Colleges
- Great Basin College
- Course Catalog
- Class Schedule
- Bill Verbeck, Campus Director for Great Basin College - Pahrump, email: billv@gwmail.gbcnv.edu, voice: 775-727-1002
- Bret Murphy, Dean of Applied Sciences - Elko, email: bretm@gwmail.gbcnv.edu
- Career and Technical Education Department
- Chair: Dick Borino, 775-753-2175,
- Support Staff: Chris Marshall
- Brett Bingham, GIS Adjunct Faculty, email: brettb@gwmail.gbcnv.edu
- George E. Fenton, Engineering, email: georgef@gwmail.gbcnv.edu
- Keneth L. Hladek, Engineering, email: kenhladek@sbcglobal.net
- CADD 121 - CAD for Land Surveyors (Delores
Whittaker at 775-753-2363 will pass on my email address Jeffery.Jensen@unlv.edu
to them on 16 Sept 2009)
- Tom Hannum, Instructor
- Nitin Bhakta, Instructor
- Drafting - DFT 100 - Basic Drafting Principles
- GIS 109 - Fundamentals of GIS, taught by Ed Nickel, email: edn@gwmail.gbcnv.edu
- University of Nevada Reno (UNR)
College of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- CEE 101 - Engineering Graphics
- Instructor - Richard D. Pettinari
- Instructor Horng-Jyh Yang (no longer in charge of CEE 101 as of Spring 2009)
- Horng-Jyh Yang, CEE 101 - Engineering Graphics, email: yang@unr.nevada.edu, voice: 775-784-1163 or 775-784-6635
- Rich Pettinari, CEE 101 - Engineering Graphics, email: rich@summitnv.com voice: 775-784-6937 or 775-787-4359
- Byron Johnson, CEE 121 - Elementary Surveying, email: jps4gps@charter.net, voice: 775-861-6549
- CEE 101 - Engineering Graphics
- Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC)
- Associate of Science, Option Engineering with the School of Sciences - Engineering (SCI-EG) page 65 in course catalog
- Certificate of Achievement - Drafting Technology (Intro CADD 100,
Intermediate CADD 105)
- CADD 100 - Introduction to Computer Aided Drafting. Syllabus, Instructor: Brian Ruf, email: bruf@tmcc.edu, voice: 775-673-7690. Instructor: Jon Stamps, email: jstamps@tmcc.edu
- CADD 140 - Technical Drafting I. Syllabus, Instructor: Brian Ruf, email: bruf@tmcc.edu, voice: 775-673-7690
- CADD 141B - Technical Drafting II. Syllabus, Instructor: Brian Ruf, email: bruf@tmcc.edu, voice: 775-673-7690
- AAD 223 - Architectual Design. syllabus Instructor: Jon Stamps, email: jstamps@tmcc.edu software - Google SketchUp
- AAD 265 - Computer Applications in Architecture
- College of Southern Nevada (CSN)
- Nevada State College
- Appears they don't offer any engineering or CAD courses
- UNLV
- High School AP courses and equivalent at UNLV
- Degree Worksheets and the Advising Center Degree Sheets
- College of Engineering Advising Center - Staff
- UNLV Distance Education Courses
- Judith Osterman, Distance Education Director. email judith.osterman@unlv.edu
- UNLV Graduate College
- UNLV College of Civil Engineering
- Eric Lee - eric.lee@unlv.edu voice: 702-895-3970 with the Graduate College and offers a $1000 per semester Graduate Access Grant. Spring 2010 requires 3.75 GPA but this changes per semester, depending upon funding.
- Liliana "Lily" Magana in Human Resources Dept, email: liliana.magana@unlv.edu, voice:
895-1374
- Education Assistance: Grant-In-Aid for Temporary Part-Time Professional Faculty
- Part Time Instructor (PTI) will qualify for grant-in-aid which covers between 61%-65% of tuition. Doesn't apply to lab fees or books. One to one match, so if I teach 6 credits as a PTI, then I get 6 credits worth of grant-in-aid.
