Dr. Neat told us how a person must keep up the requirements to make the skateboard, our final project. If we have a respectfull grade, he will allow us to
move to next level. The third thing we have to make after finishing the given car is to build a sketch up model for skateboard. He will be grading
this week.
Pi can be found by the circumference of the circle divided by the diameter of the circle. The challenge is to find the pi of an any
circular object and show how you found the pi. Our group used two circular objects, which are a tape and a mug. To measure the circumference
by measuring the rim around with a flexible ruler. We found the average of the two pi for the final answer.
To make skateboaords, we have to pay for the wheels and other materials for the design that we want. Dr. Neat will pay for the
woods. Kevin taught us few things using sketch up that will be useful for making the skateboard. Jess and I checked how our chip project
resulted.
The socres for both pi and potato chip challenge came out. To determine the winner of the pi challenge, the decimal places after two decimal
place does not count. For the potato chip, the winner is Keilah's team. Most team's potato chips had a rating of 100. If I would do this
challenge again, I would make the box small and light for easier points. The box that Jess and I designed is DQ.
Dr.Neat showed improved websites that have been graded oveer the weekend. I started working on the sketch up model of the skateboard in class to practice for the actual
skateboard that we will be making.
We watched a video named the Fastest Electric Car on youtube. I finished staking up the layers to make Dr. Neat's skateboard and colored the parts.
I updated a picture of the skateboard on the sketch up.
The class watched the NASA Precision Landing Technologies video. Website requirements are given for entries from 3/28 to 4/17. I started working on my own design
of the skateboard. It would be smaller than those example ones and more like a penny board.
Robotics people talked about their plan for Huston match. My own version of the skateboard has the length of 2' 4 1/2".
The special Wednesday challenge will be held today. I added the trucks of the skateboard and printed out all the pages from the top view.
The robotics shared about the competition with photos they took.
This week, we have to draw out a plan on a paper to cut 10" sheets from 5'x5'. Waste must be minimized, the sheets are required to have all same size and easy to cut.
We planned to cut out 60" by 60" into 8 pieces of 40" by 10". I started the Wednesday challenge form to post it on my website.
From yesterday's challenge, Dr. Neat showed us an sketch up model with colors with clear dimensions and the winner.
Today is assembly schedule with shortend period. We watched "Cassini Surbibed 1st Grand Finale Dive" by space.com. It costs 3026 billion dollars for the cassini and
launched October 15, 1997.