Yesterday, as I was sorting through the plastic in my house, I noticed that a lot did not have nay label of what plastic it is or any sign. I am not sure why this is. Is it required that they label the plastic or no? I think when a company is deciding what plastic […]
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what I would use a lot of land for…. (prompt one)
Forest land owners that decide not to only use their land for harvesting trees and lumber may use it as a safe place were wild animals can be. I remember when I was in Germany, and Canada their were areas where humans and cars could not go, so that is was a safe environment for […]
Building Blocks!!
For the last two classes, if you were done with all your projects, then you could do building block challenges. Casey, Addie, and I worked on balancing a lot of blocks in the shape of diamond, on only two thin blocks. At first it was really hard and we couldn’t get it to stand up, […]
Flashlights!!!
For the past couple classes in technology we have been making waterproof flashlights. We first drew a diagram of what we wanted it to look like, all the measurements of the wires and all the materials we needed. After we did that, some people started building. When I made mine I first decorated! My friend […]
solder people. #7
In technology for the past couple classes, we have been working on soldering. Soldering is something you do to make wires stick to each other, kind of like a very strong glue. It is very very hot! You use a solder iron to do it. We are making solder people. What you have to do […]
Rulers! #4
Today in class we talked about rulers. We talked about how in America we use standard measurement, but everywhere else people use metric measurement. He gave us a worksheet and we had to figure out the measurement of each point on the paper. There were two types of rulers. One ruler’s scale was 8ths and […]
Atoms #3
In technology we have been learning a lot about atoms. We learned about the three essential parts. Neutrons, and protons, which are in the nucleus, and electrons. We also pictured how small atoms are. They are so small! For example: in order to see the atoms in a grapefruit, you would have to make the […]
Breakout EDU!! #2
Yesterday, we did a Breakout EDU challenge. There were two “teams”, and each team had a box that had to be opened with three locks. A directional, letter, and number lock. Around the room there were clues that would help you open the locks. All the clues had something to do with safety rules in […]
Unique Octopuses!!!
There are so many different types of octopus. They all can do different unique things. Some are the mimic octopus, the algae octopus, the hairy octopus, and the coconut octopus. The coconut octopus gets its name from its habit of hiding in empty coconut shells. It doesn’t have to hide in a coconut shell, any […]
Our second Breakout!
This week our class had a second Breakout EDU. We wanted to see what we would do differently from last time. Last time we were all talking at once, this time instead of doing that we all listened to each other. We also did take things out of peoples hands. This time was much better […]