Week 7 Engineering Station

This week we will be using information from Home Depot in order to design a sprinkler system.
Here is the "problem":

Here is some information I found at Home Depot this weekend:

1/2" PVC is 10' for $2.28. Bulk price is 1.94 if you buy 10 or more.

Couplers are .33 cents each or 4.51 for 25.

90 degree elbows are .41 cents each or 5.39 for 10 or more.

45 degree elbows are .81 each

Primer and Glue kits are 8.98 each

Tees are 1.40 each

Corner Tees are 1.42 each

PVC Cutters are 13.98

Sprinkler Heads:

Pop up Sprinkler- Quarter Circle- 3.27

Pop up Sprinkler- Full Circle- 3.27

Pop up Sprinkler- Half Circle- 3.47

1/2" Risers are .24 

Your job is to design a sprinkler system 

Week 6 Bicycle Station

You can see that there are many parts to a bicycle, and it is difficult to see exactly how to put it all back together. At the bicycle station today, please continue to tape the parts to the pieces of paper until every piece is taped on to the papers.

When all of the bike parts are taped to the paper, please use your blogger sheet to answer the following questions:

1. What parts did you remove from the bike?

2. Did you enjoy taking the bike apart?

3. What parts did you tape on to the paper?

4. Which was easier; to remove parts, or tape parts on?

5. If you were to start putting the bike back together, which 3 parts would you start with?

Week 6 Engineering Station

The PVC has been cut. Today at the Engineering Station, first review the original task. On your Blogger sheet, answer these questions:

1. How many pieces are there? 

2. How many pieces were we supposed to have?

3. What grade would you give the cutters of the PVC?

4. Why would you give the cutters the grade you did?

5. What was one problem that people who cut PVC might run into as they are trying to cut equal lengths?

6. Now that we have all of these pieces of PVC, but they are all at different lengths, what do you think we could make with them? Write 3 ideas.

Week 6 Notes Station

Here are the problems from the Notes Station. Remember you can use your Brain Book to guide you through these problems.

Week 6 "Getting in the Groove"

Last week we made some great improvements to the flow of class. It seems you all are transitioning in to the year now, and we are ready to do some deeper learning. As they say, "Buckle up, Buttercup." :)

At the Book Station, this week we are learning divisibility rules and getting lots of practice with this important exercise.

So far in the Bicycle Station, we have almost completely dismantled an entire bike. We will be learning the part names as we sand the frame to prepare it for repainting.

At the Notes station, there are 4 different types of problems that we are using our Brain Books to guide us through.

In the Engineering Station, we are still working on cutting lengths of PVC pipe. We will be sanding, diagramming, and innovating with this resource.

At the Blog Station, we are writing about the work done at the Bicycle and Engineering Stations, and hopefully there will be a lot of pictures on students' blogs, as well.

-Mr. Grimm

Funny Stuff

https://youtu.be/AvzRL3Oj5AM

Brian Regan

Perseverance (Week 5)

Good Morning, it's a Wednesday, right in the middle of the week, almost the middle of the semester.

Progress Reports come out next week.

The weather is changing, winter will soon be here. The transition back to school is just about over, we are settling into our routines.

Embrace reality, if you fight it, your life will be hard.

Algebra Periods 1 and 2:

Station 1: You will be working out of the textbook.

Station 2: You will be taking apart the bicycle, and also Divisibility Rules Practice.

Station 3: You will be working on Combining like terms, Solve for a variable, and also working on Divisibility Rules Practice.

Station 4: You will be working on the PVC Engineering Station Assignment

The project seems to be coming along!

Station 5: You will begin your Math Facts Practice, check your grades, and create a "Grade Improvement Plan" if you don't like your grade.

Study Skills:

I have noticed that some people are being resistant to work on their work. The aides are here to help, please cooperate with them.

Remember, your grade should be a reflection of your effort in Study skills class. If you are getting a D or a C in a class, you are not maximizing your effort in study skills.

