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with Ed Insel PERT Charts Students started by comparing their PERT chart homework assignments, finding their errors, and producing a final shared PERT chart for their project. They learned how they can be used to get tasks in the proper sequence and to estimate expense and time-to-completion. The kids brought in some fascinating current events for discussion. They absolutely nailed the intent of this part of our course: finding socially important topics (school fire, lost Malaysian plane, Ukrainian tensions, etc.) and highlighting the role that engineering plays (arson investigations, land-and space-based flight tracking, image processing, natural gas transportation, failure analysis, etc.). It was such a good discussion that I let it run and delayed starting the next topic, but this means the kids will need to do some reading before our next session. Homework for Next Session Operation of a basic photovoltaic cell Assignment 1
Each week we will have two students choose the current events. Choose a current event and be prepared to explain 1) the event they chose and 2) the role that science plays in it. Assignment 2 Read the two articles emailed to you separately. One describes how photovoltaics work; the next describes the nature of light. These are tough topics. By reading about them ahead of time, our in-class discussion will make more sense! Comments are closed.
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