Final Projects - F period

Congratulations to...

• Jill Rossini & Emory DeVolder - most accurate landing 3 shots in a row into the tires
• Bryan McNulty and Brian Karsberg - longest range at 150+ yards (through the goalposts and into the woods) with the POEtato Cannon
• Tanner Pearl, Nick Bonnarigo, and Jake Lawrence - longest range sans explosion at 22 yards with the Ballottle
• Drew McGlynn, Chris Cervantes, and Cooper Sigrist - created a complete 3D model of their ballista on Autodesk Inventor
• Matt Howren, Dave Pepin, and Kyle Rossi - Built the Hossbow, arrows included!

GREAT JOB!

Projectile Launcher Photo Album

Probably HW

What are the chances?
Head to Its Learning and check out either the PPT or the Video on Probability to help with the short quiz that follows.

IT'S ALIVE!!!

THERMO! part 1

HW: D period (and observant and ambitious F period students)

• Watch the thermo-part 1 video
• Quiz on Its Learning

Bridges Built & Broken!

100 popsicle sticks, 10 bridges, 40 students, and 1795 total lbs held!

Incredibly proud of these POE students!  Check out all their hard work on the new...

Medway POE Projects Page

You'll find

• Videos of each bridge breaking
• Pics taken throughout the process
• Final reports from each group
• Results spanning the 3 years we've run this project.

Every design challenge we face in POE will now be posted to this site, so check back soon to see the robots we're working on now!

(image courtesy of Jake Lawrence)

This year's winner..."Don't Judge a Book by its Cover"

Congratulations to Ian C, Dylan B, Carol M, and Pat H. whose bridge held

295 lbs!  930 times its own weight!