Space Exploration

3/16/10 Odd

Robot terms

Use the links below and notebook paper to write definitions for the following terms, turn in at the end of class today.

(yes write them out- 30 minutes):

1. Robot
2. Autonomous
3. End Effector
4. Degrees of Freedom
5. Telerobotics
6. Dexterity
7. Anthropomorphic
8. Articulated
9. Teleoperation
10. Robotics

http://www.thetech.org/
http://www.thetech.org/robotics/universal/page08.html Robots
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrees_of_freedom_(engineering) Robots
http://www.mos.org/exhibits/robot/robot.html Robot building

Jump Start next assignment:

http://www.pbs.org/safarchive/4_class/45_pguides/pguide_705/4575_human.html#act1

3/5 Tribot Ball

Turn in book reports.
Gather materials and assemble the ball stand.
Demonstrate the solution to the programming challenge assigned in a previous class.
SciFi Reading.
Next Class-New team - New challenge.

3/4 Solar System

Using the facts from the Please Explanet worksheet, make a poster of your planet. Use the following rubric:

1 Not included

2 lacking or incorrect

3 present but poor quality

4 fairly accurate, neat or well done

5 Very well done, creativity and effort shown

Neatness: 1 2 3 4 5

Use of space: 1 2 3 4 5

Information: 1 2 3 4 5

3/3 NXT Quiz- EVEN

Review quietly for the quiz.

Take the quiz.

Complete the programming challenge.

Programming challenge:

Move 3 meters
Pick up the ball off of the stand (I will build it)
Return to starting position

Disassemble the robot down to it's base.

Engineering Log introduction.

Watch VEX World Championsip video at the end of class.

3/2 Please Explanet-ODD

3/1 TriBot

Complete the Tribot and Exercises from the tutorial.

By now, you should have the move, loop and wait exercises completed.

When your team has all excercises (except the light excercise) completed, you may begin the programming challenge.

Programming challenge to:

Move 3 meters
Pick up the ball off of the stand (I will build it)
Return to starting position

Review.

Wednesday will be a quiz over the Tutorial and all of the excercises.

Friday will be a SciFi Friday. Bring a book and your book report. HAVE A BOOK REPORT, come on... they are simple to complete!

2-24 Please ExPlanet

Human Body in Space Presentation

New Pairs

Complete the Please ExPlanet Worksheet using the Window to the Universe Website link below:

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

Friday is a SciFi Friday- Book Report Due. Bring your SciFi Book!

2-23 Essential Excercises

Get the Essential Excercises from the worksheet and tutorial completed. Each need checked off by the teacher.

When finished, begin the Tribot (located in the documents section).

2/18 NASA Anatomy : HOW SPACE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES HUMAN HEALTH

View and take Notes- at least one sentence to summarize the video clip:

Lymphatic System

Endocrine System

Urinary System

Sense Organs

Cardiovascular

Nervous System

Skeletal System

Robotic Surgery

Imaging

Create a show: Using the information created on your 4 square and today's notes, create a 10 page PowerPoint proving what you learned on the human body. It may be broad and summerize, or may be specific to one body system.

To be graded:

10 pts- Information included (prove the facts, keep it simple)

Include information on the body systems learned in your science class

Include information on the effects of microgravity learned in Space Exploration class

4 pts- Graphic on each slide

4 pts- One link included somewhere

4 pts- Bibliography included at the end

4 pts- Ease in viewing (think about color and text size)

4 pts- # of slides (minimum 10/maximum 13)

Presentation DUE by the end of next class.

2-17 NXT BASE

Use the NXT Tutorial to complete the Excercises and to complete the LEGO NXT Tutorial worksheet.

NXT BASE construction directions

2-10 SciFi Day

2/9 Robots are Amazing

Teams assigned

Scenerio

Create Algorithms for

Room 1- located in documents

Room 2- located in documents

Room 8- located in documents

2/8 7th Block

Space Inventions

Complete your list of space inventions

include:

Name Function Is it used differecntly on earth?

Group activity- crossing off your list
Poster activity

Neatness

Use of space (Plan first)

Colored

Information included (on its usage and if used differently on earth than in space)

Creative

SciFi Wednesday- Bring your SciFi Book. Book Report due at the end of class.

