Pre-Assessment
Before we begin, we are going to have a pre-assessment. This is in no way a grade (so don't cheat!), it is only to help me know what type of background we have going into this unit. Go to the following Google Form to complete the pre-assessment: https://goo.gl/forms/YrsCCgukn9nrsJS42 Intro notes -starting the CS/CompE unit notes: notes_introcompsci.pdf -video to get you PUMPED FOR CODING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKIu9yen5nc Our first Arduino Project -Read through the following document. It will guide you through how to download a simple function on to your Arduino Uno: learningtocodeonarduino.pdf -The following code is the lines of code needed for your first project. Copy all of this into "Arduino IDE" (software to connect to an Arduino) to get started: int ledPinJason = 5; int ledPinJasonVal = 0; void setup(){ pinMode(ledPinJason, OUTPUT); } void loop(){ digitalWrite(ledPinJason, HIGH); delay(100); digitalWrite(ledPinJason, LOW); delay(100); }
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We will be having our Civil Engineering unit test on Tuesday, 10/30. I'm attaching our study guide below which we will go over on Monday. In addition to the info in the study guide, be prepared for how to level the transit level. The format for this will be: I will hand you the yellow transit-level box and a tripod, after which you will have to properly set up and level the transit-level. After I check off your set up you will then return the transit-level to its box and be 1/5th of your way to a 100% on the test!
Civil Engineering Review: unittestreview_civil.pdf edit: apparently I never posted this: notes_fiveforces.pdf For the rest of this week we will look at surveying and how it is used by Civil Engineers. What is surveying you ask? Surveying is the technique of determining the relative position of different features on, above or beneath the surface of the earth by means of direct or indirect measurements.
Obligatory intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Osud9fxCHQ While this is by no means the full extent of the equipment which can be used in a surveying project, the tools we have in our classroom and will use are:
With these instruments, we will learn a couple surveying skills
PSA: We may be going outside tomorrow (weather permitting) so bring a jacket tomorrow (on Thursday) Thursday 10/25 In groups of 4(ish) gather one (1) transit-level, one (1) surveying rod, one (1) tripod, and one (1) tape measure to complete the following surveying adventure. You only need to complete and turn in one per group, just be sure everyone's name is on it. surveyingadventure.docx As we talked about today (Friday), I will be gone in Athens on Monday, 10/22 and you will continue working on phase II of your bridge project in preparation for weight testing it on Tuesday. I think we should all be clear on what the expectations are for this, it is on YOU to help out your confused neighbor. To help you with this, here is a copy of the note I am leaving for the sub:
"Thank you for covering my class today. My 2nd, 3rd and 4th block classes are all in the middle of working on a bridge building project. They have already started this project and know their groups, what they are doing. I have also let them know that I will be out today and we have gone over my expectations for today so they should be mostly (hopefully!) self-managing and familiar with where to find any materials they need. A couple things to remind them of: · Their projects and material are where they left them last Friday (I have a 2nd/3rd/4th block note labelled on to their corresponding shelve) on the tables by the door. If they can please only touch their own project and not touch the materials for another class I would greatly appreciate it.
For round two of the bridge design project we will be doing much the same thing as before, except bigger and better! Taking into consideration what you learned from when your first bridge broke, you will complete the following bridge design project.
Objective:
When you are finished and your bridge is reduced to rubble, complete the following word document and submit it at the link below
In the spirit of the cyclical nature of the Engineering Design Process and to allow you to practice your bridge breaking/building skills (and to let me test out some of the logistics for the real bridge project), we will first have a test day before we start our OFFICIAL bridge building contest. The prompt for this mini-project is as follows:
Objective:
When you are finished and your bridge is reduced to rubble, complete and printout the following word document to prepare you for the REAL bridge project.
*structural efficiency = live-load**/dead-load*** **live-load = the weight the bridge holds ***dead-load = the weight of the bridge Bridges Notes/Vocab
Complete the following vocab sheet either as a hand-written print-out or on your computer. -Bridges Notes: bridges_notes.pdf -Vocab Sheet to complete: bridge_vocabulary.doc Bridges Presentation -Bridges Presentation: bridgepresentation.doc (complete this worksheet with a partner and then prepare a presentation over your selected bridge) -SUBMIT YOUR BRIDGES PRESENTATIONS HERE: (or print it/keep it saved) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYyHDoZE7smvXC1VbilrWFNbQZWvBbs19QCNeZgZHqtFlEXQ/viewform?usp=sf_link Bridge Design -Bridge Designer is a fun little software to practice bridge design. You can customize the constraints of the problem, the materials and cost of your bridge as you set out to design a bridge to drive a vehicle across a raging river. Bridge Designer is installed on all of your computers (allegedly). A quick video showing how to use Bridge Designer is here: youtu.be/3PoDk-dSPz0 -The following link has a fun little interactive flash activity to illustrate some of the physics in bridges. There's nothing you need to turn in relevant to this, but it could be helpful for your understanding: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/index.html ASCE Infrastructure Report
Read through the American Society of Civil Engineers Infrastructure report and complete record your findings on the "Infrastructure Report Card" word document below with a partner. When you finish, submit your word document (or record your answers) on the google form link below. -ASCE Report Card Link: http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/ -Word Document to complete: infrastructure_report_card.docx -Google Form to submit your answers: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRT1382RJdWgwaUfqGbsA5KOMeTXtxBcTiQjuew6MUkkK8rQ/viewform?usp=sf_link -The following link has a fun little interactive flash activity to illustrate some of the physics in bridges. There's nothing you need to turn in relevant to this, but it could be helpful for your understanding: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/index.html Notes
-intro to Civil Engineering: notes_civilengineering_intro.pdf -Scale drawings: notes_scale.pdf Assignments -the math for scales: scale_assignment.pdf -make a blueprint for a room: roomblueprint.pdf In case you somehow missed the message, the Mechanical Engineering unit test will be this coming Monday (10/8). It will be open note, so any notes or material you have on paper are fair game during the test. Of particular help will be the review packet you got today (which is also attached here) and the Venn diagram notes on materials from ~3 weeks ago.
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