Electromagnet

The Homopolar Motor

Index Fingers

Making a Maker's Club

Eye Color Graphs

Robotic Rhinos Make the Paper!

"Reprinted courtesy of The Record-Argus."

Prosthetic Hands

We have been studying 3D printing since September. We have learned how to download the files for the prosthetic hands, scale them, slice them, print them, and put them together to complete a hand. So far we have only created The Raptor Hand by eNable, but now that we have mastered that, we plan to branch out to some of the other types of hands like the Raptor Reloaded by eNable and the Unlimbited Phoenix Hand by Team Unlimbited. We really want to make hands for those in need. We are asking to be certified as eNable hand creators by Credily. We came up with the cool idea of making a Mannequin Challenge video to show off our classroom and our hands. We are submitting that video and a video of the only hand we actually put the screws, velcro, and padding in for approval to the amazing "eNabling the Future Organization" in hopes that we will be matched with real live recipients. Cross your fingers that we will be approved!!!!!

Plant SMART amps

Students researched their plants and created SMART amps to tell how to take care of them. They will use their projects to keep their plants alive until the end of the year (hopefully!) Click on the SMART amp to view full screen so you can read the information.

Our Plants

The Robotic Rhinos just adopted about thirty-five succulent plants from a store called Fat Plants in San Diego. The plants arrived just before Christmas break in small two inch by two-inch pots. After forming groups of three students each, we chose our plants. Next, we chose planters for our plants from Thingiverse. Mrs. Abernethy kept her home 3D printers working overtime over Christmas break to make all of the planters for the plants. She has a Flashforge Creator Pro and a Flashforge Guider II at home while she keeps her Flashforge Finder here at school.

Last week, we researched the names of our plants (there were no tags included) and transplanted our plants into their new planters. This week, we took pictures of our plants using the iPads. We used a program called Photo Lab to edit the pictures and we uploaded them to Padlet. Our padlets can be seen below. We continue to research our plants' needs and soon you will see a post of our SMART amps showing how to take care of all of the different succulent plants we have.

We hope you enjoy our artistic talents below!

Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches