WEEK 3

This passed Friday April 20th, the team met up in lab as scheduled and worked on building the sea perch, which was handed by instructor that same day.
Since the kit came with the white (control box _ the white thing ) it was advised to follow the M.I.T step by step instructions 

http://seaperch.mit.edu/docs/seaperch-build-october2011.pdf 

but we also looked at 

http://www.seaperch.org/build  

for extra help building the control box.

We started cutting all the PVC pieces into smaller sizes as directed in the manual 

Two pieces – 2 1/2” (6.4 cm) long

Two pieces – 4” (10.2 cm) long

Two pieces – 4 1/2” (11.4 cm) long

Four pieces – 1 1/2” (3.8 cm) long

Four pieces – 5” or (12.7 cm) long

Four pieces – 3/4" long

Next we drilled 1/4" drain holes with a drill bit

When we had everything we assembled the frame of the sea perch that looked like this: 

We also started working on the control box but time did not allow us to finish so we arranged to meet before the next lab to work on that and discuss about the sensors.
We would like to include a camera with a flashlight on the body as well to help us move the sea perch better in deep water. 

The team's goal is to collect data concerning the temperature, pH levels, and the clearity of the river water , and is also researching the different sensors necessary to do so.