8-21-15

cole and the other veterens showed us some of the past jpl invention challenges. then my group continued to work on the wednesday challenge.

8-18-15

We continued to work on our website. I changed the colors of the text and learned how to link a pdf

8-19-15

we worked on the wednesday challenge and started our first model.

8-21-15

8-20-15

we got a tour of the fabrication shop my mr miller. mr miller assigned us an essay for how to be safe ine the shop.

8-24-15

we learned how to start sketchup and save dr neato's son's picture to our website.

8-25-15

Today we learned how to make our websites go live, but during the instruction a atempt that failed shut down the server :(

8-26-15

Wednesday challenge! we worked on our design for the wednesday challenge and started creating our second design.

8-27-15

I went with mr miller to the shop to measure wood to practice getting a accurate length for wood and metal.

8-28-15

We -watched mythbusters test the chicken gun. And wrote up an obstervation form. MythbustersObservationForm

8-31-15 My wednesday challenge team and i worked on our thrid model for the test.

9-1-15

We continued to work on our third prototype of the bridge and watched as our second try broke while taking it off of the wax paper.

9-2-15

Wednesday challenge test! we tested our bridge with water weight and then weighed the bridge. wednesday_challenge_form

Results

9-3-15 I worked on updating my website and i got it to go live.

9-8-15

Jacob helped others get their website go live.

9-9-15 WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE!! Today's wednesday challenge was to build a tower out of cards

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9-10-15 We updated our website and learned how to put a pdf into our website

9-11-15

We had a class descussion on the jpl invertion challenge. I think kevin or cole's design is the simplest but most effective because less things are likely to go wrong.

9-14-15

We continued to discuss the invention challenge and the various designs for the solutions.

9-15-15

today we played with sketch up and created a city of sorts. after that we continued to troubleshoot and update our website.

9-16-15

WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE! wcform3

9-17-15 finished wednesday challenge and then the judges announced a winner. Results

9-18-15

We finished up the wednesday challenge form and updated our website.

9-19-15

We watched the mythbusters try to tenderize a steak using exposives. mythbusters form

9-21-15

We used sketchup to create a to scale jenga block and them make a structure out of it.

9-22-15 we put in the jenga building into our websites and then i troubleshooted for the rest of the period.

9-23-15

no wednesday challenge. dr neat was absent today so we just worked on updating our webites.

9-24-15

I tried in vain to make a gif into a link for another part of the code.

9-25-15

we watched mr wilton and the jpl crew explain their designs.

9-28-15

Dr Neat showed us how he graded our websites and showed the class some of what he thinks are some of the best. Dr neat showed austin and my websites as a model of what some of the other people's websites should look like.

9-29-15

Mr Miller took a group of us to the shop where we atempted to cut pieces of wood at an angle for the stands for the jpl invention challenge practice field.

9-30-15 We won our wednesday challenge! It took many hard and annoying trys.wcform4 wc5

10-1-15

Today we discussed the wednesday challenge and worked on our websites.

10-2-15 We created a jenga block and cd in sketch up.

10-5-15

we discussed the detail of the wednesday challenge for the end of quarter challenge.

10-6-15

I helped measure out wood for the jpl challenge practice field.

10-7-15

Alex went to help mr miller while joey and I finalized the design for the wednesday challenge

10-8-15

I went with mr miller to help make the candle for the practice field.

10-9-15

MINIMUM DAY!!!! we test our arch bridges.

10-12-15

Dr. Neat went over grades and we discussed the arch bridge. We got fourth place only because the winners were verterans. arch bridge results arch bridge powerpiont

10-13-15

I helped Mr. Miller make the candle for the jpl challenge practice field. We made 2 of the 4 boards.

10-14-15

Wednesday Challenge! we were to concept a device that could differentiate between a cat and dog. wc5

10-15-15

We went over the wednesday challenge and created a pencil in sketch up.

10-16-15

Mr wilson and the jplers presented their progress and then showed us how they were to make their machine that will fire the ball.

10-19-15

I helped mr miller make a big compass to make circles.

10-20-15

today we made a lego in sketchup. I had extra time so I made it into a component and then built a pyramid out of it.

10-21-15

Dr neat told us about the wednesday challenge. we were to make a structure in sketch up and then build someone elses and you will be judged on the design of it.

10-22-15

We built the structure that we were assigned to and then we put it into a cabinet. The design was simple and dull.

results

10-23-15

Mr wilton was here to give his opinion on the jplers designs and plans for their device.