- Phone: 702-895-3320
- Fax: 702-895-4180
- Email: gradcollege@unlv.edu
- GRE General Test score of at least 1000 and GRE analytical writing score of at least 3.
- Online Graduate School Application Form
- login: jefferyjjensen, password: NormalOne
- ME 120 - Introduction to AUTOCAD - 1 credit
- Graduate Assistant Instructor - Joydeep Pal, Ta email: joydeep.pal@gmail.com
- Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Wang, email: zwang@me.unlv.edu
- UNLV School of Architecture
- AAL 262 - CAD for Landscape Architecture
- AAD 265 - Computer Applications in Architecture I
- Kristen Neuman, kristen@aptusarchitecture.com
- Kevin Quan, kevinquan@yahoo.com
- Richard Hannigan, rlhvegas@gmail.com
- CEM 110 - Computer Applications in Construction
- Instructor: Ms. Fatimah Afshar, email: fatimahafshar@hotmail.com, voice: 702-221-7622
- Software: Excel, PowerPoint, AutoCAD, BIM (Revit), MathCAD and possibly Google SketchUp
- CEE 301 - CAD Tools for Civil Engineering Design
- EE 427 - Intro VLSI System Design by Yingtao Jiang - "The CAD tool as understood in Civil Engineering is not used in any EE or CPE class - Yingtao"
- asked Daniel Cook and Joe Aldridge in the Entertainment Engineering daniel p cook@unlv.edu
Associations
- Nevada Association for Career and Technical Education
- Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Division of Engineering and Technology Education (eTED)
High Schools
- Clark County School District Administration
- Brian Miley - does the memorandium of understanding (MOU) between the school district and the colleges for the dual credit
- David McElwain - is the head guy for the Career and Technical Academies (CTA) at the school district. Knows about the CAD labs.
- Advanced Technologies Academy (A-Tech)
-
Course Catalog
- CADD Department Website
- CADD I, II, Advanced CADD
- Computer Science (Java)
- Website Maintenance (HTML), Website Design and Construction (AJAX, MySQL, XML, PHP, Ruby)
- Pre-Engineering - Engineering Technology I, II, III
- Database Design
- Richard M. Knoeppel, Department Chair Computer Technology, CADD Instructor and A-TECH webmaster, email: rknoeppel@interact.ccsd.net voice: 702-799-7870 x4036
- Mr. Johannessohn, CADD Instructor, Pre-Engineering Instructor
- Bishop Gorman
- Course Guide
- appears there is no CAD or engineering related courses offered
- Sean Feely, Computer Science - sfeely@bishopgorman.org, send email on 17 Sept 2009
- Bonanza High School
- Career & Technical Education
- Course Catalog
- Teachers - Fernando Sanchez - FAS452@interact.ccsd.net emailed on 10 Sept 2009
- Architectural CADD, CADD, CADD for Industry
- Animation and Graphics I, II
- Bart Mangino, Principal, 799-4100, email: BTM530@interact.ccsd.net
- Canyon Springs
- Course Catalog
- Computer Tech - Website Science, Computer Science
- Dan Smith, AOIT Department Chair, dsmith1@interact.ccsd.net (emailed on 18 Sept 2009 for name of teachers)
- Website Science I (1797000) - learn HTML, JavaScript, Java Applets, site design and layout theory
- Computer Science I and II
- Industrial Arts (Trade and Industry)
- Architectural CAD (5950)
- CADD for Industry (6100)
- Intro to Computer-Aided Drafting (8650)
- Cashman Middle School - Academy of Mathematics, Science and Engineering (AMSE)
- School Brochure
- Shawna Stafford, Magnet Coordinator, 799-5880 x5325, email: sstafford@interact.ccsd.net
- Autodesk Inventor - 4 teachers have been trained on the software
- Chairman - Guy Wadas, gewadas@interact.ccsd.net
