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Engineering (1° & 2°) Room 424

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  Gradebook: 1st Period, 2nd Period (final Fall 2007 gradesheet)

• Engineering Course Outline

• Week of for 8/24/07
• Course Introduction
  • Meeting 1: Course Outline, Initial Project: Geyser
    • HW: Review of Chemistry and Physics, bring in an empty 2 liter bottle.
    • Engineering Labs and Notebooks
    • Geyser Lab Preparation

• Week of for 8/27/07
• Introduction to Engineering
• Chemistry, Physics and a Mentos Geyser
• Please note: class location is subject to change
  • Meeting 1: Review Chemistry and Physics Involved in the Geyser, Assignment of Teams
    • Geyser Lab Requirements
    • Example Lab Report (For formatting purposes only)
    • HW: Read Text: p. 39-48.
    • Lab Report Due Meeting 4.
    • Demonstration: Meeting 4.
    • Engineering Notebooks Collected: Meeting 4.
  • Meeting 2: Lab Testing
  • Meeting 3: Lab Testing
  • Meeting 4: Geyser demonstrations.
    • Lab Report Due
    • Engineering Notebooks Collected
• Week of 9/4/07
• Team Synergy
• Activity Schedule Week in Beta Lab
  • Meeting 1: Mission to Mars
    • The importance of group experience
    • Review of the Mentos Geyser, potentials for portfolio.
    • HW: Read Text, Chapter 1.
    • Bring in Triangles, circle templates, etc.
  • Meeting 2: Drawings, the Engineer's Language.
    • Mechanical Drawing Power Point
    • Drafting Practices
    • Chapter 1 Quiz tomorrow.
    • Technology Report and Presentation Due Monday (9/10)
  • Meeting 3: Drafting: Lines and Views.
    • Quiz: Chapter 1
    • Drafting practice.
    • Back to School Night, Geyser Video
  • Thursday September 7: Mass of the Holy Spirit
• Week of 9/10/2007
• Drafting and Technology Presentations
• Continue in Beta Lab
  • Meeting 1: Drafting and Presentations
  • Meeting 2: Drafting and Presentations
  • Meeting 3: Drafting
    • HW: Read p. 151-160
    • HW: Finish Bracket 2.
  • Meeting 4: Drafting and Presentations
    • Bracket 3, Isometric View
      • Period 1, Bracket 3 in class
      • Period 2, Bracket 3 as homework
• Week of 9/17/2007
• Continue in Beta Lab
• Drafting and Technology Presentations
  • Meeting 1: Drafting and Presentations
    • Drafting Checklist
  • Meeting 2: Drafting and Presentations
    • Threaded Fasteners Power Point in pdf
    • HW: Orthogonal Views of one part from today's packet. (Due Day 3)
  • Meeting 3: Drafting and Presentations
    • Threaded Bracket, Ortho
    • Head Gasket, Ortho
  • Meeting 4: Drafting Test
    • Enjoy the Bruce-Mahoney Game
• Week of 9/24/2007
• Structures: Introduction to Torque and Simple Machines
• Move to 430 for now
  • Meeting 1: Finish Presentations
    • Simple Machines
    • Mechanical Enginering Equation Sheet
    • HW: Simple Machines Worksheet (Due Meeting 1, Week of Oct 1)
    • HW: EYF Read p. 403-426
  • Meeting 2: Review of Torque, Levers
    • Simple Machines Powerpoint
    • HW: Articulated Structures Worksheet (Hold for Now)
  • Meeting 3: Introduction to Torque
    • Calculation of Torque, Forces, Mechanical Advantage
    • Fnet = 0, Torque net = 0
    • Hw: Torque Worksheet (Due Meeting 1, Week of Oct 1)
  • Meeting 4: Bridges: Tension, Compression and Trusses
    • An Engineer's Walk on the Golden Gate Bridge.
    • Tension and Compression
    • Reading Quiz, Simple Machines
• Week of 10/1/2007
• Move to 424
• Analysis of Non-colinear Forces and Simple Machines
  • Meeting 1: Articulated Structures:
    • Welcome to 424
    • Constructing an Arch Bridge
    • An Engineer's Walk on the Golden Gate Bridge: Hold.
  • Meeting 2: Bridge Analysis
    • F-net = 0, Torque-net = 0 for all points in the structure.
    • Further analysis. Simply Supported and Cantilevered Structures.
    • Tension, Compression and Trusses (Brief Introduction)
    • HW: Finish Beam Worksheet
    • HW: Read p. 422-445 EYF
