12/18 Ordering 3D prints & Robotics

1.  3D print pricing:

• Handling fee of $3.00 per item
• $0.75 per cm3

Example:  A cube measuring 20mm by 20mm by 30mm is equivalent to 2cm x 2cm x 3 cm.  The volume of that cube is 2 x 2 x 3 = 12cm3

So, the price is 12 x $0.75 + $3.00 = $12.00

2.  Thin walls- the minimum wall thickness is 2mm.  If you are making hollow pieces, make sure that the wall is at least 2mm.

3.  Make sure all of your projects are set to PUBLIC.  Otherwise, I won't be able to order a print.

4.  Google form for 3D print ordering.

5.  Robotics

12/11 Introduction to Robotics

1. So, when are we getting our 3D prints?

2. Introduction to Robotics

• SparkFun Robotics.
• Boe-Bot (this is what we're using) Maze.
• Boe-Bot Basketball.

3.  Create Robotics Notebook- can either be a packet of at least 10 pages stapled together, OR a Google Document.

This is where you will take notes, answer questions, and keep track of your robot's movements.

The Robotics Notebook is what I will grade for this module.

4.  Partner up! 

5.  Visit Mr. Robinett's Robotics page on the STEAM website:

https://sites.google.com/site/robinettmathsynergisticslab/robotics.

This is where the daily assignments will be kept.  Check here for instructions.

6.  Start Robotics!  This is a move at your own pace module.  Have fun!

12/10 3D Printing & Destination Imagination

1.  Mr. R's Tinkercad mini-lesson

• How to make your product cheaper
• The Workplane
• How to rotate objects
• How to insert an image (kind of)
• How to mold an object

2.  Checklist in the computer lab:

• Fill out this Google form to share your username.

• Fill out this Google form to help me select your partner for Robotics.

3.  3D modeling time!

4.  How to check how much your design will cost (at home)

5.  How to make your projects public so that others can see them.

6.  Back to the classroom for Destination Imagination:  Antique from 2514

7.  3D printing show-and-tell

12/5 Housecleaning + 3D printing + Destination Imagination

1.  Last night I graded all of the Arduino Reflection Logs that had been turned in.  Check your grade.  If you don't have a grade, you must submit your Reflection Log by clicking the "Turn-in" button in the top right corner.

2.  E-portfolios:  A way to document your learning and achievements throughout your academic career.

We need to add:

• Electronic Circuits website
• Arduino Reflection Log

3.  Destination Imagination:  Antique from the year 2514

4.  Begin working on 3D printing final project

12/3 Create a 3D printed ornament

1.  Tinkercad mini-lesson with Mr. Robinett

• The Workplane
• Holes decrease volume
• Rotating objects

2.  Begin building ornament.  Sign into your Tinkercad account first.  Then, click this link and MAKE A COPY.

3.  Brain break to watch another video explaining 3D printing, Shapeways, and the printing process.

4.  More ornament time!

5.  Click this link to send Mr. Robinett your Tinkercad account.

6.  Destination Imagination:  Antique from the year 2514

Beginning of 3D Printing Module

1.  Introduction to 3D printing:  CNN video.

2.  What questions do you have about 3D printing?  Make a list of questions you would like answered.  Some might get answered today, others may get answered later.

3.  3D printing and the future of stuff video.

4.  Introduction to Shapeways, our partner in 3D printing.

• Shapeways video:  How Shapeways works.
• Visit shapeways.com (from home) and browse the website.

5.  Introduction to Tinkercad: tinkercad.com

Homework: Create a Tinkercad account (with parent permission) and browse Shapeways.com website 

11/21 Arduino Reflection Logs

1.  7th graders:  Please boot up your computers and go to Start menu --> Applications --> Processing

2.  We will spend 30 minutes in the computer lab putting the finishing touches on our Arduino Reflection Logs.

3.  Final 20-30 minutes of 1st period will be spent on Pixel Art.  Create your own picture and then code it.

8th graders: Enjoy Rendezvous!