- Shawna is looking to create an advisory board for Cashman's Magnet program
- Curriculum - Project Lead the Way
- Chaparral
- Career and Technical Education
- spoke with Roberto Alvarez, autoshop teacher on 9/14/2009 and he said Robert LaPlante is the CAD instructor
- Industrial and Vocational Arts - CADD for architecture and Manufacturing
- Robert LaPlante, CAD instructor, email: rlaplante@interact.ccsd.net,
voice: 799-7580 x4100, mobile: 510-7277
- Autodesk Inventor (80% of the time using this)
- Autodesk Revit
- Google SketchUp
- Cheyenne
- Course Catalog
- Trade and Industry (CADD for Architecture), Computers (3D Animation, Web Site Design, Computer Programming)
- Michael R. Leganik - CAD Instructor, email: mrl4544@interact.ccsd.net, main# 799-4830
- Computer Teachers: Bass, Cooper, Fair, Leganik, Reichenbach
- Clark High School
- Clark - Academy for Mathematics, Science and Applied Technology (AMSAT)
- AMSAT Advisory Board - meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 7:45am in the Principal's Conference Room at Clark High School. Shirley McLees is the Magnet Coordinator, email: srmclees@interact.ccsd.net, voice: 799-5800 x4089
- Clark doesn't offer any CAD courses but would like to. Currently they offer a dual-credit class where Dr. George Mauer (mauer@me.unlv.edu) and Mohamed Trabia (mbt@me.unlv.edu) from UNLV provides a distance education lecture, a teaching assistant comes to the class once a week and lastly Clark has a teacher who also provides assistance. Shirley would like to see this expanded to include CADD courses as well. CCSD class is called Introduction to Engineering/Engineering Mechanics: Statics and the UNLV class is ME100 - Introduction to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
- Course Catalog
- Fine Arts Department Chair - Chuck Cushinery - CWCushin@interact.ccsd.net said to work with Principal Ms. Jillyn Pendelton.
- Database Design I, II - Oracle, SQL and PL/SQL
- Introduction to Engineering/Engineering Mechanics: Statics
- College of Southern Nevada High School
- Dual Credit Classes
- Tom Wellman, Counselor, West Charleston Campus, voice: 651-5030, email: tfwellma@interact.ccsd.net
- Nora Rodriguez, email: nora.rodriguez@csn.edu, send email requests CAD courses be part of CSN High School
- Desert Pines
- Academy of Informational Technology (AOIT), Marty is the Dept Chair
- Programming - Java
- Web Development
- East Career and Technical Academy
- Course Catalog
- Tim Litz, CAD Instructor, email: llitz@interact.ccsd.net, voice: 702-799-8888 x70404844
- Transportation
- Faith Lutheran
- Curriculum Handbook
- No CAD courses offered according to Tom Chalfant, email: ChalfantT@faithlutheranlv.org
- Dennis Holmes, Chair of Computer Science Department, email: holmesd@faithlutheranlv.org
- Web 2.0 and Desktop Publishing
- Computer Science using Visual Basic
- Hyde Park Middle School
- Academy of Science and Mathematics
- Karen Waggoner, Magnet Coordinator, email: kfwaggoner@interact.ccsd.net
- Mrs. Gorbett, Robotics Teacher
- Jim Bridger Middle School - Academy of Mathematics, Science and Technology
- No CADD courses
- Jan Sherry, Magnet Coordinator, email: jansherry@interact.ccsd.net
- Las Vegas Academy of International Studies
- Course Catalog
- No CADD or Computer courses
- Northwest Career and Technical Academy
- School Brochure
- Course Catalog
- Construction Management
- Engineering and Design
- Steve Oranchak, Department Chair, SJOranch@interact.ccsd.net emailed 10 Sept 2009.
