A STEM-Maker Level 1 Lesson for System Fluency - Pulleys
Educational Objectives
After this lesson, students should be able to understand and apply the
following concepts:
Basic elements of a pulley
Transfer of motion from one direction
to another
Calculate mechanical advantage
Construct a model of a pulley crane
Conduct an authentic assessment of
mathematical predictions and calculations
Intrinsic value of pulleys and the
ability to transfer that knowledge
to future applications and
solutions
A STEM-Maker Level 1 Lesson for System Fluency - Pulleys
Educational Objectives
After this lesson, students should be able to understand and apply the
following concepts:
Basic elements of a pulley
Transfer of motion from one direction
to another
Calculate mechanical advantage
Construct a model of a pulley crane
Conduct an authentic assessment of
mathematical predictions and calculations
Intrinsic value of pulleys and the
ability to transfer that knowledge
to future applications and
solutions
В історії англійської культури період 1837— 1901 років називають вікторіанською добою.
У 1837 році на англійський престол вступила королева Вікторія, чиє правління тривало понад шістдесят років
(до 1901 року).
A STEM-Maker Level 2 Lesson for Creative Fluency
RESA Mars Rover Project
The Rokenbok Exploratory Space Agency (RESA) is in the process of
developing plans for a space colony on the planet of Mars over the next
ten years.
The engineers at RESA are exploring various creative options for
using existing materials on the Martian surface as a cheap and
efficient way to build structures and habitats on Mars without having
to transport everything from Earth.
In order to help these aerospace engineers understand what materials would be available
and how they might be used, RESA is in need of a small, yet functional martian rover that
can safely land on the surface of Mars and then collect material samples that can be
retrieved and analyzed for possible future use.
Your design and engineering team has been assigned the task of building a scale model
of the Mars Rover that can launch into space, land, and retrieve materials from Mars.
Time is of the essence and your team must work together to prepare your scale model for
presentation to the Rokenbok Exploratory Space Agency at their next planning meeting
В історії англійської культури період 1837— 1901 років називають вікторіанською добою.
У 1837 році на англійський престол вступила королева Вікторія, чиє правління тривало понад шістдесят років
(до 1901 року).
A STEM-Maker Level 2 Lesson for Creative Fluency
RESA Mars Rover Project
The Rokenbok Exploratory Space Agency (RESA) is in the process of
developing plans for a space colony on the planet of Mars over the next
ten years.
The engineers at RESA are exploring various creative options for
using existing materials on the Martian surface as a cheap and
efficient way to build structures and habitats on Mars without having
to transport everything from Earth.
In order to help these aerospace engineers understand what materials would be available
and how they might be used, RESA is in need of a small, yet functional martian rover that
can safely land on the surface of Mars and then collect material samples that can be
retrieved and analyzed for possible future use.
Your design and engineering team has been assigned the task of building a scale model
of the Mars Rover that can launch into space, land, and retrieve materials from Mars.
Time is of the essence and your team must work together to prepare your scale model for
presentation to the Rokenbok Exploratory Space Agency at their next planning meeting
A STEM-Maker Level 1 Lesson for System Fluency - Wheel and Axle
What is a Wheel and Axle?
Heavy loads are hard to move by simply pushing
or pulling on them because there are forces that
must be overcome in order for them to move.
One force is gravity, which is the attraction
between the earth and other objects.
This attraction causes the second force known as
friction, which means that the resistance of the
object, as it comes in contact with a surface, must
be overcome before it will move.
The wheel and axle can be used to help move
heavy objects because the surface area of the
wheel is less than the surface area of the load
and this makes it easier to overcome the forces of
gravity and friction.
The ROK Blocks Adventures kit is complete and self-contained; no additional materials are required
to teach this curriculum.
Building Better Learners Program curriculum kit grants are awarded to schools and childcare centers that support underserved student populations. The application should demonstrate that you are supporting an underserved community, have a need for supplemental STEM learning materials, and an interest in incorporating construction toy play into the serious work of learning. Tell us about yourself!
Grant applications must be two pages or less and answer the following questions in outline form. Applications must be submitted electronically to education@rokenbok.com. Grants are awarded throughout the year and you may submit your request at anytime.
Ocean Discovery Institute
Ocean Discovery Institute is a nationally recognized leader in providing science education to students in under-served communities. The Institute's work creates significant impacts for their students, with dramatically improved high school graduation rates and college acceptances. In 2012, Ocean Discovery Institute was one of two organizations selected nationally to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering mentoring.
In collaboration with the Rokenbok Educational Foundation, Ocean Discovery Institute developed, tested and evaluated the Rokenbok Bridge Challenge curriculum for Middle and High school students in 2011 - 2012.
From basic STEM literacies to 3D solid modeling, Rokenbok STEM-MAKER curriculum was created to help you teach technology, engineering, and design in almost any setting. Rokenbok's STEM-Maker Curriculum guides fun and engaging hands-on project based challenges, and models the progression of fluencies mastered by real designers and engineers.