7th graders:  Let's do some more coding!

Click here for a Processing reference sheet.  This is awesome because it explains how to write code and what it means

11/17 & 11/18 Arduino Final Project

Advisory stuff:

• T-shirt logo contest
• Character Counts: Citizenship
• Fill out this form to vote for our class representative.

1.  Check your Electronic Circuits module grade on PowerSchool.  A lot of you didn't make changes to your websites so you are still receiving a low grade.  Progress reports get sent out on Friday.
    *Make sure you share your Electronic Circuits reflection, not your Ardiuno Reflection Log

2.  Continue working on Final project.  Think about baby steps.  This is how all engineers and computer programmers work.  They dissect the problem one step at a time.  Once they get one component working, they move onto the next one.  Trying to do too much at once will cause problems, and when it doesn't work properly, it is harder to figure out which component is causing the problem.

5.  Check out these helpful resources: 

Arduino Cheat Sheet- this guide has a lot of the code commands that we have used. 

This website has a lot of tutorials for using different components

SparkFun SIK Guide (included in your Arduino box)

11/13 & 11/14 Arduino Final Project

1.  New Arduino Groups for final project

2.  Head to computer lab- the first thing you should do when you log in is open this blog and check out your Circuits module grade.  You need to know your student number to access your grade.  
CLICK HERE FOR CIRCUIT GRADES (B-day).
CLICK HERE FOR CIRCUIT GRADES (A-day).

*You may raise your grade by fixing any of the problems described in the "Notes" section.

3.  Final project explained

• You and your partner have the freedom to design something on the Arduino
• You must use at least 2 different components that we learned about in your design.
• You may use components that we didn't learn about, but you will have to look up the code and circuit design to implement those components.
• You will have the next 3 STEAM days to complete your project.

4.  Today's steps:

1. Decide with your partner which project you would like to do.
2. Write a project plan in your Arduino Reflection Log

• Your plan must get approved by Mr. Robinett
• You must demonstrate knowledge of how to code your components.  Please provide some sample code in your plan (you don't have to write all of the code first)

   3. Once your plan is approved, you may begin working on your project.

5.  Helpful resources: 

Arduino Cheat Sheet- this guide has a lot of the code commands that we have used. 

This website has a lot of tutorials for using different components

SparkFun SIK Guide (included in your Arduino box)

11/5 Let's Make Music

1.  LOMS Gear order slips

2.  Arduino:  Using a buzzer to make music
   Visit https://sites.google.com/site/robinettmathsynergisticslab/making-music.
   for the code and for more information about playing different notes.

3.  Potentiometer to control the pitch

4.  Arduino reflection log

5.  Back to the classroom for Binary Code

11/3 Arduino Quiz + Exploration

1.  Arduino Quiz:  You and your partner must design a circuit with three LEDs.  Your program should turn the first LED on for 1 second while the other LEDs remain off.  Then, the second LED will turn on for 1 second while the other two are off.  Finally, the third LED will turn on for 1 second while the other two are off.

*You may open your saved programs from the previous lessons to help you.  Also, you may visit my Arduino webpage for sample code.

2. Free Exploration:  This is your time to explore the Arduino.  Is there a component that you're just dying to try?  Want to add more LEDs to your circuit to make a light show?  Exploration is one of the best ways to learn how to program on Arduino.

Here are some resources to get you started:

To check out some examples that are pre-programmed on the Arduino, go here:

This website has a lot of tutorials for using different components.  Check it out!

10/31 Finish Electronic Circuits Website & Halloween Scratch

1.  Finish your Electronic Circuits reflection.  It must follow the What, So What, What's Next format.  Click here for reflection instructions.

