Young Inventors at Work Class Summary 3/31/14

with Leigh Ann Yoder (& Ed Insel)

Sorting it Out

Thanks to Mr. Insel for covering for Ms. LA yesterday!

All the teams completed their coin sorting machines and had their timed sort. During the timed sort teams were penalized 5 seconds for stuck coins and 5 seconds for mis-sorted coins.  

The final times were:

Team 1:  4 minutes and 55 seconds
Team 2:  4 minutes and 30 seconds
Team 3:  2 minutes and 42 seconds

Next week we will begin designing our games. I spoke with the students about this last week. They are to think about elements of games (non-electronic) that they like and be prepared to begin the design of their own game.

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Homework

Semester Project:  

1. Complete your final draft of your report. If you would like me to take a look at it, please email it to me.  
   
2. Begin searching for items to place on your second panel. Your second panel is to consist mostly of images or articles. These items should reflect your engineering field past, present and future. You can include images of people, inventions, buildings, etc. You can diagram, and add notes or text where appropriate. This panel is less structured than the first and should reflect the things you are most interested in.
   
3. Next week you will be putting together the first and second panels. I will return all assignments to you next week, so you will be prepared.
   

The Story of Inventions (optional):  Read Chapters 10 & 11