Past projects 41
A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words
Funded Feb 17, 2018Thank you again for supporting "A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words" and providing my students with whiteboards, markers, and erasers! These whiteboards have been impactful not only in my own classroom, but they have been shared with other teachers and classes allowing at least 350 students to increase their participation and collaboration in biology, environmental studies, and engineering.
So far, these tools have been used to map flowcharts, review for quizzes and tests, and aid in designing the layout for a greenhouse.
I cannot wait to see how they will be used next!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Pederson
Calculating Success
Funded Feb 3, 2017Again, I would like to say thank you so much for contributing to the project "Calculating Success" in order to provide my 120 engineering students calculators to use in my class. When the calculators were delivered, my students were so happy to receive them.
The calculators have become an integrated part of class where students no longer use their cell phones and are learning the full extent of what calculators can do. Recently, the calculators have been a great help with calculating compression and tension in trusses and calculating the area and certain dimensions of Automoblox cars in order to build them in their Computer Animated Design software.
My students and I are so grateful for the calculators and I cannot wait to see what they calculate next!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Pederson
This classroom project was brought to life by Anonymous Donor and 8 other donors.Eek! A Computer Mouse!
Funded Feb 1, 2017Again, I would like to say thank you so much for contributing to the project "Eek! A Computer Mouse!" in order to allow my 120 engineering students to use computer mice with the school laptops to better access the curriculum and the CAD software and other computer software that is used almost daily. When I initially told my students about how this project was funded, and funded so fast, they were absolutely ecstatic because they immediately understood how these mice would change how they are able to access the CAD software and allow them to truly explore and create in CAD. Some functions like scrolling, toggling, rotating, and zooming in and out were near impossible before on the laptop's trackpad, but now have become second nature to my students because of these mice.
Recently, the computer mice have made a large difference in a project where students had to design and build a hand-operated toy, which had a rotating, mechanical cam. Throughout this project, students not only had to design and perform calculations in their engineering notebook, but they also had to use software like Microsoft Excel and Autodesk Inventor in order to make, track and predict motion of the parts. My students were able to be fully emerged in the engineering design process, explore hands on engineering, and use CAD software that directly applied to their projects thanks to these mice.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Pederson