STEM Explorations
Distance Learning (See Google Classroom for Assignments!)
Rube Goldberg Machine due Friday, May 1st - All information and assignments are on Google Classroom
February 10th - May 22nd
February 10th - 14th (No School Friday) - Introduction: Basics
1. Watch all of the videos and answer all of the questions for Getting Started, Big Ideas, and Using the Software.
2. Robotic Basics Quiz. If you are interested, see me for a retake after you review the questions in the Getting Started, Big Ideas, and Using the Software segments.
February 17th - March 6th - Behaviors Unit 1: Movement
Chapter 1: Moving Straight
1. Watch all of the videos and answer all of the questions for this chapter.
2. Mini-Challenge: 50 cm Challenge
3. Mini-Challenge: Cargo Retrieval
4. Chapter 1 Final Challenge: Sensabot Challenge
5. Click here to answer the Chapter 1 Reflection Question (please do this ON YOUR OWN!)
Chapter 2: Turning
1. Watch all of the videos and answer all of the questions for this chapter.
2. Mini-Challenge: 90 Degree Turn
3. Mini-Challenge: Dizzy Drill
4. Chapter 2 Final Challenge: Orchard Challenge
5. Click here to answer the Chapter 2 Reflection Question (please do this ON YOUR OWN!)
March 9th - April 3rd - Behaviors Unit 2: Sensors
Chapter 3: Move Until Touch
1. Watch all of the videos and answer all of the questions for this chapter.
2. Mini-Challenge: Vacuum
3. Chapter 3 Final Challenge: Arm Position
4. Click here to answer the Chapter 3 Reflection Question (please do this ON YOUR OWN!)
Chapter 4: Move Until Near
1. Watch all of the videos and answer all of the questions for this chapter.
2. Mini Challenge: Threshold Value
3. Mini Challenge: Backward Until Far
4. Chapter 4 Final Challenge: Maze Challenge
5. Click here to answer the Chapter 4 Reflection Question (please do this ON YOUR OWN!)
Chapter 5: Turn For Angle
1. Watch all of the videos and answer all of the questions for this chapter.
2. Mini-Challenge: Square Box
3. Chapter 5 Final Challenge: Mower Challenge
4. Click here to answer the Chapter 5 Reflection Question (please do this ON YOUR OWN!)
Chapter 6: Move Until Color
1. Watch all of the videos and answer all of the questions for this chapter.
2. Mini Challenge: Railroad Crossing
3. Mini Challenge: Forward to Stop Line
4. Chapter 6 Final Challenge: Traffic Signal Challenge
5. Click here to answer the Chapter 6 Reflection Question (please do this ON YOUR OWN!)
Mid-Term: Gyro Investigation
1. Watch all of the videos and answer all of the questions for this chapter.
2. Gyro Sensor Investigation: Challenge Write Up
April 19th - May 8th - Behaviors Unit 3: Decisions
Chapter 7: Loops
1. Watch all of the videos and answer all of the questions for this chapter.
2. Mini Challenge: Square Lab 1
3. Mini Challenge: Square Lab 2
4. Mini Challenge: Square Lab 3
5. Chapter 7 Final Challenge: Container Handling Challenge
6. Click here to answer the Chapter 7 Reflection Question (please do this ON YOUR OWN!)
Chapter 8: Switches
1. Watch all of the videos and answer all of the questions for this chapter.
2. Mini Challenge: Color Sensor Compare Switch
3. Mini Challenge: Color Name Reader
4. Mini-Challenge: Smarter Decisions Challenge
5. Chapter 8 Final Challenge: Strawberry Plant Challenge
6. Click here to answer the Chapter 8 Reflection Question (please do this ON YOUR OWN!)
Chapter 9: Switch-Loops
1. Watch all of the videos and answer all of the questions for this chapter.
2. Mini-Challenge: Obstacle Detecting Move Until Black Line
3. Chapter 9 Final Challenge: Obstacle Orchard Challenge
4. Click here to answer the Chapter 9 Reflection Question AND Chapter 9 Reflection Question Part 2 (please do this ON YOUR OWN!)
