Quiz

We have the sketching quiz today.

For the rest of class, we're working on the Excel activity.

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Excel in Excel

Just a reminder, we have a quiz tomorrow!!!

Swizzle Sticks... More on communication... Later on today, and into tomorrow, we're going to walk through data representation using MS Excel. Here's the download link if you wanna check it out at home.

Before we get going, use the internet (Google) to define the following terms in a comment to this blog:

1. Histogram
   
2. Pictograph
   
3. Plotting
   
4. Qualatative
   
5. Quantitative
   
6. Statistics

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Technical Writing

...OK... Unit 2, which we are studying now, is all about communication and documentation.

We've finished with our refresher lessons on engineering sketches. We'll have a quiz over sketching on Friday. It will cover all topics covered in the Sketching PowerPoint.

We're going to move onto technical writing today. Let's first take a look at a [drab, brief, pltw] PowerPoint. Sorry...

We'll then be referencing the following documents:

• Technical Report Template
  
• Nasa Report
  

These documents willalso be located in shared/pltw/howard/unit2/

After I'm done spinning my wheels about technical writing, answer the following in a comment to this blog.

• What does technical writing mean and what are the benefits of its use?

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Finishing up Orthographics

We'll spend about half of today finishing the orthographic projection assignments.

After you're done with those assignments, answer the following in a comment to this blog posting:

1.      How do they know Leonardo Da Vinci came up with the concepts of the parachute and helicopter?

2.      The mayor of your town has asked you and two friends to design a sitting area in the town park. He would like to speak with you next week about your concepts. What types of sketches should you bring to the meeting to be sure he understands your ideas?

3.      When working on new concepts and ideas why do you need to keep records?

4.      If you have a CAD system why learn how to sketch?

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More Ortho

Today we're going to finish the sketching PowerPoint. Then we're going to start work on Activity 2.1b- more orthographic drawing practice.

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