PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING (POE)
Weekly Outline 1/15-1/19
Monday - Unit 2.1No School - MLK Day
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Tuesday - Unit 2.1-Present your Machine Control Projects
-Disassemble your projects |
Wed - Unit 2.1Activity
-Discuss Centroids and how to find an objects center of gravity. PPT 2.1.1 Centroids. -Complete Activity 2.1.1 Centroids HW: Complete the calculations for questions 1, 2, and 3, and find the centroid of the shape your group built. |
Thursday - Unit 2.1Activity:
-Complete the MDSolids Section of Activity 2.1.1 Centroids. Compare your calculated value for your shapes' centroid to the one found using MD Solids. Answer all questions in your notebooks. -Begin Unit 2.1.2 Structural Members Properties PPT. -Activity 2.1.2 Beam Deflection |
Friday - Unit 2.1Activity:
-Finish Unit 2.1.2 Structural Members Properties PPT on Elastic Modulus. -Activity 2.1.2 Beam Deflection HW: Complete question 16 and the conclusion questions in Activity 2.1.2 Beam Deflection Quiz Tuesday ROBOT COMPETITION REPORT DUE SUNDAY! |
Weekly Outline 1/22-1/26
Monday - Unit 2.1Activity:
What does is a Free Body Diagram? PPT -Activity 2.1.3 Free Body Diagrams. Homework: Finish questions in Activity 2.1.3 Quiz on Moment of Inertia and Modulus of Elasticity tomorrow! |
Tuesday - Unit 2.1Activity:
-Beam Deflection Quiz -Review answers to Free Body Diagrams 2.1.3 -PPT 2.1.4 Force Vectors -Activity 2.1.4 Calculating Force Vectors Homework: -Finish Activity 2.1.4 Calculating Force Vectors |
Wed - Unit 2.1Activity:
-I am out today. Complete -Activity 2.1.4 Calculating Force Vectors. I have attached the answer key here so you can check your work as you go. Do not use the key to "cheat", instead, try doing the problems first and then check your answers. Answer Key for Activity 2.1.4 If you finish before the end of the period, use the time to look over the final exam review materials. I will not be checking the final exam review, but it behooves you to complete it for YOUR benefit on the PLTW final, as well as mine. |
Thursday - Unit 2.1Activity:
-PPT 2.1.5 Moments -Activity 2.1.5 Calculating Moments Homework: -complete calculations in Activity 2.1.5 Force Vectors and Moments Quiz tomorrow |
Friday - Unit 2.1Activity:
-Quiz on Force Vectors and Moments -We will begin the Truss calculation today and get through as much as we can with the time we have remaining. -PPT 2.1.6 Calculating Truss Forces -Activity 2.1.6 Step-by-Step Truss Calculations -Check your answers against the Activity 2.1.6 Step-by-Step Truss Forces Answer Key. |
Weekly Outline 1/29-2/2
Monday - Unit 2.1Last Full Day of classes
We will review for the PLTW EOC Exam & Tackett's Final Exam. |
Tuesday - Unit 2.1Half Day - Pds 1&2 only today
Pd 2 - PLTW EOC Exam |
Wed - Unit 2.1Half Day - Pds 3&4 only today
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Thursday - Unit 2.1Pd 1 & 2 Final Exam
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Friday - Unit 2.1Pd 3 & 4 Final Exam
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Weekly Outline
Monday |
Tuesday |
WednesdayWarm-Up
Use the internet to find out what is meant by "pinned and roller supports" on a Truss Bridge. Create a sketch of each in your notebooks and a short explanation. Activity: -PPT 2.1.6 Calculating Truss Forces -Activity 2.1.6 Step-by-Step Truss Calculations Homework: None, we will finish 2.1.6 in class together. |
ThursdayActivity:
-Continue working on and finish activity 2.1.6 Step-by-Step Truss Forces. -Review Answers as a class. -Begin working on Activity 2.1.7 Calculating Truss Forces Practice Homework: Finish all remaining questions in activity 2.1.7. Be sure to draw a Free Body Diagram for EACH truss analysis. |
FridayActivity:
-Check your answers against the Activity 2.1.6 Step-by-Step Truss Forces Answer Key. -Review any questions students may have as a class. -Begin working on Homework: Finish all remaining questions in activity 2.1.7. Be sure to draw a Free Body Diagram for EACH truss analysis. |
Weekly Outline
Monday - Unit 2.1Activity:
-Answer any questions from the HW. -Begin Activity 2.1.8 Truss Design. In groups of 3 of 4 you will build and test two different Truss designs. Data will be recorded and analyzed to help you with your Design Challenge later this week. HW: |
Tuesday - Unit 2.1-Finish building your Trusses from yesterday. Let them dry overnight on the side table or in the cabinet.
-Complete Activity 2.1.7 Calculating Truss Forces Practice. Finish this for HW if you do not complete it in class, I will check it tomorrow. Quiz on Truss calculation will be FRIDAY!! |
Wed - Unit 2.1Activity:
-Go to the link below and take the Truss quiz as a practice. You will still be taking a quiz next week that counts as a quiz so complete this as if it counts. Truss Calculation quiz. |
Activity 2.1.7 Answer Key
Activity: -Check and Review HW -Test your Truss Designs using the Truss tester. You will record video of your Truss test and then analyze your Truss using Logger Pro and the video you collected. Thursday - Unit 2.1Activity:
-In teams of 2, complete the Design Challenge portion of Activity 2.1.8. We will have a competition to see who's truss can be the most efficient, which is determined by a load/weight ratio. |
Friday - Unit 2.1Activity:
-Finish testing the your Truss. Calculate the forces that were present in each of your truss members based upon the max force that your Truss withstood during the test. |