STEAM

MONDAY, 5/18/2020

OBJECTIVE: Students will explore alternative building methods

OBJECTIVE: Students will begin modeling a house of their own design

• Adding a Second Story Assignment

• Don’t get too hung up on specifics and remember that you can submit a hand drawing if ArchiCAD or SketchUp for Students, aren’t good options for you. (Remember to keep your drawings neat and to scale.)

• This will be due 6/1

MONDAY, 5/4/2020

OBJECTIVE: Students will explore alternative building methods

OBJECTIVE: Students will begin modeling a house of their own design

• Watch Anne talk about her shop, and how she plans on building it. Dream Shop and Ground Breaking

• What are some features of Anne’s shop?

• What are some things she is still working out?

• What is geothermal heating?

• List some pros and cons of geothermal heating.

MONDAY, 4/20/2020

OBJECTIVE: Students will explore alternative building methods

OBJECTIVE: Students will be introduced to building code and how it affects the design of a structure

Assignments for 4/20-4/25

• Look at What is Typical for Normal Residences. Starting planning on paper your first one story house design.

• Complete the Residential Code Scavenger Hunt - and editable file will be posted on google classroom. I will post page numbers to help point you in the right direction.

• Watch Considerations About Design and Building Code

FRIDAY, 4/10/2020

OBJECTIVE: Students will understand how to read a blueprint

• Students will watch the first 14:30 minutes of this Blueprint Fundamentals Video .

• Students will follow along and complete a video guide found on google classroom. (Due 4/16)

• Ms. Reinwald will post her office hours for each day under the office hours page on this website. Feel free to pop in and ask questions!

FRIDAY, 3/13/2020

• FYI - We just started using ArchiCAD software this past week in class and I wanted to let everyone know that there is a free student version available for download. Go to https://myarchicad.com/, and follow the directions for "Student" with your student email. Let me know if you have any questions.

• We are not assigning any work until after we return to school but we wanted to let everyone know that the software is available.

MONDAY, 3/9/2020

• OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to use ArchiCAD to model houses and pursue other architectural design.

• Today the Architecture portion of the class was begun. Ms. Reinwald introduced architecture.

• We will be using ArchiCAD as our design tool. This ArchiCAD Interface Map was given to each student to help get familiar with this software.

• Students should download the CVHS ArchiCAD Template and save it to their google drive.

• With the remaining time in class, students were walked through the process of designing a house in ArchiCAD. For the first several days, we will be building a house together until you get the hang of how this program functions.

Tues, 3/3/2020

OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to use servo motors in conjunction with Adrunio.

OBJECTIVE: Students will use an Arduino to solve a real world problem.

• Microcontrollers such as Arduinos are increasingly common in a variety of applications. Though a variety of inputs and outputs, microcontrollers sense conditions in the surrounding environment, and alter the surrounding environment via various outputs, such as lights, sound, and motors. Servo motors are one such output device we'll explore today.

• Implement the Servo -> Sweep sketch in the Arduino examples menu. Also here online: www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Sweep

• Implement the Servo->Knob example: www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Knob

• Students used the rest of the period to work on the Piezo and Photoresistor Assignment or the Battery Tester Assignment.

WEDNESDAY, 2/26/2020

OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to organize their thinking into a flowchart before creating their code.

OBJECTIVE: Students will use an Arduino to solve a real world problem.

• For the next assignment, we ask you to use what you have already learned about Arduino programming and apply it to a specific application -- making a single cell battery tester.

• Flow charting class notes were discussed.

• Students used the rest of the period to work on the Battery Tester Assignment.

• Due Today: LED Effects - Day 2.

Monday, 2/24/2020

OBJECTIVE: More programming practice: students will implement a math function in code, will learn about pulse-width-modulation (PWM), will get more practice building physical circuits from schematics and diagrams.

• Due Today: LED Effects - Day 2.

• Ms. Reinwald discussed how a potentiometer works and reviewed a couple problems from LED Effects Day 1 and Day 2

• Flowcharting class notes were discussed.

Tuesday, 2/18/2020

OBJECTIVE: Students will practice manipulating arrays, working with potentiometers, analog inputs.

• Due today, Tue., Feb 18: LED Effects - Day 1

• If time permits, continue on to LED Effects - Day 2. (Due Thurs., Feb 26).

Wednesday, 2/12/2020

OBJECTIVE: Students will practice reading Arduino sketches for understanding, including "for" loops, "if" statements, and manipulating arrays.

• DUE today, 2/12: Students should complete their Steamy Interactive Traffic Lights Assignment.

• Students may begin the LED Effects - Day 1 (Due Tue., Feb 18) & LED Effects - Day 2. (No Due Date Yet).

Thursday, 2/6/2020

OBJECTIVE: Students will work on translating schematic diagrams of circuits to breadboarded physical circuits. Students will gain practice programming if-statements.

• Work on Ladyada's Lesson 5. This means reading everything and doing all suggested activities. It's not due until Monday, 2/10, when you with turn in only the "Counting presses" sketch. (DUE 2/10)

• Students may begin working on the Steamy Interactive Traffic Lights Assignment.

