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| Coming to an end | Greg Gardner / Jan 14 | |
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The Trebuchet Game project is ending soon and notebooks will be checked next week | ||
| Distance Record Broken! | Greg Gardner / Jan 08 | |
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The previous record of distance in the Trebuchet Game of 48.5 feet was recently beaten by a distance of 50 feet. This was then again broken by the same with a distance of 52 feet. This currently stands as the new record and has yet to be broken. | ||
| Medieval Invention Gets M... | Greg Gardner / Dec 07 | |
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Medieval Invention Gets Modern Makeover Engineering class builds a mechanism from the Middle Ages using today’s resources. Catapult; say hello to the 21st century. The Engineering class’ most recent project is to play a game using an invention created over 500 years ago. This invention is a catapult, more specifically the trebuchet. Students must first design a solid model of a trebuchet using a CAD program called Solidworks™. Once that is complete students must create a working model to compete against other students. A trebuchet is an invention first created during the middle ages. It was first used as a war machine to throw large objects at castle walls. However the Engineering class is doing something a little different. The project given to the students by Mr. Bastoni is, “Create a solid model using Solidworks™, build a model, and use the model in a competition.” Every group has the same parameters to work with. A trebuchet has on average 8 parameters. Parameters are adjustments that can be made to the trebuchet. These include: The counter weight, projectile and beam masses. Other parameters include: Axle height, beam to projectile length, beam to counterweight length, sling length and counterweight hanging length. The students are given the same counterweight, projectile weight and axle height, the rest is up to the groups to “Engineer” the best solution. Mr. Bastoni is a strong believer of students doing projects without his help. “I give very little guidance,” he states. “The class is specifically designed to encourage students to develop self-learning strategies by asking each other questions in order to solve a common problem.” He continues with, “I only provide them with the problem and the resources they need to solve it.” The students are doing well with the little guidance they are receiving. David Dickert had this to say, “I feel our group is doing well, Andrew is working on Solidworks, I’m struggling a bit building the model but overall we’re doing good.” The objective of the game is to, “Sling projectiles across the hallways, to see who can throw the farthest," said Derek Hahn. The students are still in the designing and building stage of the project working hard to build their trebuchets. When everything is designed and built, who will win the Trebuchet Game? | ||
| R@TR 12-13-08 | Mr. Bastoni / Dec 18 | |
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The December 2008 Rumble at the Rock Engineering Competition is now a part of combat robot history…and what better place to make history, than in the original Old English colony of Plymouth Massachusetts! ….gobble, gobble, gobble…. 24 Combat robot teams from as far away as Miami Fl gathered in the Plymouth North high School engineering laboratories for an opportunity to pit their engineering expertise, technical talents and innovative ideas against a competent field of high school technocrats. The top 4 results looked like this:
Uknight Bergen County Technical School Miniknightrous -Bergen County Technical School Goodknight - Bergen County Technical School Lucky 13-Plymouth North High School
22 robot teams from as far away as Miami Florida came to fight….and they were fighting to learn more…certainly more about STEM skills, but equally important they fought to learn more about each other. ….and they learned some cool things! Like how to help fellow competitors stay in the competition by lending them parts and repairing their robots so they could continue fighting… to learn more…. The metaphor is not lost on any of the participants and while it’s pretty deadly and dangerous inside the areana, outside is an exciting and friendly place populated by people who came to share what they know and are able to do. Here is a list of the other 18 Rumble 3 combat robot teams: We at Plymouth North High School are very grateful for all the help and support provided by our fellow competitors, without whom, the Rumble at the Rock could not have been possible.
While everyone shared in ... | ||