Quarter 4 (2024-25)

March 14/17

Unit 4.1: Electricity

Objectives

• In Lesson 3.1, students explore the basic components of electrical circuits and model them through a hands-on introduction. They then explore the basic elements of electricity and electrical circuits and build simple circuits with breadboards and online simulations. Students collect data to derive the formula for Ohm’s Law then apply their understanding of Ohm’s Law to solve problems. They then move into a comparison between series and parallel circuits and explore their similarities and differences. Students continue hands-on breadboarding and simulations to derive Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws. They end the lesson with a final project that applies all the skills acquired to design and build their own functional safe.

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Continue with you KiCad Work
3. Your Engineering notebook should contain already a description of your "product" and an improved picture of what your would look like (not the circuit diagram).
4. You will need to have a Bill of Materials (BOM).
5. The Schematic
6. The PCB
7. See Instruction to convert schematic to PCB
8. See Fun With Digital Electronics
9. Example circuits:
   • Electronic Combination Lock
   • 5 Momentary Switches in Correct Order

Homework

• Keep your engineering notebook neat

March 18/19

Unit 4.1: Electricity

Objectives

• In Lesson 3.1, students explore the basic components of electrical circuits and model them through a hands-on introduction. They then explore the basic elements of electricity and electrical circuits and build simple circuits with breadboards and online simulations. Students collect data to derive the formula for Ohm’s Law then apply their understanding of Ohm’s Law to solve problems. They then move into a comparison between series and parallel circuits and explore their similarities and differences. Students continue hands-on breadboarding and simulations to derive Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws. They end the lesson with a final project that applies all the skills acquired to design and build their own functional safe.

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Student Surveys
3. Continue with you KiCad Work
4. Your Engineering notebook should contain already a description of your "product" and an improved picture of what your would look like (not the circuit diagram).
   1. You will need to have a Bill of Materials (BOM).
   2. The Schematic
   3. The PCB
5. See Instruction to convert schematic to PCB
6. See Fun With Digital Electronics
7. Example circuits (I'll go over these in class):
   • Electronic Combination Lock
   • 5 Momentary Switches in Correct Order

Homework

• Keep your engineering notebook neat

March 20/24

Unit 4.1: Electricity

Objectives

• In Lesson 3.1, students explore the basic components of electrical circuits and model them through a hands-on introduction. They then explore the basic elements of electricity and electrical circuits and build simple circuits with breadboards and online simulations. Students collect data to derive the formula for Ohm’s Law then apply their understanding of Ohm’s Law to solve problems. They then move into a comparison between series and parallel circuits and explore their similarities and differences. Students continue hands-on breadboarding and simulations to derive Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws. They end the lesson with a final project that applies all the skills acquired to design and build their own functional safe.

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Student Surveys
3. Continue with you KiCad Work
4. Your Engineering notebook should contain already a description of your "product" and an improved picture of what your would look like (not the circuit diagram).
   1. A description of you product (a paragraph) with a good clean drawing (not the circuit)
   2. You will need to have a Bill of Materials (BOM).
   3. The Schematic (from KiCAD) and words that explain the circuit (about a page).
   4. The PCB (from KiCAD). Will demo how to do this on Wednesday.
5. See Instruction to convert schematic to PCB
6. See Fun With Digital Electronics
7. Example circuits:
   • Electronic Combination Lock
   • 5 Momentary Switches in Correct Order
8. Test on Digital Electronics on 4/1

Homework

• Keep your engineering notebook neat

March 25/26

Unit 4.1: Electricity

Objectives

• In Lesson 3.1, students explore the basic components of electrical circuits and model them through a hands-on introduction. They then explore the basic elements of electricity and electrical circuits and build simple circuits with breadboards and online simulations. Students collect data to derive the formula for Ohm’s Law then apply their understanding of Ohm’s Law to solve problems. They then move into a comparison between series and parallel circuits and explore their similarities and differences. Students continue hands-on breadboarding and simulations to derive Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws. They end the lesson with a final project that applies all the skills acquired to design and build their own functional safe.

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Student Surveys
3. Continue with you KiCad Work
4. Your Engineering notebook should contain already a description of your "product" and an improved picture of what your would look like (not the circuit diagram).
   1. A description of you product (a paragraph) with a good clean drawing (not the circuit)
   2. You will need to have a Bill of Materials (BOM).
   3. The Schematic (from KiCAD) and words that explain the circuit (about a page).
   4. The PCB (from KiCAD). Will demo how to do this on Wednesday.
5. See Instruction to convert schematic to PCB
   • https://files.aayanmaheshwari.com/share/m2c8nTdF
6. See Fun With Digital Electronics
7. Example circuits:
   • Electronic Combination Lock
   • 5 Momentary Switches in Correct Order
8. Test on Digital Electronics on 4/1
   • Study Guide

Homework

• Keep your engineering notebook neat

March 27/28

Unit 4.1: Electricity

Objectives

• In Lesson 3.1, students explore the basic components of electrical circuits and model them through a hands-on introduction. They then explore the basic elements of electricity and electrical circuits and build simple circuits with breadboards and online simulations. Students collect data to derive the formula for Ohm’s Law then apply their understanding of Ohm’s Law to solve problems. They then move into a comparison between series and parallel circuits and explore their similarities and differences. Students continue hands-on breadboarding and simulations to derive Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws. They end the lesson with a final project that applies all the skills acquired to design and build their own functional safe.

