Tuesday, September 10 2019 - Arduino IF / ELSE IF / ELSE, Best Presentation Ever, Flex

Mechatronics Engineering Google Site

Special Instructions:

• Back-to-School Parent Night Monday Sept 16 5:30-6:30

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Entry Ticket Missing Assignments?

• LAB - Duration: 10 Min
• Link:  Look in Google Classroom
• Instructions & Expectations: Turn in any missing or late assignments. Check in Google Classroom
• DIG Deeper: If you are done, then...
• TinkerCAD
• Instructables - Make Something
• Udemy - My Courses (specifically the Arduino Workshop and Electronics Engineering Technology class)
• FlipGrid

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Mechatronics Engineering Plan For Today:

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Arduino Introduction - IF / ELSE IF / ELSE

• LAB - Duration: 30+ Min
• Link:  Arduino If / ELSE/IF / ELSE 
• Instructions & Expectations: Follow the instructions in the presentation and create a sketch that uses an IF / ELSE IF / ELSE 
• How to Submit Assignment: Each Student needs show me their code working on their bread board AND turn the code into the Google Classroom. Go to our Mechatronics Engineering google classroom and check the STREAM  / Classwork. - 200 Points

Best Presentation Ever (Part 1) 

• LAB - Duration: 30+ Min
• Link:  Best Presentation Ever… Part 1 - Death By Powerpoint 
• Instructions & Expectations: Listen to the presentation, take notes in your Engineering Notebooks.  I'll be checking these notes later 
• How to Submit Assignment: Take Notes and be ready to turn in for Lab Book Check - 100 Points
• Dig Deeper: Look here to learn more...
• How to avoid death By PowerPoint | David JP Phillips | TEDxStockholmSalon
• 6 Presentation Mistakes Every Professional Should Avoid
• 10 things you should never say when making a presentation
• 9 Things You Should Never Do When Giving a Presentation: AMA Research
• 10 Common Presentation Mistakes
• The Do's and Don'ts of Giving a Killer Presentation
• 5 Things You Should Never Do in Your Presentation
• 10 DOS AND DON'TS FOR AN EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION

FLEX Factor

• LAB - Duration: 15 Min
• Link: FlexFactor
• nstructions & Expectations: Get in your Team and Shake Down your Problems - Shake Down to your top 5 Ideas 
• How to Submit Assignment: Go to your Google Classroom and copy and paste the list your team created and turn it in - 100 Points
• Teams
• Team # 1
• Ali Adem
• Connor Guzikowski
• Trey Phillips
• Kylie Townsend
• Team #2
• Connor Agu
• Christopher Hernandez
• Jazmin Ruiz
• Brandon Smith
• Team #3
• Dylan Ang
• Hazekiah Jackson
• Austin Latour
• Rikzin Schultens
• Sean Wainzinger
• Team #4
• Stephanie Tran
• Karson Chu
• Nathanielle Peralta
• Diego Zamora
• Team #5
• Michelle Dao
• Ivan Perez Torres
• Theodore Taylor 
• Julian Zaragoza

Clean Up & Class Jobs

• Assignment - Duration: 10 Min
• Instructions & Expectations: Desk cleanup, put away all projects, find your assigned job and do it. If you have questions, please ask.
• LIST Of Custom Jobs You Can Pick From
• Clip resistors
• Printers
• Research and document electronic parts donated from electrical class
• Other stuff I think of
• Clean vacuum

• How to Submit Assignment: When Complete, check yourself off on Sign Out Sheet - 20 Daily Professional Points

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Helpful Links

• TinkerCAD
• Instructables - Make Something
• Udemy - My Courses (specifically the Arduino Workshop and Electronics Engineering Technology class)
• FlipGrid

Monday, September 9 2019 - FlipGrid, Series Circuits, Arduino

Mechatronics Engineering Google Site

Special Instructions:

• Back-to-School Parent Night Monday Sept 16 5:30-6:30

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Entry Ticket FLIPGRID

• LAB - Duration: 10 Min
• Record a FLIPGRID on how a breadboard works
• If you need a review, check here on How A Breadboard Works
• Link: Record a FLIPGRID
• Instructions & Expectations: Turn in the Flipgrid at our Flip Grid account and check in Google Classroom that you did it.

