ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK CLASSSaturday, October 25th, 2013

Western Division Middle School Fun DayGainesville Middle School

MY VEX EXPERIENCE @ BULL RUN MIDDLE SCHOOL (2012-2013)Picture: Basic and Advanced Robotics

TEAM 1489ABull Run Robotics 1489

VEX Sack Attack2012-2013 Season

My Job: I worked on organizing the engineering notebook, building and operating the arm during competition.

Team History:Western Qualifiers @ Gainesville MS: 12th place, Design AwardPWCS Roboticon @ Forest Park HS: 10th place, Design AwardVEX World Championship @ Anaheim, California: 45th place

WHAT IS THE ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK?Any ideas?

The Engineering Notebook

An engineering notebook is a full recording of a team's robotics season; your design process. Keeping up with the engineering notebook is vital to the team and judges at competitions. What you record in there is helpful for when your team needs to look back on a certain day, find certain measurements, look back on past designs to improve, etc. Plus, a detailed and organized engineering notebook can bring your team to States/Worlds.

The Contents

Requirements Biographies: Individual and Team Table of Contents Entries

-Task & Reflection-Notes-CAD/Sketches-Program samples-Pictures

Other Tips Use tabs to divide the notebook and

mark important dates and notes. Use a black ink pen Use a pencil for sketching Write in all caps. Paste pictures well and outline with a

black ink pen or marker. Get creative and keep it neat! Make sure every team member works

on the notebook. Teamwork is ESSENTIAL.

Entry Examples

How to write an entry

Black ink pen

Date Day #Start TimeEnd Time

Tasks & Reflections Event

Location

Mistake crossed out with ONE line and initialed.Crossed

out theunused space Writer(s) Signature

Entry signed off by another team member (leader maybe)

Sketch drawn with a pencil.

Date and Day number is continued. Description

written in pen.

-Specific measurements are included

-Drawn to scale

-Easily understandable

Any questions?

Good Luck with VEX Toss Up!Stay positive no matter what and keep in mind… Your first qualifying competition is on Saturday, January 1st, 2014 at Marsteller Middle School!