Herricks Homecoming Sophomore Class!!!

Links to Web 2.0 Tools

Book Builder: http://bookbuilder.cast.org/

Voice Thread: http://voicethread.com/

Comic Book Maker: http://bitstrips.com/

Muesum Box: http://museumbox.e2bn.org/

10/19/11

Goals: Find the different sizes and quantities of the parts in order to develop ideas of what to do when we get them.

Resource Kit:

Purchase:
http://parts.ftcrobots.com/store/detail.aspx?KeyWords=resource&by=20&ID=6391&c=0&t=0&l=0

Info:
Resource Kit 

Tank Tread Kit

Purchase:
http://parts.ftcrobots.com/store/detail.aspx?KeyWords=tread&by=20&ID=6395&c=0&t=0&l=0

Homecoming 2011

CLASS OF 2014

VW Bus taking the students to Homecoming

Relay Races

Team Support

We might be losing but that won't stop us from having fun

Knock out the teeth Smiley Face Carnival Game

Tie Dye Plinko Carnival Game 

Peace and Love Plaque

HAVE FUN!!!! Until BATTLE.......

Student of The Month

1000 and 1 Solutions: Sean H's Star Wars Helmet Designs: Some cool helmet re-designs done by Sean H. He takes features from existing helmets and creates his own.

Egyptian State of Mind: The story of the Pharaohs and Slaves

10/12/11

Goals for Today:

• Start the programming for the cervos that are going to be placed later
• Place the motors underneath the base created from last week using the motor place holders
• Possibly build upwards from the base

This Week:

• Bake Sale this Friday
• People bringing in food are confirmed
• Sellers are noted
• Volunteers to come in early 9th period to set up are collected

Note: The parts that we ordered (ex. treads) will be coming in early or late November

Note: We still have to wait on sheets of wood for the course to be built.

Progress:

• The programming was started
• The front wheels were mounted using a side platform idea on the outside of the robot.

P.O.E Rap Battles about the Pyramids and Simple Machines

Neal's Rap about the Eqyptians and Simple Machines

Pranav's Rap

Superhero Emblems

Students created their own superhero and designed a 3d emblem for their superhero. Students then developed a comic strip to show us how they became heros.

Chris W- Superhero Acid Man



Acid Man



Marc U- Super Hero Panda Man



Panda Man Comic

Danny S- Keebler

The Adventures of Keebler

Alex B- Nephron

Nephron



4487

Our team number created out of K'nex by Joe P

Systems

Brainstorm and Rebuild 10/5/11

Ideas to get balls into the crates for point scoring:

Elevator Idea:

• Balls on a platform that moves upward with treads, picks balls up
• Doesn't fall out from an elevator like surrounding brace all around the platform up to the top of the robot where the balls will then fall out
• Very complicated to assemble

Propeller Idea:

• A flat metal piece will act as a propeller constantly moving in a circular motion, taking balls in form the bottom of the robot and then scooping it towards the top while releasing it to the crate in a swift motion. 
• Could get jammed and stuck at places
• Balls must come in one at a time

Tread Idea:

• Treads would move balls along the tracks form the bottom of the robot to the back where the crate will be
• The balls will then rise and eventually fall off the tread into the crate
• Can put a hood on top to make sure the balls don't continue upwards
• This is the idea we are going to attempt first

Progress:

• Base of the robot was made with wheels attached and the crate flipper idea assembled as well

 

Voice Thread - What we learned about structures

Matt

Jeffery

Matthew N

Kishan

Akash

Nick

Daniel H

Krupa

Young

Neal

Bernard

Neal

Brian

Chris

David

Mike

Monica

Tyler