10-26-15

We had a much needed website update day. i added pictures of the wc and created a spider creature. the photo is in the other gif.

10-27-15

we made a door in sketchup. I made a roman door way because i was bored.

10-28-15

WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE!!! Today we had to estimate how much candicorn it would take to cover a piece of paper. results wc7

10-29-15

Today we dressed up for halloween and worked on our website since we have not had much time this week.

10-30-15

NO SCHOOL!!!! I still came to school for football practice and then helped dr neat clean the robotics shop from 1-4. The buisness cave is the cleanest its ever been.

HAPPY NOVEMBER PERSON READING THIS!!!! GOBBLE! GOBBLE! GOBBLE! GOBBLE! GOBBLE! GOBBLE! GOBBLE! GOBBLE! GOBBLE! GOBBLE! GOBBLE! GOBBLE! GOBBLE! GOBBLE!

11-2-15

today we started to build a cabinet door in sketchup and kevin showed us how to make a curved edge.

11-3-15

Dr neat explained how to do the bridge report project. We chose our groups and bridges. Alex and I chose the tower bridge in london.

11-4-15

Wednesday challenge!!! we had to figure out and present how a triple beam balence worked. wc8

11-5-15

Dr neat explained the answer to the wednesday challenge and the results. My team came in second place because we didnt explain the pivot enough.

11-6-15

We updated our websites and the jpler showed us where they are in building the challenge.

IMPORTANT!

11-9-15

Today we practiced making a handle for a cabinet in sketchup.

11-10-15

We worked on the bridge report. Since someone else took the bridge Alex and i chose to to the sydney harbor bridge because it is more worldly known than the others that were left.

11-11-15

today was verterans day. so I called my grandpa to thank him for his service in WW2 and talked to him about the lastest events.

11-12-15

Dr. neat talked to us about grades and he showed us some of the websites that he thought were the best. He showed my website and we looked at some of the jpgs and pdfs of the past few weeks.

11-16-15

we made a turkey in sketchup. My turkey looks like a crow but it was still better than some of the others because it doesnt look like roadkill or a plastic chicken.

11-17-15

Dr neat let us work on our bridge report and websites. I was able to upload my turkey to my website and my new zbrush creation.

11-18-15

WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE!!!!! today we had to move 3 pingpong balls using a pencil, 2 straws, 2 paper clips, 2 pieces of string, and a thumbtack.

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11-19-15

We continued to do the tests for the wednesday challenge and everyone failed. The Two winning teams were mine and Joey's. There were two winners instead of one because eveyone else got DQed. They were either disqualified by going ovr three minutes. Not getting teh three golf balls in, or their contraption broke and they forfeited.

The football team had a end of season banquet.

Dominic's speech at football banquet

Watch this!!!!^^^^^^

11-20-15

We worked on our websites. The jplers did a test and got 70 points. The Challenge is tomorrow. I got to be the timer and time the jplers to make sure they didnt go over the time.

11-30-15

We made a candy cane in sketch up and learned how to make the curves.

12-1-15

We finished making the candy cane and made the front counter top in sketch up.

12-2-15

Wednesday challenge. today we had to make an "e" in sketch up and then make syomeone else's out of paper.

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wc10 results

12-3-15

Today we watched two bridge report presentations and then we worked on the wednesday challenge form.

12-4-15

Dr Neat was abscent today so we just updated our websites.

12-7-15 Final wednesday CHALLENGE!!!! WE have to Sketch up a suspention bridge that uses only recycled materials.

12-8-15

we started the powerpiont and instructions for the wednesday challenge. we also finished up the sketchup for how to build and mesurements of the materials.

i created new creations in zbrush so look those up in the zbrush gif.

12-9-15

Today was the kik off meeting for the 589 competition. Durnig class we finished up the instructions and the sktechup.

12-10-15

Happy birthday kate!

we started to build the second bridge and once we saw the design we knew that we had to improvise. the cad was made of unrealistic item like a 19" x 10" x 5" tissue box. or some type of magical element that can hold up a bridge with no susention cables.

12-11-15

we decided to ditch the plan of the cad and come up with a way to build a bridge.

12-14-15

Today we started to build the new bridge and i took my english final. 98% woo

12-15-15

Today i watched percy jackson movie(cuz there was no plan for the day) and then i watched youtube because we had no final in my elective

12-16-15

today I took my science and geometry final and i am pretty sure that i got a b or c on it.

12-17-15

today we tested our bridge and then we started to uplaod the last week on to filezilla.