Let the Chips Fall Where They May: A SCALE K-12 Curriculum Unit

By Tamara J. Moore1; Rachel E Gehr2; Christine McDonnell2; Jenna Farrington3; Lisa Roetker4; Wendy Towle4; Siddika Selcen Guzey5; Kerrie Douglas1; Morgan M Hynes1; Greg J. Strimel6; SCALE K127

1. Engineering Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 3. St James Lutheran School, Lafayette, IN 4. Lafayette School Corporation, Lafayette, IN 5. Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 6. Technology Leadership & Innovation, Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 7. SCALE K-12, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

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Grade Level

Middle School and High School Geometry

Approximate Time Needed to Complete Unit

Approximately 10 50-minute class periods

Unit Summary

Geti Games is experiencing a surge in demand for a new gaming controller, and the existing process used by their suppliers for manufacturing microchips is not able to keep up. Skylar Geti, the CEO of Geti Games, is asking the student engineers for help to understand the microchip manufacturing process while assessing whether to bring the manufacturing process in-house. Students are tasked with calculating silicon wafer waste, silicon wafer production, silicon boule waste, and ultimately designing an efficient process to layout a silicon wafer. In teams, students will used evidence-based reasoning to select a process to recommend to the client, and will test and evaluate the design selected using a decision criteria matrix. Finally, students will communicate their solution, justifying it with evidence.

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Author order: Tamara Moore, Rachel Gehr, Christine McDonnell, Jenna Farrington, Lisa Roetker, Wendy Towle, Selcen Guzey, Kerrie Douglas, Morgan Hynes, Greg Strimel

Teacher Authors
Jenna Farrington
Lisa Roetker
Wendy Towle


Program Authors
Tamara Moore
Rachel Gehr
Christine McDonnell
Selcen Guzey
Kerrie Douglas
Morgan Hynes
Greg Strimel


Contributor
Peter Bermel

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This work was created with support from the U.S. Department of Defense [Contract No. W52P1J-22-9-3009] and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation [Contract No. A281-3-IPF-1028 424208].

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  • Tamara J. Moore, Rachel E Gehr, Christine McDonnell, Jenna Farrington, Lisa Roetker, Wendy Towle, Siddika Selcen Guzey, Kerrie Douglas, Morgan M Hynes, Greg J. Strimel, SCALE K12 (2024), "Let the Chips Fall Where They May: A SCALE K-12 Curriculum Unit," https://nanohub.org/resources/39066.

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Anne DeLion, Rena Ann Sterrett

Engineering Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Tags

  1. has NGSS
  2. high school
  3. manufacturing
  4. Mathematics
  5. middle school
  6. NGSS HS-ETS1-1
  7. SCALE K-12
  8. SCALE (Scalable Asymmetric Lifecycle Engagement)