If you don't FEEL like working, I get it. Come and tell me, we can have a discussion.

If you don't know what to do, I get it. Please talk to me or to one of the aides to help you find what you need in order to get your work done.

Fun Stuff in the Classroom

Atari Punk Console (Stepped Tone Generator)

Here's a detailed video about sound waves



Check out what you can do with sound waves:



Can you tell the difference?

Here is our first one:

Motivation Videos

Here is a video I found that took words from Gary Vaynerchuk and put them together with some video footage from someone else. He is a big fan of work hard, don't complain.

https://instagram.com/p/BZNW9HKFrnO/

https://instagram.com/p/BZG-5SHFy1z/

https://instagram.com/p/BY8kPjBFw2o/

Week 4 Engineering Station

There is 1 piece of PVC pipe on the table. There is also a roll of tape. Today, I'd like you to use a piece of graph paper and draw the solution to the problem below. Let me know when you are done.

Here is the problem:

How long does each piece of pvc need to be if the pipe needs to be cut into equal lengths for 30 students?

The next step will be to mark off the sections on the pipe using both a measuring tape, and painter's tape.

The next step will be to actually set up the pipe on the vice table and cut the lengths of pipe according to the diagram (plan) that you drew.

Week 4 Bicycle Station

You will need graph paper at the bicycle station.

This week I'd like you to focus on labeling your diagrams, as well as writing accurate measurements on your diagrams. Last week showed the start of some really good work, the circles were neat and followed the poster examples. Keep up your attention to detail, and ask Mr. Grimm questions. (Of course follow the class rules and don't shout across the room).

Have fun!

Arduino Blink plus Motor

//This is the basic blink program, plus a few changes. int ledPin = 13; // LED connected to digital pin 13 int motorPin = 12; // motor pin connected to pin 12 void setup() // run once, when the sketch starts { pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT); // sets pin 13 as output pinMode(motorPin, OUTPUT); // sets pin 12 as output } void loop() // run over and over again { digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH); // sets the LED on delay(5000); // waits for five seconds digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW); // sets the LED off delay(1); // waits for 1 thousandth of a second digitalWrite(motorPin, HIGH); // sets motor pin on delay(5000); // waits for 5 seconds digitalWrite(motorPin, LOW); // sets motor pin off }

Go to Tools--> Port and choose the COM with Arduino
Click the arrow to upload the sketch

Brain Books

Today we made Brain Books. What did you think of them?

Comment Below.

Back to School Night

Welcome, parents! I am very excited to be here at SLO High, and I hope your student has fun learning with me this year. So far we are off to a fast start, we have been developing our routines and "working out kinks" in the classroom flow. We have several chromebooks that will be used by students to write about their classroom learning on their Blogger Blogs, and/or to work on assignments.
I run the class using stations, as this is an efficient way to get students engaged with different tasks throughout the class period, without too much verbal instruction overload. I have been seeing students excel at different things at different times, and I think that the kids are going to discover many new things to get excited about this year.
Please contact me via email if you have any questions, I will get back to you ASAP. (Please just be aware that I get 50-60 emails per day that I need to process, plus I am getting used to how we do things here at SLO High.
Thanks for coming tonight!
Jesse Grimm
jgrimm@slcusd.org

All class periods will be 10 minutes in length with 7 minutes of passing time between classes. 

Here is a tentative overview of the schedule. 

Period 1	6:45 - 6:55PM
Passing	6:55 -7:02PM
Period 2	7:02 -7:12PM
Passing	7:12 -7:19PM
Period 3	7:19 -7:29PM
Passing	7:29 -7:36PM
Period 4	7:36 -7:46PM
Passing	7:46 - 7:53PM
Period 5	7:53 - 8:03PM

Cool Things

Bicycles and Algebra

Happy Friday. Today we will run a little experiment using a fixed gear bike, painter's tape, pencils, and the worksheet below.