- Gavin Romzek gnromzek@interact.ccsd.net
- David Philippi, Community Partnership Coordinator, Director - Academy
of Engineering
CCSD - Northwest Career and Technical Academy
8200 W Tropical Pkwy
Las Vegas NV 89149
voice: 702-799-4640 x4305
FAX: 702-799-4644
16 Sept 2009 - emailed 7 questions on CAD program
- Transportation Technology
- CADD
- Web Design - instructor is Patricia Respess, think she works for Great Basin College
- Geoscience
- Curriculum - Project Lead the Way (PLTW) and Autodesk Partnership with PLTW. Need to check if any curriculum from ASCE Excellence in Engineering Education (ExCEEd)
- Pahrump Valley High School -
Career and Technology Education
- AutoCAD
- Web Design
- Dual Credit option with Great Basin College
- Rancho High School - Aviation and Medical Academy
- Bob Hale, bhale@interact.ccsd.net, voice: 799-7000 x4090, mobile: 219-1345 is one of the Aviation Instructors. He said Rancho doesn't have a CAD course but were suppose to, it just never got started. The Robotics program is in dire need of some help and could use a CAD program.
- Chris Schutz, ECS, email: cschutze@interact.ccsd.net
- Aerospace Engineering II discusses CAD
- Southeast Career and Technical Academy (formerly VoTech HS)
- Course Catalog
- Gerald "Jerry" R. O'Brien - CAD Instructor, email: grobrienjr@interact.ccsd.net voice: 799-7500 x4390
- Computer Network Technology
- CADD/Drafting or Architectural Engineering
- Website Design
- Southwest Career and Technical Academy
- Course Catalog
- Design Academy (Entertainment Engineering Design and Web Design) -
- Introduction to Engineering Design
- Principles of Engineering
- CADD
- Website Science
- A Pappano - CADD/Engineering, apappano@interact.ccsd.net emailed 10 Sept 2009
- Valley High School - appears to not have any CADD or Computer classes
- Veterans Tribute Career & Technical Academy for Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security - no CADD or Computer classes
- Virtual High School Volts
- Course Catalog
- Raymond
Steve Bzinak, Instructional Design Facilitator - Career & Technical Education and Electives
- West Career and Technical Academy
- KNPR interview with Richard "Monte" Bay, Principal of West Career and Technical Academy
- Email: baym@interact.ccsd.net
- Planned Programs: Civil Engineering, Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering
CCSD Employees
- Jean King, CCSD Licensure Services - Coordinator. Voice: 702-799-0052, email: jlking@interact.ccsd.net, she recommended getting a Business and Industry Teaching License and a Special Qualifications License (SQL).
CCSD Substitute Services
- Substitute Quick Reference Card
- System Phone# 702-799-7827 (SUBS)
- Help Desk# 702-799-5420
- Access ID: 10037145
- PIN# (minimum six digit number, e.g. 1234567890)
- https://sems.hrd.ccsd.net
- Area Service Centers Map
- 11111 Area 1 Senior High Schools
- 136000 Education Services Division
- 145000 Student Support Services Division
- 22222 Area 2 Senior Highs
- Melanie R. Kakaio, Office Specialist II in Substitute Services, email: mrkakaio@interact.ccsd.net, voice: 702-799-5420 x5632, fax: 702-799-5378
- CCSD Policies and Procedures - Guest Teacher Handbook (from UNLV pdf)
- TheSub-Hub.com
- Email Address: jefferyjjensen@gmail.com
- Password: normal
- Substitute Teaching - 10 Steps to Be Prepared
- Lesson Plan Worksheet
- Substitute Teacher Report
- Learning Styles Assessment
- Multiple Intelligences
Nevada Department of Education - Teacher Licensure
- Status of Application (teacher lookup)
- contact - Anna, email: alim@doe.nv.gov she reviews the Business and Industry Licenses
- Initial Application Checklist
- 1. Verification of Work Experience Verification of Work Experience Form (old form)
- 2. Business and Industry Application
- 3. Child Support Form
- 4. Fingerprint Cards which can be done by CCSD Fingerprinting
- Non Traditional Licensing
- Business & Industry
- Pros
- Cons
- Can only teach courses related to your Business and Industry
- Special Qualifications
- Is the CCSD Business and Industry Teaching License the same as the State of NV Special Qualifications license?
