Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Tuesday 1/15/16

Please complete this MESA Day Survey to let me know if you will participate in MESA day and what projects you are interested in doing.


Monday, December 14, 2015

Monday 12/14


Today we're going to start the EggXpress project which should take about 3-4 weeks. You can work with a partner or by yourself. Partners need teacher approval and need to be chosen/approved today.

Videos of Egg Drop Contests



Project rules and description.

Monday, October 26, 2015

Monday 10/26 Agenda

Don't forget to turn in your forms!!

Girls: Registration starts Wednesday for the Expanding Your Horizons field trip.


1. Read the Stick Together project rules

2. Watch these videos to see examples of craft stick bridges:


video 1 and video 2

Would these designs work for our project? Why or why not?

How will our bridges be tested? testing video  

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3. Draw a plan of your bridge to scale and label all measurements.


Examples of truss types:



Examples of plans:


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Sunday, October 18, 2015

Monday 10/18

1. What is MESA?

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2. Brown Bag Project

3. Registration forms

Expanding Horizons event (girls only)