Spring 2025 Q3

Week 10 | March 10th - March 14th

Welcome to Class! Please Excuse Mrs. Moore

Todays Mission:

  • Make sure to finish the Fluid Power Challenge
  • Update Week 10 in your Portfolio
    • Link to Volts Vaults Project
    • Link to Q3 Self Evaluation
    • Link to Fluid Power Challenge
  • ER Time (Explore and Relax Time)

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Welcome to Class!

Todays To Do's:

  • Did you finish the Q3 Self-Evaluation of your Engineering Portfolio???
  • Meet one on one with Mrs. Moore to review portfolio
  • Intro to Fluid Power

 What is the Fluid Power Challenge?

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Welcome to Class!

Today is PRESENTATION DAY for our VOLT VAULTS PROJECT

        Is your TEAM ready to PRESENT? Take 5 min to get ready!!

Q3 Self-Evaluation of your Engineering Portfolio
    • Make a copy, fill out, and then put link to document on Week 10 in your portoflio

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Welcome to class!

Today Endeavors:

Finish our VOLT VAULTS PROJECT

        Test your Vault and Finish slide show

  • Does your vault meet requirements?
  • Can it open/close 10 times?
  • Does your team have your slideshow ready with all required elements?

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Welcome to Class!

Today is FINISH BUILD and TEST day of our VOLT VAULTS PROJECT

  • Does your vault meet requirements?
  • Can it open/close 10 times?
  • Does your team have your slideshow ready with all required elements?

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Week 9 | March 3rd - March 7th

Welcome to Class!

Friday's Weekly Wrap Up...

  • What happened in class yesterday?
  • Where are we on our Volts Vault Project? Can we be ready to present next Wednesday?
  • We need to update our portfolios for Week 9 and back if needed

 

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Welcome to Class!

Today is Day 8 of our VOLT VAULTS PROJECT

        Finish build and test your Vault and slide show

  • Is your vault and circuit built?
  • Does your vault meet requirements?
  • Can it open/close 10 times?
  • Does your team have your slideshow ready with all required elements?

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Welcome to Class!

Today is Day 7 of our VOLT VAULTS PROJECT

        Peer Eval to get Feedback and Make Improvements
  • Set up your circuit and what you have constructed of your vault
  • Peer Evaluation - get feed back to improve your project 
  • Use feedback to improve your design

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Welcome to Class!

Today is Day 6 of our VOLT VAULTS PROJECT

        Build your vault and get your circuit tested and ready build today. 

  • Do you have the materials to build your safe?
  • Have you built your circuit with you LED's and solenoid yet?
  • Get ready for a Mid Point Peer Review tomorrow 

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Welcome to Class!

Today is Day 5 of our VOLT VAULTS PROJECT

        Get materials to build your vault and circuit today:

  • Do you have the materials list to build your safe?
  • Have you built your circuit in Tinker Cad with you LED's and solenoid yet?

 

 

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Week 8 | February 24th - February 28th

Welcome to Class!

Today is Day 3 of our VOLT VAULTS PROJECT

  • Is your group done with research and hand/tinker CAD drawings?
  • Where are you at with the following:
    • Brainstorming and 3 sketches of your ideas
    • Complete a decision matrix showing how you selected the best design
If you have completed your decision matrix to choose the design to build you can make a list of the supplies you need, go "shopping" for materials, and start construction.

 

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Today is Day 2 of our VOLT VAULTS PROJECT

    • How did Monday go? Math Sheet Review
    • Groups: 1) Camden/Ethan/Grace, 2)Braden/Avery, and 3)Alex/Carson 
    • Did you finish the background information and answer the questions highlighted in BLUE?
    • Did you start procedure and work through steps 1 and 2
  • Then start on the following:
    • Research and have slides created for Title and Research slides.
    • Figure out RESISTOR values
    • Hand drawn schematic hand drawing of your circuit with all parts labeled.
    • Tinker cad circuit that will function properly without overloading
  • Start Brainstorm of your vault or safe itself - make sure to check the requirements
    • 3 sketches of your ideas

Complete a decision matrix showing to select the best design

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Welcome Back!! 

Please excuse Mrs. Moore- Today I am helping my daughter and her new baby. 

Today we start our VOLT VAULTS PROJECT

  • Please get into groups: 1) Camden/Ethan/Grace, 2)Braden/Avery, and 3)Alex/Carson 
  • Get out your Chromebooks, have one person in your group open the project above, make a copy, and then share with your group members.
  • Work together to go through the background information and answer the questions highlighted in BLUE
  • If you have time you can start the Procedure and work through steps 1 and 2
  • The last 5-10 mins update your portfolios and add the link to your project as an artifact for today.

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 Welcome to Class! 

Please excuse Mrs. Moore -My daughter had her baby on Saturday night and I am helping her out.

What is EQUIVALENT RESISTANCE?

  How do you calculate ER for series, parallel, and combination circuits?

Who is Kirchhoff and what is Kirchhoff's Law?

Click HERE to go to the slide show to fill out the guided notes

Click HERE to watch a video on how to solve equivalent resistance in SERIES & PARALLEL circuits

 

 

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Week 7 | February 17th - February 21st

Welcome to class!

Today our plan is:
Finish the Instant Challenge: Material Flow Crisis
  • See what progress/changes have been made
  • Work to complete challenge
  • Document progress with pictures and comments
  • Update Portfolios Week 7

 

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 Welcome to Class!