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Mechatronics Engineering Plan For Today:

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Series Circuits

• LAB - Duration: 30+ Min
• Link:  Lesson 6 - Voltage Dividers Circuits (and the Math Behind the Calculations) 
• Instructions & Expectations: Create Tables to record data in your lab books.
• How to Submit Assignment: Each Student needs to account for your time.
• This will be data recorded in your lab books.  Please pay attention to the "LAB" slides in the presentation.

Arduino Introduction

• LAB - Duration: 30+ Min
• Link:  Arduino If / ELSE/IF / ELSE 
• Instructions & Expectations: Follow the instructions in the presentation and create a sketch that uses an IF / ELSE IF / ELSE 
• How to Submit Assignment: Each Student needs show me their code working on their bread board AND turn the code into the Google Classroom. Go to our Mechatronics Engineering google classroom and check the STREAM  / Classwork. - 200 Points

Clean Up & Class Jobs

• Assignment - Duration: 10 Min
• Instructions & Expectations: Desk cleanup, put away all projects, find your assigned job and do it. If you have questions, please ask.
• LIST Of Custom Jobs You Can Pick From
• Clip resistors
• Wipe power cords
• Mark 24 volt supplies (and put in Ziplock bags)
• Printers
• Research and document electronic parts donated from electrical class
• Other stuff I think of
• Clean vacuum

• How to Submit Assignment: When Complete, check yourself off on Sign Out Sheet - 20 Daily Professional Points

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Helpful Links

• TinkerCAD
• Instructables - Make Something
• Udemy - My Courses (specifically the Arduino Workshop and Electronics Engineering Technology class)
• FlipGrid

Friday, Sept 7 2019 - Assembly, Catch Up, and Open Lab

Mechatronics Engineering Google Site

Special Instructions:

• Get ready for an Assembly

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Entry Ticket Lets Look at SkillsUSA 

• Duration: 15 Min
• Link: 
• Class SkillsUSA Site
• SkillsUSA Ca and Skils USA
• Instructions & Expectations: take a look

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Mechatronics Engineering Plan For Today:

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Assembly

• Admin Lecture/Presentation - Duration: 40 Min
• Instructions & Expectations: Listen and don't play on your phones

Solder Lab

• Lecture/Presentation - Duration: 30-40 Min
• Complete Lesson 2 in the Instructables Electronics Class
• Link:
• How To Solder - Intro/Joining Stranded Wires - Part 1
• Soldering Tutorial for Beginners: Five Easy Steps
• How to Do It: Basic Soldering
• Instructions & Expectations: Listen and take notes in your Interactive Lab Book. If needed review the posted slide presentation. You are going to solder 2 wires together a few times... Get some wire from the "Scrap Wire Bin", cut a 18-20 inch piece of wire. You are going to cut a 2-3 inch piece of one end, strip both ends and then solder them together. then cut another 2-3 inch piece off and repeat.
• Dig Deeper: Search for more soldering videos on YouTube

Arduino Introduction

• LAB - Duration: 30+ Min
• Link:  Arduino Introduction 
• Arduino Workshop 2018 | A step-by-step Arduino how-to guide
• 5. Arduino IDE and the Language
• 6. Powering and Connecting Your Arduino
• 7. "Hello World" Example
• Arduino In TinkerCAD
• Section 2: Using Inputs and Outputs
• 8. Overview - 1 min
• 9. Program Structure - 4 min
• 10. Using Variables - 8 min
• 11. Building Your First Circuit Using a Breadboard - 15 min (OK to Skip)
• 12. Using Digital Pins - 12 min
• 13. Using Analogue Pins - 20 min

