• Finish taking apart your assembly line project if we are not using it for open house.  Remember to save 3 or 4 of the ones that work consistently
  
  
• Foam worms should all be straightened out and back in the box.

• Water-bottle rockets
  • Here is the design process for our next activity.  I think there are copies of this on the front table
  • Get started on your own design (you might have to do some research before you can explain your design.)

- Take apart your foam slingshots

- Straighten out all the foam pieces and put them back in the box

 

- Take apart your assembly line projects and put all the pieces away

- Organize the yellow parts containers as you go

 

- Remember I want to keep the 3 or 4 that were working well for open house

   Don't take those apart

- End-of-semester Survey

- Work on 'Target Drop'

 

- Encoders - show me when program works

1. Encoder forward

2. Encoder forward / back

3. Encoder forward / back with kill / bump switch

- Show me your Back & forth code works

- Add bump switch to start bot

- Add limit switch to stop bot

• add picture to online file
• include a couple sentences explaining your idea 

3. Research

• look up racebots or VEX robots to see if you see any good ideas.  Write down any good ideas you have, maybe include a picture if you find a good one

4. Develop multiple ideas: Write one sentence for what you like about each person's idea

5. Choose best idea: Write down which person's idea you chose and why

• Get that all checked BEFORE you start building

6. Model: build your model

• Fire catapult 10 times and record data

 

- Create your own catapult using the same supplies, but your own design to see if you can make a catapult that shoots farther

- Finish all work from Tuesday and Wednesday

- Work on something quietly

- I'll be back tomorrow

 as of 8/11/05

- Create a Google slide presentation titled:
   "What is an Engineer" 
   Each slide needs a title, picture, and an explanation
   Use this website for all of your information

• Slide 1: Name of engineer type, picture, your name
• Slide 2: What do they do? (notice the tabs along the top)
  List 3 or 4 facts about what they do
• Slide 3: Key Facts & Information 
  Watch interview and list 3 ro 4 facts about it.
• Slide 4: Education: 
  List 3 or 4 facts about the education required for this job 
• Slide 5: Nature of the work:
  List 3 or 4 facts about what the job is like
• Slide 6: Project ideas:
  Pick a project and give me the basic facts