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.