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Maglev Design #2

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Reflection #2

 

Yay! We did it! We used 6 strip magnets, 3 short, 3 long. We placed the magnets on the side and the middle. It finally worked yesterday but it was hard work. Knowing the properties help a lot because you have to know that like poles repel and unlike poles attract. You also need to know how to increase the magnetic field by adding more magnets.

 

What failed along the way was on the first day it totally failed and nothing worked because the magnets were sticking together and there was a space beside the magnets. I learned from the mistake to keep the magnets away and prevent them from flipping over. I changed something by moving the track over so it touches the side.

 

I learned about the EDP. What we learned was that nothing is perfect on The first try. I also learned that the EDP never ends so we have to keep going. It also inspired to keep me going and not giving up so I succeed.

 

I also learned that teamwork is important because you can’t complete anything without teamwork.

 

 

My team working towards success

This is the collage of our process

I love working on our maglev train!

Technology is …

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What makes something technology? Technology is everything man-made that is made to solve problems or give entertainment. It does not have to be electronics.

My object is a magnifying glass. A magnifying glass is considered technology because it is man-made and is solving a problem. The problem that it solved was that it helps to see small details with naked eye because it was hard to observe small details.

A magnifying glass is making life better because it is very helpful and easy to take along. It was invented off those big, clumsy microscopes. Those were hard to take around! But the magnifying glass is twice as good because it is easy to carry around and look at small details at the same time

So that’s why I think a magnifying glass is technology.

A magnifying glass is considered technology

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals.

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My book is about Dinosaurs. I chose this topic because I have learned a lot about it.

First of all, I had to write it! What could I do without my writing?!  Then I put it into Google Slides. I thought that was fun. A hard part was that photos were garbage most of the time. I especially loved my slides and I never thought I would do so good.

I also had experience because I’ve been to the National History Museum dozens of times. It  helps me learn about fossils and dinosaurs of the past.

I hope you read my book! It will be fantastic.

My book is called “Dinosaurs And Prehistoric Animals”. Here it is

 

The History of Typography

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During our class time in the computer lab, Mr. Casal showed us a video about history of typography. After watching this video I learned that typography started out in Europe when I thought started in America which surprised me. I also learned typography was made before computers were made and can be created in different forms of typeface. It was first made by Yohanes Guttenberg who created black letter, but in the 15th centry, Nicolas Jenson in Rome created cambria.  In the late 15th centry, italices from Italy was invented by Aldus Manutius. In England, William Caslon created what we called old style. Then Baskerville created what we call transitinol, Then, Didot and Bodoni created what we call modern. But, Caslon’s grandson Caslon IV got tired and created a typeface called sans serif. Then, Goudy created a typeface called geomtry sans/futura based on geometric shapes. After that, egyptian sans or slab serif was invented. Then humanist sans came, it was based on the geometric sans made by Eric Gill.Then,helvetica was made.It was what the world was looking for. It was the worlds favorite typeface. Now, we can creat any typeface we want by the computer. And that’s why I think typography is cool,very COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

here is the video we watched:

The History of Typography by Ben Barrett-Forrest from Dezeen on Vimeo.