Students Involved in Discovering Engineering

This project will engage students in Robotics and Engineering by allowing them to choose a complex individual or group project to work on over the course of the year. Students will research ideas and submit a proposal that details the process and estimated number of hours needed to complete. When the project is approved, they will submit a list of necessary supplies and equipment. Students will then work on their SIDE project for the remainder of the year whenever there is time between units or when they have finished the work for the day. All throughout the project students must use a lab notebook to document what they do at each stage of their process and what problems they encounter. Students should also document their process/steps/phases with pictures. The SIDE project should be fully completed by the end of 3rd quarter. During 4th quarter students will condense their engineering notebooks into an Instructable (published on instructabels.com), condense their Instructable into a poster board (made in class), and create a presentation to share their project with the class. Each student will bring their project and poster board to present at Maker Faire.