Open LAB and/or Robot Club 

• LAB - Duration: If there is Time
• Link: Open Lab Blog Post or Robot Club Google Sites
• Instructions & Expectations: Connect with your Robot Club Team. You will either be working on your Robot Project or an Open Lab Project. You will need to account for your time. You will need to convince me by your form submission that you worked given the time allotted.
• How to Submit Assignment: Each Student needs to account for your time.
• See the Open Lab Blog Rubric
• Everyone Do The Following: Turn in an Open Lab Blog Post If you worked on an Open Lab Project, you will also need to tell me about what you accomplished and what you are planning next.
• If you or your Robot Club Team worked on the Robot Club project, you will also make sure your Robot Project Status blog post is updated too..
• Dig Deeper: Open Lab:
• Robot Club Google Sites
• TinkerCAD
• Instructables - Make Something
• Udemy - My Courses (specifically the Arduino Workshop and Electronics Engineering Technology class)

Clean Up

• Assignment - Duration: 2-10 Min
• Instructions & Expectations: Desk cleanup, put away all projects, find your assigned job and do it. If you have questions, please ask.
• How to Submit Assignment: When Complete, check yourself off on Sign Out Sheet - 20 Daily Professional Points

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Helpful Links

• TinkerCAD
• Instructables - Make Something
• Udemy - My Courses (specifically the Arduino Workshop and Electronics Engineering Technology class)
• FlipGrid

Thursday, Septmber 5 2019 - Flex Factor Field Trip

Mechatronics Engineering Google Site
Special Instructions:

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Entry Ticket - student-ambassador-program

• Assignment - Duration: 15 Min
• Link: https://www.metroed.net/svcte/students/student-ambassador-program
• Instructions & Expectations: Do the following: Review and if you are interested, sign up.  There will be a Student Introduction Meeting Oct 8

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Mechatronics Engineering Plan For Today:

FLEX Factor Field Trip

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Wednesday, Sept 4 2019 - Soldering Lab, Arduino Lesson #13

Mechatronics Engineering Google Site

Special Instructions:

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Entry Ticket Sign Up For this Instructables Class 

• Duration: 5-20 Min
• Link: Electronics Class
• Instructions & Expectations: Start Class and Complete a review of Lesson 1 and Lesson 2

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Mechatronics Engineering Plan For Today:

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Solder Lab

• Lecture/Presentation - Duration: 30-40 Min
• Complete Lesson 2 in the Instructables Electronics Class
• Link:
• How To Solder - Intro/Joining Stranded Wires - Part 1
• Soldering Tutorial for Beginners: Five Easy Steps
• How to Do It: Basic Soldering
• Instructions & Expectations: Listen and take notes in your Interactive Lab Book. If needed review the posted slide presentation. You are going to solder 2 wires together a few times... Get some wire from the "Scrap Wire Bin", cut a 18-20 inch piece of wire. You are going to cut a 2-3 inch piece of one end, strip both ends and then solder them together. then cut another 2-3 inch piece off and repeat.
• Dig Deeper: Search for more soldering videos on YouTube

Arduino Introduction

• LAB - Duration: 30+ Min
• Link:  Arduino Introduction 
• Arduino Workshop 2018 | A step-by-step Arduino how-to guide
• 5. Arduino IDE and the Language
• 6. Powering and Connecting Your Arduino
• 7. "Hello World" Example
• Arduino In TinkerCAD
• Section 2: Using Inputs and Outputs
• 8. Overview - 1 min
• 9. Program Structure - 4 min
• 10. Using Variables - 8 min
• 11. Building Your First Circuit Using a Breadboard - 15 min (OK to Skip)
• 12. Using Digital Pins - 12 min
• 13. Using Analogue Pins - 20 min

