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Download full textSociety of the Plastics Industry, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1997
Designed to guide training and curriculum development to prepare machine operators for the national certification exam, this publication identifies the important knowledge required for productive performance by a plastics machine operator. Introductory material discusses the rationale for a national standard, uses of the Body of Knowledge,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Certificates, Job Analysis, Job Skills
Keroack, Maurice L. – School Shop, 1975
Training for a career in the new technologies of plastics is traced through appropriate junior high school and high school level courses and on through college plastics technology programs. (EA)
Descriptors: High Schools, Industrial Arts, Industrial Education, Junior High Schools
John Deere Co., Moline, IL. – 1974
This manual on methods of repairing damaged components and parts made of fiberglass/plastics is one of a series of texts and visual aids on operation, diagnosis, and repair of engine powered vehicles. Materials provide basic information with illustrations for use by vocational students and teachers as well as shop servicemen and laymen. Focusing…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Auto Body Repairers, Equipment Maintenance
Washington State Coordinating Council for Occupational Education, Olympia. – 1973
The guide is designed to provide a basis for effective communication between local education agencies and local advisory committees regarding industrial plastics eudcation and to communicate national and statewide program requirements so that local advisory committees may recommend program requirements that meet local needs with due concern for…
Descriptors: Course Content, Guides, Industrial Arts, Industrial Education
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. – 1960
Several aspects of plastics used in the building industry are discussed, and a general information format for specifying plastics in building construction is given. This format includes--(1) description of product, (2) physical properties, (3) design criteria, (4) installation, (5) maintenance, (6) economics, and (7) case histories. Several uses…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Building Design, Building Systems, Ceilings
Peer reviewedIngen-Housz, A. J. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1987
Presents an overview of the teaching of plastics at various levels of technological education in the Netherlands focusing on mechanical engineering. Highlights the design process and discusses the Dutch perspective of the role of materials engineering in engineering curricula. (ML)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Engineering Education, Engineering Technology
Martin, Gail M. – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1980
Discusses career opportunities, educational requirements, and information sources in these emerging professions: environmental, biomedical, fire protection, ocean, energy, ceramic, and plastics engineering. (SK)
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Ceramics, Degree Requirements, Employment Opportunities
Peer reviewedThomas, Ken – Physics Education, 1980
Discusses the increasing role of the physicist in plastics technology. Relationships of molecular structure to material behavior, design which is related to the material, and the practical problems of fabricating a material into an article are included. (HM)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Industrial Arts
Peer reviewedMoseley, Christine – Science Activities, 2000
Presents an environmental science activity designed to enhance students' awareness of the hazards of plastic waste for wildlife in aquatic environments. Discusses how students can take steps to reduce the effects of plastic waste. (WRM)
Descriptors: Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Habitats
Hess, Harry; And Others – Man/Society/Technology, 1975
A process based on a systems analysis approach to tasks is proposed for developing a curriculum for the study of plastics. The process may be used with any subject area, at any grade level, to validate the concepts selected, the performance objective developed, the time allotted, and the teaching strategies selected. (AG)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1984
This curriculum guide provides materials for the industrial arts (grades 7-9) subject cluster of manufacturing. This subject cluster has four areas of study: metalwork, plastics, woodwork, and manufacturing. Introductory materials include an overview of the industrial arts curriculum in its entirety, a listing of program objectives for each of the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Curriculum Guides, Finishing
O'Hara, Kathryn; And Others – 1986
The public has become increasingly aware that marine wildlife sometimes becomes entangled in fishing gear, such as dolphins in tuna nets. However, little is known about how widespread entanglement is and what its impacts are. If conclusions can be drawn from what few data do exist, the picture is an alarming one. Each year fishing activity causes…
Descriptors: Animals, Conservation (Environment), Endangered Species, Environmental Education
Claus, Robert; And Others – 1981
This course guide for a plastic technology course is one of four developed for the production area in the North Dakota senior high industrial arts education program. (Eight other guides are available for two other areas of Industrial Arts--energy/power and graphic communications.) Part 1 provides such introductory information as a definition and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Careers, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
American Industrial Arts Association, Washington, DC. Equipment Guide Committee. – 1967
A guide for planning new and revising existing industrial arts facilities which gives a listing of tools and equipment recommended for each of the major areas of instruction (automotive and power mechanics, ceramics, drafting, electronics, elementary, general shop, graphic arts, metalworking, plastics, and woodworking). General descriptions and…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Ceramics, Drafting, Electronics
Producers' Council, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1965
Present educators, architects, engineers, and building product manufacturers with a medium of common interest for discussion of mutual school construction problems, objectives, needs, ideas, capabilities and limitations. Contents include--(1) modern wood construction, (2) school room in a steel mill, (3) masonry in new school design, (4) the…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Construction Materials, Doors, Educational Facilities Design
