production, district projects
3. Advanced joinery: handcut dovetail joints, rabbet joints, frames
Quarter 3:
1. Cabinet theory: Construction, design, and variations
2. Manufacturing methods: small shop to factory
3. Design: Simple drawings, bill of materials, steps of procedure
4. Begin work on cabinets
Quarter 4:
1. Drawer construction
2. Cabinet door construction
3. Complete cabinet project
8. Classroom Climate:
Students in the woodshop are expected to behave as though they are employees on a jobsite. The reason for the distinction is that employees are typically held to a higher standard of job performance, attitude, and learning then are students. In addition, employees are expected to take an active role in caring for their workplace, and to work together as a team to learn their jobs and to complete assignments.