Monday and Tuesday  -  Fall Break  --  NO SCHOOL

Wednesday -  PSAT Testing  -  No Class

Thursday (A) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Learn about what mechanics is and how we design and use machines to help us control the transfer of energy.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw this Stirling Engine ~ 5 min

  • Q2 Intro Design Challenge

  • Intro to Simple Machines  //  Simple Machines Notes

    • Mark Rober Video - Mousetrap Cars  //  Lever Lab Balancing Act Game  //  Lever Sim

    • Demos with big lever, big wheel and axle, block and tackle, trebuchet, mousetrap car, etc.

• Homework:

• • Finish Lever Lab Balancing Act Game Assignment (see classroom - due next class)

Friday (B) - 70 minutes

• Objective:  Learn about what mechanics is and how we design and use machines to help us control the transfer of energy.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw this Stirling Engine ~ 5 min

  • Q2 Intro Design Challenge

  • Intro to Simple Machines  //  Simple Machines Notes

    • Mark Rober Video - Mousetrap Cars  //  Lever Lab Balancing Act Game  //  Lever Sim

    • Demos with big lever, big wheel and axle, block and tackle, trebuchet, mousetrap car, etc.

• Homework:

• • Finish Lever Lab Balancing Act Game Assignment (see classroom - due next class)

Monday (A) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Be able to analyze simple machines to calculate their mechanical advantage.  Describe what mechanical advantage is.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw this wheelbarrow ~4min

  • Continue Simple Machines Notes  //  PLTW Notes  //  Mark Rober Video - Mousetrap Cars  

    • Leverage Check for Understanding

    • Demos with big lever, big wheel and axle, block and tackle, trebuchet, mousetrap car, etc.

    • Simple Machines Scavenger Hunt (if time)

  • Notes/ Discussion of Joints and Linkages

    • Analysis of vicegrips  //  Making vicegrips from popsicle sticks

• Homework:

  • TBA

Tuesday (B) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Be able to analyze simple machines to calculate their mechanical advantage.  Describe what mechanical advantage is.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw this wheelbarrow ~4min

  • Continue Simple Machines Notes  //  PLTW Notes  //  Mark Rober Video - Mousetrap Cars  

    • Leverage Check for Understanding

    • Demos with big lever, big wheel and axle, block and tackle, trebuchet, mousetrap car, etc.

    • Simple Machines Scavenger Hunt (if time)

  • Notes/ Discussion of Joints and Linkages

    • Analysis of vicegrips  //  Making vicegrips from popsicle sticks?

• Homework:

  • TBA

Wednesday (A) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Apply your understanding of simple machines to make calculations and solve problems.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw this trebuchet ~4 min

  • Finish Notes on Simple Machines and Mechanical Advantage  //  PLTW Notes

  • Simple Machines Practice Problems 

  • Notes/ Discussion of Joints and Linkages  //  Analysis of vicegrips

    • 507 Mechanical Movements  //  20 Mechanisms w/ Legos  //  Grasshopper Leg Mechanism Video

• Homework:

  • Finish Simple Machines Practice Problems (due next class)

  • Quiz on Simple Machines Next Week (Wednesday)

Thursday (B) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Apply your understanding of simple machines to make calculations and solve problems.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw this trebuchet ~4 min

  • Collect and go over Leverage Check for Understanding

  • Simple Machines Practice Problems 

  • Notes/ Discussion of Joints and Linkages  //  Analysis of vicegrips

    • 507 Mechanical Movements  //  20 Mechanisms w/ Legos  //  Grasshopper Leg Mechanism Video

• Homework:

  • Finish Simple Machines Practice Problems (due next Tuesday)

  • Quiz on Simple Machines Next Week (Thursday)

Friday (A) - 70 minutes

• Objective:  Understand how we describe rotational motion and how it's similar to linear motion.  

