Month: February 2020

Tech Post #3: Automates (continued)

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This is my 3rd post for Tech, and we are still working on automates. We hot glued the box together, which houses the gears that make the motion happen, and my teacher used a laser cutter and cardboard to create my cam and my follower. My cam is a circle that has a hole in it, and my follower is an avocado shape, also with a hole in it. To make these, we used an app, Vectornator, and we made shapes for our cam and follower.

So far, this is a really fun project, and I can’t wait to see my final product. The motion that is going to happen on top is a warrior with a sword that is in a chopping up and down motion. I can’t wait to finish this project, and I can tell it’s going to be really fun from here! 😁

Tech Post #2: The Automates

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Hello, this is my second post for Technology. We are currently working on Automates, which are kind of like small boxes that house a small contraption that has a reaction to something else.

In these Automates, there are things called Cams and followers, which are kind of like gears that make something move. For example, in the picture there is an Automate that when you spin the dowel on the side, the duck on top of the box moves around the small bridge. This automate uses a cam and a follower to make the duck move.

I’m really excited for the next steps in this process, and I really can’t wait!

Tech Post #1: Archimedes The Inventor

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Hello! This is my first post for 6th grade Technology, and so far, it’s been s blast. I just read this article about this Greek inventor, mathematician, physician, and engineer, Archimedes. He was really cool, but I wanted to post about one specific thing he created the worlds first “death ray”. During the Siege of Syracuse (Sicily) during 212 B.C., the Romans were taking over Syracuse, but most of the Roman infantry were frightened out of their minds, and they had a reason to, because they’ve heard the stories of Archimedes’ inventions…

He made many other battle inventions, like the Archimedes Claw, which basically picked up giant warships and drowned it’s passengers, but lets not get off track. This invention was supposedly made by sanding giant bronze shields, and soldiers would hold these gargantuan shields and use the reflection of the sun to their advantage and would burn down Roman ships. This ancient “death ray” would make one of the greatest empires in the whole world petrified out of their skin.

Archimedes made a huge impact on the world with his intelligence and his inventions, and this is why I wrote about him in this blog. Sadly, these inventions didn’t stop the mighty Roman Empire, and they eventually took over Syracuse, but Archimedes’ legacy will stay in the minds of many knowing inventors around the world.