Class 21: Thursday, 10/29

• The laser cutter is working!
• Laser cut your box -- an mdf prototype to confirm your design, and then a full-size Luan box if you want.
• Project work time.  Do some prior art research first.

Class 20: Tuesday, 10/27

• Last chance to fix missing assignments.
• Work on laser cut box tutorial
• Next project -- Laser Cut Catapults.
• Hopefully we can laser cut soon.  The laser cutter and fume extractor are here.  The receptacles are installed.  But the wires need to be connected to a breaker in the service panel. 

Class 19: Wednesday, 10/21

• Discuss missing assignments.
• Work on laser cut box tutorial
• Next project?

Class 18: Monday, 10/19

• Prize presentation.
• Optional:  try the 10 ft tube and big shop vac.
• Contest #2 Presentations are due by midnight tonight.
• Get the rubric and check off all of the required parts.
• Next assignment -- laser cut box tutorial
• Next project?

Class 17: Thursday, 10/15

• Last day to submit files for 3-D printing
• Contest next class
• Project presentation due class after next

Class 16: Tuesday, 10/13

• Last day to submit files for 3-D printing
• Contest next class
• Project presentation due class after next

Class 15: Thursday, 10/9

• Work time

Class 14: Tuesday, 10/7

• Alignment and orientation of parts for 3-D printing
• Continue work.  See below.

Class 13: Monday, 10/5

• Some new grades have been added in PowerSchool.  Check your PowerSchool grades for this class.  I suspect that some of you have completed assgnments without turning them in.
• Take a pause and catch up on your presentation. 
  • Complete your Vacuum Rocket presentation up to your most recent prototype.
  • Make a copy of your presentation and turn it in to the Google Classroom assignment called "Draft Copy of Vacuum Rockets Presentation."
• The vacuum projectile contest will be held next Thursday.  You will have some time at the beginning of that class to test prototypes, but you won't be able to do any new 3-D printing.  The last day to submit 3-D print files for the contest is next Tuesday.

Class 12: Thursday, 10/1

• What does "slicing software" do?  Cura is the slicing program that is most often used with Ultimakers.  (Bambu printers have their own -- Bambu Studio)
• Take a look at the default infill in Cura.
• If you want to have a part printed with 100% infill, there's an assignment for that.

Class 11: Tuesday, 9/29

• Contest scoring update -- a projectile that does not stick receives a score equal to half of its speed.
• Why are we making vacuum bazooka darts?  Why not something more useful?
• Is it better to print a thin rod straight up or on its side?
• Pumpkin Chuckin' update

Class 10: Friday, 9/23

• Work time

Class 9: Wednesday, 9/23

• Take a look at the assignments in Google Classroom.  Some of you are putting things in the wrong place.

• Take a look at the contest 2 assignment and the completed constraints.

• Demonstrate the use of the Samsung super slo-mo feature, so that you can make your own videos. 

• Talk about the locations of sandpaper, safety glasses, and super glue.

• Make a copy of the presentation template and start filling things in.  You can paste-in the constraints.

• Even though you have already started designing, spend a few minutes researching the prior art and complete the prior art section of your presentation.

Class 8: Friday, 9/18

• Keep working on the chess piece tutorials.

• Demo fillet command

• Introduce the next contest -- Vacuum Bazooka Rockets --

  • Tentative Outline:  Design construct a 3-D printed projectile that reaches a target in the shortest amount of time, and securely embeds in said target, when launched from a small bore, 6 foot, "vacuum bazooka."

  • If you submit an acceptable file before 7/8 today, I will start it printing.

  • STL files that don't meet the requirements will not be printed -- for the good of everyone else.  If you send a bad file to a 3-D printer, it can make a mess and cause damage.

• Mention overlapping contests -- Why?  To allow more time...

  • Machine time -- When you design a 3-D printed part, you probably won't get it back until the next class.  Then, if you want to make a change, you'll again have to wait until the next class.

  • Thinking time -- you get better ideas if you mull things over occasionally, in different settings, and repeatedly

• Finish checking save locations -- a Designing Solutions folder on your My Drive in Google Drive

• Work on the tutorial videos.  As you finish them, mark them done in Google Classroom.