2.  Create a new page titled "Reflection" on your Electronic Circuits webpage.  Put your reflection here.  Make sure to add this new page to your navigation bar.  You can do this by:

• Click Settings (the little gear in the top right) --> Edit Site Layout
• Click the navigation bar
• Click "Add page"
• Add your Reflection page

3.  Make sure everything on your Electronic Circuits website is complete. BE SURE THAT ALL OF YOUR GOOGLE DOCS, PRESENTATIONS, DRAWINGS, ETC. ARE SHARED WITH ME.  I will be grading them this weekend.

4.  Make a Halloween themed Scratch project.  I want you CREATING not playing other people's games on Scratch.

5.  Turn in your Scratch game/animation by clicking here.  It does not need to be finished, but I want proof of your work.

10/29 Arduino module, Day 1

1. Advisory announcements:

• Halloween
• STEAM Trek permission slips
• Character Counts: Trustworthiness.  Fill out survey to select our class representative
• REP meeting on Friday 10/31 during 4th period.  Topic: Fall dance theme

2. Begin Arduino module.  Every day, I will lead 2-3 mini-lessons to teach you a little about different components and how to code them.  The rest of the time, you will spend "Hacking" the code to make the component do something different and interesting.

At the end of every day, you will add to your Arduino Reflection Log.

3.  Introduction of Arduino Reflection Log.  Go to Google Classroom- Classroom code: la2hc0o

4.  What is Arduino?  Check out this website for Arduino information.  Thanks Ms. Rickard!!!

5.  Mini-lesson: Turn on and off an LED

10/28 Arduino Module, Day 1

1.  20 minutes to work on and (hopefully) finish your Electronic Circuits reflection.

Thursday is the final day to turn in your Electronic Circuits website.

Your website should include:

1. How electricity works presentation (10 pts.)
2. Circuit Math- show your work and thought process (10 pts.)
3. Circuit Schematics- you do not need to add pizza box circuit schematic (10 pts.)
4. Reflection (10 pts.)

2. Begin Arduino module.  Every day, I will lead 2-3 mini-lessons to teach you a little about different components and how to code them.  The rest of the time, you will spend "Hacking" the code to make the component do something different and interesting.

At the end of every day, you will add to your Arduino Reflection Log.

3.  Introduction of Arduino Reflection Log.  Go to Google Classroom- Classroom code: la2hc0o

4.  What is Arduino?  Check out this website for Arduino information.  Thanks Ms. Rickard!!!

5.  Mini-lesson: Turn on and off and LED

10/27 Finish Altoid's Flashlights + Reflection

1.  30 minutes in MakerSpace to finish your flashlight.

2.  When you are finished you may:

• Be an assistant and help others with their flashlights
• Work on the Electronic Circuits Reflection.

3.  Back in E-10 we will work on finishing the reflection.  Reflection is due on Friday.

10/20 Flashlight Making?

1.  View the list of students who have completed all of the steps necessary to make Altoids flashlight.  There aren't many :(

2.  Computer lab for no more than 10 minutes.  Change your website privacy settings to Public.   Turn in Electronic Circuits website by clicking here.

3.  If you are in 8th grade and you are not finished with Circuit Math and/or Schematics, you will have to do it on paper.  Write down the problems and bring them to the Makerspace.

4.  To the Makerspace!

10/20 Altoid's Flashlights

10/16 Pizza Box Circuits

Election

1.  Overview of today's class:

• Cut out boxes
• Make battery packs as a whole class and test
• Explore and create
• Draw a schematic of your final creation and insert on website
• Exchange schematics with another team and create their circuit

2.  In order to begin making your flashlight on Monday, your entire website must be complete!

3.  To view instructions on how to complete the Pizza Box Circuit, click here.

10/14 First day in Makerspace

1.  Turn in your Electronic Circuits website by clicking here.

    **Make sure the sharing settings are PUBLIC, so that I can view your website.

2.  20-30 minutes in computer lab to finish Circuit Math and Schematics.

