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Social Studies & Technology Collaborate

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FINAL Tech in the News~ Pay Day #7: Friday, June 1st

Each student should have ready:

* "TECH IN THE NEWS" article & write up in the form for the week's "Pay Day".

+ must fill out top of the form (media used & article title)

+ Write up must be FOUR COMPLETE SENTENCES!

AND

Either a printout, clipping or a brief note/signature from a parent (if your home computer printer is not working)as proof that you actually did the research.

• If you have a parent, guardian or teacher sign off for a LOCAL - New York State) article.... make sure that your write-up sites that the technology is being used in NEW YORK STATE. For example: The Warner LLC Photovoltaic company is located in Liverpool, New York.

Jaden Kaisa - 0.921 seconds

1st Quarter CO2 Car Racing Champ

Braden Seeber - 0.851 seconds

2nd Quarter Race Champion

Gianlucca VanCour 0.834 seconds

3rd Quarter Race Champion

Hannah Caught - 0.833 seconds

4th Quarter Champion

Technology is

Using knowledge to develop products and systems that satisfy needs, wants, solve problems and increase our capabilities.

Technology in the News

Article printout, write up paragraph & Going Beyond

Grading Weights for Technology 7

Below are the class activities that will be graded based on 100 points with the listed percentage of grading weights.

Tech Notebook Organization 5%

Alternate Energy Solar Lego Vehicle 10%

Science of Speed Internet R&D 10%

CO2 Car Technical Drawing 25%

CO2 Car Construction & Design 25%

CO2 Car Race Results 10%

Class Responsibility & Money Management 5%

CO2 Car System Diagram Chart 10%

Coolest CO2 Car Video

">Click here to view the video

Click on the Logo to check out the Techponics Club Blog

Design by Michelle Elsmore

Take the ULTIMATE CO2 CAR QUIZ

Click on the link below to see how much you know about CO2 Car Racing!

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/motorsports/co2-powered-dragster-quiz.htm

Micro-Greens

New produce from our Aquaponic System

Technology Money

$5 Tech Buck will pay for materials

Tech in the News

News article clipping & form

Techno Cards

Students can purchase $100 or $50 Techno Cards

CO2 Car Drawing

Two View Working Drawing

Check out our TeacherTube Videos

Mr. Lepine's Videos

System Diagram for Technology

A Systematic Approach to Problem Solving

Link to the "Going Beyond with Stats!"

Click on "Going Beyond with Stats" to be linked to Mr. Lepine's Google Drive files of all the CO2 Car Race Lists. Now you can do this challenge from your home computer.

Fastest Maglev Train

Jared Thibado & DJ Pitcher (2.130 Seconds)

The Futures Channel Site - Coolest On-Line Videos

http://www.thefutureschannel.com/

Lego Solar Car

High Speed Lego Rail

Students R&D HSR with Legos

Drive system for Maglev

Lego Maglev Track

Six ~ four foot long sections to make up a 24 foot long track.

Lego Maglev

Notice the two rows of Magnets

Self-Directed Video Instruction

Student watching instructional video while creating Logo Decal

CO2 Car Racing

On our new "Rupracht Raceway"!

CO2 Car Wall of Fame

All our top racers are here!

CO2 CAR

Just one of our cool cars!

Secret Blog Topic for Pay Day #7 ~ Friday, June 1st

If you are a 4th Quarter ~ 7th Grade Technology Student
at Ray Middle School... then you can use this topic to earn a $20 Tech in the News Payday! And if your article has an author... you can attempt to add $5 more dollars plus the Going Beyond!

Robotic Dairy Farming

The Bonzai Wheel full of lettuce

Three lettuce plants per 24 trays (72 total)

Our "Old" Hydroponic System

NFT ~ Nutrient Flow Technique

A Happy Customer

Our Hydroponic Team sells some lettuce

One of our first Aquaponic Systems

Tilapia Fish water feeding Pepper Plants

Aquaponic Cucumber Plants

Fish Growing Cukes!

One of our early Aquaponic Systems

Using "Plasmaponix" drip bag systems

Thank You Morrisville College's Aquaponic Center!

While I was visiting the great 2009 New York State Fair, I came upon the Morrisville College's Aquaponic Exhibit. The staff from the Aquaponic Center were more than happy to donate 25 little Talapia fingerlings to our Aquaponic systems! We are looking forward to raising our little fish for the upcoming school year!