- Requirements
- Master's degree in field of study the applicant will provide classroom instruction
- Two full-time equivalent years of teaching experience at a regionally accredited postsecondary institution
- 5 years of experience working in the field of study
- Hold a valid license issued by a professional licensing board of
any state that is directly related to the subject area of the Master's
degree or higher and the specific subject or subjects in which the
applicant will provide instruction
- Praxis Exam test inquires 800-772-9476
- Career and Technical Education teaching positions
- How do we match professions to subjects?
- Engineering with CADD
- CADD / Drafting
- GIS for Science
- Application
- Application Form
- Child Support Form
- Fingerprinting Authorization Form
- Two fingerprint cards
- Official transcripts
- Verification of Teaching Experience Form
- Pros
- Cons
- Business & Industry
Software
- Autodesk Design Academy 2010
- UNLV subscribes to the Master Suite
Loans
- UNLV tuition and fees - $217.75 per graduate credit, $136 per undergraduate credit
- Graduate full-time is 9 or more credits
- Graduate part-time is 5-8 credits
- Loans are dispersed about 10 days before the start of the semester
- UNLV Financial Aid and Scholarships
voice: 702-895-3424
- login: jefferyjjensen, password: normal
- Federal Perkins Loan
- Federal Graduate PLUS Loan
- Federal Subsidized Loan
- Federal Unsubsidized Loan
- Federal PLUS
- Deferment and Forbearance
Grants
- US Dept of Energy - Office of Science - Office of Workforce Development
for Teachers and Scientists
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Intermodal Network Mapping and GIS Integration
- US Dept of Energy -
Office of Science Graduate Fellowship Program
- login: jefferyjjensen@gmail.com password: NormalOne
- Submitted application 30 Nov 2009, DeptEnergyFellowshipJeffJensen.pdf
- Office of Science - Graduate Fellowship Program - Reference Letter Writers - Application Evaluation
- Office of Science Research Program Areas
- Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
- Fulbright Recipient
- McNair Scholar
- Project 1000 Recipient
- TEACH Grant (completed 10/15/2009)
- Nora Miloykova is handling the TEACH grant for UNLV. Email: Nora.Miloykova@unlv.edu and voice: 702-895-0793
- Appears to be $4000 a year with $16000 max for undergraduate and $8000 max for graduate school
- My TEACH Grant - login: jjensen2010, password: Normal
- within 8 years of graduation, must teach 4 years at a low-income elementary or secondary school. Any public or private school listed in the Department's Annual Directory of Designated Low-Income Schools for Teacher Cancellation Benefits
- If the school where you teach qualifies as a low-income school for all or part of one of your required four years of teaching, but doesn't qualify as a low-income school during subsequent school years, your subsequent years of teaching will still count for purposes of satisfying your TEACH Grant service obligation. For example, if the school where you teach is listed in the Department's low-income school directory during the first two years of your teaching service, but doesn't qualify to be included in the directory during your third and fourth years of teaching, you'll still be considered to have satisfied your 4-year TEACH Grant service obligation.
- "Qualifying Teaching Service That You Perform After Completing 2nd Program. If you receive a TEACH Grant for a second program before you've completed your service obligation for an earlier program, qualifying teaching service that you perform after you complete or otherwise cease to be enrolled in the second program may be applied toward your service obligation for both programs." ( TEACH Grant - Initial and Subsequent Counseling Guide June 16, 2009)
- Can the TEACH grant be used for part-time enrollment at UNLV?
- Can the TEACH grant be used for a joint bachelors and masters degree? Grant only provides $16000 for undergraduate and $8000 for graduate.
- How is the TEACH grant dispursed? $4000 given each year or is it $2000 each semester in a year? How is summer school handled?
