Last Thursday, we got an assignment called an ignite. We had to tell a story using 5 slide and we had 15 seconds on each slide to talk about it. On each slide was a picture that goes with what your saying. We also, had to have an introduction and a conclusion so, we had to have 7 slides in total. I had no idea what I should do so, I went home and looked through my entire house because, I wanted to do how to make something. I couldn’t think of anything. Then I finally came up with an idea after 2 days, which is How to Make Cupcakes. I didn’t want to find pictures online so I decided to make cupcakes. I also wanted to make cupcakes because I thought that it would be more powerful having pictures that I took. I got right to work and made my cupcakes. When I made the cupcakes I took pictures of every step. I took more picture then needed just so I would have extra if one picture didn’t work out. When it came time to put the pictures on the slides, I ran into a problem. The problem that I faced was that the pictures weren’t fitting the whole slide. I tried a bunch of different ways and finally decided not to have it fill the whole slide. Once I liked where all the pictures were on the slides I wrote my script and started practicing. I changed my script a couple times until I thought that everything match with the pictures. I wrote down my script on index cards to help me practice but then I soon realized that I would get so used to using index cards that it wouldn’t be easy to remember so I just decided that I wouldn’t use them. Eventually I got really good at remembering what I would say. Memorizing is easy for me so I was able to practice right away. Even though I really knew what I was saying I was still nervous to represent, but when it came time to present I was nervous at the beginning but I got more comfortable as I went along.
My last coding project is on scratch. It’s a game where there is a bowl and a stars. The stars fall from the sky and you try and catch them in the bowl. The bowl moves so it’s easier. When the star lands in the bowl then you will hear a pop sound. There is also a score board and it tells you how many you have caught. This is a two player game. You try to get 50 stars in your bowl. When you get 50 stars the screen with say Bowl 1 won or Bowl 2 won. It’s depending on who won. Each bowl is a different color so it’s easier to know which one is yours. To move the blue bowl you use the a and s keys on the keyboard. The s key makes your bowl move left and the a makes the bowl move right. To move the red bowl you use the right and left arrow key. Have fun!
About a month ago my teacher told my classmates and I that we would be doing debates. We were put into groups. My group was Kate, Avery, Hana and Barbara. We got to pick a topic. You decided on Should You Drink Tap or Bottled Water. First we did a lot of research, about a week later we split up to do a practice debate. I was with Kate and Avery. We found 3 reasons and 1 piece of evidence for why you should drink bottled water. When it was time to split up for the real debate I was still with Kate and Avery but, we decided to change it up because it was the same. I was now with Avery and Hana for bottled water. Hana was sick so Avery and I had to find 3 reasons and 3 pieces of evidence. When Hana came back we ran into a problem. Barbara was not going to be at school the week before break. Someone from my side had to move over. Hana moved over because she had just came back and wasn’t as prepared as Avery and I. Ms. Edwards told us that we should have text evidence, pictures and diagram. We found pictures and diagrams and made it fit in with what we were saying. We kept on practicing until we were pretty good and it was time to do the debate.
I think that we did pretty well but we could of improved. We were reading of the cards. We should of memorized it but I think we were nervous so we read off of the cards so we said that right thing. We also hesitated a little and were kinds fidgety but otherwise I think we did good.
I did my second project on Tynker. I like Tynker because you can use tutorials. You can your own movies, games and animations. This project is a animation. I made 2 characters dance. The dance is kinda like a routine because, the 2 characters dance together. When you click play the music will play and the characters will dance.
Yesterday my teacher told my classmates and I that we have a assignment that has to do with coding. We have to make 4 coding projects using Scratch and Tynker. We have to do at least 1 project from each source. I decided that I am going to do 2 Tynker and 2 Scratch. My first project is on Tynker. To play this game click the up button to jump. Try to avoid the spikes. When you hit the spikes the game will end. Enjoy!
This unit was really fun! We got to go threw the whole process of being a engineer and I thought that is really fun. When Ms. Edwards first told us about this project I was really excited but I didn’t know what to expect. It was harder and easier that I thought. It was harder because it was a little stressful trying to get things done by a certain day but it was easier because we already knew what we were gonna do next. When it came time to test out our rube goldberg I was nervous but excited. Overall I really enjoyed this unit.
Last week my teacher introduced my classmates and I to a project we will be working on over the next month. A Rube Goldberg machine!! You had the choice to work alone or in a small group. A Rube Goldberg machine is when there is a complicated chain reaction just to do a simple task.
For my Rube Goldberg I’m working with my friend Kate. I chose to work with Kate because we work really well together. I wanted to work with someone because 2 brains can make a stronger project. From the start we knew exactly what we wanted to do. Although we knew exactly what we wanted to do we still thought of more ideas. We finally narrowed it down to a few:
-turning on a phone
-opening a app on a phone
-cracking a egg
We still weren’t sure so we had to put a lot more thought into it and how we would do it. After awhile we decided to open a app on a phone.
Through out this project I think Kate and I worked very well together. Whenever we met we already knew what we were gonna work on. We planned ahead of time. We didn’t argued much because we basically had the same ideas. When we came to a spot where we disagreed we thought about what would be best for this project, then we tested both ideas out. We argued about how we were gonna get our task to work but tested each idea out and quickly found out which one worked better. Kate and I always work well together so I wasn’t surprised.
When we had to come up with ideas we didn’t disagree. We came up with ideas if we didn’t want to use it then, we picked our favorite. We didn’t disagree about our ideas at all so we were quick to decide. When we had to think about how we were gonna make our task work we realized that it didn’t work so we had to come up with another idea.
When we built and sketched our Rube Goldberg it went very smoothly. We tested each part out to make sure that it all worked before adding it together. After we tested each part we sketched it so there was nothing to argue about.
Overall, Kate and I worked really well together and it couldn’t of gone more smoothly.
When we first started editing we started with by discussing what we needed in the video. We figured out that we needed a intro, fails, success, credits and a slow motion. Kate brother Kyle showed us were to find different songs, themes and backgrounds. When it was time to put the slow motion in it was unclear what was happening so we had to get creative and decide to re film it at different angles.
One challenge we faced was getting the volume and music well balanced. Another challenge we faced is was making sure everything was correct in terms of grammar. We were able to face all of our challenges with a little bit of help from Kyle.
Even though the process took really long I really like the way the video turned out.
When we started to build we started with how we were gonna start it. We tested out a bunch of things the could work and found the best one. Next we built how we were gonna finish it. Since we already knew how we were gonna finish it we got right to work. We wanted to build the start and end and fill in the middle. After we were done with the end we when back to the begin and added on. Then we added on to the end and found a way for each side to meet together. We built each part separately and tested them out. When we made sure that each part worked then added it all together.