Hi Sci-Tech Engineer Members,
Here is what you should have done by the April 17 meeting...
1) The assignments from the March 20 meeting- See previous entry under Blog Archive in February on the right for more info.
2) On the club web page (see link on the right) in the "Robotic Project - Lessons Info" box you will find some additions. These are what we went over quickly at the March meeting. Read over all of these. What you should be doing is:
a) READ the Team Organization & Documentation docs. This is how we are going to be doing our groups. Everyone will have a chance to do each job.
b) READ & DO the All About Flow Charts docs- This will help your teams to organize your thoughts and how you will attack a challenge.
c) LOOK AT & DO IF YOU CAN(if you have these Lego parts at home)- The Building Basics #1 & #2. These pages show you some strong building techniques that you will be using at the upcoming meetings very soon.
3)We went over the NXT Brick Identification paper in your notebook. If you missed the March meeting, see if you can figure out what these parts are... write in pencil. We will make sure your answers are right at the next meeting.
4) SCRATCH- Keep working on your Scratch. I am hoping that most of you will have Scratch lessons 1 & 2 done by the May meeting. This is the meeting I am planning to tackle ROBOT PROGRAMMING with you. Having at least the first 2 Scratch lessons done will be helpful in you picking up the Robot Programming.
At the April meeting we will be building robots!!!!
IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH ANY OF THE ASSIGNMENTS----CALL ME!!!!
Ms. Jean
Friday, March 26, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
March 20 Meeting REMINDER
Hello S-T Engineers,
This is a reminder about our upcoming meeting this Saturday, March 20 at 2pm.
Bring your calendars as we have a couple dates to firm up.
We have a little business to quickly take care of and then Robot Time. I think we will get to work with the brick and maybe start building our first robot. This is: as long as most of you have completed the assignments I gave you. If you are not sure what to do go to our blog at http://sci-techengineers.blogspot.com/ This is where I will be posting monthly assignments so you can check it when you need to.
SCRATCH- work at your own pace and BE SURE TO GET YOUR LESSONS TO ME OR SEND ME A LINK TO YOUR LESSONS AS YOU COMPLETE THEM. If you do not send me a link or the lesson for me to review you should not be moving on to the next lesson in SCRATCH until I have done this for each lesson. I will send you an email about your performance in the lesson then you can move on. If you have sent me a project or link for any lessons and I have not replied to you please send me a reminder.
For the parents who volunteered to become a project leader this year...Amy Anderson, Sue Geary, Michelle Wilt, Debbie Burton, Andrea Flynn, Kim & Mike Windon....THANKS A BUNCH. Maryjo from the extension office will be at this Saturday's meeting to do the required V.I.P Training and one on one interview with you while the kids are working on their robotics project. If you are on this list and unable to attend PLEASE let me know ASAP...you will then need to either go to a scheduled VIP training session at the 4H Center or schedule something one on one at the extension office with Maryjo. I sincerely hope you take advantage of this training session I have set up at our meeting.
A question for all club members: Does any of our club members have an NXT robot at home that would be willing to share it with the club for this year until we can get all the robots we are working on getting for the club? I am trying to keep the groups working with each robot small so each of you can have more close up time with the robots. Skyler & I are sharing our robots with the club this year.
If you have any questions or will not be able to attend the upcoming meeting PLEASE contact me ASAP.
Ms. JeanJean KlinedinstSci-Tech Engineers 4H Club Leaderhttp://www.4hyorkpa.org/id47.html717-417-1113
This is a reminder about our upcoming meeting this Saturday, March 20 at 2pm.
Bring your calendars as we have a couple dates to firm up.
We have a little business to quickly take care of and then Robot Time. I think we will get to work with the brick and maybe start building our first robot. This is: as long as most of you have completed the assignments I gave you. If you are not sure what to do go to our blog at http://sci-techengineers.blogspot.com/ This is where I will be posting monthly assignments so you can check it when you need to.
SCRATCH- work at your own pace and BE SURE TO GET YOUR LESSONS TO ME OR SEND ME A LINK TO YOUR LESSONS AS YOU COMPLETE THEM. If you do not send me a link or the lesson for me to review you should not be moving on to the next lesson in SCRATCH until I have done this for each lesson. I will send you an email about your performance in the lesson then you can move on. If you have sent me a project or link for any lessons and I have not replied to you please send me a reminder.
For the parents who volunteered to become a project leader this year...Amy Anderson, Sue Geary, Michelle Wilt, Debbie Burton, Andrea Flynn, Kim & Mike Windon....THANKS A BUNCH. Maryjo from the extension office will be at this Saturday's meeting to do the required V.I.P Training and one on one interview with you while the kids are working on their robotics project. If you are on this list and unable to attend PLEASE let me know ASAP...you will then need to either go to a scheduled VIP training session at the 4H Center or schedule something one on one at the extension office with Maryjo. I sincerely hope you take advantage of this training session I have set up at our meeting.