Open LAB and/or Robot Club 

• LAB - Duration: If there is Time
• Link: Open Lab Blog Post or Robot Club Google Sites
• Instructions & Expectations: Connect with your Robot Club Team. You will either be working on your Robot Project or an Open Lab Project. You will need to account for your time. You will need to convince me by your form submission that you worked given the time allotted.
• How to Submit Assignment: Each Student needs to account for your time.
• See the Open Lab Blog Rubric
• Everyone Do The Following: Turn in an Open Lab Blog Post If you worked on an Open Lab Project, you will also need to tell me about what you accomplished and what you are planning next.
• If you or your Robot Club Team worked on the Robot Club project, you will also make sure your Robot Project Status blog post is updated too..
• Dig Deeper: Open Lab:
• Robot Club Google Sites
• TinkerCAD
• Instructables - Make Something
• Udemy - My Courses (specifically the Arduino Workshop and Electronics Engineering Technology class)

Clean Up

• Assignment - Duration: 2-10 Min
• Instructions & Expectations: Desk cleanup, put away all projects, find your assigned job and do it. If you have questions, please ask.
• How to Submit Assignment: When Complete, check yourself off on Sign Out Sheet - 20 Daily Professional Points

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Helpful Links

• TinkerCAD
• Instructables - Make Something
• Udemy - My Courses (specifically the Arduino Workshop and Electronics Engineering Technology class)
• FlipGrid

Tuesday, Sept 3 2019 - Eat a Live Frog, Arduino, Robot Clubs, Room Cleaning

Mechatronics Engineering Google Site
Special Instructions:

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Entry Ticket - Eat a Live Frog...

• Assignment - Duration: 15 Min
• Link: Eat A Live Frog - Task Priority Planning <-- 2 Articles 
• Instructions & Expectations: Please read the following Attached Link and write 100+ words (paragraph or bullet sentences) 
• Write about the new ideas you learned.  What idea are you going to apply to your professional  life skills?
• You can use sentence prompts like, 
• "I agree that prioritizing my do list is good because..."  
• "Doing the hardest task first is a good plan, because..."
• "I disagree, because... "
• How to Submit Assignment: Go to our Mechatronics Engineering google classroom and check the STREAM for current Entry Ticket Assignments & Questions. - 100 Points
• Dig Deeper: Look here to learn more...
• Work Smart: Do Your Worst Task First (Or, Eat a Live Frog Every Morning) 

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Mechatronics Engineering Plan For Today:

• Entry Ticket 
• Arduino
• Stuff
• Clean Up

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Arduino Introduction

• LAB - Duration: 30+ Min
• Link:  Arduino Introduction 
• Arduino Workshop 2018 | A step-by-step Arduino how-to guide
• 5. Arduino IDE and the Language
• 6. Powering and Connecting Your Arduino
• 7. "Hello World" Example
• Arduino In TinkerCAD
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• Section 2: Using Inputs and Outputs
• 8. Overview - 1 min
• 9. Program Structure - 4 min
• 10. Using Variables - 8 min
• 11. Building Your First Circuit Using a Breadboard - 15 min (OK to Skip)
• 12. Using Digital Pins - 12 min

Infinite Campus

• Student Portal Link: http://svcte.org/IC
• Instructions & Expectations: You all should have received an Email with instructions to log in and setup your account.  Possibly with an "activation Code"  See Accessing Technology Slides

Open LAB  and/or Robot Club 

• LAB - Duration: 30 Min
• Link: Robot Club Google Sites
• Instructions & Expectations: Connect with your Robot Club Team.  You will either be working on your Robot Project or an Open Lab Project.  
• You will need to account for your time. You will need to convince me by your form submission that you worked given the time allotted. 
• If  you or your Robot Club Team worked on the Robot Club project, you will make sure your Robot Project Status Google docs are updated.  
• If you worked on an Open Lab Project, you will also need to tell me about what you accomplished and what you are planning next.
• How to Submit Assignment:   Each Student needs to account for your time.  
• Every One Do The Following: Turn in an Open Lab Blog Post
• If you also worked on your Robot Club Project, also UPDATE your Robot Project Status Google docs.  
• Dig Deeper: Open Lab:
• Robot Club Google Sites
• Printers - Work on taking the printers apart
• TinkerCAD
• Udemy - My Courses (specifically the Arduino Workshop and Electronics Engineering Technology class)

