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Compass

Regular price $750.00
  • 1 Year
  • 3 Years

Compass

Individual Units in this Course:

Properties of Flight

This unit reviews the history of flight, parts of a plane, and the four forces of flight. Students use the forces of flight to design, construct, and modify a paper airplane that flies the farthest.

  • 2-3 Hours
Manufacturing a Product

This unit reviews the components that make up the manufacturing process such as safety, design, purchasing, processing, production, packaging, and distribution.

  • 2-4 Hours
Engineering Draw and Measure

In this unit, students will master engineering fundamentals — from ruler-based measurement (to 1/16") and orthographic drawings to 3D modeling in Onshape, while learning measurement tolerance (to 0.001") with dial calipers.

  • 4-6 Hours
Electronics and Coding

In this unit, students will explore coding and problem-solving through MIT's Scratch platform while mastering Arduino microcontroller fundamentals. They'll begin by learning analog and digital input/output systems, then progress to programming components like LEDs, switches, photoresistors, and servos.

  • 6-12 Hours
Transportation

In this unit, students explore how transportation impacts daily life. First, they investigate vehicles, subsystems, regulations, and processes while designing or modifying balsa gliders for optimal hang time. They will also examine transportation safety and study friction effects.

  • 2-4 Hours
Medical Technologies

In this unit, students explore medical science through hands-on investigations: analyzing bacterial growth under varied conditions, studying virus transmission and blood pressure mechanics, and applying medical innovations by designing surgical instruments and practicing first aid techniques.

  • 2-4 Hours
Acoustics and Electromagnetism

In this unit, students investigate electromagnetic forces by creating electromagnets, crafting speakers to understand sound waves, and building ukuleles to explore energy conversion and sound science —progressing from particle-level concepts to functional device creation.

  • 2-6 Hours
Architecture and Construction

In this unit, students progress from 2D architectural drawings (floor plans and elevations using professional scales) to 3D model fabrication, developing practical skills in technical drafting, personalized design expression, and physical model construction through hands-on projects.

  • 2-4 Hours
Environmental and Agricultural Concepts

In this unit, students examine agriculture-environment connections through analyzing food systems and hydroponic , designing sustainable buildings, and constructing greenhouses or flood-proof homes — gaining hands-on experience in solving ecological problems through science and engineering.

  • 3-5 Hours
Structures

In this unit, students become structural engineers — first discovering how shapes affect stability with notecard constructions, then competing to build the strongest balsa tower, and finally mastering bridge physics by designing high-efficiency balsa bridges. They will learn to optimize both form and function in structural design.

  • 1-4 Hours
Electricity

In this unit, students explore electricity through progressive challenges: from basic circuits in greeting cards to schematic-driven flashlights and custom circuitry games , building expertise in series/parallel systems, component use, and safe electrical design.

  • 2-4 Hours

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