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Principles Exam YourName Date
Exam Instructions
This is a silent Exam.  Please do not talk to your neighbor.  If you have any questions, please raise your hand or come to the instructor.  When you are done, make sure that all of the CAD and HTML documents are saved into your directory on Teched and that the DataCad work is printed properly.

Web Design (20 points)
  1. Edit this page for your exam.  Do not erase any part of the exam.  Add your information to it.
  2. Create an "Exam" directory (or folder)  in your website at the same level as the project directories.
  3. Save this document as "Exam.htm" in your Exam directory
  4. Change the Page Title to "Your Name Final Exam"
  5. Change the page color to light purple.
  6. Make a link from your Principles Index page to your Exam and from the bottom of the exam to your class' student work page
    (The file name of the student work page is Index.htm and it is located two directory levels above your exam.).
  7. Link the words in this sentence to your CAD Index and your Mendocino Index.  
    Do not link these indexes back to the exam.
  8. Make a link from Your Principles Index to the index.htm which is located up one level ( ../index.htm)
  9. When you are done, upload all of the files and directories affected by this exam to your space on the server.
  10. Check your links on this page and the rest of your site.  Make sure that they work predictably.
Solids CAD  (20 points)
Representation:
1.  Place prints of the objects and assemblies you have drawn in the class folder.
2.  From your CAD Index, make links to each of the drawing files that you created. You should have a single html page documenting your CAD drawings, place jpegs of each CAD object you have created on the page, make sure there is a link to the file and any tutorial you used.    If there is more than one file in an assembly, you should make a Zip file of the assembly and parts.
3.  Turn the words at the top of this section into a link to your CAD Index.
Reflection:
You did at least one major project of your own design.
*Create a Zip file containing the project directory and all of the files of the project.
*Describe your original goal for the project. 
*Explain what you did to solve the project. 
*What did you try that didn't work?
*What did you do to find the information and skills you needed to solve he problem?
*How did the product of your effort differ from what you thought it would be when you started it? 
What do you know? (20 points)
Answer the questions of the "What do you know?" document that you did at the beginning of the semester. 
Follow the instructions in the document as to where to save it in your website.
Link the words What do you know June 03 to today's document.  Link the words What do you know Jan 03 to the one you wrote at the start of the course.
Follow the instructions in the document as to where to save it in your website.
Upload it to your website.
Course reflection:
What was the most interesting part of the course for you? 

What ideas would you like to see more of in this course?

Name two ways that the physical layout of the room could be changed to improve the class.  Explain why the changes would benefit students in the TechEd program.  Explain how the class could be improved by the change.

What was the most challenging aspect of the class?  How did you overcome this challenge?

How did this course change the way you think?

If you would like a copy of the computer based work you have done this semester, stop by with a CDR or CD-RW.
Choose one of the sections below, each section is worth 20 points.
Mendocino
1.  Explain how the motor levitates.
2.  How does a solar cell work?
3.  Explain why the motor turns in the presence of light.
Robotics - Lego system
1.  Look at the diagram and explain in words how the program works:
Follow this link:  http://teched/Principles/Projects/Exam/graphics/tour.JPG

2.  There are 4 problems with the program at this link.  What are they?
Follow this link:   http://teched/Principles/Projects/Exam/program/TourBus2.vi

3.  What was the most challenging aspect of the robotics project?  How did you overcome the challenge?

4.  Make a link to your robotics index and your partner's robotics index.

Basic Stamp
1.  Look at this code and explain in words what the program does.
Follow this link:

2.  Give two examples of how you could use the Basic Stamp system to control a system.
3. What was the most challenging aspect of the robotics project?  How did you overcome the challenge?
4.  Make a link to your robotics index and your partner's robotics index.

WorkFlow and Personal Responsibility
This course has been designed around central storage of information, and detailed information provided by the teacher and experimentation by the students.  The guidelines for each project and the criteria for evaluation are all accessible from thoughout the school over the intranet.  You have had to ask questions and find answers on your own, rather than being told what to do and tightly managed for every moment in class. 

1.  How is the system described above different from other courses you are taking this semester?

2.  Explain how you have been helped in this course by other students taking this class this semester or in previous semesters.

3.  How has this experience changed the way you approach challenges and problems?