Challenge : 

 I teach a robotics / engineering at a middle school . I want my students to explore how they can improve 

 mechanical movements of the things they are building . They have built one very simple robot so far . They   learned how to code the robot and wire the hardware but I was surprised by the lack of creative thinking   around the mechanical movements they wanted to implement in the designs . I think that most of my students   have not closely looked at how simple machines work . I want to help guide them on a quest that will push them   to explore what they can do and at the same time can be used to model different types of movements for other   students in the class and in the future . I hope these will be displayed on the wall where they will not be   damaged .      Selection : 

 I will be looking into how visualization can help my student in this challenge . I think that this is 

 something that I need to work on when I am starting a project with them , spending more time getting a clear   idea of what is possible for them .      Application : 

 I already have the story that I want to go with this . We will have graded and looked at the first robot 

 project that they have created . We will share each project and the class and list what we liked about each on   the board . ( I will guide this to be mostly mechanically driven ) . I will then have other dollar store interesting toys   that have mechanical movements . Students will then dissect and diagram the toys as they take them apart and   see how they work . 

 After we have shared and discussed . The challenge will given in very broad terms to them framed in 

 the question “ How could we have a display or model that would help see interesting and unique mechanical   movements so that we can make better robots ? ” From here I will have technical drawing tools on the tables   and large pieces of paper so that they can draw and get ideas on their paper(s ) gently encouraging them to   use the drawing tools to make better drawings . During this time I will be playing a youtube playlist of simple   mechanical devices that they can look at if they get stuck and to help them think of how things work . 

 I will then give them my idea for having a wall mounting model and see if we can scale down their ideas 

 to sizes that can be tested in our maker space on the 3D printers or laser cutter .      Insight : 

 I found that my students came up with very unique ideas and every student had ideas that were far 

 beyond what the original robots that they had made were . They have started prototyping and I see natural   engagement in the project since it has a connection for them and community aspect of making things better for   the class in the future . I think that dissecting machines allowed for them to think more critically of how things   work and how there is structure under many things that is complex yet attainable to them . They really attached   to the idea of dissecting since the first robot project that they did was a robotic animal . It seemed an   appropriate next step to understanding things .      Approach : 

 I think that next time I will spend even more time “ dissecting ” machines and try to give each student a 

 device to take apart individually . I would also like to work on how to make technical drawings better . But there   is only so much time that I get with them each day . I think that I will ask for a front top and side view for at least   one step next time . I think that many can improve their spatial reasoning with this challenge which is directly   related to the design of the mechanisms they make in the end . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Challenge : 

 I teach a robotics / engineering at a middle school . I want my students to explore how they can improve 

 mechanical movements of the things they are building . They have built one very simple robot so far . They   learned how to code the robot and wire the hardware but I was surprised by the lack of creative thinking   around the mechanical movements they wanted to implement in the designs . I think that most of my students   have not closely looked at how simple machines work . I want to help guide them on a quest that will push them   to explore what they can do and at the same time can be used to model different types of movements for other   students in the class and in the future . I hope these will be displayed on the wall where they will not be   damaged .      Selection : 

 I will be looking into how visualization can help my student in this challenge . I think that this is 

 something that I need to work on when I am starting a project with them , spending more time getting a clear   idea of what is possible for them .      Application : 

 I already have the story that I want to go with this . We will have graded and looked at the first robot 

 project that they have created . We will share each project and the class and list what we liked about each on   the board . ( I will guide this to be mostly mechanically driven ) . I will then have other dollar store interesting toys   that have mechanical movements . Students will then dissect and diagram the toys as they take them apart and   see how they work . 

 After we have shared and discussed . The challenge will given in very broad terms to them framed in 

 the question “ How could we have a display or model that would help see interesting and unique mechanical   movements so that we can make better robots ? ” From here I will have technical drawing tools on the tables   and large pieces of paper so that they can draw and get ideas on their paper(s ) gently encouraging them to   use the drawing tools to make better drawings . During this time I will be playing a youtube playlist of simple   mechanical devices that they can look at if they get stuck and to help them think of how things work . 

 I will then give them my idea for having a wall mounting model and see if we can scale down their ideas 

 to sizes that can be tested in our maker space on the 3D printers or laser cutter .      Insight : 

 I found that my students came up with very unique ideas and every student had ideas that were far 

 beyond what the original robots that they had made were . They have started prototyping and I see natural   engagement in the project since it has a connection for them and community aspect of making things better for   the class in the future . I think that dissecting machines allowed for them to think more critically of how things   work and how there is structure under many things that is complex yet attainable to them . They really attached   to the idea of dissecting since the first robot project that they did was a robotic animal . It seemed an   appropriate next step to understanding things .      Approach : 

 I think that next time I will spend even more time “ dissecting ” machines and try to give each student a 

 device to take apart individually . I would also like to work on how to make technical drawings better . But there   is only so much time that I get with them each day . I think that I will ask for a front top and side view for at least   one step next time . I think that many can improve their spatial reasoning with this challenge which is directly   related to the design of the mechanisms they make in the end .
### Output: 