April 24-28

Finished Amps
Did sound tests with decibel meter
Average was 10%, 7-10 decibel improvement
Some . . . sound quality changed, but decibels remained the same
One or two had a 12-15 decibel improvement
Photographed the finished amps

Introduced the next project : Lights!
Started the research phase of the project

Week 14 Prompts due 4/24

Weeks 14 Blog Prompts 

 

Design & Fabrication 

 

  Photos: Photos of any construction you did this week (3D printed, laser cut, glued, etc.) - If you are already done, be thinking about the Lighting project next (intro slide show is in your class folder as of Thursday)

Prompts: 

• What, if anything, do you have left to do?
• Did you make changes as you were putting your project together? What were they and why?
• What would you change in your project if you could do it over?
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• If you need more time to work on your Amp, plan with me for Activity, Flex, or after school THIS WEEK please.
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• REMEMBER TO keep working on revising your documents based on the feedback from the midsemester reports. 

Please have your blog post done by Monday 4/24 at 8:00am, although earlier is always welcome.  Email me if you have any questions or issues. 
Ms. Sutter

April 17-21

Design & Fab
We are so close to finishing all of the Amped projects!
Monday we'll test what we have with the decibel meter, take photographs with a background and lights, and finish the testing component of your portfolio.  Wednesday we'll introduce the next project so you can get started on it. Just a few weeks left in the semester!

Week 13 Due 4/17

Weeks 13 Blog Prompts 

 

Design & Fabrication 

 

  Photos: Photos of any construction you did this week (3D printed, laser cut, glued, etc.)

Prompts: 

• What, if anything, do you have left to do?
• What is a roadblock at this point? How can you / we make it work so you can keep making progress?
• What changed this week?
• Remember it takes time to cut on the laser cutter. After school is an option Tues / Thurs if you talk to me to schedule supervision!
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• REMEMBER TO keep working on revising your documents based on the feedback from the midsemester reports. 

Please have your blog post done by Monday 4/17 at 8:00am, although earlier is always welcome.  Email me if you have any questions or issues. 
Ms. Sutter

April 10-14

Nearly done with AMPED!

More cutting files on the laser cutter, making adjustments with the scroll saw, printing 3D files and sanding. Tuesday should be testing a few with the decibel meter, photographing, and finishing construction on the last few.

Week 12 Prompts due 4/10

Weeks 12 Blog Prompts 

 

Design & Fabrication 

 

  Photos: Photos of any construction you did this week (3D printed, laser cut, glued, etc.)

Prompts: 

• What are the next steps you need to do to finish? GOAL: done by Friday 4/14
• What is a roadblock at this point? How can you / we make it work so you can keep making progress?
• What if any changes to your design have you made since you started having actual, real world parts to look at / test?
• Remember it takes time to cut on the laser cutter. After school is an option Tues / Thurs if you talk to me to schedule supervision!
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• REMEMBER TO FINISH UP your design documents by 4/7 (Design Brief, Design SPEC, annotated exploded views that reference your design spec needs, etc. )

Please have your blog post done by Monday 4/10 at 8:00am, although earlier is always welcome.  Email me if you have any questions or issues. 
Ms. Sutter

April 3-7 Making Amps!

More work making amps -

• cutting on the laser cutter
• cutting with the scroll saw
• gluing and gluing and gluing
• printing 3d files
• sanding on the belt sander