1. What are the defining qualities of this animal? Describe the features of this animal in 2-3 sentences.
   Reindeer are animals with big fluffy fur to stay warm in the cold. They have large antlers on their heads and special hooves to walk in the snow Reindeer like to move to different places to find food.
   
   
2. What type of environment does this animal live in?
   The reindeer lives in a snowy and like cold habitat.
   
   
3. How has the animal's body adapted to the environment? 
   The reindeer's body has adapted to it's habitat by it has nice big fluffy fur to keep them warm.
   
   
4. How do animals move in the environment?
   The reindeer moves around in it's enviroment to find food and it really likes to move around so it just hunts food while it's moving around.
   
   
5. What behaviors of the animal allow it to thrive in the environment?
   The reindeer's thick big fluffy fur let's it thrive in its enviroment to keep itself warm.

1. What are the defining qualities of this animal? Describe the features of this animal in 2-3 sentences.
   An axolotl is a small, watery animal that lives in lakes. It has soft, smooth skin and tiny gills on the sides of its head that help it breathe underwater. Axolotls can grow new body parts if they get hurt!
   
   
2. What type of environment does this animal live in?
   its lives in like water places and that places that dont have very much preditors and like underwater.
   
   
3. How has the animal's body adapted to the environment? 
   it's body has adapted to its enviroment by being very small and having like soft smooth skin and having gills.
   
   
4. How do animals move in the environment?
   The axolotl moves in its enviroment by going under like rocks and stuff.
   
   
5. What behaviors of the animal allow it to thrive in the environment?
   It's soft skin gills and its small body let it thrive in its enviroment.

1. What are the defining qualities of this animal? Describe the features of this animal in 2-3 sentences. 
   A wood frog has smooth brown or green skin with dark spots. It has a black mask around its eyes and can jump really high It lives in the forest and croaks loudly at night it can also camofladge on like leaves and stuff.
   
   
2. What type of environment does this animal live in?
   The wood frog lives in like leafy places where there are a lot of leaves like a forest because it can turn green and like jungles.
   
   
3. How has the animal's body adapted to the environment? 
   The wood frogs body has adapted to its enviroment because its skin can turn colors to camolflage with like green leafs and brown leafs and stuff.
   
   
4. How do animals move in the environment?
   The wood frog jumps from leafs to leaf when its preditor gets near it.  
   
   
5. What behaviors of the animal allow it to thrive in the environment?
   It's camofladge let's it thrive in it's enviroment.

Logging in with Google Authentication 

1. Head to the top right and click on Log In
2. Click on Log in with Google Authentication and you'll be brought to the Google Log in page
3. Choose an account that is registered on our website. This should be your school email or whatever email you signed up to our site with. If you use an email that is not registered in our system, you will encounter an error.

   
   

   

If you have used the NuVu Platform before AND you remember your password, then skip to STEP 4 and 5. 

If this is your first time using the NuVu Platform or if you have forgotten your password, then follow all of the steps below.

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STEP 1: In the top-right corner, click the word "login." 

STEP 2: When the black menu appears, click "reset password," and enter your school email address, and then click "Send Password Reset Link."

STEP 3: Check your school email account for an email from NuVu. Be sure to check your junk email folder as well if you don't see the email in your inbox. Follow the instructions in the email to reset your password.

STEP 4: You should now see your name in the top right corner. Success! (your screen will look slightly different than mine). Under "Studios" click on our current studio, "Cyborg Enhancements". You can also find this studio by clicking on your name in the top right corner.

STEP 5: You are now on the landing page for our studio for the rest of the term! To let me know that you have succeeded in making it this far, make a celebratory comment under the post "comment here!" This post will only appear if you have logged in successfully. 

Prompt

Feedback is a crucial step in the design process, as it exposes you to new ideas, methods, and techniques for developing your ideas further. Continuous feedback throughout the design process also creates a collaborative studio culture, where ideas are shared across projects, which leads to more exciting, developed, and innovative ideas!

We ask you to be thoughtful in your feedback, and refer to the guide below when giving feedback to your peers: 

Guidance for Giving Feedback:

1. Feedback should never have mean intentions! You can be positive and critical at the same time.
2. Be as specific as you can.
3. What kind of feedback would you find helpful if it were your project? Try to give the type of feedback that you would like to receive.
4. Always elaborate with WHY. Instead of just saying, "your idea is great," explain what part of their project you like, and why you think it is interesting.
5. Ask questions! If something doesn't make sense to you, ask a question about that part of the project or idea. This is a great method for getting someone to think about new ideas, different perspectives, and new approaches.

Instructions

In this assignment, you will provide feedback to three of your peers. To do this, go to the "Projects" folder, and explore your classmates' midterm presentations and initial sketch models. Select 3 other project teams to provide feedback to and create comments on their midterm presentations. Below their posts, click the "comment" button to add your feedback. 

Your peers (and you) will consider this feedback as they decide which one project idea to develop further in the next assignments. 

Mechanism Design 

Introduction

A mechanism is a system of parts that transform input forces and movement into a desired set of output forces and movements.

First, make a mechanism along with your teacher.  

Materials needed: 

• stiff paper or cardboard
• ruler
• cutting tool
• string (if you have it)
• paper clips, metal brads, and/or push-pins (toothpicks work too!)

Select and make 2 mechanisms that relate to your biomimetic motion activity.

PROCESS

• Elements Look at the diagram of the mechanism. How many elements does it have? How can you make these out of cardboard, popsicle sticks, or other found materials?
• Pivots Look at each element in the diagram more closely. How many pivot points or holes need to be made in each element? What kinds of materials can you use for pivots? (hint: brads, paper clips, and string are very helpful). As you work, pay attention to what parts must be allowed to rotate or move.
• Fixed Base All mechanisms require a fixed point of resistance in order to move. Can you tape or "fix" part of your mechanism to your cutting board in such a way that you can operate it with one hand?

These slides are just a starting point. Most mechanisms adapt and deviate from these based on their applications. Don't worry if your mechanism doesn't perfectly match the slides; focus on trying to make sure your input force creates your desired output.

DELIVERABLES:

When you are done making your mechanisms: 

• PHOTO Photograph your mechanism in its beginning and end states. (2 Photos per mechanism)
• GIF Upload your photos to EZGIF.com to make a gif of your mechanisms in action (2 GIFS). For best results, try to keep your camera in the exact same location for both photos. You may have to rig up a make-shift tripod.
• POST In the response slide, make a slide for each mechanism that has the two photographs and GIF.

Additional Resources: 

http://507movements.com/toc.html

Welcome to Arduino!

The first step in learning Arduino is to download the software.  This can be found at arduino.cc.  There are the step by step instructions in the images above.  

It is recommended to make sure that the install has worked by opening the arduino app on your computer.  In our next tutorial, we will go through how to use this interface and connect it to your physical Arduino device.

NOTE

If you have a chromebook, you will not be able to use this method and instead will need to create an account on Arduino Create to gain access to the web editor version.

These short Youtube videos demonstrate a wide range of cardboard carpentry techniques. 

To access the video library: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMCLxiJRz0nXehXfpCoTwNpUVkvp9Cl-p