2017 Robot Challenge

The 2017 Robot Challenge is well under way! This year, the students will need to create an elevator. The challenge associated with this, is the challenge will need to lift a textbook.

Students have been working all year with design, programming, and robotics. They will need to rely on their entire skill set for all parts of this project. They will need to research mechanisms that make efficient use of torque. They will need to figure out a design that both combines the mechanisms to create an elevator, and a design that will work with the strengths and weaknesses of our mechanism pieces.

Finally, the students will need to create and test their elevator to see if it will work. It is a monumental task, but as the students break it down piece by piece, they begin accomplish it day by day.

Pictures and other updates can be found at my classroom twitter @MrHron! If you have any questions about anything, you can reach me at my email (james.hron@fridley.k12.mn.us).

Back...With New Family!

I (Mr. Hron) am back!

I was gone for three weeks of school due to the birth of my first child! Both Mrs. Hron, and our daughter, Eleanor, are doing great. I wanted to share the reason for my absence over the last few weeks in case you were unaware of this special time in our family.

As I return to school, I will be re-organizing the classroom and my desk, and beginning the students on their final project of the year. This project can be viewed as a final exam of sorts, but instead of a sit-down pencil-and-paper test, the students will be showing off their design skills over the next few weeks as they work on, and complete, their final project.

Please be sure to continue checking this website and the school newsletter to learn details about the final project. Pictures and other updates can be found at my classroom twitter @MrHron! If you have any questions about anything, you can reach me at my email (james.hron@fridley.k12.mn.us).