Class 7: Wednesday, 9/16

• Make sure that everyone has  Set up Google Drive on their desktop and started saving files in a good place on their drive.

• Work on the tutorial videos.  As you finish them, mark them done in Google Classroom.

Class 6: Monday, 9/14

• Marshmallow Tower Reports have been graded and entered into PowerSchool: 

  • What should I call them?

  • Talk about observations vs inferences.

  • Review quickly what the write-up should have looked like.

  • Did you look at the rubric?

  • You can still fix and resubmit your report if you want.

• Watch the chess piece tutorial videos and do what I do.   Watch them all and do everything.  They go over some basic skills that you should master.  You can try other stuff, too, but do the things in the videos.  I think figuring things out yourself is fantastic, but if you skip things in the tutorial, I'm going to assume you know things that you don't, and we're going to be frustrated.  Do the tutorials!  Are they really that painful?

• Things for Mr. Stapleton to remember... Give you a paper rubric and have you grade your own project and someone else's...

Class 5: Thursday, 9/10

• I have graded 13 of the submitted write-ups, and I have 18 to go.  I am going to share some of the common mistakes and explain how you can fix them.  Then you may resubmit for a better grade.  You may not have that option on other projects.

• Some of you haven't joined the EHS Science Rhino Team.  You may have made an account without joining the team.  You need to join the team.

• Open Rhino 7 and begin working on the "Chess Piece" tutorial -- start with part 1 in the Google Classroom assignment. 

• The entire tutorial should take you more than one class -- possibly two full classes.  Maybe longer if you're experimenting a lot along the way.

• If you have questions, or if you're having trouble, I will be around to help, but you can also ask your classmates.

Class 4: Tuesday, 9/8 -- Finish Project #1 Write-Up

• Contest results and awards presentation

• Sign in to computers

• Join EHS Science Rhino team (Rhino Licensing) -- you should have an email

• Complete Marshmallow Tower Project write-ups and submit your own version

• See if you can open-up Rhino.  Troubleshoot if there is difficulty.  Worst case, work on the new project offline for now.

• If there's Rhino access, begin working on "Chess Piece" tutorial -- start with part 1 in the Google Classroom assignment.

Class 3: Wednesday, 9/2 -- Project #1 Contest

• 30 minutes of practice/experimentation

• The contest -- 18 minutes.  The prize is donuts (or equivalent) and glory.

• Clean-up

• Work on putting your Google Doc write-up together.  There will be time to finish it next class.

Class 2: Monday, 8/31 -- Continue Project #1 -- Intro to The Iterative Design Process

• Fill out the student information sheet.

• Stapleton Slideshow

• Take another look at the course expectations in Google Classroom

• Continue the iterative design process. 

  • Take another look at the exemplar and the grading rubric

  • Work time -- get pictures and jot notes

  • Clean up

• Tidy up your growing Google Doc for this project

Designing Solutions (Mr. Stapleton)

Today:

1. Discuss being on time. 
2. Enter attendance.
3. Class goals:
   1. Practice problem-solving.  Getting good takes a lot of practice.
   2. Acquire and develop new design and making skills.
   3. Have fun.
   4. At the very least, I don't want to waste your time.
4. Make sure that you really want to be here.  The experiences in this class are valuable, and most students enjoy them, but they are work, and there will be frustration.  You will need to be able to work independently, following my YouTube tutorials (to learn Rhino, Cura, Bambu Studio, and more).  Are you willing to work independently (and sometimes on teams) to gain skills and experience? 
5. Briefly go over the plan for the year and course expectations (see Google Classroom).  If you think you might want to try for dual enrollment credit, I can give you more details after this first unit.
6. Begin Project #1 -- A Version of the Marshmallow Tower Challenge
   1. Take a look at the constraints.
   2. Make a copy of the template, and look at the exemplar.
   3. Today's goal -- document your first prototype(s); get photos and/or videos and record observations
   4. Find your team and get a bin.
   5. Prototype.
   6. Build, experiment, prototype!
   7. Clean up and store your team's bin.
   8. Organize your observations.