- interest rate is 6.8% if you don't teach at a low income school
- TEACH Grant Counseling Completed 10/15/2009
- Agreement to Serve (ATS) Completed 10/15/2009
- UNLV TEACH Grant application completed 10/19/2009
- UNLV Financial Aid and Scholarships - 2009-10 Federal Teacher Education Assistance for College Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program Verification (UNLV-TEACH-GrantMajorVerification.doc)
- Secondary Education Teaching Fields - Mathematics
- What if I already have a bachelor's degree? "There are several
options for students interested in pursuing a career in Education who already
possess a Bachelor's degree in another field: The first option is to earn
a second Bachelor's degree in Education."
- "Second Bachelor's Degree or Second Master's Degree. You are required to have a Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress appeal approved by Financial Aid & Scholarships to receive financial aid while working on a second baccalaureate or a second master's degree. Please note that funding to those students is limited to Perkins Loan, Work-Study, and the Federal Direct Subsidized or Unsubsidized Stafford Loans only." (UNLV Student Financial Assistance Guidebook)
- UNLV Undergraduate Admissions Status
- Admission Status can call Student Enrollment Services at 702-895-3443
- UNLV Registration and Online Self-Services
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GREP) - Login
- userid: jjensen cjensen1
- need to complete the Previous Research Essay Describe any scientific research activities in which you have participated, such as experience in undergraduate research programs, or research experience gained through summer or part-time employment or in work-study programs, or other research activities, either academic or job-related. Explain the purpose of the research and your specific role in the research, including the extent to which you worked independently and/or as part of a team, and what you learned from your research experience. In your statement, distinguish between undergraduate and graduate research experience. At the end of your statement, list any publications and/or presentations made at national and/or regional professional meetings.
- also need GRE scores
- FHWA Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship (GRAD)
- FHWA Eisenhower Freight and Transportation Logistics Scholarship
- SMART Scholarship
- SMART Scholarship -
Log In
email: jefferyjjensen@gmail.com
password: normal
- GRE Scores
- on 12/19/2009 took GRE exam, got 460 V and 620 Q
- request score reports to be sent to ASEE. The GRE code for ASEE is 5140 with no department code.
- Add a GRE score - provide registration number, test type and test date
- Must take GRE General Test by Nov 15, 2009 to ensure that ASEE received scores by the December 15 deadline
- Cash awards are paid $25,000 - $41,000 per year depending on prior educational experience (see FAQ)
- After graduation must work for DOD. The post-graduation service commitment is one to one. For each year of academic funding you receive, you will be committed to work with a sponsoring facility for one calendar year. It is unclear how much you get paid when working as a post-graduation service. DOD will track employment history for 10 years.
- SMART Scholarship Transcripts. Mail to
The SMART Scholarship for Service Program
1818 N St, NW
Suite T-50
Washington DC 20036
- SMART Scholarship -
Log In
- American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- Job Openings
- Education Programs
- National Science Bowl
- Registration Login Account
- email: jjensen@journeyeducation.org
- login: Journey
- password: journey1
- Student Medical Form
- Parental Consent and Media Release Form
- National Science Bowl Brochure
- Middle School Students: 6-8 grade
- Fuel Cell Cars
- National Science Bowl
- Science Competitions
- eCYBERMISSION
- Pre-Engineering Competitions
- Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
- UNLV Rep - Peter.Starkweather@unlv.edu, 702-895-2267
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Scholarship and Fellowship Program
- Graduate and Post-Doctoral Fellowships and Grants
Careers
Exams
- GRE - Graduate Record Examinations
- 2009 Fee Reduction Program
- Calculators are not permitted in the testing room. See Test Center Procedures and Regulations
CCSD Positions for Business and Industry
- Teacher - Web Design Secondary
- Teacher - Mathematics Secondary
- CCSD Salaries and Benefits
Universities
- Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) - Civil Engineering Faculty
Middle School Competitions
- Junior Varsity Quiz by the Kiwanis Club. CCSD Student Activites coordinator is Sandy Ginger, voice: 799-8474, email: ginger@interact.ccsd.net, according to Sandy, the Junior Varsity Quiz is only open to CCSD schools.
