Grade
12 - Tools and Equipment
This organizer contains the
following sections:
Prescribed Learning Outcomes
Suggested Instructional Strategies
Suggested Assessment Strategies
Recommended Learning Resources
PRESCRIBED
LEARNING OUTCOMES
It is
expected that students will:
- construct dovetail and
mortise-and-tenon joints, using hand tools
- produce a variety of
edge-to-edge joins, including tongue-and-groove, dowels, and splines/biscuits
- describe basic cabinet
construction
- machine and assemble
basic cabinet components, including a stile-and-rail panel and a drawer
SUGGESTED
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
- Provide students with
the drawing of a single through dovetail joint. Have students select the appropriate
layout and cutting tools to produce this joint by hand. Once the correct selection
of tools is made, have students produce the joint using those hand tools.
- Provide students with
plans for a small project utilizing single and multiple dovetails joints (e.g.,
foot stool). Have students calculate the material required and produce a bill
of materials and a cutting list. Have students build the project using appropriate
layout and hand tools. The material should be dressed to required dimensions
using stationary equipment.
- As a class project or
in groups, take on a contract to build a set of cabinets for use within the
school. Have students use basic cabinet construction techniques and install
the appropriate hardware for the intended use.
- Have students create
signs, games, toys, etc., using a Computer Numeric Control (CNC) router.
- Have students work in
groups to decide which piece of stationary equipment they would choose if
they could only have one choice. Each group should provide a rationale for
its decision, and describe the range of work possible and limitations of the
selected piece of equipment.
SUGGESTED
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
- Using a plan for a set
of cabinets to be built as class projects, determine students' understanding
of the importance of various aspects of cabinet construction by having them
suggest criteria for evaluating their work. Assess their ability to indicate
criteria such as:
- accuracy of dimensions
for parts
- squareness of parts
- accuracy of joints
- tightness of glued
joints
- appropriateness of
chosen joints
- squareness of entire
cabinet set
- drawer and door
fit and operation
- uniformity of hardware
positioning
- surface preparation
(if applicable)
- quality of finish
(if applicable).
- After students have constructed
drawers and stile-and-rail panels, give them an opportunity to compare their
parts with those that have already been produced in the appropriate manner.
Observe and assess the extent to which the students' work aligns with the
model, according to the following:
- parts which should
be the same size are indeed the same size
- parts have square
ends
- joinery is appropriate
to the drawer or panel
- joints are well made
and tight
- adequate clearances
are given for any solid wood panel in frames
- drawers and panels
are glued together squarely
- drawers fit into
the opening with the appropriate clearance (i.e., fitted to student's
project)
- stile-and-rail panels
for doors fit with the appropriate clearance (i.e., fitted to student's
project).
RECOMMENDED
LEARNING RESOURCES
Print
Materials
- Exploring Woodworking
- Modern Cabinetmaking
- Modern Woodworking
- Trades Common Core
- Wood Technology and Processes
- Working Wood
Video
- Large Wood Power Tools
I
- Large Wood Power Tools
II
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