Comprehension Instructional Sequence Model Lesson Plans: Quality Measures: Metrology

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 a collection of Comprehension Instructional Sequence Model (CIS) Lesson Plans. 

Lesson Description:

This model lesson from FLATE focuses on the role of metrology in quality control processes in manufacturing. In this introduction to the topic, students will: 1) Discover uses of metrology in manufacturing, 2) Identify variations of Quality Measurements used in manufacturing​, and 3) Analyze the types of equipment used in metrology.

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_Quality Measures Metrology, 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 metrology in manufacturing and its importance, basic vocabulary, directions for student activities and assignments, and class discussion questions.

The 2013 article, titled “Metrology Market Expected to Reach $720M by 2018” covers the recent growth of the metrology services market and those utilizing those services. 

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.

Quality Measures - Metrology (5 files, 2.8MB)

• Quality Measures Metrology Lesson Plan (1_CIS Teacher Lesson MFG Day_Quality Measures Metrology.doc 1.6MB)
• Quality Measures Metrology Presentation (2_Quality Measures Metrology_Presentation.pptx 920KB)
• Metrology Market Expected to Reach $720M by 2018 Article (4_Article_Metrology Market Reading.pdf 72KB)
• Quality Measures Metrology Student Worksheet (5a_Student Worksheet Quality Measures Metrology Questions and Essay.pdf 114KB)
• Company Profile (6_Company Profile Worksheet.pdf 65KB)