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Join us on a mission to save the world from mean machines and scurrilous scoundrels with the Build-It-Yourself team. Be a dreamer and builder showcasing teamwork and extreme building. Embrace the golden rules in the lab and create amazing inventions!
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Welcome to the Laboratory Creative Inventions and Robotics www.build-it-yourself.com
The Mission Build-It-Yourself is lookingfor a few smart ladies and some hairy-chested men to save the world from vile villains who build mean machines . . . and scurrilous scoundrels who make a mess. www.build-it-yourself.com
Team Introductions Favorite… • Project • Hero • Hobby • Quote Least favorite thing to do … 30 Seconds!!! www.build-it-yourself.com
Law of the Lab www.build-it-yourself.com
Consequences If you don’t follow the rules, you must apologize to your teammates: • Strike 1 – Warning. • Strike 2 – Write note to director. • Strike 3 – May be kicked off the team. www.build-it-yourself.com
Golden Rule The Build-It-Yourself Laboratory is for dreamers and builders.. Anyone who destroys something or says, “I CAN’T” Will get SWIZZORBLOTZ’D www.build-it-yourself.com
The Swizzorblotz Machine Video www.build-it-yourself.com
Extreme Building • Multiple brains are better than one. • Share ideas. www.build-it-yourself.com
Extreme Building How many people do you think it took to get to the moon? 36,000 people worked for NASA in 1969. www.build-it-yourself.com
Extreme Building Teams: To go to the moon? 36,000 To create Lion King? 800 To create Toy Story? 110 To create the computer game Spore? 180 To develop a new medicine? 100 www.build-it-yourself.com
Let’s Make 4 Teams (2-3 members per team) • Each team member will take turns keyboarding and building. • The others will help by sharing ideas. The Duck Team www.build-it-yourself.com
Lab Book Anna, Jacob and John
Set up your work folders. Never leave your files on the desktop. Files left on the desktop will get deleted. Desktop documents C: or Hard Drive yourname-lab-book.ppt yourname-web-page.html your name cat.jpg ball.gif song.wav movie.wmv images www.build-it-yourself.com
File Structure File Names • Use descriptive, hierarchical names biy-yymmdd-project-name1-name2.ppt 2) Use all lower case text. • Use “-” between words. Do not use “_” or “ “ Good: biy-hot-shot.html=> biy-hot-shot.html Bad: biy_hot_shot.html => biy_hot_shot.html Bad: biy hot shot.html => biy hot shot.html www.build-it-yourself.com
Save up your Lab Book 1. Click on File / Save As. 2. Create a new folder in My Documents titled biy-yymmdd-lab-book-jim-jane-john 3. Name your lab book, biy-yymmdd-lab-book-jim-jane-john.ppt 4. Click on Save. www.build-it-yourself.com
The Problem Describe the problem. The Mission Describe your mission. Seth and John