CAD floor plan modeling
Model an ER floor plan using CAD or modeling tools that satisfies your criteria and constraints.
CAD or scale floor-plan model with labeled triage zone, treatment areas, corridors, and patient-flow path, verified against design brief constraints.
- 1Do thisModel an ER floor plan using CAD or modeling tools that satisfies your criteria and constraints.
- 2Use this resource
- 3Submit thisLab report: CAD or scale floor-plan model with labeled triage zone, treatment areas, corridors, and patient-flow path, verified against design brief constraints.
- 4Submit it here
- 1CMSD website. Go to clevelandmetroschools.org and click the Clever button.
- 2Clever. Clever opens. Sign in if it asks.
- 3Microsoft (district) login. Use your district Microsoft account (the one for school).
- 4Schoology. Open Schoology, then your class, then Assignments, and find the file named below.
The file to submit is named: Biotechnology for Health (Biomedical Innovations) › Design brief, floor plan logic, staffing, process flow, safety, and human factors. › Lab reportOpen Schoology
- CER:
- Claim, Evidence, Reasoning — make a claim, back it with evidence, explain your reasoning.
- SOP:
- Standard Operating Procedure — the exact steps to follow (especially in a lab).
- Tracker:
- Your PLTW progress log where you record completed evidence.
- myPLTW:
- The PLTW course site where you do the online activities — you open it through Schoology.
Minute-by-minute · 80-minute block
💡 Big idea: A physical or digital model makes abstract design decisions testable -- you cannot evaluate a floor plan you have not drawn.
- 0-10Open the CAD or modeling tool and set the scale; review design brief criteria before touching anything
- 10-30Sketch rough floor plan on paper using Monday's pre-lab sketch as a starting point
- 30-60Model in the tool: place triage, treatment areas, corridors, and patient-flow path to scale
- 60-70Constraint check: verify each constraint in the brief is satisfied by the current layout
- 70-77Save and submit the floor-plan model file
- 77-80Exit note: one constraint you had to compromise on and how you handled it
- • Today is a hands-on build session: you will model your ER floor plan using a CAD or drawing tool.
- • Bring your design brief -- every placement decision you make today must trace back to a criterion or constraint.
- • The goal is a to-scale model that a stranger could walk through and understand.
- • Hands-on build days are lab-SOP days: work methodically, save your file often, and document changes as you go.
- 1Sketch a rough floor plan placing triage, treatment, and flow paths.
- 2Open the CAD or modeling tool and set the scale.
- 3Model rooms, corridors, and the patient-flow path.
- 4Check that the layout meets your stated constraints.
- 5Save and submit the floor-plan model.
- • Your model places stations along a logical patient-flow path.
- • Your layout satisfies your stated constraints.
- • How to use a CAD or modeling tool to create a scaled floor plan that communicates design intent.
- • How to verify that a layout satisfies the criteria and constraints in your design brief.
- • How patient-flow logic should govern the physical arrangement of rooms and corridors.
Your PLTW work today
Design brief, floor plan logic, staffing, process flow, safety, and human factors. · CAD floor plan modeling
Day 3 of this lesson. Open this exact section in myPLTW (reached through Schoology), then do the work below.
Do this: Open Problem 1 in your myPLTW course shell and locate the floor-plan modeling or prototype activity to review the tool guidance and submission format.
Mark the floor-plan modeling activity complete in your tracker after saving and submitting your model file.
The design brief is done; by end of today your CAD or scale floor-plan model with labeled patient-flow path should be submitted.
Saved CAD or scale drawing file showing triage, treatment areas, corridors, and labeled patient-flow path, submitted to Schoology.
All PLTW activities are completed inside the PLTW course environment — this page only gives direction. Submit producibles on Schoology.
Today's PLTW tracker
Check things off as you work, then submit. This tells Mr. Mendoza how you're doing so he can help the class. It does not replace turning in your producible on Schoology.
Use the code Mr. Mendoza gave you, not your name. Saved on this device.