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Student Surveys
3. Continue with you KiCad Work
4. Your Engineering notebook should contain already a description of your "product" and an improved picture of what your would look like (not the circuit diagram).
   1. A description of you product (a paragraph) with a good clean drawing (not the circuit)
   2. You will need to have a Bill of Materials (BOM). KiCad can generate a start for you.
   3. The Schematic (from KiCAD) and words that explain the circuit (about a page).
   4. The PCB (from KiCAD). It should have your name, class, and version in silkscreen on the board.
5. Digital Electronic Project Rubric
6. See Instruction to convert schematic to PCB
   • Sample Circuit from Aayan.
7. See Fun With Digital Electronics
8. Example circuits:
   • Electronic Combination Lock
   • 5 Momentary Switches in Correct Order
9. Test on Digital Electronics on 4/1
   • Study Guide

Homework

• Keep your engineering notebook neat

March 31/April 1

April 2/3

April 4/7

Unit 3.4 Design Problems - Control Systems

Objectives

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Discuss sorted project
3. Begin research and schedule 

Homework

• Keep your engineering notebook neat

April 8/9

Unit 3.4 Design Problems - Control Systems

Objectives

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Place a link to your project here.
3. Rubric 

Homework

• None

April 10/11

Unit 3.4 Design Problems - Control Systems

Objectives

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Continue on sorter project (Day 3 of 11)
3. Place a link to your project here.
4. Rubric 

Homework

• None

April 22/23

Unit 3.4 Design Problems - Control Systems

Objectives

• In this unit problem, students will design and build an automated sorter. 

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Continue on sorter project (Day 4 of 11)
3. Place a link to your project here.
4. Rubric 
5. I will be check pointing your project for a homework grade early next week. Make sure you keep it up to date.

Homework

• None

April 25/28

Unit 3.4 Design Problems - Control Systems

Objectives

• In this unit problem, students will design and build an automated sorter. 

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Continue on sorter project (Day 5 of 11)
3. Place a link to your project here.
4. Rubric 
5. I will be check pointing your project for a homework grade early next week. Make sure you keep it up to date.

Homework

• None

April 29/30

Unit 3.4 Design Problems - Control Systems

Objectives

• In this unit problem, students will design and build an automated sorter. 

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Continue on sorter project (Day 6 of 11). You should have some parts of your prototype working including being able to differentiate colors.
3. Place a link to your project here.
4. Rubric 
5. I will be check pointing your project for a homework grade early next week. Make sure you keep it up to date.

Homework

• None

May 1/2

Unit 3.4 Design Problems - Control Systems

Objectives

• In this unit problem, students will design and build an automated sorter. 

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Continue on sorter project (Day 7 of 11). You should have some parts of your prototype working including being able to differentiate colors.
3. Rubric 
4. I will be check pointing your project for a homework grade early next week. Make sure you keep it up to date.
5. Test will be Monday, 5/12.
6. Project presentations will be on 5/20

Homework

• None

May 5/6

Unit 3.4 Design Problems - Control Systems

Objectives

• In this unit problem, students will design and build an automated sorter. 

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Continue on sorter project (Day 8 of 11). You should have some parts of your prototype working including being able to differentiate colors.
3. Rubric 
4. I will be check pointing your project for a homework grade early next week. Make sure you keep it up to date.
5. Test will be Wednesday, 5/14.
6. Project presentations will be on 5/20

Homework

• None

May 7/8

Unit 3.4 Design Problems - Control Systems

Objectives

• In this unit problem, students will design and build an automated sorter. 

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Continue on sorter project (Day 9 of 11). You should have some parts of your prototype working including being able to differentiate colors.
3. Rubric 
4. Test will be Wednesday, 5/14.
5. Project presentations will be on 5/20

Homework

• None

May 9/12

Unit 3.4 Design Problems - Control Systems

Objectives

• In this unit problem, students will design and build an automated sorter. 

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Continue on sorter project (Day 10 of 11). You should have some parts of your prototype working including being able to differentiate colors.
3. Rubric 
4. I will be check pointing your project for a homework grade early next week. Make sure you keep it up to date.
5. Test will be Wednesday, 5/14.
6. Project presentations will be on 5/20

Homework

• None

May 13/14

Unit 3.4 Design Problems - Control Systems

Objectives

• In this unit problem, students will design and build an automated sorter. 

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Test 
3. Project presentations will be on 5/20

Homework

• None

May 15/16

Unit 3.4 Design Problems - Control Systems

Objectives

• In this unit problem, students will design and build an automated sorter. 

Classroom Activities

1. Prayer
2. Continue on sorter project (Day 11 of 11). You should have some parts of your prototype working including being able to differentiate colors.
3. Rubric 
4. Make sure you keep it up to date.
5. Project presentations will be on 5/20

Homework

• None