Tuesday, 1/28/2020

OBJECTIVE: Catch up day - students will work on the TTKT vocabulary sheets and work on their programs.

Wednesday, 1/22/2020

OBJECTIVE: Students will learn about programming pushbutton switches and will complete lesson #5.

• Complete the "Things to Know Table" for all items numbered through #5.x. (DUE 2/4)

• Complete Ladyada's Lesson 5. This means reading everything and doing all suggested activities.

• Turn in only your final "Counting presses" sketch. (DUE 1/28 2/5 TBD)

Wednesday, 1/15/2020

OBJECTIVE: Students will learn about programming LED lights and will complete their lesson #3 Arduino Program.

• Students were given a warm-up problem associated with the use of resistors to protect both the LED's and Arduinos that will be used throughout this unit. Protecting LED's and Arduinos with Resistors Notes.

• The "Things to Know About Arduinos" list for the previous period were reviewed to insure that everyone had key concepts down.

• Some ground rules were laid out with respect to expectations whenever printing a sketch to turn in:

  1. Students are to place their name, and the title of the sketch, as the first commented line on their program.

  2. There should be a couple of lines of comment at the beginning of the sketch that fully describes what the sketch does.

  3. Every line of the sketch should have a comment that indicates what the line is doing. Additional lines should be added as needed. Comments should be aligned to start at the same point.

  4. Comments, whenever possible, should be aligned so that it is easy to read and determine comment from executable code. Sketches provided in the online lessons should serve as examples here of what is acceptable.

  5. When printed, the sketch should look correct. If the lines are too long and they wrap when printing from the Arduino IDE -- paste it into Word and print a properly formatted copy.

• Complete the "Things to Know Table for all items numbered with a "2". (DUE 1/17)

• Complete Ladyada's Lesson 3 (not at Adafruit, at LadyAda.net). This means reading everything and doing all suggested activities. That being said, on this lesson, since you already know about breadboards, resistor color codes, and LED's, you can skim down to the section entitled "Scheming Schematic". Show your instructor your Arduino and verify, via the properly working LED's, that you have completed the last exercise of the lesson -- the Color Changing Light. (DUE 1/21)

• Print and turn in the code for the Color Changing Light. Insure that it is properly commented and abides by the expectations discussed today. If necessary, paste the sketch into Word so that you have control of the formatting. Presentation counts here. (DUE 1/22)

TUESDAY, 1/9/2020

• OBJECTIVE: Students will understand how MOSFETs work.

• Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) were reviewed. MOSFET Introduction Notes.

• Students were given time to finish the RC Time Constant Lab, Combined NPN Transistor Lab as needed.

• Students worked on the MOSFET Circuit Lab. To complete this lab, students will need to refer to the data sheet for the transistor that is used -- PSMN022-30PL NMOS Data Sheet.

• Students returned all electrical components.

TUESDAY, 1/7/2020

• OBJECTIVE: Students will understand how MOSFETs work.

• Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) were reviewed. MOSFET Introduction Notes.

• Students were given time to finish the RC Time Constant Lab, Combined NPN Transistor Lab as needed.

• Students who were ready started predictions for the MOSFET Circuit Lab. To complete this lab, students will need to refer to the data sheet for the transistor that is used -- PSMN022-30PL NMOS Data Sheet.

TUESDAY, 12/17/19

• OBJECTIVE: Students will understand the role of Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT) within DC circuits.

• The start of the period today was used to review transistors in general, and then bipolar junction transistors specifically. Class Notes on BJT Transistors.

• Students completed a Daily Journal to be graded.

• Students completed the Combined NPN Transistor Lab.

WEDNESDAY, 12/11/19

• OBJECTIVE: Students will understand the role of Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT) within DC circuits.

• The start of the period today was used to discuss first transistors in general, and then bipolar junction transistors specifically. Class Notes on BJT Transistors.

• Students started the Combined NPN Transistor Lab.

THURSDAY, 12/5/19

• OBJECTIVE: Students will understand the role of a capacitor within a circuit, and will understand the meaning of the time constant for an RC circuit.

• After a safety review, students were given the period to work on the RC Time Constant Lab.

TUESDAY, 11/26/19

• OBJECTIVE: Students will become proficient at soldering.

• Students continued to work on The Light Shard Project.

WEDNESDAY, 11/20/19

• OBJECTIVE: Students will become proficient at soldering.

• Students continued to work on The Light Shard Project.

THURSDAY, 11/14/19

• OBJECTIVE: Students will become proficient at soldering and will combine artistic design and functional electronics via the Light Shard Project.

• Students completed their PCB board soldering project as necessary.

• When finished, students were allowed to start assembling their electronics kit. The kit is a Touch Sensitive Coin Tosser kit. This is a small, simple kit that all students will complete (and take home). This kit is intended to allow students practice at soldering to circuit boards before taking on more complex projects.

• Before doing anything with their kits, students should verify that all parts are present, and read the instructions in their entirety, from beginning to end.

• After completing both soldering projects, students were able to work on the Light Shard Project.

