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First Visit: The STEM Explorer team will kick off the project with the students. It will
be necessary that some aspects of the project have already started due to the essential
knowledge building that will need to take place ahead of time. When we arrive we will
start by giving the design challenge to the students. We will then train a select small
group of students on SolidWorks by going through our tutorial specifically tailored to
them. It is highly recommended that the students participate in two tutorials on their own
over the next couple days. While some of the students are doing the tutorials the other
members of their teams should be brainstorming design solutions.
Second Visit: By the second visit the groups should have a general idea of the designs
that they would like to prototype. At this point they will have researched various
engineering design ideas. The second visit is a great time for the STEM Explorer staff to
help the students get started on 3D modeling in SolidWorks.
Third Visit: By the third visit the students should be closing in on completion of their
3D designs in SolidWorks. This is a great day to answer final questions, help students
work through final issues, and check for problems in the digital models. A final date will
be given to the students for when their parts need to be placed in the dropbox folder that
will be shared with the teacher.
Between the third and fourth visits the STEM Explorer team will be working on 3D
printing the prototypes and cleaning off the support material.
Fourth/Final Visit: The STEM Explorer staff will bring the vehicle back to the school
on the final visit. We will also bring all of the prototypes. The final visit is a time to test
each prototype and measure the effectiveness. Depending on the specific project,
different tests will be conducted. This is a very important day for students to gather data
to analyze for their presentations in May. Prototypes will be tested one at a time in the
apparatus provided.
Post-Visit: Students are invited to create a trifold poster presentation and attend an end of
the year STEM conference. Here they will present their prototypes to their peers, industry
professionals, and the public. This free of charge STEM Conference takes place in the
spring and all participants are invited. It is a fantastic opportunity to experience a science
conference as it is typically conducted at colleges and universities.