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How Does PLTW Meet The Common Core Standards?

on Wednesday, 07 January 2015. NEW TOOL TO HELP YOU DETERMINE HOW YOU ARE MEETING THESE STANDARDS IN YOUR PLTW CLASSROOM So your administrators and school officials are asking you: “How do you meet the Common Core standards for Math and ELA?” and you spend some time looking through...

CAD Practice

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

on Wednesday, 07 January 2015. HOW TO MAKE THE AUTOMOBLOX WINDSHIELD Found a great video that shows, and explains the basics of how to build the automoblox windshield. Thanks to Mr. McCarroll from Round Rock High School for providing this video from his youtube channel. Tags:

Jim’s Classroom In Indianapolis

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

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Chris’ Classroom in Cazenovia NY

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How do I know inventor will run in my classroom?

Written by Jim Hanson.

Problem: How do I know Inventor will run correctly in my classroom after it is installed? Solution: It can be a huge issue to change the image of a computer, after it has been installed. There are some things you can do to check and be sure that it works. See the steps below. CIM Check your Software-Inventor ...

Amazing Amazon Automation

Written by Chris Hurd.

on Thursday, 11 December 2014. AMAZON’S ROBOTIC ARMY BOOSTS EFFICIENCY Amazon workers used to walk miles a day down aisles to put your order together in an Amazon warehouse (like the one I rode my bike by in Kentucky this summer…) Not any more though… an army of Kiva robots...

Example CNC Machining

Written by Chris Hurd.

on Tuesday, 09 December 2014. INDUSTRY HAS LOTS OF EXAMPLES Ever wonder how a “real” CNC machine works in manufacturing? Here are some examples in video form that Jim passed on to me of CNC machines making some very intricate parts. These examples show how you can machine on multiple...

PhoneAmp Prototype Done!

Written by Chris Hurd.

on Saturday, 22 November 2014. STUDENTS BEGIN PRODUCTION THIS WEEK! Students researched, designed, and built a prototype for a class mass production project: an MP3/Phone Passive Amplifier. It works amazingly well, and looks great too! Obviously it is blue and gold to match Caz colors, and students...

EDD Class & High Altitude Balloons

Written by Chris Hurd.

on Wednesday, 01 October 2014. PITTSFORD-MENDON & CAZENOVIA HS PROJECT IS A HUGE SUCCESS Links to all media pertaining to this project can be found at the bottom of this article! In the fall of 2013, three classes of high school students, over 100 miles apart,embarked on a project to...

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