• If you have finished both, work on a Scratch project related to Electronics.  You will receive extra credit for a finished project.
• There are a few people who haven't passed the safety test.  You will miss out on today's activities unless you pass right now.

3.  Pizza box circuits.  Today we will build the battery pack only and test to make sure it works.  On Thursday, we will finish this project.

Step 1:  Cut out the cardboard in roughly 15" x 18" rectangles.

Step 2:  Fold the cardboard in half

Step 3:  On the bottom, prepare the battery pack.  Follow the pictures below for instructions. 

Picture downloaded from: http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Simple-Circuit-from-a-Pizza-Box-No-Solder/step2/Lets-Get-Started/

4.  Introduction to soldering

• What is soldering?
• Why is soldering useful?
• How do we solder safely?

5.  Head to the Makerspace

10/13 Finish introductory projects

1. Turn in your Electronic Circuits website by clicking here.

2.  Today your goal is to finish:

• Circuit Math
• Circuit Schematics

3. Soldering (pronounced saw-duhr-ing)

• On Wednesday we will practice soldering in the MakerSpace.  Do your own research to figure out what soldering is and how to do it.
• You can search for videos on the YouTube Education channel or research articles and images on Google

4. Create a Scratch project explaining electronic circuits

5. Help Mr. Robinett prepare the Altoids flashlights.

10/9 Electronic Circuits Module Day 3

Mr. Robinett is gone today, so it is very important that you work together to solve problems.  Remember the Team Building principles:

• Show respect
• Leave no one behind

Here is your checklist (do them in order):

1.  Series and parallel circuit practice.  You must complete all 3 Levels!  Read the instructions for each circuit.  Sometimes it will ask you to build a series circuit, sometimes parallel.  Do not click "Next" until you see this:

If you don't see this message, your circuit is incorrect.  Start over and try again.  Help each other.  Leave no one behind!

2. Circuit Math: Remember, Ohm's Law!  V = I * R

On YOUR Electronic Circuits website, answer the 3 quiz questions.  Show your work!  I don't want to see an answer only.  Prove that your solution is correct by creating the circuit in the simulator (click here to download it)

3.  Circuit Schematics:  You guys are on your own for this one!  But I know what a smart class you are, so you can do it!  Click here for a bunch of information about circuit schematics.

Your goal is to create 2 schematics of your own.  One should be a series circuit, the other should be parallel.  Include both of these schematics on YOUR OWN website under the "Circuit Schematics" tab.

If you need more help try watching "Circuit Diagram Video"

• On your Desktop double-click YouTube Education OR open YouTube and go to the Education channel
• Search for "Circuit Diagram Video"
• Click on the video called Circuit Diagram Video.wmv by M. Kreamer
• She talks briefly about basic circuit diagrams

4. Soldering (pronounced saw-duhr-ing)

• On Monday we will practice soldering in the MakerSpace.  Do your own research to figure out what soldering is and how to do it.
• You can search for videos on the YouTube Education channel or research articles and images on Google

5. Create a Scratch project explaining electronic circuits

10/7 & 10/8

Whole Class:

1.  How electricity works debrief.  Open your presentations and be prepared to share.

2.  Notes:  Electricity vocabulary

3.  Circuit Math lesson:  Click here for notes, information, and examples!

4.  Parallel and Series circuit video

Individual Work (checklist)

1.  Finish "How Electricity Works" presentation

2.  Series and parallel circuit practice.  Must complete all 3 levels

3.  Install the circuit simulator Follow the directions at the top of this page.  Explore the simulator for at least 15 minutes.

4.  Complete the Circuit Math quiz (on your Electronic Circuits website).  Use the simulator to prove your answers.

10/3 & 10/6 Level 2, Day 1!!!

