Monthly Archive: April 2014

April 30, May 1, & 2

Robotica 8A You only have two classes left to finish your robots before we have our competition because after that we will be switching to the last module. Robotics 8B We began working on the final project today. This is due on Friday, May 9. Robotics 8C Most students started on their final project. This is …

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April 25, 28, & 29

Robotics 8A Awesome job today working on the checklist as most of you have now made it on to the planning / design stage for the advanced project. Please try and finish your plan / design for next class so that I can go over it with you. Robotics 8B Today was the last class …

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April 22, 23, & 24

Robotics 8A Most of you have finished, or are close to finishing stage two of the skills checklist. I encouraged all of you to pick up one of the design/planning sheets so you can do this at home and come to class prepared on Friday. Robotics 8B We discussed some ways to approach your work …

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April 14, 15, & 16

Robotics 8A We continued working on the NXT checklist. Many of you are getting closer to completing it and moving on to the advanced stage. Robotics 8B Your first project, accessory or duplicate, is due Thursday, April 17. For those of you that are done you can go on to the next project which is …

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April 9, 10, & 11

Robotics 8A We starting working on the NXT Checklist after building a quick test robot. Robotics 8B We continued working on our personal accessories or replications of the items that we brought in. Next class you will be given your next assignment as some of you are finished or close to it. When handing in …

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April 4, 7, & 8

Robotics 8A Some impressive robots today in the competition. I was impressed by the work that all of you did especially those of you that had never used the Mindstorm kits before. For next class please make sure to complete your reflection / appraisal. Here are the questions I had on the board today: Think about …

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April 1, 2, & 3

Robotics 8A Today we began the Robotics module by trying to design the fastest robot possible. We will continue this next class and then finish it by racing what we have designed. Robotics 8B Today we began looking at 3D using the program Sketchup. You can download it here for free on both the Mac …

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