7th Grade - The CO2 dragster project has begun

7th Grade - Co2 Dragster Project has begun.

 To all 7th grade students in 7-11 to 7-14 the Dragster project begun. Be sure to use the Design Process steps you learned in the previous project to create your personalized car. 

Racing will occur in Mid January so lets get designing, building and testing. 

6th Grade - Full Scale Drawings have begun.

 To all 6th grade students in sections 11 through 14

Full Scale drawings have begun. All students are working toward completing all three full scale drawings found in their google classroom page. 

Any student who believes they need extra help or more time to complete the drawings are strongly encouraged to sign up for a Win period to obtain the help they need ASAP. 

7th Grade - Design Process - Stage project

 The Design process project is underway. Students will following the design process to help them research, design and build their "stage". Unique ideas are always encouraged. Good Luck and Good Design to all. Below are two designs that took a different approach then many others. 

Remember, your design can end up being quite impressive.  

8th grade - Introduction to Robotics

 8th grade - Introduction to Robotics

The first class of 8th Grade student have completed the Binary worksheets and are now working on Robotics Projects. The remaining 8th grade classes will be finishing very soon and will also be moving onto Robotics

The students will first build their starting robot then start in on the "Driving Test" by completing all four objectives. 

1. 5-3-4

2. Parallel Parking

3. Block Push (Called the O'Brian)

4. Slalom Course 

If any student(s) has not completed their project(s) please see Mr. Falcon to obtain any extra help they may request and/or to make up any work. 

8th grade - Winners of the Sumo Competition!!!!!

 Congratulations to the team of .....Guff123

They won by beating  Team Roomba in a very close best of 7 match 4-3. 

8th Grade - Lego Mindstorm Sumo Competition Semifinals Winners

 To all

After some hard fought sectional matches we have winners from 8-15, 8-16, 8-17 and 8-18 seen below. 

They will now compete in the Semifinals to see who will earn a spot in the finals. 

For those interested in seeing how they do visit this Link

8th Grade Sumo Robotics Competition Schedules

 We are happy to announce the Round Robin Schedules for the second half of the year are set up and ready to be played. Next week teams will have their robot inspected in order to qualify for the competition. Reminder of the most important requirements: 

1. Robots may not move or expand for the first 5 seconds of all matches. 

2. Robots must fit in the 8"x 7" box and not expand until after the 5 seconds.

3. Robots must have their cables routing internally to protect them. 

4. All sensor must be protected from contact except the button which requires contact. 

 8-15 Sumo Competition Schedule Schedule

8-16 Sumo Competition Schedule Schedule

8-17 Sumo Competition Schedule Schedule

8-18 Sumo Competition Schedule Schedule

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Best of luck to all teams, may the best Bot win!!!!