Hi guys, Today in class we were given different cardboard boxes and when we turned the handle something happened inside of the box. Different things happened inside each box that made something on top of the box move. Sometimes the thing on top spun, sometimes it bounced up and down, and did many other cool things. Mr. Calvert gave us…
Month: March 2019
Building flashlights!
Today in class we learned that we will be making flashlights! I am so excited to start building, but before we build we have to draw diagrams. We are drawing the diagrams in a 0.5in = 1in/1 box scale. We are drawing our diagram exactly how our flashlight will look. I can’t wait to start building our flashlights! I will…
The self-driving car game!
Today in class we played the self-driving car game. It was really fun, I did it in 1 minute and 30 seconds! It was much harder than I expected. I loved making the switches and learning about circuits, it is very interesting. We set up/attach the switches the switches to the breadboard all by ourselves. I had so much fun…
Switches!
Over the past week we have been working on switches. It is really fun! We use tinfoil as the conductor and we make a switch that lets two parts of tinfoil touch and light up an LED light. Soon we will be playing a game where there are three different colored lights (green, red, and yellow) that will light up…
Solder people!!!
This week we have been working on solder people! At first I thought it was really scary, but after a while i got used to it. Now I love soldering! It is so much fun! To solder, first you have to put your pieces right where you want them. Then you habve to heat up the pieces with the soldering…