Welcome to November and the last week for this six weeks. That's right. The 2nd six weeks ends this Friday, November 8. Be sure that all work is caught up this week, so that grades will be accurate.
This week in IED
You should finish up painting and making the puzzle cubes. Be sure that you have double-checked and had another student check the constraints and requirements against your design. After we finish creating the cube itself, we will learn to use Autodesk Inventor to create a solid model of the puzzle parts and the final assembl as our introduction to Inventor.
If you would like to download a copy of Inventor for use at home, the school license allows that. Go to the Autodesk web site and download Inventor Professional 2013. Make sure that you download the 2013 version, or your design files will not be compatible with the version that we are using at school. You will have to provide an email address for use in registration. Be warned that the files are VERY large and take several hours to download and install. I usually start the process when I go to sleep so that it will be done the next morning.
If you are attending the Texas State Ingram School of Engineering visit this Friday, you MUST turn in the permission forms for both the Skillpoint Alliance and RRISD waiver to me on Monday or Tuesday at the latest. You must also have your teachers sign off that you are passing all classes and acknowledge that you know that you are responsible for work that might be missed. If you are planning to ride the bus to the Future A&M Engineers (FAME) on November 16-17, get a permission form from me this week to have signed and returned.
This Week at RRHS
As noted above, this is the last week for the second six weeks of the year. Be sure that you are staying on top of grades and have everything completed and turned in by this Friday. If you are submitting an assignment that has already been graded, please point that out to me so that I know to check your journal specifically for those items.
College Visits This Week
Monday - University of Texas at San Antonio
Thursday - University of North Texas
I have this information on my Scholar$hips tab, but the Milwaukee School of Engineering is the Wisconsin hub for Project Lead the Way. They offer $3000 per year for 4 years to students who complete PLTW courses in high school to enroll in engineering at MSOE. I have a poster in the room that you can consult for more information or check out the link provided here. This is a good time to encourage you to check out that Scholar$hip tab as well as the one for Internships and summer work opportunities. I update that as I get information from colleges and potential employers looking for STEM students in their junior or senior years in high school.