1.  Bookmark Robinett STEAM website

2.  Set up Electronic Circuits ePortfolio

3.  Today, you have 2 tasks:

• Using only a piece of foil and 2 AA batteries, create a circuit that will light an LED
• How electricity works project (details and rubric can be found on Robinett STEAM website)
• YouTube video citation: "Explaining an Electrical Circuit." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2014.

9/23 & 9/24 Sub Day

*No rotation today
**Today is a perfect day for your earbuds!

1.  Click here to access The Deep Dive webpage.  Or, you can navigate to the Robinett STEAM website and click the Deep Dive tab.

2.  There are 3 videos for you to watch.  As you watch the videos, answer the questions on the form.

3.  7th graders: Watch the videos on your netbooks.  Use earbuds or headphones.  Complete the forms online.  Don't forget to submit!

     8th graders: Watch the videos on the big screen or pair up with a 7th grader.  You will have to complete the forms on paper.  Don't forget to turn them into the purple bin before you leave.

4.  I have already started grading your Team Building websites.  Most of you are missing vital pieces of your website and are not receiving full credit.  Make sure that you include:

• A 1-2 paragraph reflection about the Team Building crash course as a whole (Home page)
• Marshmallow challenge Part 1 and 2 debrief
• A reflection about brainstorming (20 circle challenge)

If you haven't already, turn in your website by completing this form

STEAM Rotation 9/3-9/26

To see where you are headed today check out this STEAM rotation link

Level 1 Rotation, Team Building, Day 2

1.  Regroup and review group norms.

2.  The art of brainstorming

3.  Marshmallow challenge, part 2

4.  Finish website and turn in by completing this form

5.  If time:  Shoe tower

Level 1 Rotation-- Team building, Day 1

6th grade game surveys:
https://sites.google.com/a/slcusd.org/game-design-website/home

1.  Introduction to Team Building -- Please click this link to open the prezo.

2.  Break into teams and create a skit.  One should highlight good team behavior.  The other should highlight bad team behavior.

3.  Math shapes team activity

4.  Marshmallow Challenge

5.  Brainstorming

6.  Create a website.  This link will guide you through how to create a website from Mr. Robinett's template.
      **Please name your website using:
            1. First name
            2. Last initial
            3. "Team Building"

      Example:  MattR Team Building


7.  Reflection time

Altoids Tins Needed

NEEDED: EMPTY ALTOIDS TINS FOR A FLASHLIGHT PROJECT

Please bring Mr. Robinett any empty Altoids tins you can spare.  Thanks!!!!

8/26 (B/A) Computers!

Welcome to Mr. Robinett's STEAM Check In!  After you log in each day, you will need to check the Check In first!  If you are home sick or on vacation and have a computer, you can check the Check In to keep up with your classes!  Rad!

Schedule Today:
8:10-8:15  Pick up computers from Period 6 classroom
(Tardy if you arrive are not in your seat with computer logging in at 8:15)
8:15-9:17  STEAM B meets in Room E10/STEAM A goes to PE
9:21-10:13  STEAM A meets in Room E10/STEAM B goes to PE
10:13-10:28  Nutrition
Regular schedule for the rest of the day.

This schedule is just for today for receiving computer log in procedures.

1.  Homework

• Signed Robinett STEAM Procedures and Expectations sheet
• Supply check

Both are due next time we meet

2.  Computer Assignments

a.  LOVE YOUR LAPTOP (Cool prezo!  Thanks Mr. Angel!)
b.  Log in
c.  Chrome settings (Theme, Bookmarks, How to find Chrome Web Store)
(bookmark the STEAM website)
(bookmark Mr. R's STEAM check-in)
d.  Gmail theme, settings and labs
e.  Calendar settings and labs
(subscribe to the STEAM Calendar)
f.  Drive

STEAM Supplies for '14/'15 School Year

Please bring the necessary supplies to class no later than the second day of school (August 26th)
There will be a supply check on that day.  It is important that you bring these supplies to class every day.  Failure to do so will result in a warning.  If the problem persists you will receive a referral.