T3 - Assignments

Roller Coaster Project

 The first step in our Roller Coaster Project is to complete the webquest in Google Classroom.  It is designed to take you through the science of how roller coasters work, learn about potential and kinetic energy in order to prepare you to build a "roller coaster" of your own.  ​https://classroom.google.com

You will be building your "roller coaster" in teams of three (that I am selecting).  You will design it, build the foundation and then add the ramps, loops, curves, etc. while meeting the requirements in the The Great Paper Coaster Challenge.  The materials sheet and a copy of this challenge.pdf is also in google classroom.

Videos to help you construct your roller coaster

Construction Tips
Making a column
Making beams
Making the shelf
Making the Funnel
Making the Turns
Making the Loops

Blender Project

Now that you have had an introduction to Blender, it is time for you to do a little exploring and choose what you would like to learn in blender.  Your assignment is to choose two tutorials, either from the ones below or from the Blender resource page from http://www.mrseitner.net/blender.html.  Follow the tutorials from start to finish, share your final result with Mrs. Eitner and be prepared to explain what you learned in the two tutorials. Click here for the assignment sheet which also includes how the assignment will be graded.

​DUE DATE:   Friday, April 22, 2016

Adventures with Blender

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"Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite.  It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline - modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering compositing and motion tracking, even video editing and game creation."  https://www.blender.org/about/

Click here to go to the page to download Blender (it's free)
Here are the handouts for the Blender Lessons that we are using in class:

Building your own Alice World

Now that you have the basics in Alice, you may choose one of the two assignments listed below.  When you have completed the assignment.  Export the video to your google drive and share it with me.  AND get the USB drive so you can download the world.   Due Date:  April 1, 2016    

Assignment #1 - Create your own story in Alice.  
  • It must have a beginning, middle and ending.  
  • You must detail your world as much as possible.  For example, if you have a forest, add trees, rocks, a river, etc. so that it feels like a 3 D world.  
  • Use the comment tool to help plan your programming and add understanding to the programming code.
  • Export the video of your story to Google Drive and Share it with me. 
  • Ask for the USB drive and save your world on the drive. 

Assignment #2 - Choose a character with a complete object tree and design it to walk as naturally as possible. 
  • You may use one of the wooden models to help you place joints, figure angles and sequences in walking. 
  • Look at someone walking and pay attention to the sequence of each part of the leg, the direction it moves, the angles, etc. 
  • Use the comment tool to help plan your programming and add understanding to the programming code.
  • Export the video of your story to Google Drive and Share it with me. 
  • Ask for the USB drive and save your world on the drive. 

Alice Tutorials

Follow the tutorials below in order to learn the basics of Alice.  There are six tutorials, you will be turning in the code for your animation you will be creating.  I recommend opening Alice in one area with the tutorial open in another window.  Have your teacher sign off for each step of the tutorials.  Click here for the handout/assignment sheet.
                              Due Dates
Shark Attack 1       3/16/16
Shark Attack 2       3/17/16
Shark Attack 3       3/18/16
Shark Attack 4       3/21/16
Shark Attack 5       3/22/16
Shark Attack 6       3/23/16

Final video             3/24/16
​World to USB         3/24/16

These tutorials are from YouTube and created at Duke University. 

Getting to Know Alice

Follow the directions on the assignment to download and install Alice 2.4.
Click here for the assignment sheet

Due Date:  March 14, 2016   Drop Dead Deadline:  March 28, 2016

Code.org - Accelerated Course

Log in to code.org through this link http://studio.code.org/sections/TAKSPY
Go to the Accelerated Course. 
​Your goals is to complete this course by the end of the trimester.  Each stage will be going in as a grade.