Archive for 6th Tech

Last Day at Tech – Tech No. 9

Today is the last day of quarter two, which means the last day of tech. Because of the winter break, we only had nine weeks of Tech and not ten, but it was still fun. My favorite project was definitely making the flashlight. It took a lot of work having to use the drill press […]

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Unsoldering and the New Soldering Irons- Tech No. 8

What happens if you make a mistake when you are soldering? The solder is very strong and hot, you don’t want to have to pick it off. Well, did you realize that there was a way to unsolder? You don’t have to try to yank it of or make a new circuit, simply put the […]

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Drill Press – Tech No.7

In order to make a place for the LED light to shine out from and to use the switch on our flashlight, we have to use a drill press to make a hole. When you use these machines you must have your hair tied back and have on safety goggles. We didn’t use the middle […]

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Flashlights – Tech No.6

For the past few days in Tech we have been making flashlights. We started by making a plan and then we tried to find poles in different shapes to make it. From there, we used a big saw to cut the pole to the size we wanted it to be. Then, we will solder the […]

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Switches – Tech (No.5)

Switches are very important in a circuit because they can stop and allow the circuit to work and the atoms to pass through. A switch can either be open or closed. If a switch is open it means that the two sides of the circuit are not connected and the atoms can not pass through, […]

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Solder – Tech (No.4)

In Tech I made a solder person! I started by cutting an eight inch and a one and a half inch strip of gold wire. After that I used a pencil to wrap the wire around to create the person’s head. From that I bent a shape for the legs and made a stand. The […]

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Circuit – Tech (No.3)

Yesterday in Tech we built a circuit. Before that we had been making them on the IPad and it was much easier! On the IPad, we discovered that if you connect the negative side of the battery directly to the positive side then the battery will blow up! We saw a blown-up battery that Mr […]

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Atoms – Tech (No.2)

Over the past few days in Tech we have been studying atoms. We learnt that positive like negative atoms and vise versa. When a positive and a negative come close to each other they go to each other – just like magnets! However, a positive hates a positive and a negative hates a negative. When […]

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Tech rules and tools (No.1)

Day three in Tech!!! So far we have learnt about all the rules, for example you have to wear safety goggles and tie your hair back. We watched a video about a man who got his hair stuck in a drill – ouch! Another rule is to never leave the machines unattended and not to talk […]

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