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PufferFish General Build Guide

Pufferfish Standards Alignment 

Pufferfish ROV Kit Assessments

Pufferfish PowerPoint Downloads

The following materials should be ordered for every PufferFish build. 

• 1 PufferFish ROV Kit per group of students (usual group is 2-4 students).
• 1 PufferFish Grab Bag - spare parts kits for every 4-5 groups of students.
• 1 MATE Wire Soldering Lab Kit per student.
• 1 MATE PufferFish Practice Board Kit per student. 
• 1 PVC Frame Kit per group of students, easily obtainable from your local hardware store and 30 cm of foam from big box stores/dollar stores.
• 1 Hydraulics Kit (7.6m) per group of students (if doing Simple Hydraulics).
• 1 Hydraulic tool (PVC)
• 1 Non-Moving manipulator (plastic hanger) per group of students.

*PufferFish ROV kits may be taken apart and re-used for future builds. Just the printed circuit board can be removed and replaced with a PufferFish Circuit Board Kit, or the entire control box can be replaced with a PufferFish Control Box Kit. See Reusing the PufferFish ROV Kit for instructions on taking apart and re-assembling a used PufferFish kit. 

The following materials need to be ordered only once. They can be re-used for future ROV PufferFish builds. 

• 1 Power Supply with GFCI plug-in for every 2 groups of students. Note: If you do not have a source of AC electricity (wall outlet) near your pool, alternative methods of powering the ROV may be needed.  
• 1 ROV-in-a-Bag Assembled AngelFish Kit per group of students (for ROV-in-a-Bag Activity).
• 1 Set of PVC and Fittings from hardware store and 30 cm of foam from big box stores/dollar stores per group of students for the ROV-in-a-Bag activity.
• 1 Set of Tools to construct the PufferFish ROV kit per group of students. Some consumables may need to be purchased repeatedly. 
• 1 Simple Circuits Lab Kit per group of students.
• 1 Frame Pool - used for practice and testing. Not needed if you have full time access to a larger pool. Note: Purchase in wintertime for large discount; price increased in springtime.
• 1 Set of simple missions. Pool Rings are a simple item to easily pick up from the bottom of the pool.
  • Alternatively, the Spanish Galleon Competition Kit offers a more complex mission for ROVs to complete.
  • Alternatively, you can use MATE ROV Competition Missions from past years.
  • See the Missions Presentation for additional information.