STEM Activities

Activities to do in Snowflake Jr High STEM class

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STEM Activities by Mind Map: STEM Activities

1. Appliance and machine Repair

2. Fabrication

2.1. wood

2.1.1. cnc router

2.1.1.1. design and engrave plaque

2.1.1.1.1. wood? 2/4 from ballards

2.1.2. hand craft

2.1.2.1. knetic atomata

2.1.2.1.1. wood, craft sticks, hot glue

2.1.2.1.2. scroll saw, sander

2.1.3. Laser engraving/cutting

2.1.3.1. Christmas ornament

2.1.3.1.1. 1/8 wood, source?

2.1.3.2. model house w/ texure

2.1.3.3. Phone stand

2.1.3.3.1. 1/4 wood (homedepot)

2.1.3.4. Lasercut box

2.2. plastic

2.2.1. 3d printing

2.2.1.1. design and print part.

2.2.2. rotoforming (heat)

2.2.2.1. toys/ housing

2.2.2.1.1. LDPE powder and die, molds, aluminum plaster

2.2.2.2. rocket nose

2.2.2.2.1. mold

2.2.3. injection molding

2.2.3.1. key chain/ small parts and toys

2.2.3.1.1. buy or cnc mold, plastic pelets

2.2.4. vacuum forming

2.2.4.1. car shell

2.2.4.1.1. styrofoam pattern

2.2.4.2. candy mold for 3d printer pattrn

2.2.4.3. Halloween mask

2.2.4.3.1. $ molding machine, plastic sheets

2.2.4.4. (blow )acrylic globe/ faring

2.2.4.4.1. make clamp and heater, thin acylic

2.2.4.5. Small Dental vacuum former

2.2.5. Laser cut acrylic

2.2.5.1. logo/ key chain

2.2.5.1.1. $ colorful plexi

2.2.5.2. Side lit, night light

2.2.5.2.1. $ clean acrylic, night lights

2.2.5.3. Heat Bending

2.2.5.4. Solvent welding

2.2.5.5. acrylic tube

2.2.6. resin

2.2.6.1. silicon mold from 3d print

2.2.6.1.1. mold and casting resin

2.2.6.2. fiber glass/ carbon fiber mold. cnc plug and mold

2.2.6.3. rotocast parts

2.2.6.3.1. rotomolder

2.2.7. styrofoam

2.2.7.1. hot wire cutter

2.2.7.1.1. wire stand, free foam, wood pattern

2.2.8. plastic sheet welding

2.2.8.1. mylar balloon

2.2.8.1.1. strip heater, mylar

2.2.9. Plastisol, vinyl

2.2.9.1. Key chain, soft toys

2.2.9.1.1. make aluminum mold, plastisol, oven

2.2.9.2. Dip Mold

2.2.9.3. Slush Casting

2.2.10. Vinyl cutting

2.2.10.1. Decals and Stencils

2.3. metal

2.3.1. casting

2.3.1.1. visit my home to cast alu.

2.3.1.1.1. propane

2.3.1.2. jewelry for art

2.3.1.2.1. metal, plaster, wax

2.3.1.3. Aluminum mold

2.3.2. Sheet metal

2.3.2.1. spot weld shapes

2.3.2.1.1. tin box, cup

2.3.2.1.2. Pencil holder/ stationary

2.3.2.1.3. Tin box, riveted and spot welded

2.3.2.1.4. Cookie cutters

2.3.3. Machined

2.3.3.1. Lathe and mill

2.3.3.1.1. bullet

2.3.3.1.2. medallion

2.3.3.1.3. Chess queen or bishop

2.3.4. electro-plating

2.3.5. welding (visitor for demo)

