Comprehension Instructional Sequence Model Lesson Plans: Electronics Assembly

Unit Description:

FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing, has developed a curriculum to prepare students for careers in manufacturing. These Comprehension Instructional Sequence Model (CIS) Lesson Plans are intended to “build learners’ background knowledge in STEM areas, expand their vocabularies, and to promote reading and writing success.” Each model lesson includes materials based around reading, research, industry tours, and reflection through discussion and essay writing.

This lesson is part of the Comprehension Instructional Sequence Model (CIS) Lesson Plans.

Lesson Description:

This model lesson from FLATE focuses on electronics assembly, and asks students to consider technologies like flexible cell phone screens and transistors. In completing this lesson, students will: 1) Explore various types of electronics assembly, 2) Identify the steps of electronics assembly processes, and 3) Discover how new electronics assembly processes affect new engineered devices.

The completion of the lesson in full takes four 50-minute class periods. Resources available as part of this lesson include a Teacher Lesson Plan & Grading Rubric, a Teacher Lesson Guide Presentation, a Lesson Article, a Student Worksheet, and a Company Profile Worksheet.

For orientation purposes, viewers should begin with CIS Teacher Lesson MFG Day.pdf, which is included as a separate attachment. This document offers a description of the lesson as well as an overview of topics covered and the intended audience.

Lesson Contents:

The Lesson Plan document includes lesson objectives and expectations, relevant Common Core standards, required materials and supplies, a detailed sequence for both teacher presentation and student completion of the lesson, and a grading rubric for the essay that serves as evidence of student achievement.

The PowerPoint presentation covers an introduction to electronics assembly, basic vocabulary, directions for student activities and assignments, and class discussion questions.

The 2013 article, titled “Coming to a Printer Near You: Electronics Manufacturing” covers advances in printing electronic components for use in the lesson.

The five page Student Worksheet, designed to be used throughout the four day lesson, includes space for students to think critically both before and after reading the article, a page for directed note-taking, and space to compose their reflective essay.

The Company Profile worksheet guides students in finding information online to answer questions about a manufacturing company.

Below is a list of the files contained within the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.

Electronics Assembly (5 files, 2.8MB)

• Electronics Assembly Lesson Plan (1_CIS Teacher Lesson MFG Day_Electronics Assembly.doc 1.5MB)
• Electronics Assembly Presentation (2_Electronic Assembly_Presentation.pptx 975KB)
• Coming to a Printer Near You: Electronics Manufacturing Article (4_Article_Coming to a Printer Near You.pdf 98KB)
• Electronics Assembly Student Worksheet (5a_Student Worksheet Electronics Assembly Questions and Essay.pdf 126KB)
• Company Profile (6_Company Profile Worksheet.pdf 65KB)