Cycle 2 Classwork

Class Routines

Table Jobs

Cycle 6 Classwork

STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Part 2: Finish Orthographic Design

Cycle 7 Classwork

STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Part 3: Build Paper Boat Day 1

Cycle 8 Classwork

STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Part 3: Build/Test Paper Boat Day 2-3

Cycle 9 Classwork

STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Finishing Building Paper Boat

Cycle 10 Classwork

STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Testing Paper boat

Cycle 11 Classwork

STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Part 3: Regrouping/Redesign Metal Boat

Cycle 12 Classwork

STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Part 3: Redesign/Build Metal Boat

Cycle 13 Classwork

Welcome back from break...

STEM Routines Review!

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STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Redesign/Build Metal Boat

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STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Part 4: Build Test Metal Boat 

Cycle 16 Classwork

STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Part 4: Build Test Metal Boat 

Cycle 17 Classwork

STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Part 5: Build /Test Metal Boat 

Cycle 18 Classwork

INTRO TO MCAS REVIEW: 

6.MS-ETS1-1. Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution. Include potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.* 

7.MS-ETS1-2. Evaluate competing solutions to a given design problem using a decision matrix to determine how well each meets the criteria and constraints of the problem. Use a model of each solution to evaluate how variations in one or more design features, including size, shape, weight, or cost, may affect the function or effectiveness of the solution.* 

Cycle 19 Classwork

MCAS REVIEW: 

.MS-ETS1-4. Generate and analyze data from iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process to optimize the object, tool, or process for its intended purpose.* 

6.MS-ETS1-5(MA). Create visual representations of solutions to a design problem. Accurately interpret and apply scale and proportion to visual representations.* Clarification Statements: • Examples of visual representations can include sketches, scaled drawings, and orthographic projections. • Examples of scale can include ¼ʺ = 1ʹ0ʺ and 1 cm = 1 m. 

STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Part 5: Redesign plastic boat

Cycle 20 Classwork

MCAS REVIEW: 

7.MS-ETS3-5(MA). Use the concept of systems engineering to model inputs, processes, outputs, and feedback among components of a transportation, structural, or communication system. 

7.MS-ETS3-1(MA). Explain the function of a communication system and the role of its components, including a source, encoder, transmitter, receiver, decoder, and storage. 

STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Part 5: Build Plastic Boat 

Cycle 21 Classwork

MCAS REVIEW: 

7.MS-ETS3-2(MA). Compare the benefits and drawbacks of different communication systems. Clarification Statements: • Examples of communications systems can include radio, television, print, and Internet. • Examples of benefits and drawbacks can include speed of communication, distance or range, number of people reached, audio only vs. audio and visual, and one-way vs. two-way communication. 

7.MS-ETS3-3(MA). Research and communicate information about how transportation systems are designed to move people and goods using a variety of vehicles and devices. Identify and describe subsystems of a transportation vehicle, including structural, propulsion, guidance, suspension, and control subsystems. Clarification Statements: • Examples of design elements include vehicle shape to maximize cargo or passenger capacity, terminals, travel lanes, and communications/controls. • Examples of vehicles can include a car, sailboat, and small airplane. 

STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Part 5: Build Plastic Boat 

Cycle 22 Classwork

MCAS REVIEW: 

7.MS-ETS3-4(MA). Show how the components of a structural system work together to serve a structural function. Provide examples of physical structures and relate their design to their intended use. Clarification Statements: • Examples of components of a structural system could include foundation, decking, wall, and roofing. • Explanations of function should include identification of live vs. dead loads and forces of tension, torsion, compression, and shear. • Examples of uses include carrying loads and forces across a span (such as a bridge), providing livable space (such as a house or office building), and providing specific environmental conditions (such as a greenhouse or cold storage). State Assessment Boundary: • Calculations of magnitude or direction of loads or forces are not expected in state assessment. 

6.MS-ETS2-1(MA). Analyze and compare properties of metals, plastics, wood, and ceramics, including flexibility, ductility, hardness, thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, and melting point. 

STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Part 5: Build /Test Plastic Boat 

Cycle 23 Classwork

MCAS REVIEW: 

6.MS-ETS2-2(MA). Given a design task, select appropriate materials based on specific properties needed in the construction of a solution.* Clarification Statement: • Examples of materials can include metals, plastics, wood, and ceramics. 

6.MS-ETS2-3(MA). Choose and safely use appropriate measuring tools, hand tools, fasteners, and common hand-held power tools used to construct a prototype.* Clarification Statements: • Examples of measuring tools include a tape measure, a meter stick, and a ruler. • Examples of hand tools include a hammer, a screwdriver, a wrench, and pliers. • Examples of fasteners include nails, screws, nuts and bolts, staples, glue, and tape. • Examples of common power tools include jigsaw, drill, and sander. 

STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Part 5: Build /Test Plastic Boat 

Cycle 24 Classwork

MCAS REVIEW: 

8.MS-ETS2-4(MA). Use informational text to illustrate that materials maintain their composition under various kinds of physical processing; however, some material properties may change if a process changes the particulate structure of a material. Clarification Statements: • Examples of physical processing can include cutting, forming, extruding, and sanding. • Examples of changes in material properties can include a non-magnetic iron material becoming magnetic after hammering and a plastic material becoming rigid (less elastic) after heat treatment.

8.MS-ETS2-5(MA). Present information that illustrates how a product can be created using basic processes in manufacturing systems, including forming, separating, conditioning, assembling, finishing, quality control, and safety. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of human vs. computer control of these processes.

STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Part 5: Build /Test Plastic Boat 

Cycle 25 Classwork

MCAS REVIEW: 

FULL MCAS REVIEW 

STEM Module: Transportation Systems

Part 5: Build /Test Plastic Boat 

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Cycle 29 Classwork