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Slides from Jesse Poland's talk on advances in phenotyping.

This project describes stepper motors and CNC machines. The examples are given using a Shapeoko 2 CNC Machine with a gShield/Arduino controller.

This powerpoint will introduce the engineering design process.  It includes videos for each step of the process. The worksheet that goes with it is easily modified for students who need some accomodations.

This is a simple procedure to isolate DNA using only common household materials. The entire procedure can be completed in under 30 minutes. It is a good opportunity to discuss cellular structure and osmosis, and for students to work on their measuring and observational skills. 

Here is a fun little scratch program that scans/prints a sprite. It could be used to talk about image file formats.

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/60009936/