Design brief, floor plan logic, staffing, process flow, safety, and human factors. · CAD floor plan modeling
Open Problem 1 in your myPLTW course shell and locate the floor-plan modeling or prototype activity to review the tool guidance and submission format.
The design brief is done; by end of today your CAD or scale floor-plan model with labeled patient-flow path should be submitted.
This is how Mr. Mendoza sees the class keeping pace with PLTW. Be honest, it only helps if it is accurate.
🎯 Model an ER floor plan using CAD or modeling tools that satisfies your criteria and constraints.
- Sketch a rough floor plan placing triage, treatment, and flow paths.
- Open the CAD or modeling tool and set the scale.
- Model rooms, corridors, and the patient-flow path.
- Check that the layout meets your stated constraints.
- Save and submit the floor-plan model.
Lab report: CAD or scale floor-plan model with labeled triage zone, treatment areas, corridors, and patient-flow path, verified against design brief constraints.
Submit on SchoologyUpload by 11:29 PM for full credit.
| Task | Who |
|---|---|
| Sketch a rough floor plan placing triage, treatment, and flow paths. | _______ |
| Open the CAD or modeling tool and set the scale. | _______ |
| Model rooms, corridors, and the patient-flow path. | _______ |
| Check that the layout meets your stated constraints. | _______ |
| Save and submit the floor-plan model. | _______ |
Working solo? Put your own name in "Who" for every row.
- Your model places stations along a logical patient-flow path.
- Your layout satisfies your stated constraints.
Teacher-posted resources
Classroom documents for this lesson. Ones marked “Open the file” open right here; the rest are posted in Schoology. Use the label on each card to choose the right move.
Open this when the class reaches this activity and use it to complete the required lesson artifact.
Placement rationale
Matched Prototype planning and project management by path:Biomedical-Innovations/Problem-1_Emergency-Room/1.1_Emergency-Room; keywords:gantt, project management. Score 142. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Use this if you were absent, got stuck, or need another pass before you submit the lesson artifact.
Placement rationale
Matched Prototype planning and project management by path:Biomedical-Innovations/Problem-1_Emergency-Room/00_Problem-Overview; keywords:gantt, design. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
Open this when the class reaches this activity and use it to complete the required lesson artifact.
Placement rationale
Matched Prototype planning and project management by path:Biomedical-Innovations/Problem-1_Emergency-Room/1.1_Emergency-Room; keywords:design. Score 134. Visibility: student-schoology (student-facing resource; link through Schoology rather than local path).
How to get there: open the CMSD website, click Clever, sign in with your Microsoft (district) account, then open Schoology from Clever.
Lab & supplies
- • Digital tools only today -- no physical construction materials.
- • Save your work to the school-approved cloud location, not only to local device storage.
- • Do not install unapproved software; use only school-authorized CAD tools.
- • Protect the integrity of your design file: do not share edit access with students outside your team.
WebXam practice
Cumulative WebXam review
A quick mixed-review pulling questions from earlier units plus today, so the WebXam material stays fresh.
Where this leads — careers
What today's skills lead to. These are real health-science careers this course builds toward. Tap one to see, on the US Department of Labor's O*NET site, what the job actually involves, what it pays, and how fast it is growing.
What to do if you were absent
Build the floor plan individually as a paper or digital drawing to scale: place triage, treatment areas, and the patient-flow path, and label how it meets your constraints.
NIST Engineering LaboratoryThen submit your Lab report on Schoology.
Class still runs. Complete the online activity above (it's self-guided). Need the concept taught without a teacher? Use this authoritative explainer:
NGSS Engineering Design- CompleteEvery required part of the artifact is present, nothing left blank.
- AccurateThe science and the data are correct and match the evidence.
- Scientific reasoningYou explain your claim with evidence and reasoning (CER), not just an answer.
- Professional communicationClear, organized, labeled, and written the way a clinician or scientist would.
- SubmittedTurned in the right way (Schoology for routine work) and confirmed.
Drop your Wed, Feb 10, 2027 · CAD floor plan modeling here. Use a clear file name (your initials + project). Routine work still goes to Schoology (via the CMSD portal).
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