TECHNOLOGY
The Technology Project involved John Gallagher and Eamon
Griffin from Abbey, Fred Gallagher from Arranmore, Michael
Ward from Glenties and Noel Ward from Carrick. There are
various Technology subjects taught in Irish schools including
Metalwork (Senior and Junior level), Woodwork (Junior
level), Construction studies and Technical Drawing (Senior
and Junior level). The teachers used this site to publish
information about sites which are useful for Technology
subjects like the ones above, and also to provide some
news and resources about projects our students are doing.
Here you'll
see how Fred Gallagher's students used the internet when
preparing the design for their woodwork task.
Here
you'll find project ideas for students who were doing
the Junior Certificate New Technology in 2003.
Here
you'll find out what students doing the Leaving Certificate
Engineering had to design during 2003.
Here
you'll find some ideas for the design of a Pressure Gauge
for Leaving Cert Engineering Project 2003.
Here
are photos of what some of the students from each school
made in the academic year 2001/2002.
For example, students doing the Junior Certificate examination
(age 15/16) in materials technology wood (MTW) had to
design and make a project as part of this exam. Noel Ward
gave the following choices to his students in 2001/2002.Take
a look at what
Noel Ward`s students made.
Another example is the brief of a
fifth year Engineering Project from Michael Wards class
in 2002. As birds can be a nuisance
in the garden Michael Ward's students were asked to design
a Wind powered mechanism which will act as a deterrent.
The mechanism should include : (a) An acoustic deterrent.
(b) A visual deterrent. (c) A device that cuts in at low
wind speeds that will operate both deterrents. Here you
can see two
projects designed and manufactured by two of the students
of the Comprehensive School in Glenties to solve the above
problem.
Here
are some sites particularly focused on Technology which
you might find useful:
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