WELDER: A WORLD OF WELDING
LESSON PLAN OVERVIEW Career: Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers use hand-held or remotely controlled equipment to join or cut metal parts using heat to melt and fuse metal pieces to form a permanent bond. Welders work in shipbuilding, automobile manufacturing, building construction, aviation and aerospace development, and thousands of other industries. Lesson: This lesson plan provides activities for students to learn what welders do by learning about the different types of welding, welding materials, and industries that employ welders. Students will then test their welding skills by designing and simulating welding a tower together with glue, and testing the strength of the tower. Grade Level: Middle Grades Learning Objectives: 〉 〉 〉 〉
Students will explore the career of a welder by learning some of the basics of welding. Students will identify different types of welding, welding materials, and industries that utilize welding. Students will experience welding by designing and welding an object together and then test its strength. Students will gain an insight into the welding profession, including common job tasks, salary, career pathway, and credentials required to perform the job.
Materials Needed: Activity #1: The Welding World 〉
Student Worksheet: The Welding World
Activity #2: The Strength of Welding 〉 〉 〉 〉 〉 〉
TABLE OF CONTENTS Lesson Plan Overview ............. 1 Teacher Guide ......................... 2 Lesson Instructions ...................2 Class Message & Video ..............2 Class Discussion Questions ........3 Activities Overview ...................3 Career Insight ......................... 4 Standards Alignments ............. 5 Educator Rubric ....................... 6 Activity #1: The Welding World ..................................... 7 Instructions .............................7 Handouts.................................8 Activity #2: The Strength of Welding ................................... 9
Student Worksheet: The Strength of Welding Organize individually or in groups Instructions .............................9 Cardboard, scissors, and markers Handouts............................... 11 Hot glue gun or liquid glue Testing items: range of light to heavy items such as pen, rubber eraser, highlighter, handheld calculator, stapler, book, etc.. Meter stick and scale for measuring the effectiveness of the tower
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