I'm keeping the daily agenda in English as many parents have requested. However, the site will be in french as the students will be working in French throughout this semester.
Monday
Welcome
Intro to Hard Tech
Les dimensions
Tuesday
Sketchup for school (on-line version for Chromebooks)
Sketchup online does the same as the downloadable version, the menus are different and not as user friendly. This is why it's better to use the key shortcuts found here
Wednesday
Designing / building a shed?
Set MODEL INFO - LENGTH UNITS PRECISION to make life simpler
Learn the OFFSET
Use MOVE to adjust line locations precisely
Learn to MAKE COMPONENTS to simplify the task
Demonstrate how to download drawing as .skp
Demonstrate how to upload file into Google Classroom
Thursday
Mike's Malt Shop - Video Tutorial (remember K to pause and J to rewind)
Friday
Complete Mike's Malt Shop
Export an image of your creation at the the end of the class and post it to Classroom
Monday
Intro to Sketchup
Tuesday
Sketchup
Your dream house
Stay inside to dimension guidelines (no more than 60' X 75' footprint)
No walls, just blocks that you push / pull
Wednesday
Sketchup
Continue your dream house
Thursday
Ruler Game test
Sketchup
Finish your dream house
Friday
Ruler Game (TEST)
The microwave
BRP
Monday
Research Questions
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Various types of Joints
Students are to cut various pieces of wood to build two different rafters
One type to be glued using the glue gun
The other using carpenters glue
Friday
Rafter Test
Start designing your bridge on paper
Bridge Building - PLANNING
Prepare budget sheet
Calculate material for bridge
Student who submitted bridge need to be approved ($40 000) first
Start Bridge Design
Continue working on drawings
Students without drawing will need to complete today and/or for homework
Each student must create their own budget sheet which needs to by signed off by the teacher every time lumber/glue etc... is purchased
Bridge Building - Construction Begins - Sort and Mark Stock
Remind students missing research that it is due tonight.
If not in tonight, alternative assignment will be given an will be due this Friday
Bridge Building - Cut Beams, Members, Ties, Spacers
Bridge Building - Assemble Truss Sides
Bridge Building - Complete Truss sides
Assignment Audit - Calendar Heads Up
Bridge Building - Assemble the completed Truss
What do you need to include in your Design Process Portfolio Reports
Bridge Building - Testing Day One
Bridge Building - Testing Day Two
Portfolio Updates and Reflection
Bridge Building - Final day for Updates and Reflection
Final day to BUST BRIDGES!
Monday
Bridge Building - Final day for Updates
Bridge Testing
Tuesday
Final day to BUST BRIDGES!
Work on your Reflection (due Thursday night)
Wednesday
Co2 Car - Design Process: PLANNING - Create your rough sketch either hand drawn on Grid paper as an ORTHOGRAPHIC, or modelled using SKETCHUP
Thursday
Co2 Car - Design Process: PROCEDURE - Understanding Construction! Measure twice... Cut Once
Sketchup of your car
Friday
Co2 car research
Co2 Car
Research questions are due
Sketches of Co2 car (5)
Co2 Car - Safety and construction
Co2 Car - construction
Co2 Car - construction
Co2 Car - construction
Monday
Bottle Rocket Construction
Tuesday
Hand out alternative assignment to student who have forgotten to do the previous work
Work on Rocket Construction
Wednesday
Last day to complete first rocket
Thursday
Launch of first rocket
Friday
Launch of first rocket
Monday
Modifications to first rocket
will ask if second launch required, if not, next launch will be the test with the egg
Tuesday
Calling for lots of rain, we'll postpone launch till tomorrow
Wednesday
Rocket Launch Test
Thursday
Reflection
Friday
No School, PD day
Thursday
Friday
Summative Design on Sketchup
Monday
Summative Design on Sketchup
Tuesday
Summative Design on Sketchup
Wednesday
Voici notre dernière journée en classe de "Hard Tech"
Summative Design on Sketchup