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Scheme of Work Qualification: BETC National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering/Year (2),Class (A) Unit No:19 Unit Title: Mathematics

For Engineering Technicians


REF. Week1&2 CONTENT Be able to transpose formulae to simplify and solve mathematical problems. POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES Whole class teaching Introduction to unit
scheme of work assessment requirements. Manipulation techniques: 1. rearrangement of formulae to determine new subjects; 2. use of given and rearranged formulae to evaluate data. Mathematical problems: 1. trigonometric problems; 2. binomial theorem applied to errors; 3. laws of indices; 4. complex formulae and expressions including logarithms, fractional powers and roots; 5. compound fractions; 6. partial fractions.

RESOURCES Interactive white board. PowerPoint presentation (Teaching slides) Printed Lecture Notes.

Students feedback questions and comments related to

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the present lecture.

Week3&4

Be able to transpose formulae to simplify and solve mathematical problems.

Recap Students feedback questions and comments related to previous lecture. Quiz. Whole class teaching Recap Students feedback questions and comments related to previous lecture. Whole class teaching

Interactive white board. PowerPoint presentation (Teaching slides) Printed Lecture Notes. Interactive white board. PowerPoint presentation (Teaching slides) Printed Lecture Notes.

Week5&6

Be able to transpose formulae to simplify and solve mathematical problems.

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Week7&8

Be able to transpose formulae to simplify and solve mathematical problems.

Recap Students feedback questions and comments related to previous lecture. Quiz. Whole class teaching

Interactive white board. PowerPoint presentation (Teaching slides) Printed Lecture Notes.

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Week9&10

Understand and apply mathematical techniques to process data for a variety of engineering-related problems.

Recap Students feedback questions and comments related to previous lecture. Whole class teaching

Interactive white board. PowerPoint presentation (Teaching slides) Printed Lecture Notes.

Engineering-related problems: 1. irregular areas and volumes using standard formulae;

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Week11&12 Understand and apply mathematical


techniques to process data for a variety of engineering-related problems.

Recap Students feedback questions and comments related to previous lecture. Quiz. Whole class teaching
2. numerical integration methods for irregular areas;

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Week13&14

Understand and apply mathematical techniques to process data for a variety of engineering-related problems.

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3. arithmetical calculation of various properties of sections including: a. cross-sectional area; b. location of centroid; c. neutral axis;

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Week15&16

Understand and apply mathematical techniques to process data for a variety of engineering-related problems.

Recap Students feedback questions and comments related to previous lecture. Quiz. Whole class teaching
d. moment of inertia; e. section modulus; f. Radius of gyration for simple, regular and irregular shapes.

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Week17&18

Understand and apply mathematical techniques to process data for a variety of engineering-related problems.

Recap Students feedback questions and comments related to previous lecture. Quiz. Whole class teaching

Interactive white board. PowerPoint presentation (Teaching slides) Printed Lecture Notes.

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Week19&20 Know how to apply the principles of

differential and integral calculus to solve practical engineering problems.

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Basic differentiation techniques 1. Definition of a derivative (coefficient of differentiation); 2. Differentiation of sums and differences of functions; 3. Differentiation of products and quotients of functions; 4. Differentiation of a function of a function; 5. Finding second order derivatives; 6. Finding the location of stationary points and the solution of appropriate problems involving maxima and minima. Basic differentiation techniques applied to: 1. Algebraic functions ; 2. trigonometric functions and; 3. logarithmic functions; 4. exponential functions.

Interactive white board. PowerPoint presentation (Teaching slides) Printed Lecture Notes.

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Week21&22 Know how to apply the principles of

differential and integral calculus to solve practical engineering problems.

Recap Students feedback questions and comments related to previous lecture. Whole class teaching

Interactive white board. PowerPoint presentation (Teaching slides) Printed Lecture Notes.

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Week23&24 Know how to apply the principles of

differential and integral calculus to solve practical engineering problems.

Recap Students feedback questions and comments related to previous lecture. Whole class teaching

Interactive white board. PowerPoint presentation (Teaching slides) Printed Lecture Notes.

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Week25&26 Know how to apply the principles of

differential and integral calculus to solve practical engineering problems.

Recap Students feedback questions and comments related to previous lecture. Whole class teaching

Basic integration techniques for Indefinite and definite integration. Indefinite and definite integration techniques applied to: 1. Algebraic functions ; 2. trigonometric functions and; 3. exponential functions.

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the solution of problems involving: 1. centroids; 2. moments of inertia; 3. areas under curves; 4. volumes of revolution.

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Week27&28 Be able to produce appropriate and


accurate solutions to engineering problems using various statistical methods.

Recap Students feedback questions and comments related to previous lecture. Whole class teaching

Presentation of data: 1. histograms; 2. frequency graphs; 3. cumulative frequency graphs. Use of graphs and standard formulae to determine: 1. measurements of central tendency; ( for grouped and ungrouped data); a. mean; b. mode; c. median.

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2. measurements of Dispersion; ( for grouped and ungrouped data) a. standard deviation; b. quartiles; c. deciles; d. percentiles; Sampling distributions: normal distribution tables; confidence limits; significance testing; large samples only

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Week29&30 Be able to produce appropriate and


accurate solutions to engineering problems using various statistical methods.

Recap Students feedback questions and comments related to previous lecture. Whole class teaching

Interactive white board. PowerPoint presentation (Teaching slides) Printed Lecture Notes.

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