Chapter 10: Line Follower
1. Watch all of the videos and answer all of the questions for this chapter.
2. Mini-Challenge: Track Line for Rotations
3. Chapter 10 Final Challenge: Line Track Challenge
4. Click here to answer the Chapter 10 Reflection Question (please do this ON YOUR OWN!)
May 11th - 15th - Final Challenge
1. Watch all of the videos and answer all of the questions for this chapter.
2. Final Challenge: Search and Rescue Challenge
3. Click here to answer the Robot Engineering Reflection Question (please do this ON YOUR OWN!)
May 18th - 22nd - Bonus
Data Wires
1. Mini-Challenge: Random Distance
2. Mini-Challenge: Dangerous Wall
3. Mini-Challenge: Multiple Display
4. Mini-Challenge: Display Rotation in Centimeters
5. Mini-Challenge: Move for Centimeters My Block
6. Mini-Challenge: Find the Black Line's Distance
7. Final Challenge: Pipeline Explorer Challenge
Logic
1. Mini-Challenge: Forward until Touch OR Rotations OR Near
2. Mini-Challenge: Line Track until Touch or Near
February 3rd-7th
Monday, February 3rd (Late Start)
1. Introduce Rubber Band Cars: You will need to bring materials from home for this challenge! Below are some ideas, but you can make your car a different way if you would prefer!
3. Kodu Tutorials Assignment (on Google Classroom)
Tuesday, February 4th
1. Work on Rubber Band Cars: You will need to bring materials from home for this challenge! Below are some ideas, but you can make your car a different way if you would prefer!
2. Kodu Tutorials Assignment (on Google Classroom)
Thursday, February 5th
1. Introduce Rubber Band Cars: You will need to bring materials from home for this challenge! Below are some ideas, but you can make your car a different way if you would prefer!
2. Rubber Band Powered Car Competition
January 27th-31st
January 27th-28th: No School - Semester Break
Wednesday, January 29th (Single Periods)
1. Second Semester Outline
2. Review Sketch-Up Projects (on Google Classroom)
Thursday, January 30th and Friday, January 31st
1. Introduce Paper Catapult
2. Paper Catapult Instructions
December 2nd - January 24th
2. Coding (See Google Classroom for Assignments)
Homework: The week before winter break you will have the challenge of engineering a gift for someone. You may wish to bring in a roll of Duct Tape by 12/13 for this activity. There will be other options for what you can do, so this is an optional assignment.
November 18th-22nd
Homework: The week before winter break you will have the challenge of engineering a gift for someone. You may wish to bring in a roll of Duct Tape by 12/13 for this activity. There will be other options for what you can do, so this is an optional assignment.
Monday, November 18th
- Lego Inventory
- Review Engineering Design Process
Wednesday, November 19th
1. The Lifter Engineering Design Challenge - Click here for Instruction Booklets
2. Powered Machines Notebook Check: (Power Car, The Walker, Dogbot, The Lifter, The Bat)
Friday, November 15th
1. The Bat Engineering Design Challenge - Click here for Instruction Booklets
2. Powered Machines Notebook Check: (Power Car, The Walker, Dogbot, The Lifter, The Bat) - DUE TODAY!!!
November 11th-15th
Monday, November 11th
No School
Wednesday, November 13th
1. The Walker Engineering Design Activity
2. Energy Notebook Check: (Windmill, Land Yacht, Flywheeler, Stamping Letters, Beaten)
Friday, November 15th
1. Dogbot Engineering Design Activity
2. Energy Notebook Check: (Windmill, Land Yacht, Flywheeler, Stamping Letters, Beaten)
November 4th-8th
Monday, November 4th (Late Start)
1. Introduction to Machines with Engines
2. Power Car
Wednesday, November 6th
1. Stamping Letters Engineering Design Challenge - Click here for Instruction Booklets
2. Energy Notebook Check Next Class: (Windmill, Land Yacht, Flywheeler, Stamping Letters, Beaten)
Friday, November 8th
1. Beaten Engineering Design Challenge - Click here for Instruction Booklets
2. Energy Notebook Check: (Windmill, Land Yacht, Flywheeler, Stamping Letters, Beaten)
October 28th - November 1st
Monday, October 28th
1. Introduce Halloween Catapult Competition
2. Catapult Planning Time
Wednesday, October 30th
1. Flywheeler Engineering Activity
2. Catapult Planning Time
Friday, November 1st
1. Halloween Catapult Building Time
2. Halloween Catapult Competition
