4/30 Rube Goldberg

Blog post for Week 3:

1.  What did your group accomplish this week?

2.  What road bumps did your group run into this week?

3.  What are your ideas for overcoming those road bumps?

Click on this link to view pictures from this week.  You may use them to make your blog more appealing/exciting.

4/21 Heavy Pedal: Set up blogs, planning meeting

1.  Create a blog to document our design process.  Your grade for this project will be based upon your reflection of the design process (blog entries) and your participation in the project.  Both will count for 50% of your grade.

2.  Blog post #1 (from last week)

a) Explain the challenge that was presented to you.  (What were you asked to do?)

b) Explain the solution.  (What are we making?)

3.  Head to the Makerspace!

4/20 Rube Goldberg planning, round 2

1.  Head down to the Makerspace to see what your Rube Goldberg machine must be fastened to.

2.  Brainstorming session, round 2:  

• How will you get your original design on the 4' x 4' plywood stand?  
• What changes might you need to make, if any?
• Will you need to build shelves?  Where?
• Draw a picture of your new design

3.  Write Blog post #3:  Answer the questions from the brainstorming session above.  Include a picture of your new design.

4.  At this point you should have 3 blog posts.  At the end of the week, I will grade your blog.  This will be "Blog check-in #1"  

Take some time to ensure that your blog posts are complete and contain good grammatical structure.

5.  Turn in you blog (I just need the URL) by completing this form.

Here's how to find your URL:

1) Click "View blog"

2) Copy the URL from the address bar:

6.  Click here to play Code Combat

Sign Up for Code Combat:

Email: Use your Google Email.  Remember @student.slcusd.org

Password: Use your Google password

For Name, do NOT USE YOUR LAST NAME!!!!!!!!  Use your Scratch username if you like.

Have fun.  You may listen to music on your own device but you may want to use your earbuds to listen to Code Combat. Your choice!

4/15 Bike Circuitry Brainstorming

1.  Brainstorming session

• What should the game look like?
• How will it work?
• What are the different components of the project?

2.  Interests and Attributes Google Form.

3.  Create student-teams and assign project components

4.  Student-teams brainstorm how to complete their component.

5.  Student-teams begin working on their project component.

4/14 First day of Level 3! (A-day)

1.  Check in with me every day to take attendance

2.  Final check: Where are you going?
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Rube Goldberg

1.  Watch some videos for inspiration

• OK Go music video (my personal favorite)
• 6 Rube Goldberg machines.
• Sports themed.

2.  Introduction to our project:

• Teams of 3-4 on a small workspace (consider building up and down)
• At least 5 mechanisms per team
• Must figure out a way to attach all team's mechanisms together
• Use skills you have learned this year in STEAM

3.  Create teams of diverse skill sets.  Please fill out this Google Form.

4.  Create a blog.  50% of your grade will be based on your reflections on your blog!  (25% participation and teamwork, 25% project outcome)

5.  Brainstorming session

• Create a list of supplies that you might need
• Draw or write down ideas for different mechanisms
• Draw or write down ideas for how to get the mechanisms to work together

6.  Share ideas.  There are no bad ideas!  Listen to others.  Build off of one idea to make an even better one.

7.  Come up with a group plan.  By the end of the class period you must submit a plan (with a drawing) of what you intend to make.

8.  Make a list of necessary supplies.  Add your supplies to this Google Form.  Only submit one time per group.

9.  Your blog post for today:

• How did your brainstorming session go?  What were some successes? Any failures?
• Explain your project plan.  What supplies will you need?
• Include pictures of your project plan and artifacts from brainstorming

4/13 First day of Level 3! (B-day)

1.  Check-in for attendance in E-10 every day

2.  Where are you going?

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Bike Circuitry

1. Introduction to the project

2. How project will work:

• Design Thinking: Shopping Cart
• Teams of 2 working on a component of the project
• Leadership roles
• President: Oversees the project. Helps create student-teams.  Plans daily meetings.
• Vice President: Checks in with student-teams. Sets project deadlines.
• Secretary: Creates Google Forms and shared docs.  Types up meeting notes on shared document.
• Scribe: Takes notes on the whiteboard.  Takes pictures to document our progress.  Fills in for Secretary when absent.  

3.  Brainstorming session

• What should the game look like?
• How will it work?
• What are the different components of the project?

4.  Interests and Attributes Google Form.

5.  Create student-teams and assign project components

6.  Student-teams brainstorm how to complete their component.