- Mathcounts.org coordinator for Southern Nevada - Christine Smith, 702-878-8010,
email: christine.m.smith@mwhglobal.com
and the State Coordinator is Tim Holst, 775-232-4533, email: tholst62@gmail.com
Mathcounts Foundation - 703-299-9006, email: info@mathcounts.org
- waiting on Volume II of the handbook, the Club in a Box Resource Kit and a copy of the 2009-2010 School Competition
- 2009-2010 MathCounts School Handbook: Volume 1
- Competition is Saturday, 6 Feb 2010 in Las Vegas
- login: jjensen, password: normal
- Past School, Chapter and State Competitions
- Science Bowl
- FIRST LEGO League (FLL) ages 9-14
- Jean Hoppert, jhoppert@usfirst.org is the Nevada Regional Contact
- Marc Rogers, rogers@interact.ccsd.net does the registration for Las Vegas, Championship Tournament on 5 Dec 2009 at Cimarron Memorial High School. Cost is $50 a team. Registration between 2 July 2009 and 30 Oct 2009.
- Clemens Heske with UNLV Chemistry Dept helps the Clark High School Robotics team
- Account - jjensen@journeyeducation.org password - normal
- Equipment
- Field Setup Kit - changes each year but the mat size stays the same
- FLL Robot Set - Lego Product Line 800-362-4308 or legoeducation.us, NXT mindstorm
- LEGO MINDSTORMS Education NXT Homeschool Pack, part# 979917 cost $345.95
- Education Resource Set, part# 979648 cost $79.95
- Total Cost with shipping and handling, $451.45
- need to build a table
- Curriculum List
- Future Cities
- Zachary Schaffer attends Clark High School. He won the Future Cities competition when he was at Alexander Dawson Private School.
- Student Model Bridge Building Contest
- Rules and Fact Sheet - Student Model Bridge Building Contest
- Walter Vodrazka, Jr., PE with Orth-Rodgers & Associates, Inc. is one of the co-chairs for the competition, email: wvodrazka@orth-rodgers.com voice: 702-233-4060
- Registration Form cost is $5 per bridge. Registration begins 11 Dec 2009 and ends 5 Feb 2010. A maximum of ten bridges will be accepted from each school. A pre-qualifying competition for your school may be needed to limit the number of entries. Only one award per student will be provided.
- Make checks payable to ASCE
- Winners in each age division get the awards banquet. Certificate for each student.
- Loading will continue until the bridge experiences failure (middle school specs)
- Tips
- Not all basswood is created equal. From the same tree, the wood which is
closer to the core/center of the tree is stronger than the wood at the
outer edge. One reason is the inner wood is more dense/compressed and will
be heavier. So here are the tips
- Buy several kits and select the best pieces
- Can weight the sticks (will need a precise scale) and select the heavier ones
- Sticks which are firm to a fingernail press are stronger than those which can be easily scratched with your nail.
- Pitsco Timber Tester
- Ensure the crown is up. Even though the sticks have a square cross-section
each side will have a different strength. You want to identify the crown, which
isn't easy and ensure the crown or hump is facing up.
- "Before preparing wood surfaces for gluing, the wood must be dried and any crown or hump caused during drying must, eventually, be oriented toward the beam's load [ crown upwards if the beam is being loaded from above ]." (How do you Build a Wood Beam?
- Post-Tension Bridge
- the sticks have a good tension strength, try to pull one apart. Idea is to use the sticks as a cable, similar to post-tension slabs/decks/bridges
- FHWA Post-Tension Bridge Tec
- Arches
- Laminate your sticks to increase the strength
- IIT Bridge Building Home Page
- Pitsco - Balsa Bridges Teacher's Guide
- Pitsco - Timber Cutter
- Glue
- Need to maximize the contact points or surface area of the joints. For example a butt joint is much weaker than a lap joing
- Stronger Butt Joint
- try adding pin size holes/depressions/indents on the wood at the joints. Ideally the glue will fill in these holes/depressions/indents and form a stronger bond at the joint.