A question for all club members: Does any of our club members have an NXT robot at home that would be willing to share it with the club for this year until we can get all the robots we are working on getting for the club? I am trying to keep the groups working with each robot small so each of you can have more close up time with the robots. Skyler & I are sharing our robots with the club this year.
If you have any questions or will not be able to attend the upcoming meeting PLEASE contact me ASAP.
Ms. JeanJean KlinedinstSci-Tech Engineers 4H Club Leaderhttp://www.4hyorkpa.org/id47.html717-417-1113
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Project Stuff Due at the March 20th Meeting
REMEMBER: Write in Pencil!!!!
1.No Do-Hickeys Lesson(for those who missed the meeting) and Parts Test These are posted on the club web page. You can print out the color version of the parts test for your note books if you wish.
2.Also you need to go the Activity One chapter which is just before the No Do-Hickeys lesson in your project book and work on answering the APPLIED R & D question at the bottom left corner of page number 7. On a separate piece of paper in YOUR OWN WORDS write what Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics are and why these are important and put this in your Robotics Project notebook. If you wish, you may take a crack at all the other questions on this page but we will be going over these together in the future. Again remember to write in pencil!
3.Also read Activity 2 ROBOT OR NOT and do the activities on page 8. Since we do not have the CD it refers to I have found this to help you...
What is the difference between a robot, machine, and computer? Or are they all just the same thing?
Answer:A robot is a virtual or mechanical artificial agent. In practice, it is usually an electro-mechanical machine which is guided by computer or electronic programming, and is thus able to do tasks on its own. Another common characteristic is that by its appearance or movements, a robot often conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its own.
A machine is any device that uses energy to perform some activity. Robots can be considered machines but not all machines are robots.
A computer is a machine that manipulates data according to a set of instructions. You can also do your own research on the topic too. Also reading the Nuts & Volts on page 9 to help with this too. Do the FEEDBACK LOOP on page 9. These are pretty easy and should not take you long.
I am trying to get us further along on the project with stuff you can do at home so we can start building the bots sooner at the meetings!!!
1.No Do-Hickeys Lesson(for those who missed the meeting) and Parts Test These are posted on the club web page. You can print out the color version of the parts test for your note books if you wish.
2.Also you need to go the Activity One chapter which is just before the No Do-Hickeys lesson in your project book and work on answering the APPLIED R & D question at the bottom left corner of page number 7. On a separate piece of paper in YOUR OWN WORDS write what Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics are and why these are important and put this in your Robotics Project notebook. If you wish, you may take a crack at all the other questions on this page but we will be going over these together in the future. Again remember to write in pencil!
3.Also read Activity 2 ROBOT OR NOT and do the activities on page 8. Since we do not have the CD it refers to I have found this to help you...
What is the difference between a robot, machine, and computer? Or are they all just the same thing?
Answer:A robot is a virtual or mechanical artificial agent. In practice, it is usually an electro-mechanical machine which is guided by computer or electronic programming, and is thus able to do tasks on its own. Another common characteristic is that by its appearance or movements, a robot often conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its own.
A machine is any device that uses energy to perform some activity. Robots can be considered machines but not all machines are robots.
A computer is a machine that manipulates data according to a set of instructions. You can also do your own research on the topic too. Also reading the Nuts & Volts on page 9 to help with this too. Do the FEEDBACK LOOP on page 9. These are pretty easy and should not take you long.
I am trying to get us further along on the project with stuff you can do at home so we can start building the bots sooner at the meetings!!!
Those who did not get make it to the meeting need to catch up with me and get your project book so you can work on the assignments. Until you get your project book you can work on the first 3 lessons of SCRATCH and the No Do-Hickeys lesson.
SCRATCH: just work at your own pace we have until July 31 to get at least the first 3 lessons done or more if you like.
Any questions just contact Ms. Jean - signs@jestek.net
Monday, February 22, 2010
Welcome to our new club blog
Hello Sci-Tech Engineers and other potential 4H Science & Technology club members!
As a way to keep our membership informed and updated more easily I have decided to set up this blog and see how it works in helping us keep current info out there.
I plan to link this back to our York County 4H Web Site club page. Until I can figure this out here is the link http://www.4hyorkpa.org/id47.html
I will create a link on the club page back to the blog. This will make navigation much easier for all.
Most often changed info like calendars, project schedules and meeting updates will appear here. Check back as often as needed. Share your ideas on how to improve this blog too.
Ms. Jean
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