Learning Target:
91213, 91222 – Design a boat made entirely out of cardboard and duct tape

DO NOW:
Get your packets graded so you can move on to the group design

Homework:
Get your duct tape – talk with your group about theme ideas….

This week in Class:
Students who have completed their individual portion of the packet are able to move on to the group process. Some students will have to finish up their packets before joining their group. All points earned at this point in time will be final.
The group design is the exact same as the individual process except now we are trying to design a boat that meets the needs of the project criteria and the group.

By the end of the week, students need to have completed the Group Packet (including a teacher-approved theme). This needs to be completed before building begins on the 27th!

Students will be made aware of the Boat Construction Announcements and Race Info at some point throughout the week.

Remember, ALL parents, siblings, etc…are invited to watch the races on Tuesday March 6th and Wednesday March 7th. If you need to take off work to come and watch and want to ensure that your child will race that day, please let me know so that I can schedule accordingly. Race days for student groups will be finalized next week.

Students seem to have gotten the message lately of “putting forth the effort” and have made a lot of progress towards completing the academic portion of this project.  Nevertheless, quite a few students are still “behind”, that is to say they haven’t met our deadlines.  That being said , if students come to class on Tuesday with their entire packet done, they will not experience any significant consequence.  That being said, if the boat packet is not done by Tuesday, their ability to assist their group in the design of the boat will be compromised.

We will begin construction of the boats on February 27th.  Each students needs approximately 2 rolls of Duct Tape during the construction phase.  Students should keep this tape in their lockers at all times when not in use and should be labeled with the student’s name on the INSIDE of the roll.

ALL STUDENTS NEED TO COME TO CLASS TOMORROW WITH THEIR SCALE MODEL BOAT READY FOR TESTING

While we don’t advise “skipping” forward in this process (proceeding without grading standards) it is absolutely necessary for students to get their scale model tested tomorrow.

While this project is fun and students are motivated to participate in the races, the more important point of this project to learn, understand, and apply engineering processes.  I have no problems keeping students out of the “fun” part of the project until they have demonstrated achievement on the academic portion.

Learning Targets:
91222 -  Develop possible solutions to an engineering design.
91213 – Examine and give examples of a how a device should be constructed and operated.
91346 -  Analyze the strengths and limitations of physical, conceptual, mathematical, and computers models used by scientists and engineers.

DO NOW:
Take out your engineering packet and self-assess your scores using the rubrics

Homework:
Make final touches for standard 91213 and begin building the scale model

This week in Class:
Students will be working on their INDIVIDUAL scale model (Model 2) throughout the week.  When students have completed a section of the packet, they should see Mr. Kaylor or Mr. Voight for grading.  By the end of the week, the engineering packet should be complete.  That means that a design was attempted, a scale model was built, the model was tested, and the model was analyzed.  We have a lot of work to accomplish during the week.  To remain “on track”, students should be done with everything on the packet by Thursday and have received at least a 3 (regular science) or 4 (HP) on each standard.

There are a lot of resources on the Nature of Engineering Page!

Learning Target:
91222 – Design possible solutions to an engineering problem

DO NOW:
Take out the engineering packet and identify at least one question you are struggling with.

Homework:
Finish Model 2 (to the best of your availability) by Monday.

Today in Class:
Students will be finishing up with Model 1 today and we’ll address the calculations of scale.  It is expected that Model 2 will be finished (up to the “testing” section) by Monday.

Mr. Kaylor will have a study session on Monday and Tuesday from 2:50 – 4:20 pm.