- Titebond Woodworking Glues
- Use wood dowels at joints. Make a glulam beam then drill a hole and insert a wooden dowel with glue. Should make a strong joint.
- research engineered wood basics from wooduniversity.org login: jefferyjjensen@gmail.com password: normal
- Air Pressure
- pressure of air at sea level 14.696 lbf/in
- Air Pressure Experiment - yardstick and newspaper
- Barometer - Convert mbar to psi
- Current weather conditions from National Weather Service
- pressure of air at sea level 14.696 lbf/in
- Not all basswood is created equal. From the same tree, the wood which is
closer to the core/center of the tree is stronger than the wood at the
outer edge. One reason is the inner wood is more dense/compressed and will
be heavier. So here are the tips
- Questions
- Please give an example of laminating the basswood
- It appears you discourgage an arch design, no portion of the bridge may be belowing the side supports and the load is applied to the top, not a flat surface with an arch (at the loading positions). I recommend renaming the competition to truss design instead of bridge design.
- Minimum Width of stick bridge is 40cm, so as long as any part of the bridge is 40cm, this requirement is satisfied, right
- It seems the students should submit their calculations with the bridge, else they are just guessing
- May I rifle through the kits and pick out the best wood and bundle all the bad pieces to sell to my competition?
- To Do
- video of wind destroying a bridge
- video of monster destroying a bridge
- pictures of bridges
- discussion on wood used in competition
- need strength of materials for the wood used
- structural calculations for the bridge
- see how to add moments to the bridge
- concept of arch and paper (might not be able to use this concept since nothing can be below the platform)
- check boy scouts engineering merit badge
| Jeff Jensen's Secondary Academic 7-12 Endorsement in Mathematics - Comprehensive Minor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Six (6) semester credits in calculus courses | |||
| Calculus I | MAT 181 - 4 credits | Fall 1989 | |
| Calculus II | MAT 182 - 4 credits | Spring 1990 | |
| 2. Eighteen (18) semester credits in | |||
| A. Probability or statistics: | Statistics Scientists | STA 691 - 3 credits | Fall 1995 |
| B. Finite mathematics, discrete mathematics, number theory or numerical analysis; and | Numerical Analysis I | MAT 465 - 3 credits | Spring 1992 |
| C. Linear, abstract or modern algebra; and | Linear Algebra | MAT 253 - 3 credits | Fall 1992 |
| 3. If additional credits are required to fulfill the twenty-four credit requirement identified above, you may choose from the following areas: | |||
| A. Multivariate calculus; | Calculus III | MAT 283 - 4 credits | Fall 1990 |
| B. The history of mathematics; | |||
| C. Differential equations; | Engineering Math - Differential Equations | MAT 429 - 4 credits | Spring 1991 |
| C. Differential equations; | Engineering Math - Differential Equations II | MAT 430 - 4 credits | Fall 1991 |
| D. Real number analysis; | |||
| E. Euclidean geometry; | |||
| F. Non-Euclidean geometry; and | |||
| G. Mathematical computer applications, data structures or programming; | Programming for Science and Engineering (FORTRAN) | CSC 117 - 3 credits | Fall 1991 |
| Total | 32 credits | ||
Offers and Needs
- Math Teacher - Green Valley High School (11 June 2010). Jeff Horn, Principal. Voice: 702-799-0950x4101, Email: jmhorn@interact.ccsd.net
- Math Teacher - Legacy High School (11 June 2010). Robert Besko, Assistant Principal. Voice: 702-799-1777x4203, Email: beskorw@interact.ccsd.net
- Math Teacher - Palo Verde High School (10 June 2010). David Pearc, Assistant Principal. Voice: 702-799-1450x4203, Email: pearcdh@interact.ccsd.net