Learning Targets
- Set up the binder-based engineering notebook system.
- Explain chronological organization and table-of-contents routines.
- Locate course resources, templates, downloads, and submission locations.
IED Unit 0 • Lesson 0.2
Engineering Notebook Setup & Course Resources
Focus Question: How will you organize evidence so your engineering work can be understood later?
Mission Briefing
Today’s Plan
Set up the physical and digital systems that will keep engineering evidence organized all year.
Learning Targets
Success Looks Like…
Your binder and digital files are organized so another person can find and understand your work.
Core habit: Record work in order and use consistent names so decisions remain traceable.
Opening prompt
Notebook purpose
Binder setup
Resource access
File naming
Readiness check
Debrief
Opening Prompt
What makes a notebook useful later?
Think beyond neatness: what must another person be able to find or understand?
Quick class share: Name one piece of engineering evidence that would be difficult to recreate if it were not recorded.
Reveal the working definition
An engineering notebook is a chronological evidence record.
It captures what happened, when it happened, and why decisions changed so the work can be reviewed, repeated, or improved.
Notebook System
Build the binder in the correct order
The table of contents is the map; numbered documents are the evidence trail.
Required structure
- Place the printed Table of Contents first.
- Do not number the Table of Contents.
- Start page numbering with the first actual document.
- Add new work in the order it is completed.
- Update the Table of Contents as documents are added.
Professional habits
Live Setup
Notebook Readiness Check
Complete the physical setup before moving to digital resources.
Digital Access
Confirm the course systems work
Do the access check now so project time is not lost later.
Access sequence
- Log in to Google Classroom.
- Open and bookmark the LockwoodSTEM IED Course Hub.
- Locate lesson pages, downloads, templates, and certifications.
- Confirm that required Drive or submission locations open correctly.
- Ask for help now if any account or permission fails.
Where information lives
File Naming
Make digital work findable
A useful name should make sense before the file is opened.
Which name is stronger?
- 1finalfinal2.pptx
- 2Lockwood_Jonathan_Unit0_PaperAirplaneEvidence.pptx
Reveal the stronger file name
Best answer: 2
It identifies the student, unit, and assignment without opening the file. Avoid vague names such as final, new, or thing.
Check: Save files in the correct location and keep a backup when work is important.
Mission Debrief
What You Submit
Most of today’s evidence is verified live rather than uploaded.
Course Setup Check
No formal digital submission unless your teacher gives a separate direction.
Lesson 0.3
Safety Acknowledgment, PPE & FabLab Orientation
Open Lesson 0.3Resources
Lesson 0.2 Resources
Use only the files and references that support today’s work.
Lesson 0.2 Student Presentation
Google Slides-friendly 16:9 lesson deck with question slides followed by separate answer-reveal slides.
Engineering Notebook Table of Contents
Print the unnumbered table of contents for the front of the binder.
IED Course Hub
Use the course hub to locate units, lesson pages, downloads, and certifications.