Members of the Buchholz (Florida) High School Drafting Club have won hundreds of skill contest awards in the form of fair ribbons, scholarships, cash, drafting equipment, and software. The club is open to drafting students with an overall C average who agree to participate in fund raising and community service activities. (Author/JOW)

The curriculum outline is designed to aid the instructor in developing a more complete course of study and in presenting a more consistent drafting and design program for intermediate and secondary school students. The guide is introduced by a discussion of objectives fundamental to a sound program of industrial arts education, followed by an…

This is a workbook for students learning advanced blueprint reading for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning applications. The workbook contains eight units covering the following material: architectural working drawings; architectural symbols and dimensions; basic architectural electrical symbols; wiring symbols; basic piping symbols;…

In order to accommodate both the formal and informal curriculum and to best satisfy the philosophy of a school district, the development of educational specifications is prerequisite to the process of designing a school facility. Educational specifications consist of a series of interrelated statements that describe the physical requirements of…

Presents techniques for using the overhead projector to help beginning drafting students visualize concepts involving situations where the plane of projection is not parallel to the surface being considered, such as the circle as an ellipse, the true sizes of acute and right angles, and sizes and shapes of oblique surfaces. (TA)

Students should be introduced to the mechanics of drafting at the beginning of their legal studies and they should be given exercises to enable them to demonstrate that they have mastered those mechanics. (Author)

To increase the relevancy of classroom instruction in Electronics Drafting'' to the needs of industry, a questionnaire was used to survey opinions of drafting managers and lead draftsmen working in the field of electronics drafting. Questionnaire results were then used to design a unit of instruction geared to industry priorities. (KP)

The author has microfilmed chalkboard drawings of problem solutions and employed the individualized frames as slides for projection. Copies are availabe to Arizona junior college technical drafting departments from the State Department of Education. (JK)

To help drafting students visualize what three-dimensional objects will look like when they are presented in only two dimensions. (Author/MU)

Describes how basic drafting content was presented to secondary students by emulating industrial techniques. (GR)

Results indicated that Down's syndrome children are delayed in their language development compared to nonretarded children of the same developmental age. This language delay appears to be related to deficiencies in vocal imitation skills but is not related to general sensorimotor functioning. (Author)