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KODIAK HIGH SCHOOL DRAFTING

Learning by Design

KHS drafting students study architects & architectural history:

  • Greeks
  • Romans
  • Middle Ages
  • Renaissance
  • Industrial revolution
  • Modern Era

Archiectural History

Acropolis
Athens, Greece

 

Modern Style
Concrete,Steel & Glass
Southern California

 

    KHS drafting students learn
    about:

  • Architectural styles
  • Famous architects
  • Great buildings
  • The opportunity to create a home design using AutoCAD design software.
  • 3-D modeling and flyby animation effects.
  • Cost estimation in home construction.
  • Scale model construction of their own design.


Frank Lloyd Wright

 

 

Fallingwater, Bear Run Creek, PA.
Frank Lloyd Wright

 

KHS drafting students learn career Skills:

  • project management
  • teamwork
  • problem solving
  • computer skills
  • mechanical design

 

Career Information

Job Opportunities explained at KHS
Career Day, 2004

 

 

 

Drafting II
Structural Model

 

 

KHS drafting students acquire practical skills:

  • AutoCAD design software
  • home layout and design
  • building codes & safe design practices
  • stairway and roof math
  • cost estimation procedures
  • 3-D drawings
  • floor plans, foundation plans, building sections, and elevation drawings.

CAD/Design software

 

Constructing a scale model

  • Patience
  • Teamwork
  • Alot of wood
  • A good set of working drawings

 

Learning AutoCAD design software

 

Architectural
Mechanical
CAD lab
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