TCHS Academy of Leadership in Emerging Technologies

Things got spooky this week in the Academy of Leadership in Emerging Technologies as students used servo motors to rotate skulls, skeleton hands, and other ghouly creatures. Students in the first year of the academy have been spending the first quarter getting familiar with electricity and electrical circuits. They built the circuit necessary to run

CSX helped students in the Academy of Leadership in Emerging Technologies take the field for a morning full of flying drones and operating Spot, the quadruped robot. Students were able to take the controls over drones that are actually used at the commercial level and are far more advanced than the drones students are currently

Students in all three academies at Tocoi Creek High School were invited to hear a presentation by Medtronic Electrical Engineer Saks Tongkhuya in honor of Engineering Week. Mr. Tongkhuya was able to help students see how engineering can play a role in multiple fields, specifically in medical devices and aerospace. Students thought about how critical

Students in the Academy of Leadership in Emerging Technologies took their Tello EDU drones for their first outdoor flight. Students controlled the drones using an app on their cellphones with the future goal of flying the drones autonomously using preloaded code. Recent classroom work has included learning rules and regulations surrounding flight, learning about weather

TCHS Robotics Club takes the field…robot playing field that is. Teams Los Toros Locos and Robotoro both won two of their five matches in the NE Florida First Tech Challenge Robotics Event. Thanks to generous donations from parents, the community, Faver Gray, Home Harbor Financial, Pragm4tic, Availity, and  the award of the INK Grant sponsored

Jeff Messick, of ROI Logistics, spent his morning at Tocoi Creek High School teaching students in the Academy of Leadership in Emerging Technologies all about the world of logistics. Students were able to learn about RFID and the relationship between some of the electronics they are building in class and the logistics career field. Students

Students in the Academy of Leadership in Emerging Technologies had the opportunity to build a complex circuit of their choice. Each circuit had to have two components that work together to complete a task. Below, students created a motion detector that will count every time motion is detected. Similar circuits could be used in businesses

Students in the Academy of Leadership in Emerging Technologies at Tocoi Creek High School completed their fourth lab of the year on Friday. Students were able to use Raspberry Pi’s, Da Vinci Electronics Kits, and python coding all in one lab. LCD screens programmed by the students themselves included phrases from Spanish class, a digital