Klondike Elementary School Design Review

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Klondike Elementary School Design Review

• Team Leader Michael T. Cyb8/1/2009

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Team Objectives

• Mission The mission of EPICS-KES is to work
  with the teachers and students of Klondike
  Elementary School to produce, in a timely manner,
  meaningful projects that relate to the Indiana
  State Educational Standards and help elementary
  students understand the concepts that are being
  taught in the classroom

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Agenda

• Magic Piano
• Indiana History
• Rube Goldberg Machine
• USA States Project

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Magic Piano

• Albert Kim, Ken Little

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Semester Progress

• Finished fiberglass contours
• Primer and first coat applied to piano case

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Status

• Case is ready for final coat and drying
• Music holder will be put into place after drying
  process
• Paperwork is started for delivery

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Future Plans

• Deliver project in the following week
• Stay in touch with KES to adapt project if needed
• Create software package for song conversion

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Indiana History Game Board

• Team Members
• Ryan Breed Team Leader
• Matt Hockemeyer
• Paul Kim

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Semester Progress

• Updated Timeline
• To be delivered early next semester
• Assembly and testing
• Updated CATIA Design
• Dimensions adjusted
• Construction of electrical components
• Construction of final game board

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CATIA Design

• 20.75 x 30.75
• Rounded edges
• 3/8 material
• LCD Display
• 6 buttons
• Teams, advance, next question

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Goals by the end of the Semester

• Have all construction completed
• Electrical and woodwork
• Be ready for transition to assembly
• Finish BASIC Stamp programming
• Complete documentation for next semester

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Rube Goldberg Machine

• Simple Machines

Photo Obtained from schools.nyc.gov/.../RUBE/han
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Components

• Rube Goldberg machine
• 10-20 steps to conduct a simple task in the most
  complex way possible
• Utilizes several forms of energy (potential,
  kinetic, light, etc.)
• Educates children on importance of simple
  machines in everyday life
• Have children troubleshoot problems with the
  machine on their own (with guidance from the
  teacher)
• Simple machine workbook
• Reinforce principles covered with Rube Goldberg
  machine
• Teachers may use it to test understanding of
  material
• Helpful for describing what the function of a
  step is

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Indianas Academic Standards and Resources

• The Physical SettingThis standard focuses on
  three principle subjects the structure of the
  universe, the major processes that have shaped
  the planet Earth, and the concepts with which
  science describes the physical world in general -
  organized under the headings of Matter and Energy
  and Forces of Nature.

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Semester Progress

• Created Project Charter
• Rube Goldberg Machine Project Charter
• Step List Created
• Two parallel paths envisioned
• Students will need to manually power many steps
  in final machine design
• Rube Goldberg Machine Step List
• Timeline
• Rube_Goldberg_Timeline

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Semester Goals

• Create drawing of machine in CAD software (Catia)
• Determine suppliers for parts
• Build frame
• Transfer of Project Leader authority next semester

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USA Project

• TEAM MEMBERS
• Andrew Bartus
• Roberto Colon
• Albert Kim
• Paul Kim

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Motivation

• This project was inspired by the thought that
  many students in elementary school have a hard
  time learning geographic information about the
  United States by studying traditional maps our
  intent is to provide an educational resource to
  children so that they may learn about the
  geography of the United States in a fun way.

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Goals of USA project

• An interactive map of the United States with
  illuminated states and capitals that will help
  the children learn about the geography of the
  United States
• USA project mounted in wall frame to hang on the
  wall for easy presentation
• Utilize different colors to help children
  visually identify each state through the color
  difference

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Semester Progress

• Game detail design
• Game procedure and instruction
• Auto CAD design for USA project game board
• Timeline
• USA Project timeline

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Semester Goals

• Design basic electric circuit design
• Button activated LED circuits
• Seven-segment score board circuit design
• Transfer project leader authority to next
  semester
• Start building game board frame

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AutoCAD design
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Creative Problem Solving Workshops

• Egg Drop
• Paper Tower
• Paper Airplane

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Standard The Nature of Science and Technology

• Students will work collaboratively to carry
  out investigations
• They will observe and make accurate measurements,
  increase their use of tools and instruments,
  record data in journals, and communicate their
  results through visual, written, and verbal forms
  of communication
• Students will then be able to repeat their
  investigations, explain inconsistencies in their
  results, and design projects based upon their
  experiments

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Questions?