February 8 - February 11

Wrap it Up!

1. Watch Video for instructions:

*Note that resource links are below

2. Follow this suggested time frame:

Monday - Check Thingiverse examples, update sketchup model. Make sure your design is original, specific and useful.

Tuesday - Use resources on resource list to finish work to highest quality.

Wednesday - Submit your final designs to Google Classroom

Thursday - Guest Speaker: Billy Almon

3. Things to turn in and where.

   1. • Submit all your work to Google Classroom

Links and resources for the project:

February 1 - 5

STOP - Collaborate and Listen

1. Watch Video Explanation

2. Items due this week:

• Self Created Rubric (assigned in GC)

• Self Evaluation and Evaluations of 2 other students work (Turned in on GC)

• Revised Design *Either in SketchUp or hand drawn* turned in to GC

3. Follow this suggested time frame

Monday - Create your Rubric with the template assigned on Google Classroom(45 mins).

Tuesday - Evaluate other students design with your rubric. (synch class will do in class - Asynch must email or can come to synch class)

Wednesday - Take Rubric Survey (ony after creating and using your rubric)

Add revisions to your work based on feedback from rubric.

Thursday - Make revisions in SketchUp

Friday - Open work day or Challenge Assignment.

Links and resources for this week's assignment:

January 25 - January 29

Choose a design and add to sketchup

1. Watch Video for instructions:

*Note that resource links are below

2. Follow this suggested time frame:

Monday - Choose a design that you like, look at the feedback and see if there are any revisions you would like to make. Sketch your idea out so it's easier to copy to SketchUp. You should also add measurements to it.

Tuesday - Start in SketchUp

Wednesday - Continue putting our model into SketchUp. Remember to look at the videos if you get stuck.

Thursday - Continue in SketchUp. Make sure there are components and things are to scale.

Friday - Open work day or Friday Asynch Art assignment.

3. Things to turn in a where.

   1. • Submit your sketchup file to google classroom. So I can see you progress and help if you need it.

Links and resources for this week's assignment:

January 19 - January 22

3rd Design

1. Watch Video Explanation

2. Items due this week:

3 Designs and low tech prototypes of each

2 Critiques (1 for Design 1 and 1 for Design 2)

2 Animal Cards (of different animals)

Images of Prototypes posted to Padlet

Animal Cards posted to Padlet

Responses in Flipgrid for each Design

3. Follow this suggested time frame

Tuesday - Fill out Critique Form and Email with image of Design to Client (person you designed for)

Brainstorm Ideas for Design 3. (Use How to Make a Design)

Wednesday - Research Animals for Design 3

Make sure Design 1 & 2 are posted to Padlet

Thursday - Build and Prototype, Post image of your prototype to Padlet

Create Animal Card for your new design. Post both Animal Cards to Padlet.

Friday - Open Work to catch up.

**Otional**. Do Extra Credit DNA and Allele Science Sheet.

Links and resources for this week's assignment:

January 11 - January 15

Critique Revisions and Research

1. Watch Video for instructions:

*Note that resource links are below

2. Use the resources shown in video:

*Revision/ Critique Document

*Diving Deeper into Adaptations sheet

3. Follow this suggested time frame

Monday - Post video to FlipGrid responding to the person you solved a problem for. (watch example)

Tuesday - Get critique from a classmate. Complete "Wait how do we grade this?" form. Design a second solution to the problem you choose.

Wednesday - Build your second solution. (it does not have to be to scale)

Thursday - Create Animal Card using Lucid Chart template. Continue to build your Design 2 Prototype.

Friday - Open work day.

Links and resources for this week's assignment:

January 5 - January 8

Low Tech Prototype

1. Watch Video's

*Mr Shane's Assignment Video is required.

2. Follow this suggested time frame

Tuesday - Post video to FlipGrid (watch example)

Wednesday - Decide who you will make for, understand their problem and research solutions found in nature. (watch video for example)

**Trailblazers** are there biological adaptations in your ecosystem you can use?

Thursday - Build and Prototype, Post image of your prototype to Padlet

Friday - Reflect on Prototype and make a second version.

Links and resources for this week's assignment:

FlipGrid

Padlet

>>New Link<<

AskNature.org

animals.howstuffworks

(list of natural adaptations)

What is a biological adaptation?

Potential Problems to have:

December 14 - December 18

SketchUp: Rockets and Components

1. Watch Video's

*Pause and do steps as video instructs.

2. Use the tools described in the video

*Make Group

*Outer Shell

*Make Components

*Flip Along

3. Practice by making the rocket shown in the video

4. Create your own complex object afterwards that includes:

• a group of 2 or more solid shapes

• at least 1 component

5. Post Screenshot of your Creations to Padlet

6. Submit your SketchUp file to Google Classroom post.

Revision Videos:

December 7 - December 11

SketchUp: 3D tools

1. Watch Video's

*Pause and do steps as video instructs.

2. Use the tools described in the video

*Push/Pull

*Offset

*Follow Me

3. Practice making different shapes and using all the tools

4. Post Screenshot of your Creations to Padlet

*In post write one thing that was challenging and one thing that you discovered.

5. Submit your SketchUp file to Google Classroom post.

Find An Ecosystem

Requirements for Ecosystems:

• You need to find a location that is at least 5 feet wide and 5 feet long. Even better if it is at least 10 feet wide and 10 feet long or larger.

• The location needs to be somewhere you can easily go every week. Even better if it is walking distance from your home. You are going to have to go to the same place each week as a part of your work.

• If you live in more than one household, pick a place that you can visit Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. If that isn’t possible, please email Ms. Kat.

• Your location MUST have living things: plants, bugs, animals, mushrooms, etc.

• Examples of places: A backyard, a front yard, a neighbor’s yard, a nearby park, an empty lot that has grass, a patch of bushes or trees in your neighborhood, etc.

November 30 - December 4

SketchUp: Part 1 & 2