  • Meeting 3 & 4: Construction of Simple Machines
    • Simple Machine Lab
    • Drawing Example
    • Continued Next Week
• Week of 10/8/2007
• Simple Machine Lab, Continued
  • Meetings 1- 3: Construction of Simple Machines
    • Write up and Drawings due Day 1, Week of October 15.
    • HW: Write ups and Drawings.
    • Absence make up: K'Nex available in Physics Lab, Rm 311.
  • Meeting 4: Introduction to Tension, Compression and Shear
    • Trusses
    • Structure and Trusses Powerpoint
• Week of 10/15/2007: Midterms
• Guest Speaker: Patrick Clifford (SI '01) and ACE Mentors
  • Meeting 1: Guest Speaker and Presentation.
    • ACE Mentors Link
    • Tuesdays: October 23, 30 4-6 pm @ 125 Mason St. San Francisco
• Week of 10/22/2007
• Bridges and Structural Analysis.
• Meeting 1-4: Bridge and Truss Construction Lab
  • HW: Review Truss Powerpoint
  • HW: Truss Worksheet 1, Truss Worksheet 2 Due Meeting 4.
  • Write up and Drawings due Tuesday October 30.
• Week of 10/29/2007
• Bridges, Machines and Putting it all Together.
  • Meeting 1: Video: Bridge Construction.
  • Meeting 2: Bridge Test (Bridge Drawings Due)
    • ACE Construction: Tuesday: October 30 4-6 pm @ 125 Mason St. San Francisco
  • Meeting 3-4: Introduction to Trebuchet
    • Homework, Due Monday
      • 1-2 Paragraphs on how trebuchets work, plus a drawing.
      • 1 paragraph on the history of trebuchets.
      • List of at least 3 parameters that affect the throwing distance and a brief description of a test for each.
• Week of 11/5/2007
• Machine Construction: Class 1 Lever and Engineering
  • Meeting 1-2: Small Scale Trebuchet Tests
  • Meeting 3: Simple Tools
    • Preliminary Trebuchet Lab
    • Safety Guidelines
  • Meeting 4: Start: Building and Testing
• Week of 11/12/2007
• Trebuchet Build
  • Meeting 1-4: Trebuchet Build
• Week of 11/19/2007
• Trebuchet Demonstrations
  • Meeting 1: Trebuchet Build
  • Meeting 2: Trebuchet Performance Demonstrations
    • Written Reports due: Meeting 4, week of 11/26
    • Trebuchet Demonstration and Report Requirements
    • Trebuchet Check Off and Performance Scoring
    • Sample Trebuchet Report
  • Happy Thanksgiving
• Week of 11/26/2007
• Introduction to Electrical Engineering
  • Meeting 1: Introduction
    • Electricity
    • Electrical Power
    • Analog and Digital Circuits
    • HW: Read Chapter 18, Section 12 (Electrical Circuits)
    • Practice Quiz Key
    • Electrical Engineering Introduction
    • Circuit Review
  • Meeting 2 (Meeting Schedule/Student Evaluations):
    • Power and Resistive Circuit Quiz
    • Resistive Circuit Quiz Key
  • Meeting 3 (Special Schedule/Student Evalutions): Continue Circuits
  • Meeting 4: Continue Circuits
    • HW: Circuit Handout for those scoring less than 10 on circuit quiz (Due Meeting 2)
    • Circuit Tests 1-3, Circuit Tests 4-7.
    • For help: Physics Homework Parties or Check Here for PhET Circuit Demo
• Week of 12/3/2007
• Electrical Engineering, Continued
  • Meeting 1: Continue Circuits
    • Semiconductors: Diodes and Transistors
  • Meeting 2: Continue Circuits
    • Circuits Handout due to those scoring less than 10 on circuit quiz.
  • Meeting 3: Continue Circuits
    • PNP Transistor Test
    • Transistor for Gain
    • Operational Amplifier
  • Meeting 4: Finish Circuit
    • Portfolio Guidelines
• Week of 12/10/2007
• Portfolio Presentations
  • Portfolio Schedule in HTML
  • Portfolio Schedule in .pdf
• Meetings 1-3: Portfolio Presentations (Activity Schedules)
• For those who have not completed tests 1-7: I am usually in room 310, 312 or 313 at lunch and after school. If I am available, you can finish up the tests during non-class time.
• Final Exam Time (Remaining Portfolio Presentations)
  • Tuesday December 18, 8:30 am
  • Note: Both 1st and 2nd period Engineering Classes will meeting together for remaining presentations.

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