January 3, 2017 at 11:58 am
There is a new naked eye comet out there which you can see for the next two weeks. You can read about this in the independent . I liked this article about how companies are responding to UAV in Reuters. You can buy a bird of prey to keep drones off your property, or a […]
December 29, 2016 at 8:01 pm
This is a reposting from my highschool mentor, Craig Robinson of the Copernicus Planetarium. A couple of things in the NASA news files that caught my eye. Piers Sellers died last week. He was a NASA mission specialist that flew on missions to the International Space Station in 2022, 2006, and 2010. It is […]
December 8, 2016 at 7:50 pm
You can find various High School courses from Mathworks at this link. My particular curriculum is at this link. I am very excited to have Mathworks publish my VEX curriculum.
October 12, 2016 at 8:39 pm
Each year, our robotics team hosts several large FLL and VEX robotics tournaments at BU. One important feature that we would like to implement in the near future is a live video stream from each of these events on our team’s youtube channel. We will be using the high definition video capture capabilities of one […]
September 25, 2016 at 10:53 pm
GRADES CLOSE ON October 21 at 3PM. All work not in by 3PM on Friday (including lab reports, test corrections, extra credit, and written and online homework) will not be counted as part of first quarter grades. Test 2: Friday Oct 14; Test 3: Thursday Nov 17 Rough Draft of Gravity Lab Report: Monday Oct […]
September 5, 2016 at 2:58 pm
For the new students and their parents, you can find the homework syllabus for the month of September at this link. or cut and paste http://blogs.bu.edu/ggarber/homework-for-1st-q/ This coming week we will explore Newton’s 1st and and the ideas of Inertia. Let’s see if any students actually read the blog. 10 House Points is you can […]
August 31, 2016 at 9:06 pm
For incoming BUA students, here is your weekend homework. You will be sorted into Houses on the first day of classes. Due dates are: Gryffindor Tuesday 9/6 Hufflepuff Tuesday 9/6 Ravenclaw Tuesday 9/6 Slytherin Wednesday 9/7 Write a letter (approximately one page in length) telling me about yourself. What are you interested in, what did […]
Monday afternoon June 6: I would love help if you want a study break with Finishing the senior yearbook Writing the annual review Sending out thankyou notes finish prepping the physics classroom for the summer camps The end of season BBQ will be Friday evening, June 10th at Owen’s House. Directions and exact ETA coming. […]
March 24, 2016 at 9:16 pm
Dear friends, On Thursday March 31st we will be demonstrating our robot at Google at Robo Madness. This will be an exciting event with lots of the big names in Boston area robotics! Our final event of the season will take place next weekend. FIRST Robotics Competition Boston District event will take place from 4/2 – […]
March 12, 2016 at 8:55 pm
We have an amazing group of seniors on the BU Robotics team this year. They have built an amazing robot and have high hopes of attending great colleges and competing with their robot in the robotics world championship. One of the things that I have to do as a coach is figure out how to […]