Month: March 2020

Tech Post #6: Leonardo da Vinci

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Hello! I thought I might take a break from posting about online learning and technology, and instead focus on one of my other favorite inventors, Leonardo da Vinci. Many people know him for his fantastic art pieces such as The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa, but not many people know he was also an amazing inventor. One of my favorite inventions he has made is the Scythed Chariot. His first impression of this idea was ink on a paper sketch showing how this amazing war machine worked.

If you read my post about Archimedes, you may know that I am fascinated in anything war related, and this chariot is nothing different. The spinning blades would move courtesy to the pulleys and cams in the box under the blades. This chariot would take out entire infantry lines, and due to added protection on the back, no one could possibly attack the charioteer from the rear. Though this invention may not have existed, it is still one of my favorite inventions, and in my opinion, a great idea for an ancient war tank.

Tech Post #5: Atoms

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Hello everyone. Due to the coronavirus, all students were permitted to stay at home, and so, the teachers started online learning. I’m so sad that I can’t go to school to work on the cool projects in Tech, but we still get to learn at home. We started a unit on Atoms, and it’s actually really interesting. So far, I’ve learned that an atom is made up of subatomic particles, protons, neutrons, and electrons. As you may (or may not)  have guessed, protons have a positive charge, neutrons are neutral, and electrons have a negative charge. In the middle of an atom, there is nucleus, which is super small. It’s so small, that (for example) if you were to enlarge say, a grapefruit so you could see every atom that makes up said grapefruit, it would have to be the size of the earth. Each atom would then be the size of a blueberry. If you looked and looked for the nucleus in that blueberry, you would have to then, enlarge it again to the size of a football field, and the nucleus would be dead center, and it would be the size of a marble. Yeah, it’s that small. Anyways, that’s all I’ve learned so far, and I hope to learn even more. I can’t wait!

Tech Post #4 (Sauntering and Jewelry Making)

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Hello! We haven’t finished our Automates, but that is an ungoing project, so now we are making jewelry. We started by making some designs and we had to keep in mind that we could only use 5 wires for the first design we make, but after we are allowed to use any amount of wires we want. I am making a necklace for my mom since her birthday is coming up. I really can’t wait to see where this project is going to go, and so far, I’m having lots of fun! I hope my mom likes the necklace. 😁