Music Through the Decades at NLHS

Music Through the Decades at NLHS

Lip Dub and Burg Broadcast

Mr. Delemeester watched the two videos below on YouTube recently.  He learned that Laingsburg Middle School has a youtube video channel called Burg Broadcast.

I wonder if our students that have been creating video for their STEM Projects would like try create something similar?

Lip Dub Channel

Burg Broadcast Channel

Student STEM Project: Stop Motion Video

Another STEM Project completed: "Trump's Toupee"

Mr. D's question to the team:
What surprised or challenged you the most when you created this video?

1. voice overs - too much laughing!
2. creating a script.
3. The tremendous amount of individual shots needed with small movements
4. the total hours needed: about 14-18 hours in total!

Channel 1 Starts Now!

Thank you Quinton Newman and Mrs. Wickerham for recording and submitting our "Channel 1" News Start Now" video last week!

How does the R-value of your device stack up?

How does the "Heat Retention Factor" from our lab connect with the Real world?

We estimated Heat Retention Factors between 1 and 3 for the devices we constructed and tested in our lab.  Heat Retention Factors are similar to R-values typically used in construction and engineering -  the higher the R-value the better the insulation.

R-values for typical insulation materials are shown in this table

R-values for high tech Multi Layer Insulation (MLI) developed for NASA can achieve the equivalent of R-1440.   MLI: Spacesuits, Cryogenics and Homes

Volkswagen Emission Testing

Scientist need to be careful not to have accurate and consistent procedure between the Standard of Comparison (the emissions test in this example) and the treatments (all other driving conditions) or they may face severe consequences including loss of reputation, being fired, financial penalties, and jail.

Scientists and engineers who work for Volkswagen have recently been in in the news because their procedures were carried out with intention to deceive and misrepresent the pollution emissions of their vehicles.  Read more about the consequences of these actions here:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-06/vw-executive-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison-for-diesel-role

http://www.sustainabledirection.com/what-can-we-learn-from-the-vw-scandal/

Being Thankful

Today I have set aside time to thank the donors who contributed money so that we could purchase a high quality 3D printer for our classroom.  Expectations from the DonorsChoose organization are:

An excellent way we can demonstrate our character traits of being respectful, responsible, honest and caring is to fulfill our obligation to the donors who supported our classroom by completing the actions suggested by the Donors Choose organization.

1.  We will take a picture of each class showing objects that we printed.  We will also take pictures of student designed 3D objects or of objects that you felt were really neat or significant.  I will upload these to the website.

2.  Students will write thank you letters - creative and fun letters are great!  The letters should be appropriate and could explain how using Tinkercad and a 3D printer caused you to think differently about what is possible in our futures or how they encouraged you to design or enjoy some object you created.  For example, do you remember the 3D printed heart we read about?  You don't need to mention the heart in your letter, but you might consider mentioning something else you have thought about.

3.  Mr. Delemeester will upload the pictures and read the thank you letters.  He will then write an overall impact statement thanking the donors.