2/2 Independent Work Day

TURN IN ePORTFOLIO HERE

On Wednesday, you will begin making your Altoids flashlight.  In order to begin construction on your flashlight, ALL of the following must be completed:

• How Electricity Works presentation uploaded to Circuits ePortfolio
• Circuit Math completed (all 3 questions)
• 2 circuit schematics (parallel and series) uploaded to Circuits ePortfolio

Here is your checklist for today:

1.  Complete Circuit Math.  If you need to re-watch the video tutorial, click here. This includes using the circuit simulator to "prove" your answers are correct.  Build the circuit on the simulator with the correct amount of amps, ohms, and volts.  Use the snipping tool to take a screen shot and upload it to your ePortfolio.

2.  Complete circuit schematics (if you haven't already)

3.  Watch these videos for an introduction to 3D printing:

• CNN video.
• 3D printing and the future of stuff video.
• Shapeways video:  How Shapeways works.  Shapeways is our partner in 3D printing.  They are printing your models free of charge!  Go Shapeways!

4.  What questions do you have about 3D printing?  In your STEAM notebook, make a list of questions you would like answered.  You must think of at least 4 questions.

5.  Visit Shapeways.com and browse the site.

6.  Begin a 3D modeling project.  For this you have 1 of 2 options:

• Go to Tinkercad.com and create an account (you must be 13 years or older without parent permission).  Tinkercad is what we will use to create 3D models.  Tinkercad has great tutorials if you click on the "Learn" section.
• If you are not yet 13, check out some of the 3D modeling tools Shapeways has to offer.  Click this link to access the tools.

Homework: Create a Tinkercad account (with parent permission)

1/28 Soldering & Schematics

1.  Tutorial:  How to add items to Electronic Circuits ePortfolio

2.  Introduction to soldering:

• What is soldering?
• Why is soldering useful?
• How do we solder safely?
• Head to the Makerspace for practice

3.  Introduction to schematics.  Take out your STEAM notebook for some brief notes.

4.  Use the rest of the time to continue working on Electronic Circuits ePortfolio

• Make a drawing (Google drawing or on paper) of a parallel and series circuit.  Add to ePortfolio
• Watch Mr. Robinett's lecture on Circuit Vocabulary and Circuit Math. Take notes in your STEAM notebook.  Pause the video when necessary to ensure you take good notes.
• Complete the Circuit Math tab on your ePortfolio

Answer the questions using Ohm's Law

• Add your answers to the website (you will be graded for correctness)
• Show the steps you took to make your calculations (just like the examples I showed you in the video)
• Download the PHET circuit simulator.  Instructions on how to download can be found at the top of the Circuit Math page on your ePortfolio.

1/26 Review Game & Pizza Box Circuits

1.  Let's review our previous week's learning.

• How electricity works
• electrons
• conductors
• insulators
• Circuit vocabulary
• Voltage
• Resistance
• Current
• Ohm's Law (circuit math)
• Parallel vs. Series circuits

2.  Make pizza box circuits.  Check out this video.

• Challenge #1:  Make a circuit with one LED
• Challenge #2:  Add an on/off switch
• Challenge #3:  Add a switch connecting a buzzer
• Challenge #4:  Add a switch connecting a photoresistor

1/22 Independent Work Day

Follow this checklist IN ORDER. Remember, in order to make the flashlight, you must complete all of the foundational skill building first.

1.  Finish "How Electricity Works" presentation

• Make sure it includes a Works Cited page

2.  Watch this video about Series and Parallel circuits.  Take notes in your STEAM notebook

3.  Complete the Circuit Builder game. (all 3 Levels).

• Make sure you read the directions for each problem so you know what type of circuit to build

4.  Watch Mr. Robinett's lecture on Circuit Vocabulary and Circuit Math.  Take notes in your STEAM notebook.  Pause the video when necessary to ensure you take good notes.

5.  Log on to your Circuits ePortfolio that you made last class.  (Remember, the ugly purple one?)

6.  Click on the Circuit Math tab and complete the 3 quiz questions (at the bottom of the page)

• Answer the questions using Ohm's Law
• Add your answers to the website (you will be graded for correctness)
• Show the steps you took to make your calculations (just like the examples I showed you in the video)

7.  Download the PHET circuit simulator.  Instructions on how to download can be found at the top of the Circuit Math page on your ePortfolio.

• Play with the simulator for 10-15 minutes
• Use the simulator to "prove" that your answers to the circuit math quiz are correct

8.  Extra Credit!  Create a Scratch game or animation.  

Topic:  Electronic Circuits

1/20 Welcome to Mr. Robinett's STEAM class!

1.  Bookmark Robinett STEAM website and Robinett STEAM check-in

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.

4.  If your team finishes early, start working on parallel and series circuits:

https://sites.google.com/site/robinettmathsynergisticslab/parallel-and-series-circuits.

1/14 Robot Olympics

1.  Turn in Robotics Notebooks by clicking here.  MAKE SURE IT IS SHARED WITH ME!

2.  Dead Reckoning competition-  you will have 5 minutes to program your robot to stop at the exact distance given.

3.  Mr. Robinett will conference with the few students who have yet to produce a model that can be 3D printed.  You have until Friday to finish the model.  After that, it is too late.

4.  Super Maze will begin promptly at 9:50

1/6 Only 4 days left!

Happy New Year!

1.  Some 3D prints ordered, some not.  I will meet with every one of you today to discuss next steps.

2.  Robot Olympics coming up!  On Tuesday 1/13 we will have two competitions:

• Dead Reckoning- Randomly selected distance.  You will have 2 minutes to calculate and program your robot to stop at that exact distance.  Closest and straightest robot is the winner.
• Super Maze- I will give you a map of the maze.  Program your robot to maneuver through the maze without touching the sides.  The robot that gets the farthest wins.