8th Grade project

Currently our 8th grade classes are working on designing and building a mousetrap powered vehicle. They have formed small groups and researched ways in which to design a vehicle to travel at least 15 feet using the mousetrap as the power source. This activity should be completed and tested on May 1st.

Our next project will take the remainder of the school year. We will be designing a motorized toy car thanks to the Dearborn Foundation who provided a grant for this project.

7th grade Activity

Well the 7th grade classes have finished testing their awesome basswood truss bridges this week. Many teams were very successful in supporting at least 15 pounds of pressure per square inch. Way to go! Next we will be spending the entire new marking period on gliders. This is a project we purchased with a grant […]

6th grade gameboards

Currently 6 grade students are putting the finishing touches on their game boards. “A ” day students will be testing each others games on May 1st. Please remember that marking period notebooks are due on this day as well so make sure you are up to date (30 points possible) “B” day students will be […]

What have we been working on and what is coming up next!!

8th grade Applications of Technology Class: This group of awesome young men and women just completed their Biotechnology Unit. For this unit students discussed how biotechnology (industrial, agricultural and medical technologies) are used in their lives. Students created an artificial hand with basic materials, spent one school day without the use of an arm (to […]

A new semester!

Welcome to second semester technology class! Take a look and see what our students have been up to and what they will be working on for this month. 8th Grade Applications of Technology: Students in this class began the semester with discussing what procedures we should have in our class to make sure that everyone […]

Papers for Energy activity

energy sources definitions Energy Technology

Happy New Year!

Welcome 2015!!! I hope you have all had a restful and fun two weeks off! Here is a heads up of what to expect for the rest of the semester: 8th Grade: Students will finish the semester with an energy project in which students will investigate forms of energy used to power our world. Those […]

Happy holidays and have an awesome new year!

And so it begins…two weeks of vacation, a time to recharge and enjoy time with family and friends. I wish you all a safe and enjoyable vacation, as for myself I plan to sleep in everyday (that would waking around 7am, ha,ha). Looking forward to seeing you all in the new year!   Mrs. Fulton […]

Manufacturing Project for 8th grade

The 8th grade classes began a manufacturing project at the end of October. This objective of this activity is for students to understand the manufacturing process as is used in producing all items used by the consumer. Students formed companies and started discussing the manufacturing process as shown below: Companies have completed the models and are […]

Othographic Projection activities

7th grade students are currently working on creating orthographic projections (two dimensional drawings of an object) , as used in engineering. Click on the link below for an example. ortho proj ex The objective of this activity is for students to be able to interpret what a three dimensional object will look like in two dimensional […]