Week 2 Day 5 - June 21

Lesson plans... lesson plans... lesson plans...  Without the use of our computers with the NXT  software we focused on other aspects of the RET experience.  Yesterday was a hard day to follow, and it is a no-brainer that playing with Lego robots is much more exciting than writing lesson plans.

So, we have an algebra class and a physcis class to focus on with our lesson plans.  A lot was accomplished and we survived to tell the tale.

The physics activity so far: coordination of two objects (robots) moving at constant and non-constant acceleration in order to avoid or facilitate a collision.  This activity will highlight the use of kinematic equations and focus on the understanding of velocity, acceleration, and displacement of moving objects in different scenarios. 

The algebra activity so far: 


Later that day!!!  Dr. Namuduri invited us to attend the Perot Museum with him.  He had a table set up and Eddie runing around to display his work with autonomous robotics.  I stuck around for a bit and talked to a few people about my experiences at UNT with robotics and with Dr. Namuduri.  Then we walked around to experience the museum.  I didn't take as many picture as I would have liked, my phone battery didn't last the entire evening.

The plastiki is a 60 ft (18 meter) catamaran built 12,500 plastic soda bottles and other reclaimed plastics materials.  It sailed from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia in 2010.  I took the Plastiki Pledge to help beat waste by switching to a multi-use bottle instead of using plastic water bottles.