October 21st - 25th
Monday, October 21st
1. Digital Citizenship Lesson
2. Finish Complex Machines - Forces and Motion Notebook Check (Sweeper, Fishing Rod, Freewheeling, The Hammer)
Wednesday, October 23rd
1. Windmill Engineering Activity
2. Work on EdHeads Simple and Complex Machines Webquest - on Google Classroom
Friday, October 25th
1. Land Yacht Engineering Activity
2. Work on EdHeads Simple and Complex Machines Webquest - on Google Classroom
October 14th - 18th
Monday, October 14th
1. Engineering Design Process Activity
2. Engineering Design Process Video
Wednesday, October 16th
1. The Hammer Engineering Activity
2. Work on EdHeads Simple and Complex Machines Webquest - on Google Classroom
Friday, October 18th
1. Uphill Struggle Engineering Activity - Click here for Instruction Booklets
2. Complex Machines - Forces and Motion Notebook Check (Sweeper, Fishing Rod, Freewheeling, The Hammer)
October 7th - 11th
Monday, October 7th
1. Simple Machine Examples Assignment - on Google Classroom
Google Classroom Code: 03j7hs8
2. Work on EdHeads Simple and Complex Machines Webquest - on Google Classroom
Wednesday, October 9th
1. Fishing Rod Engineering Activity
2. Work on EdHeads Simple and Complex Machines Webquest - on Google Classroom
Friday, October 11th
1. Freewheeling Engineering Activity
2. Work on EdHeads Simple and Complex Machines Webquest - on Google Classroom
September 30th - October 4th
Monday, September 30th (NO SCHOOL!)
Wednesday, October 2nd
1. Finish All Simple Machine Models
2. EdHeads Simple and Complex Machines Webquest - on Google Classroom
3. Simple Machines Notebook Quiz - You may use your notebook on this quiz! Click here to make sure you have what you need in your notebook!
Friday, October 4th
1. Introduce Complex Machines
2. The Sweeper Engineering Activity
September 23rd-27th
Monday, September 23rd (Late Start)
1. Review Levers and Pulleys
2. Lever and Pulley Video
Wednesday, September 25th
1. Inclined Plane
2. Wedge
3. Screw
Friday, September 27th
1. Gear
2. Cam
3. Pawl and Ratchet
Simple Machines Notebook Quiz Next Week! You may use your notebook on this quiz! Click here to make sure you have what you need in your notebook!
September 16th-20th
Monday, September 16th
1. Bridge Notebook Check - Check here to make sure you have what you need!
Wednesday, September 18th
1. Intro to Machine Kits
2. Intro to Simple Machines
3. Levers
Friday, September 20th
1. Wheel and Axels
2. Pulleys
September 9th-13th
Monday, September 9th
1. Team Engineering Challenge
2. Finish Card Bridges
Wednesday, September 11th
1. Types of Bridges Notes
2. Plan for Marshmallow-Toothpick Engineering Design Challenge
3. Bridge Game
Friday, September 13th
1. Types of Bridges Assessment (You May Use Your Notebook!)
2. Marshmallow-Toothpick Engineering Design Challenge
Bridge Notebook Checks on Monday - Check here to make sure you have what you need!
September 2nd-6th
Monday, September 2nd (No School)
Wednesday, September 4th
1. What is a Bridge?
2. Forces Acting on a Bridge
3. Live Loads vs. Dead Loads
4. Testing Shapes for Strength
Friday, September 5th
1. Card Bridges
2. Present Card Bridges
August 27th-30th
Tuesday, August 27th
1. Welcome to STEM - Introductions
2. Engineering Challenge
Homework:
1. You will need an engineering notebook (a spiral notebook is fine!) for the year. Please have it in class by Tuesday of next week or let me know if you are unable to get one.
2. Fill out the Student Survey and have a parent/guardian fill out the Parent Survey by Friday.
Wednesday, August 28th
1. About Dr. Thacker
2. Engineering Challenge Rebuild
Homework:
1. You will need an engineering notebook (a spiral notebook is fine!) for the year. Please have it in class by Tuesday of next week or let me know if you are unable to get one.
2. Fill out the Student Survey and have a parent/guardian fill out the Parent Survey by Friday.
Friday, August 30th
1. Types of Engineers
2. Poster Project - Use the websites below to help you get started (you may use other websites as well!).
Homework:
1. You will need an engineering notebook (a spiral notebook is fine!) for the year. Please have it in class by Tuesday of next week or let me know if you are unable to get one.
2. Fill out the Student Survey and have a parent/guardian fill out the Parent Survey by Friday.