Feb 10, 2012 - Bridge

Mr. Shaun.... this was the worst project you could ever think of!!!! it was so difficult, and one of my group member wasnt here! and i wasnt with Deseri! we almost finished the bridge but it was time to go and it kept breaking :((((( but this was a interesting challengeee :))) see you next weekk!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How hard was this challenge? 

yes, it was very hard!!! we had to determined how the sticks had to stick together without glue, strings, or tape..

Did it get easier as you went?

kind of, when we figured out how the sticks were going to stick together, and then i got the hang of it.

Do you think that working as a group made this easier?

yeah, you needed to have more than one people to stick the sticks together, so a group made it easier

How do you think this would of gone if you had to do this independently?

if i did this independently, then i would not have done anything, and gave up.

February 8, 2012 - Subs & Sticks

So you didn't warn us that you weren't going to be here todayy.... and I didnt get to be with my Deseriii :((( But thats fine, I was on task the wholeee day! We played with sticks and it was so confusing blehhh. We were the first

Discussion/Reflection Questions:
How hard was this challenge? 

The challenge was hard because the instructions were not confusing, and we were confuse in the beginning , until the sub helped us on the first one, then we started getting the hang of it.

Did it get easier as you went?

Yeppp! It got easy, but then we got tiredd blehhh. so we just did whatever afterward

Do you think that working as a group made this easier?

Yes, working as a group made it easier, because everyone had different ideas, and compared which one was better.

How do you think this would of gone if you had to do this independently?

If i did this independently, then I would have gave up on the first one, and cheated or looked at someone else.

 

here is some pics that we took :..............

Robotics - Jan 27, 2012

Today you weren't here today............. so all me and deseri did was work on the work sheet, and talk about the robot like we were suppose to;;;; and yes it was sooooooo boringgggggg! But the sub was really really nice

November 18, 2011: When You Were Gone .......

So today, there was a sub, she was very nice..... Me, Jake, and Deseri <3 We did a course for our robot- this is  our course... hmmm do you like it? Our sensors are going to be set up in the outer of the robot so it can be able to work.

Today while you weren't here today, I DID allllllll my work! I watched the video, and i thought it was very interesting and the article was too. I thought robots were scary and useless, but now i know, theyre very helpful, not like the one in the movie. I didnt know that honda was working on them, and that it took 10 years just to build it to walk, even though they look scary, they look very real. Maybe its not bad to have them in this world.

September 28, 2011

1. Fill in the Blank
The heart of the NXT System is the NXT brick. Its a full 16bit microprocessor. You can plug sensors in along the bottom and motors in along the top.

2. Open-Ended
What are the four sensors it discusses and what do they measure?
The four sensor3. Short Answer
How does the NXT Brick know how many rotations the motor has made?

4. Short Answer: Step-by-Step
How would I make the robot run the program I wrote? 

5. Short Answer: Step-by-Step
How do I turn off the NXT brick?

September 22, 2011

So today you weren't here, so we had a sub! Fun........ no it was very boring. Then we did the Save Fred activity, and looked at another groups direction, when we were done we ate ALLLLLL the cany! YUm Yummm YUMMMY! Now deseri and I, are going to do our presentation project about robots, here is a link that we saw or yeahh http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/robonaut.html and thatssssssssss it