Technology

This week was really fun! We made an LED light, light up! For this we needed a wire, a connector, a battery and a thing you put on a battery that I just forget was called. What is it again Mr. Calvert? Anyways, the next day in class, we were   shown videos of self driving cars made from google! There was one video of a blind man who had a self driving car, and it showed the pros of the car, at how safe and secure it is. Then we were shown another video where there was a car with NO steering wheel! Can you imagine? Of course it was not street legal because, anything could happen! And that’s what we talked about next, we talked about the pros and cons about self driving cars.  But that is basically these were my favorite parts of the week!

Technology

Last week in technology we had a substitute. And with that substitute we watched a movie about, gold, copper, iron and many more. My favorite part was when the jeweler was using gold to make these gold hoop earrings, and while she made the earrings, the narrator talked about what made gold so beautiful, perfect, and special. And where it was found. Then the next day was a half day, we watched another movie about a boy named Hugo. And his dad died, while they were fixing up an old Automata. But we didn’t get far into the movie, so I don’t know much more. But that is what I did this week!

Technology

This week I started to build my light switch. This one is not made out of paper, this time it is being built out of wood. First I wanted to decorate, I made a design with the colors blue, gold, and red. Then I needed to wax the teeth on the wood that had teeth (They are just spikes) I used a crayon because crayons are made out of wax. Then I used this thing, it is kind of like a drill, which could cut wood very easily. I needed to drill two holes in it. It spun about 2040 RPM, that stands for rotations per minute. And lastly I needed to sand my wood with this machine that does it for you. And that is what I did this week!

Technology

This week I learned about gears. That will be my next project after I finish my crank. A crank moves forward and back while you steer the little lever. And a gear moves by one moving which activated the other. They both (Or mor) go in a circular motion. Fun fact clocks have gears in them. We also watched a movie, it showed us many of the worlds greatest and oldest atomitas.

What I learned this week!!!!!

I learned this week how a car engine works. It works through the 4 stroke cycle. I also started to work on my next big project. I am making Cam B. I already cut out the pieces on the first piece of paper for it. Hopefully in the end it won’t look like a diseased Mickey Mouse in the end. And that is what I learned and doing this week.

What i learned today.

Today we were talking about wheels and axels. There are wheels and axels in steering wheels in cars and the actual wheels in cars too. They are also found in doorknobs. We also learned how to calculate MA, which stands for mechanical advantage. You get mechanical advantage by dividing the input force from the output force. And that is how you find out Ma.

What I learned this week

This week we learned about simple machines. We did a Near-pod and Mr.Calvert showed us where fulcrum are in different types of levers. Here is how we remember the different types, F1, which is a first class lever which is closest to the fulcrum. L2, closest to the load which is a second class lever. E3, closest to the effort force which is the the third class lever.

Kids speeches about growth mindsets

Hello everyone it’s Abby here and today I am going to talk about kids making speeches about growth mindsets. And yes kids gave these speeches! crazy right? These kids talked about growth Mindsets and fixed mindsets. They said a Growth mindset is when you fail but keep on trying because your brain is telling you to give up but you keep on trying anyway. A fixed mindset is where you think everything is gonna be easy but when you fail your brain tells you to give up and you do because you think hope is lost and that makes a temper tantrum which is what two kids were talking about. They both had the same problem they both had a fixed mindset. But they said when that happens get a family member, a friend, or a teacher, or just someone you trust to talk about it and they can help you. So if that happens to you now you know what to do. Bye for now!

Three things I crocheted that I am proud of.

Hello everyone! If you don’t know my name is Abby and I am going to tell you about three things that I’ve crocheted that I am proud of. Number one:  the blanket. Once my family knew that I could crochet they wanted me to make a blanket especially my mom. It took three tries to make the blanket because at first as I went on, the blanket got shorter and shorter. I finally finished it and gave it to my brother because when he saw it, he really wanted it. Number two: the ball. One night I got bored so I got some yarn out and started to crochet.  Then five minutes later I look at my fingers and realize that I’m making a ball so I went on and on. When I was finished I wanted to test out the ball so I took it and bounced it off the wall and it flew back at me! Wow! I thought how is it so bouncy? I didn’t put anything in it but then I thought,  “You know what? I don’t need to know the secret. So yes, it still remains a secret but I don’t care. Number three: The scrunchie!  One night I had free time so I decided to look on youtube for crocheting ideas and I found a video on how to make a scrunchie. Why did I want to make it? Because my older sister loves scrunchies so I made one for her and when I showed it to my mom she went crazy and said… “OMG! You have to give that to Samantha!!!” So I did and she loved it and she wears it too! And that is three things that I crocheted that I am proud of.

Learn Storm: Growth Mindset

Hi everyone my name is Abby and I would like to talk to you about building a Growth Mindset. Step one name your Growth Mindset. I know it sounds silly but it helps trust me. Step two Identify when your fixed Mindset shows up.Your Mindset will probably show up when you are struggling  like say you are doing…. math or you are a runner and you are running a race it is quite challenging for your brain. Step three plan out what you will say to your fixed mindset. What would you say? But here is the real question when you hear your fixed Mindset what will you say to yourself? Great! Now you have your fixed mindset. Now I am going to tell you about your brain about little Mrs. Thinky Pinky here. Now inside your brain are these things called Nurons and Nurons are brain cells they make up your brain. But one Nuron can’t to anything it even can’t make you pick up a glass of water. But fortunatly your Nuron has 100 billion friends to help you do all the thinking you need.