Workshop 2008 Materials

 

WEEK 1

• Parental Liability Release
• SPIRIT Daily Feedback Form
• SPIRIT Liability Release 2008
• SPIRIT Teacher Survey Begin 2008
• "Did you know?" - Karl Fisch [YouTube version]
  • Karl Fisch blog
• Curriculum Overview
• Battery Tester Lab Introduction
  • Lab: Soldering Guide, Battery Tester Circuit Lab
  • Parts list

• Intro to Engineering
• Engineering Notebook
• Engineering offers a rewarding and lucrative career
• Engineers Do What?
• Interface Circuit Board Lab
  • Interface Map

• Engineering Process
• Leonardo's Lost Robots
• Group Responses
• Sensor Board Lab
  • Blank Sensor Map
  • Populated Sensor Map
• Control Board Lab
  • Blank Control Board Map
  • Populated Control Board Map

• Posters from 2007
• SPIRIT Lesson Writing Sample
• SPIRIT Teacher FACTSHEET Final 2008
• Lesson Outline "Write In" Sheet
• SPIRIT 2.0 Lesson Idea Outline for Feedback
• Writing Team Process Flow Diagram
• A typical day in engineering
• Stepper Motor Parameters
• Introduction to Motors
• MTU CEENBoT Motor Manual
• Chassis Lab Instructions (part 1)

• Chassis Lab Instructions (part 2)
• Playstation Controller Lab
  • Blank Playstation Controller Map
  • Populated Playstation Controller Map

WEEK 2

• Engineering Tools
• Sensors
• Concept Maps
• Responses from Day 4
• Chassis Lab Instructions (part 3)
• Playstation Controller Functions

• NOVA: "The Great Robot Race" - Watch the Online Video
  • Latest Grand Challenge: The DARPA Urban Challenge
• Modern Engineering Challenges
• SPIRIT Workshop URLs

• Engineering Disciplines
• Engineering Ethics

• Engineering Recruitment: A Crisis in the 21st Century
• Engineering Summation
• CEENBoT Operation and Troubleshooting