Monday Morning Funny - Bye Atlas Hello Atlas, FTC trailer

 Monday Morning Funny - Bye Atlas Hello Atlas, FTC trailer 

Week at a Glance

 Week at a Glance

Intro:

• Computational Thinking
• Coding Basics
• Friday Food For Thought - Curb Cuts

Int/Adv:

• Week of April 22nd - Tentative schedule
• Non-Independent Project PR/EX level should be started
• No more then groups of 2

• Security System Project OR

• Plant Manager OR

• Example Arduino/CAD Project

• Independent Projects Proposals due and needs:
• Scope must cover both ELT2140 & ELT 2910
• Groups of two
• Groups of 3 can be proposed but scope needs to be much bigger
• Must be approved by end of week
• Rough project outline
• Rough list of potential resources
• Update Slides Due Thursday
• Friday Food for Thought - Hockey Science

Monday Morning Funny - ElectroBOOM AC/DC Voltage

Week at a glance

 Intro:

Robotics Research Project - Planning ahead

• If you want to complete this you should be working ahead
• Remember if you attempt this you should be using and tracking your progress with a Design Process
• Example Design Processes 

Breadboarding:

• Reading Resistor Assignment
• How breadboards 
• Developing Circuits 

1. A basic LED circuit

2. A pushbutton LED circuit

3. An LED dimmer circuit

4. An RGB LED Circuit

5. An RGB LED Dimmer Circuit

Inter/Adv:

• Can We Yeet Things into Space?
• Tentative Schedule 
• Check List
• Developing Electricity / Programing Projects
• Arduino
• FTC Sim
• Thursday Update Slides

Monday Morning Funny - Spring in Canada

Week at a glance

 Intro:

• Monday - Engineering Research Project - Share 2 interesting things (can't be the same as someone else)
• Start Module 2:
• Learning outcomes
• Assessment Risk Presentation Review for your assignment
• Lab Safety 
• Risk Assessment Assignment
• Fire Safety Assignment
• Basic Electrical Knowledge Theory
• Copy all the questions into your e-portfolio and answer
• Ohms Law assignment
• Breadboarding
• Reading Resistors Assignment
• Friday Food For Thought - Structural Integrity 

Skills Extension Opportunity & Robotics Team Interest:

• Design a Robotics Drive Base
• Belt Driven FTC drive base tutorials
• Will show skills that can be applied to Robotics Research Project
• Program a FTC Robot
• Basic JAVA driver control programing for FTC
• If time permits Basic Autonomous programing for FTC 

Sign-up:

Int/Adv:

• Monday - Design Process Presentations + 1 Friday food for thought question
• Robotics Checklist
• Final Project
• Tuesday - Copyright Assignment
• Wednesday & Thursday  - Electronics and Programing
• FTC Developing Project
• Arduino Developing Project
• Friday Food For Thought - Can We Yeet Stuff into Space

Week at a glance:

 Robotics Introduction:

• We are finishing Module 2 - Once you finish any outstanding projects please let your teacher know
• We will be the Exploring Engineering Profession this week 
• Friday for for thought - Children of the Magenta 

Robotics Int/Adv:

• Tuesday - Get organized
• Wednesday & Thursday
• The Design Process - Due Monday
• Empathize  and Define
• Friday Food For Thought - Economics of Automation
• Monday Design Process Presentation

All week I will be interviewing you for your Robotics Research Project Marks.

Monday Morning Funny - Ball Balancing Robot

 

Monday Morning Funny - Carrot in a Box

This week:

 Robotics Intro:

We will be finishing Module 1 - If you have any unfinished projects you will have time to work through them this week

Make sure you have uploaded all of your technical drawings as pdfs, have submitted your AutoCAD drawing files.  Be ready to show your work in one on one interviews.

New Projects this week:

• CAD2 - PR level Project - Pump
• EX Project - Gripper Claw

Int/Adv:

• Robotics Research Projects are due
• Make sure you have updated your folders with:
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Description of your Design Process including pictures of final project
• Technical Drawings
• Fusion Files 
• f3d
• stp
• gcode
• Bill of Materials
• Photos of your 3d prints (can be in your design process information)
• Code for your input and response
• Be ready for one on one interviews this week for the project.