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The URI SMILE Program Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences & SeaPerch 2012 High School Engineering Challenge Weekend. SeaPerch. Goal of Workshop. December 9, 2011 Disseminate pre-activity lessons (which will prepare students in order to be successful at Challenge Weekend).

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SeaPerch

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  1. The URI SMILE ProgramScience and Math Investigative Learning Experiences&SeaPerch2012 High School Engineering Challenge Weekend

  2. SeaPerch

  3. Goal of Workshop December 9, 2011 • Disseminate pre-activity lessons (which will prepare students in order to be successful at Challenge Weekend)

  4. Pre-activities in Clubs • Buoyancy • Motors • Circuits • Vectors • Careers *Safety Curriculum found at: www.uri.edu/smile

  5. Recruitment & Training of Mentors • Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) • Rite Solutions • FarSounder • American Power Conversion (APC) • URI Students, including SMILE Alumni • URI Faculty

  6. The Challenge Weekend • Takes place at the University of Rhode Island • Two-day, overnight event (students stay at hotel) • 6-7 high schools from different districts • ~100-130 • School bus transportation • Students work in mixed district teams Engineering Challenge + College Awareness

  7. The Challenge Weekend In Clubs • Timeline Pre-challenge Activities Jan. 3 – March 2 Friday: Challenge at URI Team-building & College Awareness Lunch Start SeaPerch Construction Finish Construction & Test Buoyancy Dinner Hotel Overnight Recreation Saturday (am): Challenge at URI URI Aquatic Center Testing Recognition Ceremony Breakfast

  8. The Challenge Weekend • Challenge Scenario • Each team’s job is to build a SeaPerch ROV in order to locate and tag/collect a ghost lobster pot.

  9. The Challenge Weekend • What are ghost lobster pots? • Traps in oceans and bays that have been abandoned and unintentionally kill lobsters and other marine life, an environmental disaster and huge economic loss to the lobster industry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij0IpQDOa0U • How do lobster traps work? http://www.yourdiscovery.com/video/lobstermen-lobster-fishing-101/

  10. The Challenge Weekend • General Rules for Locating and Collecting • Note: All ROVs will have an underwater camera • Similar to the National Guidelines • http://seaperch.org/challenge_rules

  11. The Challenge Weekend FRIDAY – BUILDING SeaPerch • 9:15-9:50 am Intro, Teams, Icebreaker • 10-11:50 am Interactive Engineering Lab Visit/ University Admissions Talk • 12-12:30 pm LUNCH • 12:45-4:50 pm Teams Start to Build SeaPerch • 5-5:30 pm DINNER • 5:45-8:30 pm Continue Building • 8:30-8:45 pm Clean up (Box SeaPerch for transporting and testing at pool) • 9-10:00 pm Recreation – URI pools & gym

  12. The Challenge Weekend • Building Details • Materials and instructional manual organized into the 3 subsystems (frame, thrusters, control box) • Teams of 6 students • Division of Labor: 2 students per subsystem, except retrieval mechanism cooperative effort • 1 NUWC mentor per team – other mentors floated • Tool, soldering, and wax tables set up for students with mentors monitoring for safety • Test buoyancy at recreation?

  13. The Challenge Weekend

  14. The Challenge Weekend

  15. The Challenge Weekend SATURDAY – TESTING SeaPerch • 7:30 am Wake up • 7:30-8:30 Breakfast at Hotel • 8:30 Leave to URI Aquatic Center • 9:00-9:15 Present Testing Schedule & Rules • 9:15-10:55 Test SeaPerch ROVs • 10:55-11:10 Clean up • 11:10-11:30 Recognition Ceremony • 11:30 Good-byes

  16. The Challenge Weekend • Testing Details • Inspection 10 min • Adjust Buoyancy 15 min • Practice & Adjustments 25 min • Maneuverability Task 25 min • Recovery Task 25 min • Recognition Ceremony 20 min *1 mentor for inspection & per testing lane *3 divers *3 roving judges

  17. The Challenge Weekend

  18. The Challenge Weekend

  19. The Challenge Weekend

  20. The Challenge Weekend

  21. The Challenge Weekend • SMILE Philosophy • All students experience success and gain confidence and appreciation for science, technology, engineering, and math.

  22. The Challenge Weekend • Recognition Ceremony • Best Teamwork • Best Problem solving • Operation of ROV • Best Maneuverability through hula hoops • Best Recovery of ghost pot

  23. Positive Impacts on Students • “The actual building of the ROV was most beneficial because it helped with our problem solving skills and teamwork skills.” -10th grade student • “Building the ROV was a very challenging and arduous task. I felt like a virtual engineer and gained a plethora of background information in the engineering field.” -12th grade student

  24. Positive Impacts on Students • “The testing of the ROV was the best because all the team members had to equally collaborate and fix any problems with the ROV.” -10th grade student • “I have an interest in the architecture field and I feel that this challenge gave me an introduction to science, math, technology, and engineering.” -12th grade student

  25. Weekend Model Benefits • Students have 12 hours of continuous support from engineering mentors • Students able to work and troubleshoot uninterrupted

  26. Alignment to SeaPerch Mission • Students gain a positive attitude toward engineering • Encourages students to pursue careers in naval engineering and architecture • Students become excited about underwater robotic technology and naval applications

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