Project – Development and Expansion of the Robotics Program
Project Description - Our Robotics Program continues to develop and expand. In order to meet the needs of increasing Applied Tech class sizes and student participation in our after school Robotics Club, we are requesting additional robotics sets. This equipment will help support our Core Values of student centered instruction, continuous improvement, individual potential, lifelong learning, and shared responsibility. In support of the Write to Learn strategy the students were asked to write about their discoveries when using mechanisms such as bevel gears, gearing up, and pulleys. The students also described the main features of the sweeping machine that they designed and were given feedback using the DoDEA Common Writing Rubric for Informative/Explanatory writing as well as on their engineering design process. Additionally, students track their progress using an Engineering Design Notebook and explain their current stage of the engineering design process, how the engineering design process was used, what worked well in the day's process, and what did not work well.
Grant Funded Equipment – 6 EV3 Core Sets, 6 EV3 Expansion Sets, 6 Simple & Powered Machine Sets
Project – Development and Expansion of the Video Production Program
Project Description - The video production classes continue to develop and expand. In order to meet the needs of increasing class sizes, improve the current video studio, and offer additional opportunities for students to participate in real world activities, this project requires additional audio and video equipment. Video production classes showcase school projects that also have a clear connection to the school's action plan SMART Objectives around literacy and math. These include school projects such as the National Novel Writing Month Puma Idol, and MathCounts. These video segments are posted on our school's YouTube channel and Facebook page, allowing our parents and local community to see our school's successes in working towards and accomplishing our SMART Objectives. This equipment will also be used for highlighting our school's successes for visits from distinguished visitors and Cognia school evaluation teams.
Grant Funded Equipment – 3 two-way comm radios, 10 Rode VideoMic Pro kits, 4 Rode Micro Boom poles, 2 Rode Fur Windshields, 14 Audio-Technica headsets with microphone, 14 Tascam closed back headsets, 1 black background with support kit, 12 cables and camera support accessories