What is EQUIVALENT RESISTANCE?
                How do you calculate ER for series, parallel, and combination circuits?

 Kirchhoff's Law Lab 

  • Discover Kirchhoff’s Current Law and Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law

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Welcome to Class!  

Presentation from Wyoming Tech in Welding Room

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Week 6 | February 10th - February 14th

Welcome to Class!

Reflect on Series and Parallel Circuits

  • Establish Mathematical Relationships
  • Breadboards and Fun 
  • Practice Problems

Update portfolio for Week 6:

  • Ohm's Law for Monday
  • Tue-Thur Series vs Parallel Circuits Spreadsheet
  • ER TIME (Explore and Relax Time) 

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Welcome to class!!

 Today's Plan of Attack: 

  • Review Tabs 1-2
  • Work on Tabs 3-4 as a class
  • Understand the Math of Series and Parallel Circuits
  • Update week 2 in your portfolio

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Welcome to Class!

Today we are continuing our assignment from yesterday:

  • Creating Circuits in Tinker cad and collecting data.
    • Data Collection Sheet -  Make a copy of the sheets so that you can record your data on it.
    • Create circuits, make measurements, and answer questions.

Slides showing how multimeters should be connected correctly

 

Do you want to attend TECH EXPO @ ISU on March 5th? Talk to Mrs. Moore to get a permission slip, get it filled out and back to her ASAP to reserve your spot!

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Welcome to Class!

Today's To Do's

  • Review Ohm's Law and Resistors 
  • Series vs Parallel Circuits - What is the difference between the two?
  • Creating Circuits in Tinker cad and collecting data.

Data Collection Sheet -  Make a copy of the sheets so that you can record your data on it.

Click HERE To view my example sheet of series and parallel circuit models.

Do you want to attend TECH EXPO @ ISU on March 5th? Talk to Mrs. Moore to get a permission slip, get it filled out and back to her ASAP to reserve your spot!

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Welcome to Class!

Today we will be reviwing the following:

  • Resistor Values
  • Ohm's Law

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Week 5 | February 3rd - February 7th

Welcome to Class! Please Excuse Mrs. Moore

Unit 3 : Energy in Action

    • Finish  Activity 3.1.2 Ohm's Law Lab - click the link to get access to the lab document and make a COPY to work on if you have not done so yet.
      • Put a link to completed and shared lab to your porfolio
      • Make sure that you filled in your daily log in your portfolio
      • Show the Guest Teacher your completed lab and portfolio
      • Earn ER Time (Explore and Relax Time)

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Welcome to Class! Please Excuse Mrs. Moore

Unit 3 : Energy in Action

    • Activity 3.1.2 Ohm's Law Lab - click the link to get access to the lab document and make a COPY to work on if you were not here yesterday.
      • Tinker Cad Basics
      • Effect of Voltage on Current
      • Measuring Current
      • Resistor Values

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Welcome to Class! Please Excuse Mrs. Moore

Unit 3 : Energy in Action

    • Activity 3.1.2 Ohm's Law Lab - click the link to get access to the lab document and make a COPY to work on 
      • Intro to electricity
      • Electrical Circuit Components
      • Electrical Circuit Values
      • Tinker Cad Basics

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      Unit 3 : Energy in Action

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Welcome to Class!

Today is the day to present to the class..

    • What is your competition
    • What progress did you make?
    • What are your plans for the future?

Unit 3: Energy in Action

 

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Week 4 | January 27th - January 31st

Welcome to Class!! - Happy Friday

Today is the day to present to the class..

    • What is your competition
    • What progress did you make?
    • What are your plans for the future?
  • Update Week 4 Portfolios
  • ER Time (Explore and Relax Time)

 

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TSA Competition Project

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TSA Competition Project

 

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TSA Competition Project

 

 

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Report Out - Where are you at with your TSA Competition?

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Week 3 | January 20th - January 24th

Welcome to Class!

Today's To Do's:

  • Make sure Week 3 is updated in your portfolio
    • Make sure you have a link to your TSA Project showing your daily progress log
    • Meet with Moore to show Week 3 is updated and progress log is up to date
    • Work on TSA Project or have ER Time (Explore and Relax Time)

 

 

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Today our plan is:

          To work on our TSA Competition Project

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TSA Competition Project

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TSA Competition Project

 

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Report Out - Where are you at with your TSA Competition?

 

 

 

 

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Week 2 | January 13th - January 17th

Welcome to Class! 

Today we are going to continue to work on TSA Project

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 Today's Plan of Attack: 

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Welcome to Class!

Today we are continuing our TSA Project:

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Today's To Do's

  • Today are working on our TSA Project!!!

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Welcome to Class!! 

Today we will be starting our TSA Project!!!

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Week 1 | January 6th - January 10th

Welcome to Class! 

Today we are going to present Biomimacy Projects and take a TSA Deep Dive-

  • Gain an understanding of  what TSA is and why it matters
  • Click HERE to open the research information, make a copy and start your research!

 

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Welcome to Class! 

  • Wrap up Biomimicary Project
    • Finish up Robot, any last minute items
    • Present Robot to Class
    • Update portofolio
      • Add Q3 and Week 1
      • Update with what you have done in class
      • add a link to your Biomimacry Project document

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Welcome to Class!! 

 Today's Agenda:

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