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Design Engineering

McKelvie Intermediate School

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Ms. Pelrine

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Hello my name is Ms. Pelrine

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Design Engineering Process

Design Engineering Process

  • Hands on challenges
  • Building prototypes
  • Hour of Code
  • Robots and Coding

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STEM activities

STEM activities often include concept from :

  • Science
  • Technology
  • Engineering - We are the E for Engineering!
  • Math

Our focus is on designing and building prototypes to try out our ideas. We do hands on projects and use chromebooks to integrate various types of technology. Often our projects utilize concepts we have learned in math and science classes!

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A variety of projects using recyclable materials!

Marshmallow launcher!

Marshmallow launcher!

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Marshmallow Launcher

pom pom

launcher

GRADE 6

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FIDGET TOYS!

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GRADE 5

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Sample of current projects

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CUE ROBOTS - Grade 6 OZOBOT ROBOTS - Grade 5

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Cue Robots - grade 6

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OZOBOTS - GRADE 5

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Hour of Code

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Coding with SCRATCH! GRADE 6

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Helping Hand - Robotic arm Made at home during remote

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Helps with social distancing!

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Bowling - Made at home for additional fun!

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More ideas for extra fun at home!

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Tabletop Basketball Game Grade 5

Design Engineering

McKelvie Intermediate School

Ms. Pelrine

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Design your basketball court in Google Draw

Glue stick your google drawing to your cardboard to make your basketball court look more realistic!

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See the assignment in Google Draw to do this!

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Build the basketball hoop

Optional - cut out bottom of cup so it will work like a basketball net.

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Staple the cup to paper towel roll in desired position.

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Launcher Assembled!

Side view

of

your assembled launcher!

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Place ball in bottle cap

This

part

is now done!

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Schedule

  • Students travel to Integrated Arts classes every day

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  • Each IA meets for approximately 25 days

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  • 7 rotations of IA’s during the school year

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Where to go for information

Web site - Class Overview, Class Expectations, Grading information

Google Classroom - Assignments, resources and helpful links

Power School - Graded assignments, information about the assignment,

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Web site found on McKelvie Page

  • Course description
  • Class expectations
  • Grading information
  • Contact information

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Navigating to information

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Google Classroom

  • Primary Platform for posting assignments and projects
  • Instruction in the form of screenshots, tutorials, screencastify, slide shows
  • Links for activities
  • Easy to view format for “turned in” work and missing assignments

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Power School

  • Graded assignments with short description of the assignment and point value of each assignment
  • 3 Categories
    • 1. Design Engineering : achievement grade
    • 2. Effort grade
    • 3. Conduct grade
      • Based on mumber 1-4 with 4 being best behavior

Information is available to teachers in PowerSchool regarding medical concerns,

Alerts, and permission for photos, videos, working with another teacher etc.

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Parents

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Thank you for your support!

It is a pleasure to work with your sons and daughters!

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  • Questions? Please feel free to email me!
  • Interested in volunteering to “prep project materials” (at your own house) Please email me!

* And you also have to go through PTG for McKelvie

to be approved as a volunteer.

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pelrinej@bedfordnhk12.net

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Thank you for the opportunity to work

with your sons and daughters!

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