Sunday, November 30, 2025

RV Robotics, Science, & STEAM ELD Week 12/1 - 5/2025

 Hello Everyone!

Welcome back.  I hope you all made the most of your time off with family and friends.  

We are back to work for 3 weeks.  Winter Break starts on 12/19 at 3:20 pm so make the most of your time while you are here.  Keep up with your work, get the help you need, and finish this year with nothing left undone.  That is a proactive way of thinking.

Are we having a Winter Holiday Party?  In your classes, discuss if you would like to do something special with your class on Thursday, 12/18.  I'm thinking Secret Santa, Pot Luck,  White Elephant Gift Exchange, or something else.

What's Up for December!

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Period 1 - Robotics

Tinkercad sign-up link - use your first name

Typing Class Link

Sphero Class Code - 7QMRG3

Project STEM Link - 

  • Computer Science - 69499f
  • What is AI - 


Monday Morning Routine

Winter Holiday Project - Create an ornament or similar object that represents how you celebrate the Winter Holidays.  Think about your family traditions, how your family decorates the home, and the significance of this holiday to your family.

Software - Tinkercad or Fusion 360, drawing program, tablets(if needed)

Hardware - 3D printers, laser cutter

Materials - Plastic filament, wood, acrylic

Due Date - Finished Product Due the week of 12/15.  The finished product should be ready to use at home.  Full reporting on the process to create this is due in your portfolio, including photos.


Portfolios - You are responsible for finishing your portfolios within the next two weeks.  This can be done at home.  Below is the list of tasks

  • Purpose - to show what you know - a platform to organize your best work so you can present it to others who want to know
  • Reflection - a critical account of your work by you - reflections allow you to analyze your thinking and your processes.  A very important skill, especially when things don't go as planned or when they go extremely well.  
  • Organization - How easy will it be to find the information you want to communicate?
  • Customization - This relates to the look and feel of your website.  This is business. It should have a feel that you want to project to others, colorful, minimalistic, homey, creative, ...
  • Content
    • Keyboarding tests
    • Robotics
      • Microbit Inch Worms
      • Microbit Monsters
      • Lego Spike
      • Drones
    • Special Projects
      • 3D Design
      • Brush Ninja GIF
      • Community Service
    • Your Personal Home Page
    • A Personal Page - Things you create that may not be part of our class
      • Your content of any special things you like to do like:
        • your own games
        • your own art


Tuesday Morning Routine

Winter Holiday Project

Learning to Use Tinkercad


Wednesday Morning Routine

Intro to our Glowforge Laser Cutter - Glowforge Introduction Video

Designing 2D designs in Tinkercad for laser cutting



Thursday Morning Routine




Friday Morning Routine

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Period 2 Advisory

Brush Ninja Padlet - Post your design here


Monday Morning Routine


Tuesday Morning Routine



Wednesday Morning Routine



Thursday Morning Routine



Friday Morning Routine

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Period 3 Science

Join our typing team.  Click here

Tinkercad sign-up link  If you have a Tinkercad account, you may need to add this code - ELY98AXG5

Project STEM Link - 

  • Computer Science - 69499f
  • What is AI - 


Monday Morning Routine

Review Roller Coaster Project

Key vocabulary - 

  • kinetic energy
  • potential energy
  • mass
  • velocity
  • Types of energy
    • mechanical
    • thermal
    • nuclear
    • chemical
    • electromagnetic
    • sonic
    • gravitational
    • ionization

Roller Coaster Project Due Friday 12/5

You will have some class time on Monday and Tuesday only.  The rest of the week we will start looking at a specific type of energy. W

Tuesday Morning Routine

Roller Coasters - Last day to work on your coaster in class.  It is due on Friday

RC Grading

C - Meeting the basic requirements

  • one funnel
  • one initial drop
  • one loop
  • one curve
  • one hill
  • marble soft stop
Anything more will raise your grade but the track must work.

Anything less will lower your grade. 


Wednesday Morning Routine

Unit 2 Thermal Energy
Day 1 - Lab


Thursday Morning Routine

Unit 2 Thermal Energy
Day 2



Friday Morning Routine

Unit 2 Thermal Energy
Day 3


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Period 4 - Science


Tinkercad sign-up link  - If you have a Tinkercad account, you may need to add this code - C5GFEQ2SV

Project STEM Link - 

  • Computer Science - 69499f
  • What is AI - 

Monday Morning Routine

Review Roller Coaster Project

Key vocabulary - 

  • kinetic energy
  • potential energy
  • mass
  • velocity
  • Types of energy
    • mechanical
    • thermal
    • nuclear
    • chemical
    • electromagnetic
    • sonic
    • gravitational
    • ionization

Roller Coaster Project Due Friday 12/5

You will have some class time on Monday and Tuesday only.  The rest of the week we will start looking at a specific type of energy. W

Tuesday Morning Routine

Roller Coasters - Last day to work on your coaster in class.  It is due on Friday

RC Grading

C - Meeting the basic requirements

  • one funnel
  • one initial drop
  • one loop
  • one curve
  • one hill
  • marble soft stop
Anything more will raise your grade but the track must work.

Anything less will lower your grade. 


Wednesday Morning Routine

Unit 2 Thermal Energy
Day 1 - Lab


Thursday Morning Routine

Unit 2 Thermal Energy
Day 2



Friday Morning Routine

Unit 2 Thermal Energy
Day 3


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Period 6 - Tech Tales ELD

Typing Class Link

Tinkercad sign-up link  If you have a Tinkercad account, you may need to add this code - AUDDGHSGY

Project STEM Link - 

  • Computer Science - 69499f
  • What is AI - 

 https://scratch.mit.edu/signup/dcykmfwpd


Monday Morning Routine


We worked on some class routines that we will be using through the year.

This week we will be opening some of the software we will be using this trimester
  • Software
    • 3D Simulations & Design - Tinkercad.com
    • Create your own Avatar/Giff - Brush Ninja
    • Coding for a purpose - Scratch


Tuesday Morning Routine


Wednesday Morning Routine




Thursday Morning Routine




Friday Morning Routine





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Period 7 - Tech Tales ELD


Tinkercad sign up link If you have a Tinkercad account, you may need to add this code - GVNCWEREF

  • Computer Science - 69499f
  • What is AI - 
https://scratch.mit.edu/signup/e9x9dn5yw

Monday Morning Routine

We worked on some class routines that we will be using through the year.

This week we will be opening some of the software we will be using this trimester
  • Software
    • 3D Simulations & Design - Tinkercad.com
    • Create your own Avatar/Giff - Brush Ninja
    • Coding for a purpose - Scratch


Tuesday Morning Routine


Wednesday Morning Routine




Thursday Morning Routine




Friday Morning Routine

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Space Out Friday





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