This week we are doing another thing to turn on a light bulb. We have to make three designs with the project. We make a cardboard design and have two pieces of tinfoil move to touch each other so, the light turns on. I started to make my first design and it is pretty good.

In class we used some objects to turn and LED light on. We used a battery, wires, bread board, and an LED light. We had to turn one light on by using those materials but I turned five lights on. I only had to use one battery to turn them on but it wasn’t as powerful.

In class a few weeks ago we learned about the wheel and axle. It is a relative to the lever. Every wheel and axle has two parts. One part is a large cylinder called the wheel. The second part is a small cylinder attached to the middle of the wheel called the axle.

Today in class we got these sticks and cloth. We had to try to move the aluminum foil without touching it. We did this by rubbing the stick with the cloth which creates friction to move the aluminum foil. Mine worked very well and the stick got warm and staticky which it is supposed to if it works. It was very cool.

I finished the light switch project and my switch was a double decora. First I had to get all of the pieces for my switch. Second I had to wax the teeth of the pieces. Then I could color the pieces and I only colored a few of them. I watched the videos to tell me how to make it and which pieces to put together. It wasn’t that hard and I finished early. It worked and I put it in my room.

We are starting the gears project with the light switch. We use them in cars, bicycles, can openers, clocks, toys, and a lot more objects, gears change the direction and the strength of a force. We already have learned about all of the six simple machines but they might add another one the gear. And all of the other simple machines can change the strength and direction of a force also. A gear is used for changing direction, speed, and torque. There are many different types of gears.

I finished the cams project and now I’m working on crank A. You first cut everything out that is shows on the paper, there are two papers. Then you fold all of the pieces on the black dotted lines. There is a black shaded thing and once you finish folding you glue the black shaded thing and stick it together. Once you glue the pierces together your have to put the pieces together. You will be done and you can turn the piece and it should work.

This week we have been working on a mechanism called a cam. We made them out of paper and we are just practicing to make one for the real one. You have to cut out the pieces that we got for the project. Then you have to fold it on the dotted lines. After you have done all of that you glue the pieces together, then look at the directions and put the pieces in order of the directions. Then it will work like the directions say if you did the right things.

First you have to have your toaster oven. Then you have to have the food that you want to heat up. You should press on or power to turn it on, then you should put what temperature you want it to be. Once you did that you can either put a timer on the oven for when it should stop, or you can just wait and then stop it. When you are ready to take the food out either press power or off to turn it off. It will probably be very hot so you should be careful. Then you are done.

First before you turn the XBOX on, and just got the XBOX you have to set set it up. Then after you set it up there is a button on the console that you press to turn on. The button should get bright when it turns on. The XBOX should have a controller which has the same button that you should press to turn the controller on, it should turn bright like the other button. The XBOX should turn on and then you can start using the XBOX.