Reverse Engineering Learning Fair

This was the third Reverse Engineering Learning Fair at Doherty, where the students take apart an object and construct it on Inventor, the most commonly used CAD program in industry. This project prepares the students to create an item in the world of engineering by having them do research in History and Biology, make accurate measurements of an item in Math, dissecting the principles of design in English, and creating a fully functioning 3D-Animated item in engineering. 
Mr. Garcia and Ms. Cochran introduced the evening, debuting a video of previous graduates of the ETA talking about their experiences and their life. After the film, Animah Mohammed spoke about the project itself.

After the film, Animah Mohammed spoke about the project itself, describing it from the point of view from a student. David Adarkwah then described what it was like to be in the ETA. 

Then, the parents and peers walked around and enjoyed the learning fair and the hard work the students put in.

At the end, the raffle was pulled to give a gift card to a parent and a student. Congrats to student Anthony Migridchian! Thanks to all who attended, even though the room was very hot, which we cannot control. Thanks to the freshmen for another great year! 

Learning Fair UPDATE

Today, Ms. Cochran is collecting the:

Learning Fair Inventor Files: 

Cover Page 

.IAM 

.IPN with BOM, and balloons

Then, next week, Monday and Tuesday is only working on display boards. Tuesday, they are due at the end of the period. After school on Wednesday is the learning fair.

Learning Fair UPDATE

The Human Connection Project is now due on May 5th. 

Human Connection Exemplars

Welcome back from vacation! As the freshmen resume working on the Learning Fair project, Mr. Simmarano wanted to show some Human Connection projects from previous years. These were all given high marks for creativity, organization, and content.

T-Shirt Contest Winners

The two winners of the ETA t-shirt contest are Sophia Puch and Adish Khatiwada. Congrats to every one who entered and thanks for participating! 

Learning Fair: Reverse Engineering Due Dates

4/3- Introduction of the Project
4/11- (Honors) English Technical Writing completed with rough draft attached
4/12 & 4/13- Human Connection Research in the Media Center
4/13- (College) English Technical Writing completed with rough draft attached
4/13- Gantt Chart Due for Engineering
4/13- Product approval sheet due
4/17 - 4/21- April Vacation
4/24 - 4/25- Math Lab
4/24 - 4/25- History Timeline Research in the Media Center
4/28- History research completed
5/5- The Human Connection for science completed
5/9- History Timeline completed
5/12- Inventor Files and Working Drawings printed
5/15- Surface Area and Volume completed
5/16- Poster Board completed
5/17- Learning Fair

IMPORTANT: ALL LATE WORK MUST BE BROUGHT PERSONALLY BY THE STUDENT TO THE TEACHER FROM WHICH IT WAS ASSIGNED BY MAY 16TH. OTHERWISE THE STUDENT WILL BE INELIGIBLE FOR THE LEARNING FAIR. 

Reverse Engineering Learning Fair

   The ETA's next cross-curriculum project will based around reverse engineering. Students will have to research and reverse engineer a product with a minimum of five pieces. They will need to detail the history, function, design, and how this product is used by the human body. Students will use technical writing, graphics, and Inventor to complete the project.
Each Student Will:

1. Research an existing existing technology/product
2. Complete and submit the "product approval sheet" in Engineering
3. Submit a list of dates of their technology/product and world events timeline in History
4. Submit a paper demonstrating technical writing of their technology/product in English
5. Complete a graphic organizer on how how the technology/product impacts human anatomy in Biology
6. Compute the surface area and volume of the technology/product in Algebra/Geometry
7. Complete and submit Inventor files and working drawings in Engineering
8. Display their work on a poster board in a aesthetically pleasing design

     If students want to, they can attend the learning fair on May 17th for extra credit.