Build-It-Yourself Lab Book This is a template or starting point for your lab book. You must fill in the pages, make it look great, use Word Art for titles, add sound effects, and insert pictures. Make your graphics jump off the page! www.Build-It-Yourself.com Names of team members

The Problem The Mission Describe the problem we are solving. The world is full of very tough problems including the environment, the economy, prejudice, energy … The Mission Describe our mission. Our mission is to build machines and program computers to solve or better understand the problem. www.Build-It-Yourself.com Names of team members

Law of the Lab 1) Respect teammates: Did you share ideas, help someone or lead your team? 2) Respect your lab: Did you clean up, take care of tools and sort parts? 3) Don’t do stupid stuff: Did you do anything you would not want your parents to know? www.Build-It-Yourself.com Names of team members

Consequences If you don’t follow the rules, you must apologize to your teammates: Strike 1 – Warning. Strike 2 – Parent must sign a note. Strike 3 - May be kicked off the team. If you mess up 3 times, you have a problem! www.Build-It-Yourself.com Names of team members

“I CAN’T” SWIZZORBLOTZ’D Golden Rule The Build-It-Yourself Laboratory is for dreamers and builders.. Anyone who destroys something or says, “I CAN’T” Will get SWIZZORBLOTZ’D www.build-it-yourself.com

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Extreme Building Multiple brains are better than one. Share ideas. There is a new technique for improving productivity at big engineering companies. It’s called ‘Extreme Programming.’ In the old days every engineer had their own computer terminal. In some of today’s most progressive technology companies, teams of 2 –4 engineers share a computer terminal. One types and the others contribute and check ideas. This technique, called Extreme Programming, is proving to be very effective. We will practice this technique. www.Build-It-Yourself.com Names of team members

Presenting Ideas and Building Ugly Average Way Cool www.Build-It-Yourself.com Names of team members

Your Project Write a description, story, poem or song about your project. www.Build-It-Yourself.com Names of team members