2.3.6. metal laser

2.3.6.1. Engrave medallion

2.3.6.1.1. metal blanks

2.3.6.2. 3d metal art puzzle

2.3.6.3. Laser engraved business card

2.3.6.4. Label engraving

2.3.6.5. Plastic injection mold

2.4. paper craft

2.4.1. laser

2.4.1.1. pop up

2.4.1.1.1. paper

2.4.1.2. gift card

2.4.1.2.1. fancy paper

2.4.1.3. 3d cardboard shapes

2.4.1.3.1. cardboard

2.4.1.4. 3d shapes paper lantern

2.4.1.5. Spray paint stencil

2.4.2. paper structure

2.4.2.1. paper roller coaster

2.4.2.1.1. colored paper

2.4.2.2. paper tower

2.4.3. Pepikura

2.4.3.1. big head

2.4.3.2. armor

2.4.3.3. figure

2.4.3.4. pepikura is a prep for tin

2.4.3.5. 3d balloon shapes

2.4.4. die cut

2.4.4.1. press, blades

3. Problem solving

3.1. engineering/scientific method

3.1.1. challenges

3.1.1.1. Paper tower

3.1.1.2. paper hold books

3.1.1.3. paper holding a car

3.1.1.4. paper roller coaster

3.2. rube Goldberg machine

4. Product developement

4.1. Make science Demo kit Specialty or student aid Task

4.2. Problem solving For old loves In nursing home

4.3. Elk detector

5. General craftsmanship

6. Theory

6.1. Maglev

6.2. boyancy, aluminum foil boats and marbles

6.3. physics and motion

6.4. magnetism and basic motors

6.5. areodynamics

6.6. thermal dynamics/expansion

6.7. gears and levers/ trapazoid moving shapes

6.7.1. paper moving machines

6.8. Hydrolics

6.8.1. Ratios power

6.9. Air conditioning, gas cooling

6.9.1. Make AC hand pump demo

6.10. Conductive/resistace

6.11. Lense/mirror teflection

6.12. Renewable energy

7. Mission: Increase my skill and Ability to understand and solve complex problems.

7.1. Makers: Shape, combine, reorganize raw materials, parts, and ideas to increase its usefulness, value, or beauty.

8. Application of knowlege

8.1. Flight

9. Aviation

9.1. Flight sim

9.2. Visit airport

9.3. Foam glider

9.3.1. walk along

9.3.1.1. free styrofoam

9.3.1.2. foam cutter

9.3.2. design own plane

9.4. indoor flyers

9.4.1. balsa, rubber band, tissue

9.5. Rockets

9.5.1. Paper

9.5.2. Water

9.5.2.1. soda bottles

9.5.3. Pyro model Rockets

9.5.3.1. engines, balsa

9.5.4. Kno3

9.5.4.1. paper roller, nozzle mold, anchor epoxy

9.6. Kite design In spring

9.6.1. plastic or tissue paper

9.7. Hot air balloon

9.7.1. Guest visitor?! Launch balloon from school October balloon fest

9.8. High altitude baloon prioject

9.9. Rocket glider Air or pyro

10. Student current Tech daily report And daily how its Made

10.1. Report

10.1.1. How stuff works

10.1.2. Current Manufacure

10.1.3. Invention/tech advancement

11. Electronics

11.1. Hardware

11.1.1. Arduino

11.1.1.1. Basic components

11.1.1.2. senors

11.1.1.3. out put

11.1.1.3.1. stepper

11.1.1.4. snaptronics

11.1.2. prototyping

11.1.2.1. soldering

11.1.2.1.1. rework station, solder paste

11.1.2.1.2. SMD, surface mount

11.1.2.2. design pcb

11.1.2.2.1. copper clad boards, acid, laminator

11.1.2.3. etch pcb

11.1.2.3.1. order boards, component

11.2. Class Project Options

11.2.1. Laser tripwire

11.2.2. Paper piano

11.2.3. Paper circuit

11.2.4. Rad Recycled robots

11.2.5. Light saber led straw paper cicuit

11.3. robotics

11.3.1. arduino bot

11.3.1.1. battery

11.3.2. Robot claw

11.4. Software

11.4.1. Arduino

11.4.2. Coding

11.4.2.1. Scratch online

11.4.2.1.1. Piskel sprite generator

11.4.2.2. Code achademy

11.4.2.3. App inventor

11.4.2.4. S4A

11.4.2.5. functions

11.4.2.5.1. math

11.4.3. HAM Radio tracking, Fox hunt

11.4.4. VR design???

12. Design

12.1. home design

12.2. Paper drafting

12.2.1. isometric on paper

12.3. CAD

12.3.1. Sketch up

12.3.1.1. isometric on computer

12.3.1.2. Laser cut

13. Student projects Ideas

13.1. Sorting machine

13.2. Bug bot

13.3. Etch a sketch

13.4. Electro mag gun

13.5. Halloween prop

13.6. Wifi or relay Light

13.7. Walking bot

13.8. Wall plotter

13.9. Servo hand

13.10. App to arduino

13.11. rc blimp

13.12. anamatronics

13.13. knetic atomata

13.14. Steam engine

13.15. temp controlled mini green house

13.16. large 7segment display

14. Small groups

14.1. 3d printing

14.2. Laser cutting

14.3. Plastics, injection, roto, plastisol, plexi

14.4. Tin smith

15. Career exploration

15.1. list of visitors

15.1.1. civil engeneer

15.1.2. shanon flake

15.1.3. jim christensen

15.1.4. jl steel, rencher

15.1.5. architect

15.1.6. factory?

