Engineering Technology Education Mission Statement
The mission of the Blaine County Engineering Technology Curriculum is to empower students to become effective problem solvers, collaborators, innovators and communicators. Through standards based projects, Blaine County students will investigate the nature of technology, technology’s impact on society, the design process, and abilities of a technologically designed world.
Embedded within these projects, students will apply science, technology, engineering, mathematics
and the following 21st Century skills.
Learning and innovation skills
• Creativity and innovation
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Communication and collaboration
Life and Career skills
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Initiative and self-direction
• Social and Cross Cultural Skills
• Productivity and accountability
Definition of Engineering Technology
Engineering is the means by which humans solve problems, fill needs, and create new
products and procedures.
Technology is every process or innovation that humans have or will have designed,
invented or constructed to solve a problem or fill a need.
Engineering Technology Design Process Loop (problem solving strategy)
Identify the problem
Research problem and explore information
Apply research and test designs
Investigate and evaluate results
Modify—Retest—Communicate
The mission of the Blaine County Engineering Technology Curriculum is to empower students to become effective problem solvers, collaborators, innovators and communicators. Through standards based projects, Blaine County students will investigate the nature of technology, technology’s impact on society, the design process, and abilities of a technologically designed world.
Embedded within these projects, students will apply science, technology, engineering, mathematics
and the following 21st Century skills.
Learning and innovation skills
• Creativity and innovation
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Communication and collaboration
Life and Career skills
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Initiative and self-direction
• Social and Cross Cultural Skills
• Productivity and accountability
Definition of Engineering Technology
Engineering is the means by which humans solve problems, fill needs, and create new
products and procedures.
Technology is every process or innovation that humans have or will have designed,
invented or constructed to solve a problem or fill a need.
Engineering Technology Design Process Loop (problem solving strategy)
Identify the problem
Research problem and explore information
Apply research and test designs
Investigate and evaluate results
Modify—Retest—Communicate