March 7-10

 Updates:

Grade 6 Construction students are completing their plans for their wooden toys so that they may begin building as early as possible.  Many have already begun the building phase. Next week all students will begin building to ensure completion before term change. 


Grade 7 to 9 Construction students are working hard to complete their ideation and move on to create an orthographic projection.  They may also be working through the skill building modules in preparation for beginning their woodworking projects.


Grade 9 Electrotechnology We have wrapped up our first robotics challenge.  Each team student was able to create robots that performed the task some of the time. Those that stood out were able to create robots that could reliably perform the task under a variety of circumstances. Well done!



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