THURSDAY, 11/7/19

• OBJECTIVE: Students will become proficient at soldering and will combine artistic design and functional electronics via the Light Shard Project.

• Students continued to practice soldering, but this time in relation to PCB's. For the PCB soldering assignment, students are to:

• Install 5 resistors (provided by the instructor) onto the printed circuit board (show the instructor).

• Install two transistors using the heat-sink technique demonstrated in class (show the instructor).

• Remove all installed components.

• Time permitting, students were able to work on the Light Shard Project.

WEDNESDAY, 10/30/19 - ALL DAY

• OBJECTIVE: Students will become proficient at soldering and will combine artistic design and functional electronics via the Light Shard Project.

• Students began planning the steps needed to complete the Light Shard Project.

• Students began collecting the materials needed for the project.

• Students began designing the project.

FRIDAY, 10/25/19

• OBJECTIVE: Students will become proficient at soldering and will combine artistic design and functional electronics via the Light Shard Project.

• Students were introduced to the Light Shard Project.

• Students began planning the steps needed to complete the project.

• Students began collecting the materials needed for the project.

• Students began designing the project.

MONDAY, 10/21/19

• OBJECTIVE: Students will become familiar with the basics of soldering.

• Soldering safety was reviewed. Notes on Soldering.

• Students worked the Solder Sculpture Assignment.

TUESDAY, 10/15/19

• OBJECTIVE: Students will become familiar with the basics of soldering.

• OBJECTIVE: Students will understand the role of voltage, current, and resistance in combined circuits -- circuits with elements in BOTH parallel and series connections.

• Students completed a Combination Circuit Warm Up.

• Students were allowed to complete the Combined Circuits Lab as needed.

HOMEWORK

• Students are to complete the Combined Circuits Worksheet as homework. (DUE 10/21)

WEDNESDAY, 10/09/19

• OBJECTIVE: Students will understand the role of voltage, current, and resistance in combined circuits -- circuits with elements in BOTH parallel and series connections.

• The start of the period today was used to discuss combined circuits, and the issues associated with connecting components in both parallel AND series within circuits, and how such circuits are analyzed. Class Notes on Combined Circuits.

HOMEWORK

• N/A

THURSDAY, 10/03/19

• OBJECTIVE: Students will understand the role of voltage, current, and resistance in parallel circuits.

• The start of the period today was used to discuss parallel circuits, and the issues associated with connecting components in parallel within circuits. Class Notes on Parallel Circuits.

• Students finished the Series Circuit Lab as necessary, and started the Parallel Circuits Lab. For this lab, all students are to submit a sheet showing all work for the predictions. These two sheets should be stapled to the final lab that is submitted for grading.

FRIDAY, 9/27/19

• OBJECTIVE: Students will understand the role of voltage, current, and resistance in series circuits.

• The start of the period today was used to review Class Notes on Ohm's and Watt's Laws.

• All student work groups set up a circuit on their breadboard as follows: three 100 Ohm resistors in series, with 9.0 V applied from a power supply. Next, students were asked to measure an item's resistance, the electric potential across each resistor, and the current running through the circuit.

• We then discussed series circuits, and the issues associated with connecting components in series within circuits. Class Notes on Series Circuits.

HOMEWORK

• Ohm's & Watt's Law Worksheet (DUE 10/1)

MONDAY, 9/23/19

• OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to use a digital multimeter to measure the resistance of circuit components, the voltage across circuit components, and the current running through circuit components.

• OBJECTIVE: Students will understand the use of a breadboard.

• The use of digital multimeters (DMM's) was discussed in preparation for today's activity. We will be using these all year long. Breadboards were also discussed. DMM Class Notes.

• Students continued "Experiment 2", students used the DMM's to map the electrical connections of their breadboards, and then completed some measurements for a simple circuit. Look at today's class notes for specific lab requirements.

HOMEWORK:

• N/A

TUESDAY, 09/17/19

• OBJECTIVE: Students will understand basic electrical quantities and the units they are measured with.

• OBJECTIVE: Using a color code table, students will be able to identify the resistance of a resistor using its colored bands, along with its permissible tolerances.

• Students completed a daily journal

• Next, electrical quantities and resistor labeling were discussed. Electrical Quantities and Resistor Labeling Class Notes.

• Resistor Color Code Table.

• Students started the Resistance Lab.

HOMEWORK

• N/A

WEDNESDAY, 09/11/19

• OBJECTIVE: Students can identify some basic components found in electrical circuits.

• OBJECTIVE: Students will acquire a first-hand experience with the electrostatic force acting between two charged particles, and can anticipate the forces that act on a charged particle within an electric field.

• Students completed a daily journal

• Ms. Reinwald introduced the class to the Electric Field Hockey Activity

• Mr. Atwood introduced Multimeters and lead the class in a potato lamp activity

HOMEWORK

• Students should complete the Electric Field Hockey Activity

THURSDAY, 09/05/19

• Students where assigned Chromebooks

• Students logged into Google Classroom and completed a survey for STEAM

• Students used the rest of class to work on the Electrical Component Lab

HOMEWORK

• Print and turn in signed class contract