You should be reading outside class-time.

2/5 8th Block SciFi Friday (no book reports due)

NXT Tutorial- complete the worksheet

SciFi Reading-Book report due Friday, February 19th.

7th Block

The Human body in Space

Skim the article entitled The Physiological Effects of Low Gravity

Cardiovascular

Circulatory/heart

Breathing/respiratory

Diseases

Nervous (sensory/thinking)

Skeletal/bones

Muscular

Digestive

Urinary

Underline or highlight any words in the article which relate to the above list of Human Body Systems. (A review from Science class, huh?)

Create a 4 Square plan for writing on the effects of micro-gravity on the human body.

Turn this in before the end of class today.

8th Block

End Effector

Complete the end effector using the directions from last class.

Review the vocabulary terms for your quiz next class. (The list is below)

When finished, you may play Robotics Hollywood squares (in the NASA folder on your computer) or SciFi read. Make sure that I hear good things about your class.

7th Block

1/25/10 Life in Space

Each group will use the Web resources provided to answer questions. All the questions relate to the daily life of astronauts and cosmonauts in space. Students should record their findings on the Classroom Activity Sheet:

How Do Astronauts Live in Space?

Combine your thoughts to create a team answer to each question.

Plan a Poster. You may use colored Pencils, crayons or markers as long as they are returned neatly. Here are the requirements:

Neatness

Use of space

Colored

Information included

Creativeness

Extra for 3 D elements

Show your teacher the plan, then-

Make that Poster.

8^th Block

1/22/10 Robot history

Turn in robot definiitions if you have not.

Write the answers to the following questions on lined paper. Must be completed today before SciFi time (2:10)

1. What is a microcontroller? Research the definition of a microcontroller. Why are they useful?
Where can you find them?

2. Make a list of all the programmed and programmable electronics you, your family and
friends use (microwave, toaster, iron, television, etc).

3. Create a list of tools, gadgets, etc. that have been improved with the addition of programmable
microcontrollers.

4. Spend sometime thinking about the fictional robots you see on television or read about in
books. Pick three and write about how they were used in this fictional world.

SciFi lesson, hear a story and have discussion

SciFi quiet reading time.

7^th Block

1/21/10 Life in Space

List and describe the locations of the 16 nations that are working together to build the ISS. If you students have other questions about the ISS, have them find answers in the following Web sites: http://www.spacekids.com/spacenews/ and http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/ISS_OVR/.

What do you think it is like to live in space? Think about microgravity, the weightless environment of the ISS. Consider everyday activities, like eating, taking a shower, and using the bathroom. Write a paragraph about your thoughts.

Groups assigned

Life in Space: International Space Station
A Week in Space

Every 90 minutes, the International Space Station (ISS) circles our planet. Thousands of
people from 16 countries are working together to build the ISS, and it will take more than
40 trips to get all the pieces up to it. Scientists hope to finish assembling it by 2006.
Here are some other amazing facts about the ISS:
The ISS would weigh over one million pounds on Earth, but in space (240 miles above
the ground), it’s weightless.
As big as two football fields, the ISS is made up of more than 70 major pieces.
The ISS orbits at a speed of 17,500 miles per hour.
Temperatures outside the station range from -250° F to +250° F.
___________________________________________________________________________
THINK ABOUT IT
Imagine that you were the first kid selected to spend a week in space. Write a short story
about what you think your experience would be like. Include information about the food
you would eat, the clothes you would wear, the way you would sleep, how you would use
the bathroom, and what you might do for fun. What would happen if you got into an argument
with another astronaut? How would you settle differences? You may want to include a
discussion of the preparation and training you received before launching.

Exit card: List 3 new facts you learned today.

8th Block

Part A

1/20/10 Good or Evil

Complete the re-write using MS Word. Turn in at the end of class today.

Part B

1/20/10 Robot Webquest
Use the links below and notebook paper to write definitions for the following terms, turn in at the end of class today.

(yes write them out- 30 minutes):

1. Robot
2. Autonomous
3. End Effector
4. Degrees of Freedom
5. Telerobotics
6. Dexterity
7. Anthropomorphic
8. Articulated
9. Teleoperation
10. Robotics