WELDER: ROBOTICS VS MANUAL 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 about manual welding and robotic welding and how they are used in the workplace. Students will then test their welding skills by designing and “welding” a structure together using glue and testing its strength. Grade Level: High School Learning Objectives: 〉 〉 〉 〉
Students will explore the career of welding by learning some of the basics of welding. Students will identify the types of welding and learn when to use robotic vs manual welding. Students will test their skills by designing and constructing a popsicle stick tower and testing its strength. Students will gain an insight into the welder profession, including common job tasks, salary, career pathway, and credentials required to perform the job.
Materials Needed: Activity #1: Robotic Welding vs Manual Welding 〉 〉
Student Worksheet: What is Welding? Optional - bring in one or two things that have been welded (bicycle, skateboard, etc.) for students to see the welding joints and seams before looking for things in the classroom that are welded.
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 Educator Rubric ....................... 6 Activity #1: Robotic Welding vs Manual Welding? ..................... 7 Instructions .............................7 Handouts.................................8 Activity #2: The Art of Welding 9 Instructions .............................9 Handouts............................... 11
Activity #2: The Strength of Welding 〉 〉 〉 〉 〉
Student Worksheet: The Art of Welding Popsicle sticks Hot glue gun Strength testing items: a range of light to heavy objects (pen, rubber eraser, highlighter, hand-held calculator, stapler, book, etc.) Ruler for measuring the height of student towers
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