Clean Up

• Assignment - Duration: 2-10 Min
• Instructions & Expectations: Desk cleanup, put away all projects, find your assigned job
• How to Submit Assignment: When Complete, check yourself off on Sign Out Sheet - 2 Points

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Helpful Links

• TinkerCAD
• Instructables - Make Something
• Udemy - My Courses (specifically the Arduino Workshop and Electronics Engineering Technology class)
• FlipGrid

Friday, August 30 2019 - Nuts and Volts, Engineering Notation, Flex Factor

Mechatronics Engineering Google Site
Special Instructions:

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Entry Ticlet - Pick a class magazine and pick an interesting article... Tell me what you found and why it was interesting?

• Assignment - Duration: 30 Min
• Link: Google Class Question
• Instructions & Expectations: What is the Goal of this assignment? It is so you can see some of the technology out in the industry. 
• You can work on this with a partner (groups of 2 only) if you want, but turn in your own work. Please pick an interesting article, tutorial, or even a specific sensor or device. I'm hoping you will find a topic, application or project that you might want to build latter. 
1. To do some research using the magazines (tell me the magazine name, date that you used) 
2. Pick something interesting from the magazines, and then look up more about it on line 
3. write a 200+ paragraph or bullet points on what you found and learned
• For Maya - youtube Alan Rath: Virtual Unreality
• How to Submit Assignment: Go to your Google Classroom and answer the question for today - 100 Points

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Mechatronics Engineering Plan For Today:

• Entry Ticket 
• Let's Talk about Stuff That Is DUE
• Flex Forms
• FIELD TRIO FORMS
• Flex Factor
• Arduino
• Open Lab
• Clean Up

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Engineering Notation

• LAB - Duration: 30+ Min
• Link:  Engineering Notation
• Instructions & Expectations: Listen and learn from the Lecture, and then do the Lab in your Note Book

Arduino Introduction

• LAB - Duration: 30+ Min
• Link:  Arduino Introduction 
• Arduino Workshop 2018 | A step-by-step Arduino how-to guide
• 5. Arduino IDE and the Language
• 6. Powering and Connecting Your Arduino
• 7. "Hello World" Example
• Arduino In TinkerCAD

FLEX Factor

• LAB - Duration: 15 Min
• Link: FlexFactor
• nstructions & Expectations: Get in your Team and Shake Down your Problems - Shake Down to your top 5 Ideas 
• How to Submit Assignment: Go to your Google Classroom and copy and paste the list your team created and turn it in - 100 Points
• Teams
• Team # 1
• Ali Adem
• Connor Guzikowski
• Trey Phillips
• Kylie Townsend
• Team #2
• Connor Agu
• Christopher Hernandez
• Jazmin Ruiz
• Brandon Smith
• Team #3
• Dylan Ang
• Hazekiah Jackson
• Austin Latour
• Rikzin Schultens
• Sean Wainzinger
• Team #4
• Stephanie Tran
• Karson Chu
• Nathanielle Peralta
• Diego Zamora
• Team #5
• Michelle Dao
• Ivan Perez Torres
• Theodore Taylor 
• Julian Zaragoza

Clean Up

• Assignment - Duration: 2-10 Min
• Instructions & Expectations: Desk cleanup, put away all projects, find your assigned job
• How to Submit Assignment: When Complete, check yourself off on Sign Out Sheet - 10 Points

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Helpful Links

• TinkerCAD
• Instructables - Make Something
• Udemy - My Courses (specifically the Arduino Workshop and Electronics Engineering Technology class)
• FlipGrid