Welcome back from the break! I don't want us to over-exert ourselves here coming back from the break, so let's plan on this schedule
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Now that we are all experts in SolidWorks and simple machines we are going to begin a more hands-on project in Mechanical Engineering: Building mousetrap powered cars! Today you will either begin the design portion of this project or to finish any significant missing assignments you have before the end of the 6 weeks (in case you somehow missed the daily and constant discussions on this, the grades are due at the end of class today). Mousetrap Powered Car Competition
Just as on Monday/Tuesday, we will be splitting into two groups. One group will continue in SolidWorks and the other will complete a worksheet over orthographic views. See below for details.
PSA: grades are due this Friday! I will be giving you a little piece of paper identifying your missing grades and grades needing remediation. Get these taken care of by tomorrow (Thursday) so I have time to get them taken care of before Friday. Do not expect to give me something on Friday and have me get it corrected by when I have to turn them in at 3:45. SolidWorks Lessons The next SolidWorks tutorials (three more) are built in to the SolidWorks software. To find them:
Checkoff #2: Show me lesson two completed (receives a 100%) Orthographic Views OThe goal of this is to become familiar with the difference between two different types of 3D drawings: isometric (kindof like the traditional 3D drawings you are used to) and orthographic (where a 3D object is represented in a front, side, and top 2D projection)
Two opportunities are available to you:
TSA
GHP
Today (Monday, 9/9) we are starting CAD week! As we are limited in the number of computers we have, about 1/2 of you will be working on the learning SolidWorks, and the rest will be working on a leadership practice activity. Don't worry, you will get to swap another day. Look to the list of names on the door to see where you go.
SolidWorks Lesson 2 (We're skipping lesson 1 because we're that advanced)
Leadership Activity
Looking Ahead
Next week we will beginning learning about CAD software. Long time visitors to my classroom may notice that there are many more students than computers in my classroom, however, and so it is not possible for everyone to have a computer and be learning design skills in a CAD software simultaneously. To address this, we will be dividing into different groups and these groups will be learning different things on each day, some of which will require a computer, and some of which will not (using tools properly and hand drafting). To ensure our success for this week and to make sure you are in the place which best fits your learning needs, fill out the form linked below so I know your prior knowledge on these topics.
To Do today
Historical Technology Project The rubric for this project is linked on the resources page as well as here. For this project, everyone will choose some historical technology and make a quick presentation and visual on it. There is no explicit due date for this project, you just must present it sometime before the semester ends and it will be the same weight as a test/summative grade. The intention behind this is that it is a long term project that everyone has to do and that you can work on and complete in class when you have time available. As discussed in class on Wednesday, I will be out on Thursday. I will be at a mini-conference at Wheeler, so I will be in the building and accessible if need be, but I should not be in the classroom.
To do today: Complete and turn in the simple machines packet. I have copies of these printed out so you can work directly on the packet. Their are three pages front and back in the print outs (12 pages for the pdf file), and there are a plethora of practice problems interspersed throughout the packet. Please show your work. After wrapping up the summative Civil Engineering assignment, we are going to jump into our learning of the next major Engineering field, Mechanical Engineering! In this unit, we are going to be covering simple machines, material sciences, tools & more safety, CAD software, and building mousetrap cars.
Agenda today:
Looking ahead
To ensure that I am correctly grading everyone's summative assignment for the Civil Engineering unit and that no one is forgotten, EVERYONE should fill out this brief form: https://forms.gle/GvBUDBtp4ARdxnR49
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