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Top 5 STEM Related Gifts From Santa Claus for 2015

Top 5 STEM Related Gifts From Santa Claus for 2015

WHAT TECHIE TEENS IN MY PLTW CLASSES REALLY WANT FOR CHRISTMAS!  1,359 total views,  1 views today
Building and Sustaining a PLTW Program and Promoting the Program to the Community

Building and Sustaining a PLTW Program and Promoting the Program to the Community

on Monday, 16 November 2015. PLTW NYS PRESENTATION Download the Presentation! Preview the Presentation! On November 18th, in Binghamton NY, PLTW NY will be holding it’s annual conference, and I have been asked to woerk with a few others to do a presentation on how to sustain a PLTW program, as well as promote it. […]
2015-16 PDP #4: CIM Lessons 2.1, 2.2, and an Intro to 2.3

2015-16 PDP #4: CIM Lessons 2.1, 2.2, and an Intro to 2.3

on Wednesday, 04 November 2015. ONGOING SERIES ON HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PLTW CIM CURRICULUM The fourth PDP session for the 2015-16 school year was held last night. In this one, Jim takes us through lessons 2.1, 2.2, and gives an intro to 2.3 in the PLTW CIM curriculum. this includes a research project, the making of […]
2015-16 PDP #3 Transfer System & Mass Property Analysis

2015-16 PDP #3 Transfer System & Mass Property Analysis

on Wednesday, 21 October 2015. CIM LESSONS 1.3, 2.1 & 2.2 The third PDP session for the 2015-16 school year was held last night, and many topics were covered from lessons 1.3, 2.1 & 2.2. This includes more about the transfer system project in 1.3, and Mass Property Analysis in Inventor as well as other […]
2015-16 PDP #2: Intro to VEX and RobotC

2015-16 PDP #2: Intro to VEX and RobotC

on Tuesday, 06 October 2015. CIM LESSONS 1.1 & 1.2 The second PDP session for the 2015-16 school year was held last night, and many topics were covered from lessons 1.2 & 1.3. This includes a short intro to VEX and RobotC and an overview of the Transfer System Project.   Tentative Meeting Schedule  1,359 total […]
2015-2016 CIM PDP Starts with Introduction

2015-2016 CIM PDP Starts with Introduction

on Wednesday, 23 September 2015. MEETING SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED The first PDP session for the 2015-16 school year was held last night, and many topics were covered, from “what software do you need?” to “what hardware do you have?”. Meeting notes are available in an announcement on the LMS HERE. The video is posted on Youtube […]
Cazenovia PLTW Student Designs Product for International Robot Company

Cazenovia PLTW Student Designs Product for International Robot Company

on Tuesday, 28 July 2015. BRADY FLANNERY PARTNERS WITH ROBOTSHOP Brady Flannery, a student in Cazenovia High School’s PLTW program recently came up with an idea to make a project in his CIM class easier. His teacher, Chris Hurd thought it was a good idea, and asked him to pursue it to use in his classroom […]
Machining a Logo on a Container

Machining a Logo on a Container

MAKING IT REAL AT CIM CTI UK Teachers at CIM CTI @ UK have designed containers in CAD, brought them into CAM software, simulated them on a computer, then manufactured them on a CNC Milling machine.  1,359 total views,  1 views today
2015 CIM CTI Factory Smackdown!

2015 CIM CTI Factory Smackdown!

Awesome factories built by teachers at CIM CTI this year! What do you get when you put a bunch of teachers together, teach them about industrial robotics and automation, then give them VEX and Lynxmotion robots?  Factories of course!   See some of the spectacular projects teachers from around the country have come up with […]

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