I'm gone on Wednesday and Thursday at a conference. I'll be at school before and after school if you need me, but I imagine you should do just fine without. To do:
And another friendly, the last day of the second six weeks is this Friday. There are no new grades that will be added to the gradebook between now and Friday, and all grades are up to date so if you are unhappy with your grade reach out to me ASAP. Be nice to our lovely sub and be sure to clean up our classroom.
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As we start finishing our Arduino lessons (for your submitting convenience, HERE is the link to submit your Arduino lessons again), we will begin our Electrical Engineering projects. Below are relevant resources to get you started on this:
arduinoprojectideas_2019fall.pdf compe_projectdocumentation.pdf arduino_projectrubric.pdf I am away at a conference today (Tuesday)! You will be continuing to work on your Arduino lessons, and expect to be finishing by the end of class Wednesday. After this, we will begin our Electrical Engineering projects. You should all know what to do today as it is the same as Monday and we discussed my expectations, but FYI here is the note I left for the sub:
I look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday! Be nice to our lovely substitute please and keep our classroom in safe while I'm gone :) As we finish the electronics lab, we are going to transition into the second half of our electrical unit, dealing with coding on Arduino's. Arduino's are a type of beginner friendly microcontroller (mini-computer that you can program to do various tasks) that you can design to do a wide range of projects, from controlling motors on a drone to just blinking lights or making sounds. What we are learning could almost better be described by computer engineering or even computer science than Electrical Engineering, but it is a highly valuable skill that everyone --even those who want nothing to do with a STEM field-- should learn; not only does coding teach you problem solving skills that can be applied anywhere (anywhere with problems at least, which is everywhere :) ), but computers are becoming such an integral part of our society that workers in every industry can benefit from at least knowing how to "speak the language" of coding so as to communicate and collaborate with tech companies that can enhance their own business.
As we start this unit, we are going to be having some issues similar to when we learned SolidWorks where there are more students than computers. Expect a rotation of days similar to what we did then as sometimes I think it is best if everyone gets to actually go through these lessons themselves. Resources
Today (Friday, 10/10) we will have a lab covering our electrical engineering knowledge covered up to this point, with the goal being to enhance our theoretical understanding for practical applications as well as to discover a new principle of voltage division. To be successful in this lab, you should have an understanding of ohm's law (Monday), series and parallel circuits (Tuesday/Wednesday) and how to use a breadboard (Wednesday). If you were comfortable with all these, then this lab should be a breeze for you, and if not than brush up on your knowledge by reading the introduction to the lab linked below.
Lab PDF: labvoltagedivision.docx This lab can be done in groups of 3 and will count as a summative grade weighted at 50 points. Today we are going to move off the paper and into the real world as we build circuits we've learned about. We will be doing these in two ways: on a breadboard and by soldering them together.
Here are the notes I'm going to go over at the start of class to explain how to breadboard and solder: ee_circuitbuilding.pdf Today we're going to look at the building block of most circuits: Series and Parallel circuits. The notes are linked below, but I recommend taking notes of this today as it is a little more math and theory heavy than most of what we're used to in this course.
Notes: ee_seriesparallel.pdf EDIT: I had an error in these notes, in a parallel circuit the currents are added (the notes are fixed now) worksheet: seriesparallelwksht.pdf We're starting the Electrical Engineering unit today! As a fair warning, this unit will be a little more content heavy as far as instructional material as electronics is often less intuitive than other engineering fields such as mechanics (people have a basic understanding of movement as we can see it but not of electricity as it's invisible). Big picture, this unit is going to encompass analog and digital electronics, and today we are going to have an intro into the analog side of engineering as well as learning about ohm's law!
notes: ee_intro.pdf worksheet to complete today: ohms_law_worksheet_simple.pdf As a final act in our Mechanical Engineering unit we will be reviewing some basic material sciences. Additionally as time permits, we will continue learning how to weld in small groups.
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We will be finishing the Mechanical Engineering unit up tomorrow. To do this, I want to wrap up a few key takeaways that I wanted to make sure we specifically addressed from our SolidWorks week today (and then to briefly discuss material sciences tomorrow).
Agenda for today:
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