LockwoodSTEM is a lesson hub for course lessons, FabLab resources, engineering design workflows, and classroom systems used in the Academy of Advanced Aerospace Engineering at Cornerstone Charter Academy.
This site is designed to help you move from ideas to evidence. Lessons connect design thinking, technical communication, CAD, programming, prototyping, testing, and reflection so you can build confidence as problem solvers.
You are expected to sketch, model, build, test, revise, and explain their decisions. The goal is not just completing a project; the goal is developing the habits engineers use to communicate and improve their work.
LockwoodSTEM organizes course materials, unit pages, lesson pages, resources, and FabLab supports in one place.
Introduction to Engineering Design focuses on design process, sketching, measurement, CAD, prototyping, technical drawings, and portfolio-ready documentation.
Principles of Engineering connects mechanisms, systems, structures, energy, circuits, data, and engineering analysis through applied design challenges.
Advanced Manufacturing introduces automation, robotic workcells, sensors, digital twins, CNC manufacturing, aerospace production, and Industry 4.0 workflows.
The academy uses aerospace-themed problems to help you practice engineering habits in a focused context. You will apply classroom concepts to rockets, rovers, mechanisms, manufacturing systems, technical documentation, and design challenges.
The FabLab supports hands-on learning with student workstations, digital fabrication tools, robotics equipment, engineering notebooks, and certification-based safety systems.
Notebook entries, sketches, screenshots, code, photos, test data, and reflections show how the work developed.
You are encouraged to use feedback and testing results to make their designs stronger.
FabLab access depends on safe habits, tool certification, PPE, and responsible use of equipment.
Strong engineering work includes clear decisions, constraints, technical details, and final explanations.
Start with your course page, open the current unit, and follow the lesson pathway in order.
Choose review, enrichment, aerospace, competition, and creative challenges.
