Paper Airplanes

We started to build paper airplanes as a model for our glider. I realized that the less weight it had the better it flew. Also, the planes had to be aerodynamic to be able to glide a little. My paper airplane wings were to big, which made it nose dive most of the time. I Read More…

FabMaker Studio

Today I tried to learn a new tool called FabMaker Studio. It is a website were you experiment with objects which will be folded into the final product. In FabMaker Studio I made a cube. It looked just like a cube. I think I did very good. I think that this a great tool to Read More…

Truss Bridges

Today, I finished my truss bridge project. I compared my truss bridge to a cube. A cube easily fell because its angles are not locked in. When I tested the cube by putting a notebook on top of it, I saw the cube change shape into a parrelagram and crumpled like it was supposed to. Read More…

I-Beam Project

Today, I finished my I-beam project. I built the I-beam slightly tilted so many of the objects I tested fell to the side. In the process of building the I-beam, I might have not made the creases wide enough to put the strip in. I also think that the strips were not properly in the Read More…

Tech 1

I am very excited to start Technolo0gy. I am looking forward to building and making projects. I have started to gather some matierials. I am still missing some like cardboard. I also started to gather some bottle caps but I still don’t have enough. I wonder what projects we will be doing?