Marble Sorter Challenge

The Marble Sorter Project (officially known as the Capstone Project) was a challenge in which several teams competed to construct a more effective marble sorter than the other teams. The minimum number of marbles that could be sorted (to earn points) was three.

My groups' marble sorter sorted three marble types and had a two foot drop height (it can actually do six, but we decided to drop from two feet). There were four members in my group: Michael Hardy, Ezekiel Jimenez, Jesse Gross, and myself. I am pleased with our final design.

Achievements:

1) Organize it!

2) I've Made a Few Special Modifications...

    * Added a fan to push wooden marbles

    * Constructed a new hopper

    * Disassembled sorter and rebuilt it with many support improvements

3) Reflection

    + : Creative solutions, results fulfill problem statement

    - : Teamwork, only a couple of our members were constantly working (together)

    ? : Next time we need to improve our teamwork, and procrastinate less (and work on focus)

    ! : Why not have the entire class as one group and make them sort ten different kinds of marbles?

4) Process 15 marbles in less than 30 seconds. (6 to 10 seconds)

5) Marble Delivery

6) Drop marbles from 2 feet above machine

7) Used at least one motor

Here is a picture of our marble sorter:

Minecraft Extra Credit

Over the past couple of months I have created a complex Minecraft world that implements many technological innovations and solves many commonly found issues. Transportation, safety, and trade have been greatly improved.

Here is a picture of a Hobbit hole that I created on another world.

Activity 3.1.7

In this assignment students were given the ability to choose two of the several given projects. My group chose projects 1 (start/finish line) and 5 (elevator).

Project 5 (elevator) was much more difficult than 1, it took us 41 cords and a massive program to do, but eventually we got it done.

Here are pictures of project 1:

Activity 3.1.6

In this assignment students were tasked with creating an advanced (when compared to previous assignments) motorized systems using fischertechnik components and a Robo Pro controller.

Here are my group's results:

Activity 3.1.5 Variable Functions

In this assignment students were tasked with experimenting with variables using Fishertechnik parts and a Robo Pro controller.

Here are some pictures of my group's work:

Activity 3.1.4 Branch Functions

In this assignment students were required to use Fishertechnik parts and a Robo Pro controller to experiment with different methods to activate a lamp (operates similar to a stoplight).

Here is my group's work:

3.1.1 Inputs and Outputs

In this assignment students were tasked with a worksheet consisting of roughly 20 problems. Students used Fishertechnic parts and a computer to conduct a series of experiments.