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Written by Linda Robinson
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Tuesday, 14 November 2006 |
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Page 12 of 15
The BHS Engineering Club (Tiger Tech) elected officers for the 2006-2007 school year.
Officers are Daniel McMillon, Lead Engineer; Hannah Cherry, Co-Lead Engineer,;
Brandon Misenheimer, Finance Manager; and Dana Fuselier, Web/Data Manager. The
club has been working on the integration of a new chassis, motor driver, and sensor
suite for the Evil Genius Robot. Tiger Tech would like to thank SONIC Drive-In of Benton
for their generous sponsorship of a LEGO Mindstorms NXT robotics kit for the school.
The NXT kit is brand new and represents the latest generation of robotics for education.
Students at BHS will now have the opportunity to learn mechanical, electrical, and
computer/software design concepts with the most current version of Mindstorms
hardware and software used in top high schools and universities around the country.
Tiger Tech students will build their first Mindstorms bot this week. The club has already named this bot the SuperSonic Small Fry. In addition, club sponsor and teacher Marvin Nelson received a Quality in Science and Mathematics (QSM) Grant for $719. The grant is for the purchase of Mechanical Design (CAD), Game Programming Software, and manuals to be used for applications based learning activities in Algebra and Geometry. Students will apply concepts in plane geometry and Cartesian coordinates to construct CAD layouts of mechanical parts and buildings. Students will also apply algebraic and geometric concepts by writing and/or modifying computer graphics programs within an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The students will be able to compile and run the programs to see the results of their work.
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