  • Understand (roughly) how boomerangs work.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Free Draw FRIDAY!! ~ 4 min

  • Intro to throwing boomerangs (outside)  //  How to be a professional boomerang thrower

  • Notes on rotational dynamics and how boomerangs work  //  Notes  //  Video on Gyroscopic precession 

• Homework:

  • Finish Simple Machines Practice Problems (due Monday)

  • Quiz on Simple Machines Next Week (Wednesday)

Monday (A) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Understand how we can use different types of joints, linkages, and members to get specific motion from our machines.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw this mechanism (Scotch yoke) ~ 5 min  video of it in action

  • Check/ Collect Simple Machines Practice Problems

  • Notes on Compound Machines  //  Compound Machines and More Simple Machines Practice Problems

  • More Simple Machines Resources

    • Physics Classroom Practice Problems  //  Reading and practice with simple machines  //  Additional Practice Problems  -  KEY

  • Notes/ Discussion of Joints and Linkages  //  Analysis of vicegrips

    • 507 Mechanical Movements  //  20 Mechanisms w/ Legos  //  Grasshopper Leg Mechanism  //  Why Machines that bend are Better

• Homework:

  • Select which Mechanism you want to design/ build in OnShape (see assignment in classroom)

  • Quiz on Simple Machines next class

Tuesday (B) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Understand how we can use different types of joints, linkages, and members to get specific motion from our machines.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw this mechanism (Scotch yoke) ~ 5 min  video of it in action

  • Check/ Collect Simple Machines Practice Problems

  • Notes on Compound Machines  //  Compound Machines and More Simple Machines Practice Problems

  • More Simple Machines Resources

    • Physics Classroom Practice Problems  //  Reading and practice with simple machines  //  Additional Practice Problems  -  KEY

  • Notes/ Discussion of Joints and Linkages  //  Analysis of vicegrips

    • 507 Mechanical Movements  //  20 Mechanisms w/ Legos  //  Grasshopper Leg Mechanism  //  Why Machines that bend are Better

• Homework:

  • Select which Mechanism you want to design/ build in OnShape (see assignment in classroom)

  • Quiz on Simple Machines next class

Wednesday (A) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Assess your understanding of Simple Machines

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Sketch out the mechanism that you chose to do  ~ 4 min

  • Quiz on Simple Machines!

  • Work on 3d modeling of your chosen mechanism in OnShape

• Homework:

• • Finish modeling all parts of your mechanism in OnShape (due by next class)

Thursday (B) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Assess your understanding of Simple Machines

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Sketch out the mechanism that you chose to do  ~ 4 min

  • Quiz on Simple Machines!

  • Work on 3d modeling of your chosen mechanism in OnShape

• Homework:

• • Finish modeling all parts of your mechanism in OnShape (due by next class)

Friday  --  AMAZING EVENT  --  No Class

Monday (A) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Learn about how fluid pressure can be used to amplify force.  Practice 3d design, modeling, and setting up constraints.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw a bicycle as accurately as you can in scale and in proportion ~4 min

  • Notes on fluid pressure and mechanical advantage (hydraulics and pneumatics)

  • Tutorial on making gears in OnShape  //  Video Tutorial

  • Continue working on 3d mechanism model in OnShape  //  Notes on assemblies and constraints

• Homework:

  • Finish your 3d model of your mechanism so it's ready for printing (ASAP, but before Thanksgiving Break)

Tuesday (B) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Learn about how fluid pressure can be used to amplify force.  Practice 3d design, modeling, and setting up constraints.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw a bicycle as accurately as you can in scale and in proportion ~4 min

  • Notes on fluid pressure and mechanical advantage (hydraulics and pneumatics)

  • Tutorial on making gears in OnShape  //  Video Tutorial

  • Continue working on 3d mechanism model in OnShape  //  Notes on assemblies and constraints

• Homework:

  • Finish your 3d model of your mechanism so it's ready for printing (ASAP, but before Thanksgiving Break)

Wednesday (A) - 100 minutes 

• Objective:  Learn about gear ratios - what they are, how they're calculated, and why they're useful.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Sketch these gears and approximate the mechanical advantage if the axle diameter was 1" ~4 min

  • Return Simple Machines Quiz (retakes next week)

  • Gear Ratio Notes  //  Play with CPO gears  //  Common Types of Gears Image

  • "Spinning Levers" - Video  //  Great Gear Ratio Video with Legos  //  Gear Train Calculations Basics - Video

  • Gear Ratio Practice Problems  //  Quizziz on Gear Ratios

• Homework:

  • Finish Gear Ratio Practice Problems (to be checked at the start of next class)

  • Finish your 3d model of your mechanism so it's ready for printing (ASAP, but before Thanksgiving Break)

Thursday (B) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Learn about gear ratios - what they are, how they're calculated, and why they're useful.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Sketch these gears and approximate the mechanical advantage if the axle diameter was 1" ~4 min

