Spreadsheets 2

From this google form, I learned a lot of different things. For example, I learned that most peoples favorite NY sports team is the Yankee’s. I put for mine, that it was the nets. In this graph, it shows that 43.4 % of people like the Yankee’s best as their favorite NY sports team.

Also, one of the charts shows what elementary school they went to. The graph shows, that it is almost split between the 5 Scarsdale public elementary schools, and that there are also a lot of people who went to other schools.

Lastly, I learned that a lot of people have a dog. 52.2 % of people have dogs! The least amount of people have birds. 0 people, have birds.

 

Music Video

I think a challenge in my music video, was getting all of the sprites back to their normal position whenever I start the video over. I still want to figure out, how you can change one sprite to t he next one, but making it start over every time. Some projects that I likes, were the ones with music, and sound effects. I liked these, because I think that the music was a good part that made it better.

Animate your Name

I used my letters in my name, to change color, and for them to bounce off the walls when it hits them. I think that what was challenging about this activity, is that I hade to code 5 different letters, and not just one sprite! I think that what was surprising about  this activity, was that you can add so many new things that I never knew about before! For example, it is cool that you can add music to the sprites and the backgrounds! I liked the other projects, because it was cool how a lot of them used different types of letters, and came together to make one! It was really cool!

Technology blog post #8

This week for homework, we had to make a crank. The crank was harder to make then the cam, because it had more complicated steps. The first step was to cut everything out. We cut the inside of the box out with a paper cutter, so that it would be easier to cut. Next, we put the box together. The next step was to put together all of the little boxes that will go into the cube. One that was done, I glued it to make it into a crank. I put that into the cube, and then I attached a handle on the side.

I think that the hardest part was putting the small cubes together. I think this because I could not find a video on how to do that step, so I had to figure it out on my own.

Technology blog post #7

Today for homework, we made atomatos. We did this, by cutting out pieces of paper. Then we glued them together. What it does, is when you turned the spinny thing On the outside, the snail shell would also turn. This would make it so that the bar at the top goes up and down. We kept one side of the box open, so that we can see what is happening inside the box. We had to use a paper cutter to cut the little squares and circles out of the middle. Here is a picture of mine.

 

Technology blog post #4

In technology, we cut wires. We also stripped off the plastic around the sides of the wires. The first step, was we had to adjust the screw on the wire cutters. We did this so that the whole in the middle was the right size. Next, We cut the wires to 4 inches long. Then we put the wire into the tiny hole, and pulled the wire out of the whole. This will cause the plastic to come off, and leave you with just the wire underneath.

When I did it, I kept by mistake cutting the wire off, so my wire was very small.  Also, I had trouble adjusting the screw on the wire cutters.

Technology blog post #2

This week, we had to make truss bridges. We had the option to do it from paper and tape, or toothpicks and something sticky that will hold the toothpicks. I used mini marshmallows and toothpicks.

When I built mine, it was leaning a lot and it was not very stable. by the time I picked it up, it had already fallen apart. Right when I put the first book on to my truss bridge, it collapsed. I think this because my structure was very hollow, and that made it fall apart. I also think that I should have used big marshmallows. I think this because they might have had more support to hold up the structure, then the mini ones.

Technology blog post #1

In technology, we learned about how some things in history failed because they used the wrong materials. For example, the Titanic sank, because the wrong material was used. They thought that the Titanic would be a great ship that was unsinkable. It hit an iceberg and since they used the wrong material for the ship, it sank.

Also, the dee bridge broke when its first train went across it. This is because like the Titanic, they used the wrong material.

Another example that we learned, is about the Challenger. It was a rocket, except the night before taking off, it was freezing outside. This led to the gas leaking out of the rocket, and part of the rocket freezing! They took off anyways though, and the rocket exploded.

Technology is…

What makes something technology is if the object solves problems and it is new and useful to people. You might think it is just electronics like a cell phone computer i pad i pod video game controller but it is not.

My object is a ice cube tray. It looks like a flat tray with holes in it but the holes are meant for the ice. What makes a ice cube tray technology is it helps you make ice yourself easily instead of buying it. All you do is put water in the tray a freeze it. Also it helps you store ice in a good place but it is not a random thing to store you ice in, a ice cube tray is meant to store your ice in it. If you have a ice cube tray you no longer have to store ice in a cold bin. You can just store it in a ice cube tray in your freezer.

A ice cube tray is made out of plastic.

The properties of a ice cube tray is light, hard, rough, rigid, colored, and pointed.

The end.

 

My Expert Book – All About Chanukah

I am now a published author! The book took hard work to make. I included  good writing and good text features like captions or stories. We also learned transitions like for example or because. I used expert words so people understand the words in the story. I learned also how to use text feachers like captions. I could not just tell facts facts facts, you have to have ideas. I had to put my chapters in a order that made sence.  I chose the topic of Chanukah because I celebrate the holiday and I figured why not write about it. The book was hard to put together but it became great in the end. I was excited to have finished the book. I learned not to use the word I or me because it is not about you, your book is about the topic it is about. Now I really understand how to write an expert book. Finding which topic to do was hard but I put in hard work. This book took a while to make but when it all comes together it is amazing. Adding pictures was also a hard part of the book. I need to find pictures that fit just right with my topic. It took two months to finish the book . At the beginning I did not know what I was going to write. It all worked out to become a really good book in the end of our lessons though!

My book is called All About Chanukah…