Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part LXXXI - Bulletin 110-Technology Education Content Standards Curriculum Framework
Subpart 1 - Standards and Benchmarks
Chapter 25 - High School Standards and Benchmarks
Subchapter E - Energy, Power, and Transportation Technology
Section LXXXI-2535 - Focus Statement

A. This curriculum has been designed to facilitate teaching the course in two distinct parts. The first semester focuses on energy and power while the second semester focuses on transportation. The study of various power, energy and transportation systems and the technological, environmental, and societal impacts associated with them will be the focus.

B. Energy, Power, and Transportation. This technology investigates the sources of energy, as well as the methods of controlling, converting, and transmitting energy. The course is designed for students to understand the common and alternative sources of energy. Students will use terminology and units of measurement related to energy systems, as well as compare and evaluate past, present, and emerging energy systems.

C. Power Mechanics. This technology investigates in-depth exploration in the field of Power Mechanics. Of primary concern are the various power conversion and generation systems and the productive utilization of those systems. Students will study and develop basic competencies in working with mechanical systems, fluid power systems, electrical systems, and internal and external combustion systems.

D. Physics of Technology I and II. This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the use of process skills as an integral part of science activities. Students will be provided the opportunity to develop those intellectual processes of inquiry and thought by which scientific phenomena are explained, measured, predicted, organized, and communicated. These experiences will serve to reinforce scientific concepts. Work-based learning strategies appropriate for this course include field trips, service learning, and job shadowing. This course and technology Student Association technical and leadership activities enhance skills essential for students interested in technical and engineering career fields.