Week of Sep 23

Classes will finish up soldering and then do the breadboarding activity.  If you haven't you should watch the breadboarding video and wirestripping video before class Tuesday or Wednesday.  If you already watched them, there is no need to do so again unless you want the review. The circuits that we are building are extremely simple, so building these circuits will get you some good experience before we start on the more complex digital logic circuits.  Towards the end of the week, we will start the study of digital and analog signals. Make sure that  you have finished the soldering, circuit calculations, circuit simulations, and breadboarding by Thursday.  There is another soldering activity that we will do later in October (which isn't that far away!).

On Wednesday, we will do a final breadboarding lesson.  Watch the video to understand how to measure current and voltage in series circuits and parallel circuits (and each one is measured differently).

There is no late start this Thursday, so school will start at the normal 9:05 on Thursday.  However, we will be on the pep rally schedule on Friday.  School will start and end at the normal time, but 1st, 2nd, and 4th periods will be shortened a little bit to make room for the pep rally at the end of the day.

College Visits This Week
Monday - Seattle University
               University of New Hampshire
Tuesday - High Point University
Thursday - University of Memphis
                 RRISD College Fair (6 p.m.)
Friday -   Baylor University
               Texas Christian University

Future A&M Engineers (FAME) - November 16-17
I am giving you information in class, but Texas A&M sponsors an overnight event that exposes high school students to the world of engineering and the study of engineering on the A&M campus.  This event is hosted and run by the Texas A&M Student Engineers' Council.  You will need to register through the SEC FAME site directly with A&M. The cost is $45 (paid to A&M SEC), and students will be under the supervision of the student engineers' council for the weekend.  Events (check out their itinerary) include a campus tour, tours of and demonstrations by the various engineering departments, and an engineering challenge that students will solve in teams.  The solutions will be judged on Sunday morning before the event closes.  Students will attend a "lock-in" at Aerofit in Bryan Saturday night.  If you are interested, be sure to register with SEC right away to ensure your space as the registration is filling up quickly. Once accepted, you will need to fill out the waiver and expectations forms for A&M.

In addition, we will provide a bus for transportation to College Station on Saturday, Nov 16 and back to RRHS on Sunday after the event.  Please fill out this form so that I will know who is interested in attending and who will be riding on a bus.  You will need to fill out an additional RRISD waiver form in order to ride the bus.

The only cost to you would be the $45 (which includes the lock-in, lunch & dinner on Saturday, and  a FAME t-shirt) and any money that you might need for breakfast Saturday morning and Sunday lunch before we get home.