15.1.7. balloon festival pilot

15.1.8. ballard truss

15.1.9. Mark Sheen 3d printing farm

15.2. Company field trip

15.2.1. armor smith

15.2.2. cnc plasma, sherwood or rencher

16. Skill badges

16.1. Code

16.1.1. Arduino

16.1.1.1. Ardublock

16.1.1.1.1. Scratch

16.1.1.2. Text coding

16.1.2. App inventer

16.1.3. Web design

16.1.3.1. HTML

16.1.3.2. JavaScript

16.1.3.2.1. Code combat

16.1.4. Processing software

16.1.4.1. code train

16.2. PCB designer

16.2.1. EasyEDA

16.2.2. Soldering

16.2.2.1. Smd

16.2.2.1.1. Solder paste

16.2.2.2. Through hole

16.2.3. Etch board

16.3. Cnc

16.3.1. CAM, tool path, speeds and feeds

16.3.1.1. Drafting

16.3.1.1.1. Fusion 360

16.3.2. G code

16.4. Cnc router

16.4.1. Inkscape

16.4.2. F Engrave

16.4.3. Universal g code sender

16.5. CO2 Laser

16.5.1. RD Works

16.5.2. Sketch up

16.6. 3d printing

16.6.1. Slicer (cura, simplified 3d)

16.6.1.1. Drafting

16.6.1.1.1. Tinker Cad

16.6.1.1.2. SketchUp

16.6.1.1.3. Fusion 360

16.7. Plastic forming

16.7.1. Rotomold

16.7.2. Plastic injection

16.7.3. Vacuum form

16.8. App creator

16.8.1. App Inventor

16.8.2. $ Construct 2 software

16.9. Aviation

16.10. Tin smith

16.11. Inventor

16.11.1. use skill and technology to solve problems

16.12. Metal engraver

16.12.1. EZ Cad

16.12.2. RD Works

16.12.2.1. inkscape

16.13. robotics/ automation

16.13.1. CNC

16.13.2. Stepper motors

16.13.3. Advanced Arduino

16.13.4. 3d printing

16.13.5. Dorna robot

17. Skill Map

17.1. Code

17.1.1. Arduino

17.1.1.1. Ardublock

17.1.1.1.1. Scratch

17.1.1.2. Text coding

17.1.2. App inventer

17.1.3. Web design

17.1.3.1. HTML

17.1.3.2. JavaScript

17.1.3.2.1. Code combat

17.1.4. Processing software

17.1.4.1. code train

17.2. PCB designer

17.2.1. EasyEDA

17.2.2. Soldering

17.2.2.1. Smd

17.2.2.1.1. Solder paste

17.2.2.2. Through hole

17.2.3. Etch board

17.3. Cnc

17.3.1. CAM, tool path, speeds and feeds

17.3.1.1. Drafting

17.3.1.1.1. Fusion 360

17.3.2. G code

17.4. Cnc router

17.4.1. Inkscape

17.4.2. F Engrave

17.4.3. Universal g code sender

17.5. CO2 Laser

17.5.1. RD Works

17.5.2. Sketch up

17.6. 3d printing

17.6.1. Slicer (cura, simplified 3d)

17.6.1.1. Drafting

17.6.1.1.1. Tinker Cad

17.6.1.1.2. SketchUp

17.6.1.1.3. Fusion 360

17.7. Plastic forming

17.7.1. Rotomold

17.7.2. Plastic injection

17.7.3. Vacuum form

17.8. App creator

17.8.1. App Inventor

17.8.2. $ Construct 2 software

17.9. Aviation

17.10. Tin smith

17.11. Inventor

17.11.1. use skill and technology to solve problems

17.12. Metal engraver

17.12.1. EZ Cad

17.12.2. RD Works

17.12.2.1. inkscape

17.13. robotics/ automation

17.13.1. CNC

17.13.2. Stepper motors

17.13.3. Advanced Arduino

17.13.4. 3d printing

17.13.5. Dorna robot

17.14. Craftmanship