  • Return Simple Machines Quiz (retakes next week)

  • Gear Ratio Notes  //  Play with CPO gears  //  Common Types of Gears Image

  • "Spinning Levers" - Video  //  Great Gear Ratio Video with Legos  //  Gear Train Calculations Basics - Video

  • Gear Ratio Practice Problems  //  Quizziz on Gear Ratios

• Homework:

  • Finish Gear Ratio Practice Problems (to be checked at the start of next class)

  • Finish your 3d model of your mechanism so it's ready for printing (ASAP, but before Thanksgiving Break)

Friday (B) - 70 minutes

• Objective:  Understand how we describe rotational motion and how it's similar to linear motion.  

  • Understand (roughly) how boomerangs work.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Free Draw FRIDAY!! ~ 4 min

  • Check Gear Ratio Practice Problems

  • Intro to throwing boomerangs (outside)  //  How to be a professional boomerang thrower

  • Notes on rotational dynamics and how boomerangs work  //  Notes  //  Video on Gyroscopic precession 

• Homework:

  • TBA

Monday (A) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Learn about gear ratios - what they are, how they're calculated, and why they're useful.

  • Learn about how to maximize motor efficiency using gear ratios and motor power calculations

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw this electric motor and gear box ~4 min

  • Check and go over Gear Ratio Practice Problems  //   Quizziz on Gear Ratios

    • "Spinning Levers" - Video  //  Great Gear Ratio Video with Legos  //  Gear Train Calculations Basics - Video

  • Vex motor dissection

  • Maximum Motor Power Notes

  • Maximum Motor Power Practice Problems (Batman Problem)

    • Hacksmith Videos  Winch Build Video  //  Final Test Video 

• Homework:

  • Quizziz (Wayground) on Gear Ratios (due next class, see classroom)

  • Quiz on Gear Ratios and Maximizing Motor Power Next Week

Tuesday (B) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Learn about gear ratios - what they are, how they're calculated, and why they're useful.

  • Learn about how to maximize motor efficiency using gear ratios and motor power calculations

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw this electric motor and gear box ~4 min

  • Check and go over Gear Ratio Practice Problems  //   Quizziz on Gear Ratios

    • "Spinning Levers" - Video  //  Great Gear Ratio Video with Legos  //  Gear Train Calculations Basics - Video

  • Vex motor dissection

  • Maximum Motor Power Notes

  • Maximum Motor Power Practice Problems (Batman Problem)

    • Hacksmith Videos  Winch Build Video  //  Final Test Video 

• Homework:

  • Quizziz (Wayground) on Gear Ratios (due next class, see classroom)

  • Quiz on Gear Ratios and Maximizing Motor Power Next Week

Wednesday (A) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Learn about how to maximize motor efficiency using gear ratios and motor power calculations

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw this worm gear system.  Annotate your drawing so it communicates the motion of the gears. ~4 min

  • Maximum Motor Power Notes

  • Maximum Motor Power Practice Problems (Batman Problem)

    • Hacksmith Videos  Winch Build Video  //  Final Test Video

  • More Gear Ratio practice problems  //  KEY

  • Review for quiz on Gears next Wednesday

• Homework:

• • Finish "More Gear Ratio Practice Problems" (to be checked at the start of next class)

  • Study for Quiz on Gears next Wednesday

Thursday (B) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Learn about how to maximize motor efficiency using gear ratios and motor power calculations

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw this worm gear system.  Annotate your drawing so it communicates the motion of the gears. ~4 min

  • Maximum Motor Power Notes

  • Maximum Motor Power Practice Problems (Batman Problem)

    • Hacksmith Videos  Winch Build Video  //  Final Test Video

  • More Gear Ratio practice problems  //  KEY

  • Review for quiz on Gears next Thursday

• Homework:

• • Finish "More Gear Ratio Practice Problems" (to be checked at the start of next class)

  • Study for Quiz on Gears next Thursday

Friday (A) - 70 minutes

• Objective:  Review Gear Trains and Maximizing Motor Power

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Sketch out a gear train that you could use to turn an hour, minute, and second hand all from the same motor (if that motor spins at 60 rpm. ~10min

  • Example Watch Gears  //  Video on how a grandfather clock works

  • Glue/ Work on Boomerang Construction

• Homework:

• • Finish "More Gear Ratio Practice Problems" (due next class)

Monday (A)  - 100 minutes

• Objective: Review Gear Trains and Maximizing Motor Power

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw a gear system with a gear ratio of 18.  How could you make it so this gear system can apply a variable output force to a string on the output axle? ~4 mins

  • Make/ Design daily drawing in OnShape

  • Go Over/ Check More Gear Ratio practice problems  //  KEY

  • Additional in-class problems

  • Make boomerangs!

