Period Table Quiz

Some time next we will be taking out Periodic Table quiz. Continue memorizing the first twenty elements and their symbol. Remember the pattern for knowing the atomic #, protons, and electrons. Also, use the formula to calculate the number of neutrons. 
(Atomic # - atomic mass= neutrons)

So far, about ten students are able to say all twenty! Excellent!!!

After School Fun!

It's time to get creative!

The after school program is hosting the 2nd Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest Thursday (21) from 6:00PM - 8:00PM in the commons.

FUN!! FUN!! FUN!!

Robotics Kids~

Make sure you attend Thursday (21) so that you may vote for fund raising items. We'll be hosting fund raisers through out the year that will NOT involve you going door to door. 

See you then!

Memorizing the Elements

You want me to memorize what? 

Yup! The first twenty elements, symbols, protons, neutrons, and electrons. Why? You will be using them through out the year's curriculum and as you progress through school on your way to college. By learning what the symbols stand for, you'll be able to read the ingredients of various things.

You can do it! Just remember the pattern. 

Print out your copy of the chart from the homework section of my web page.

Robotics: OHSU Show

FIRST DAY @ OMSI

Saturday, October 23, 2010
at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry/SE Portland
This is our annual event to show the public what FIRST® is all about. FIRST® Tech Challenge, FIRST ®Robotics Competition, FIRST® LEGO® League and Jr. FIRST® LEGO League will be represented. All of the FIRST® events take place in the FREE areas of OMSI. Also happening that day is the USA Science and Engineering Festival, a national event. OMSI is the satellite site for Oregon. OHSU plans to do demos and have information tables. (not all of the USA Sci/Eng Festival will be in the free areas)
ORTOP encourages teams to attend the event.  We also need 4 – 6 Veteran FIRST LEGO League teams to hold a team meeting in view of the public.  Veteran teams interested in this “share your experiences” opportunity are asked to:
1) Demo at least three/four Body Forward missions that complete or close to being debugged.

2) Continue to work on missions that you haven’t completed.

3) Have team members give a “play by play” account on a microphone explaining what the team is doing, explain the missions, your project….

4) Talk to the public about why your team participates in FIRST LEGO League and answer basic questions about participation.

Available slots: 10:00 – 11:30am / 11:30 am – 1:00 pm / 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm / 2:30 – 4:00 pm. If more than 4 teams want to do this we can make the slots 1 hour long.

We need some ROOKIE FLL team members to volunteer to direct people and hand out flyers.

Atom Models

The first project for the year is an atom model. Select any element #3 - #13 from the Periodic Table. Make sure to use the paper/guide that you were given in class to correctly construct your model. 

Try to spend as little money as possible. Be creative by using THREE different colored things from home: M&M's, eraser heads, ping pong balls, styro foam, clay, etc.

For more ideas, visit the website for pictures of atom models from past years.

Grading criteria:

• Correct # of protons
• Correct # of neutrons
• Correct # of electrons and in the right shell structure.

Rigid Badge Covers

The rigid plastic, ID covers are in! Bring your $.75 to the book keeper to purchase your cover. These won't rip; your ID will not fall out; and you'll be able to use this when you go on to high school.

Robotics Club

WOOHOO! We are off and running this year with over twenty students charged up and ready for robotic fun.

Visit the following sites to start working on the research portion of the competition. After we have put together our proposal for the question we are required solve, THEN we will design our robot.

I am looking for to an excellent year for our two teams #4600 Robotic Huskies and  #9801 Husky Pride.