Lesson plans are categorized in three progressive levels for grades 3-12 and align with common core state standards. Progression through these levels builds confidence, a sense of accomplishment setting the groundwork for a love of learning, creating and making.
Play time offers many learning opportunities
As an elementary school educator, I have been drawn to using a variety of construction toys to teach what I deem to be critical knowledge and skills to school-aged children. I have more than 10 years teaching experience using construction toys to help teach gifted and talented children, special needs children, as well as the general population.
The value of using construction toys as part of various curriculum is manifold: construction toys are open-ended (requiring divergent thinking), offer team building and cooperative learning opportunities, and allow participants to experience development and growth of their projects through delayed gratification. This essay discusses the three leading construction systems that I have used in my instruction, and compares and contrasts their relative benefits.
Even when a teacher is using the most durable construction toys, supervision is needed of the equipment and supplies. Experience has shown that the instructor should train all children to find and use what
is needed, how to combine individual projects into a greater “collaborative” project, and to insure that every child is making a constructive contribution to each session. Time must also be set aside to instruct the children how to clean up and sort the materials in order to instill a sense of accountability for every participant.
Please note: The ROK Star Controller will not control Rokenbok Classic RC (radio controlled) machines.
ROK Star is wireless, multi-player, multi-vehicle remote control. The ROK Star Controller not only lets you control any number of Rokenbok ROK Star machines, it lets you switch on the go. Just point and control. What’s more, everyone can play. Add as many ROK Star remote controllers and Rokenbok machines as you want. Designed to be easy enough for a preschooler and yet appeal to our most advanced Rokenbokers, ROK Star is at the heart of Rokenbok interactive play.
- See more at: http://www.rokenbok.com/shop/machines/rok-star-controller
Lift your cargo to new heights with the vertical conveyor!
The ROK-Lift is a vertical conveyor that can lift a crate of cargo to any height. With a simple bump of your vehicle, the ROK-Lift will hoist your cargo up its track to the top, where your ROK cargo is automatically unloaded. ROKs spill into a hopper and then roll and tumble through the zig-zag chute system and into the giant ROK Tipple at the bottom. Place a crate on the ROK-Lift’s platform with your Forklift, or fill the crate with your Loader or Dump truck. Add more gear tracks (sold separately) to make the ROK-Lift go even higher!
- See more at: http://www.rokenbok.com/shop/machines/power-rok-lift
Hurry and unload the cargo, we have a delivery to make!
It may be a toy forklift, but it’s a real workhorse designed to move large amounts of cargo with speed and precision. Maneuver in tight spaces using your ROK Star Controller (not included). Operate the rc forks while driving. Pick up pallets. Place crates. Lift bin boxes. Stack beams. Then, reach the highest pallet rack in your warehouse while the pivoting lift mechanism keeps your load balanced.
- See more at: http://www.rokenbok.com/shop/machines/remote-control-forklift
Looking for a motor to power your Rokenbok machines?
This dual drive motor is incredibly useful for expanding your building options and bringing static builds to life. It comes with all the pieces to build a drawbridge or gantry crane but the excitement doesn't stop there. Power-up and control elevators, thrill rides, tramways, excavators and more - all with your ROK Star Controller (not included).
The Motorized Remote Control Drawbridge is two independent motors which power three drive types; winch drive, cog drive, and axle drive. We recommend checking out our Rokenbok forums for more advanced building advice and to see what other Rokenbokers are building with it.
Love vertical conveyors, crazy chute systems, and lots of ROKs?
This construction tower set is for anyone that loves vertical conveyors, elevators, rolling, tumbling, twisting ROK action!
To start the action going, the Power ROK-Lift carries two crates of blue and red ROKs up the five-story construction tower. The ROKs shoot across the tower and go spinning down dual spirals, in opposite directions! Double Tipples complete the ROK’s journey, dumping them into twin giant ROK silos that can hold 400 ROKs or more! Fun to build and even more fun to operate, the Tower of ROK Mania is a great place to give your RC Loader and RC Fork Lift a work out, and to store every one of your Rokenbok ROKs.
ROKBot Robot Ready For Action! Robots are all the buzz these days and are an important installment in our modern day society. While having your child program their own robot might not be a reality (at the moment) get them started building ROK Block Robots! Tap into their creativity and build your own storyline around your new robot. Does your ROKBot fight evil or destroy the town? This set comes with the plans to build 2 separate robots, but we'd also encourage you to experiment and come up with your own designs too! Plus, all parts can be stored in the included durable clear storage bin - clean up made simple.
Things are always more fun with extra balls! We recommend adding a pack of balls to an order and saving them as a back up and replacement for lost ROK balls or if you discover you would like more ROKs to play with.
Add 100 ROK balls to your Rokenbok world: 50 large blue ROKs and 50 small red ROKs.
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty, In...Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty,
International FDP on Fundamentals of Research in Social Sciences
at Integral University, Lucknow, 06.06.2024
By Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