• Homework:

  • Study for Quiz on Gears next Class!

Tuesday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective: Review Gear Trains and Maximizing Motor Power

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Sketch out a gear train that you could use to turn an hour, minute, and second hand all from the same motor (if that motor spins at 60 rpm. ~10min

  • Example Watch Gears  //  Video on how a grandfather clock works  //  3d Printed Clock Video

  • Go Over/ Check More Gear Ratio practice problems  //  KEY

  • Glue/ Work on Boomerangs

  • Additional in-class problems

• Homework:

  • Study for Quiz on Gears next Class!

Wednesday (A) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Assess your understanding of Gear 

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: No daily drawing - study for the quiz ~5min.

  • Quiz on Gear Ratios and Maximizing Motor Power

  • Introduce On-Shape for CAD

• Homework:

  • TBA

Thursday (B) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Assess your understanding of Gear 

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: No daily drawing - study for the quiz ~5min.

  • Quiz on Gear Ratios and Maximizing Motor Power

  • Introduce On-Shape for CAD

• Homework:

  • TBA

Friday (B) - 70 minutes

• Objective:  Learn how to model gear systems in OnShape.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: No daily drawing today - smith gone

  • On-Shape - How to Gears

• Homework:

  • Finish Gear Design Tutorial Assignment on Classroom (due by the end of the day)

Monday (A)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Introduce our quarter project on Windmill design 

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw as many different windmill designs as you can ~4min

  • Return Gear Ratios and Maximizing Motor Power Quizzes (retakes next Tuesday or Wednesday - during lunch or after school)

  • Introduce Wind Power Quarter Project

  • Build towers and discuss variables that affect wind power

• Homework:

  • TBA

Tuesday (B)  - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Introduce our quarter project on Windmill design 

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Draw as many different windmill designs as you can ~4min

  • Return Gear Ratios and Maximizing Motor Power Quizzes (retakes next Monday)

  • Introduce Wind Power Quarter Project

    • KidWind Guidebook  //  Floating Turbine Rules

  • Build towers and discuss variables that affect wind power

• Homework:

  • TBA

Wednesday (A) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Test and analyze different blade combinations to learn about the factors that affect wind turbine performance.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Sketch out at least 3 different ideas of what your windmill's blades could look like.  Include the number of blades, their shape, size, and any other important information. ~5min

  • Introduce Challenge for Quarter Project

    • Calculations of Wind Energy and Mechanical Energy

    • Discussion of factors that affect wind turbine performance

    • Minute Physics - Windmill Design Physics  //  Windmills are not like dams

    • Steve Mould - Sailing faster than the wind

    • Turbine torque testing Video  //  Beginner  //  Intermediate

    • Other Cool Videos: Wind Turbine Technicians Video  //  Real Engineering - The Problem with Wind Energy

  • Building, testing, and data collection of first blades

• Homework:

  • TBA

Thursday (B) - 100 minutes

• Objective:  Test and analyze different blade combinations to learn about the factors that affect wind turbine performance.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: Sketch out at least 3 different ideas of what your windmill's blades could look like.  Include the number of blades, their shape, size, and any other important information. ~5min

  • Introduce Challenge for Quarter Project

    • Calculations of Wind Energy and Mechanical Energy

    • Discussion of factors that affect wind turbine performance

    • Minute Physics - Windmill Design Physics  //  Windmills are not like dams

    • Steve Mould - Sailing faster than the wind

    • Turbine torque testing Video  //  Beginner  //  Intermediate

    • Other Cool Videos: Wind Turbine Technicians Video  //  Real Engineering - The Problem with Wind Energy

  • Building, testing, and data collection of first blades

• Homework:

  • TBA

Friday (A) - 70 minutes - SMITH GONE

• Objective:  Test and analyze different blade combinations to learn about the factors that affect wind turbine performance.

• Classwork:

  • Daily Drawing: None

  • Work on blade construction and testing!

• Homework:

  • TBA