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Candemonium Project
In class today, all the freshmen and sophomores teamed up into different groups to make a course that a golf ball needs to travel through and then drop the ball in a can. The ball had to go through certain level changes throughout the three stages. My group worked on part C of the project. … Continue reading Candemonium Project
First NXT Chellenge
In engineering my partner and I are building and coding an NXT bot to complete a challenge. The challenge is for the bot to pick a golf ball up from a stand, maneuver around a wooden obstacle, and then drop the ball in a bucket. My partner and I created a design for the bot … Continue reading First NXT Chellenge
TEDTalk by Tony Wagner
In PLTW, we watched a TED Talk by Tony Wagner and it was very interesting. I agreed with what he thought were the best seven survival skills for the 21st century: critical thinking and problem solving, collaboration, agility and adaptability, initiative and entrepreneurship, effective oral and written communication, accessing and analyzing information, and curiosity. I … Continue reading TEDTalk by Tony Wagner
Hour of Code
Today I completed an Hour of Code with my brother. I taught him a little bit about an arduino and its components. I also showed him how to make an LED blink and also how to make it blink when pressing a button. I think he enjoyed learning a little bit about an arduino and … Continue reading Hour of Code
Chris Schreiber 