Tech #4

All the things going on right now are crazy, but still I am staying inside and trying to stay safe. The online school has to been much fun, It would be a lot better actually at school but doing the assignments has brought me out of boredom. I am finding the online classes to be a little tricky to understand but now I kind of have the hang of it. I hope everything gets better and stay safe.

Tech #3

The past week has been kind of crazy with not being at school and staying inside. I have enjoyed the time with my family playing games indoors and finding different things to do in my house. I hope to be able to go back to school soon and see my friends but for now I will keep doing my work from home and staying safe inside.

Week 2 of Tech

In the second week we have used a hand planer and started making ideas for a box. We learned how to properly make a flat edge with the hand planer which will help for when we have to connect the pieces of wood together for the box. We finished our tinkercad ideas for a name tag and voted to a class logo. Soon enough the pieces of wood we “ordered” will be here and we will get to work on making a box.

Wood activity

In our wood activity I screwed a nail into a piece of wood. I found it really easy to make a hole in the wood. I found it difficult to find a screw driver that works. I noticed that some of the tools were sharp and have divots in them and some have tightening mechanics. I noticed that some screws are blue and some are black. Some pieces of wood were very thick and some were thin.

Finished Flashlight tech #7

In class we were using wires, batteries, PVC pipes, LED lights and more to try and create a water proof light bulb. I, and most of my classmates, were successfully able to do this project.It was a lot of fun along the way to. We got to use the soldering irons and solder our wires together (I almost set the place on fire). Over all I have learned a lot of how different elements work well or work together.

Breadboards Tech#6

In Tech we are using alligator clips and wires and LED lights to try to make a circuit. The most important part of this circuit is the breadboard. A breadboard is aboard that has copper layers on the inside and little holes on the top to stick the wire or the LED through the positive or negative holes to create light. Here is the breadboard.

Soldering Tech #5

In class we made mini solder people. We made the body structure out of copper wire and the put the arms on it by soldering the wire to the body structure. We got to use soldering irons and put together our tiny people. I thought that the machinery that we were using I thought was awesome. Here are the soldering irons.

Making Switches Tech#4

Today in technology we made switches with tin foil, cardboard, and paper straws. We got to make three different kind of switches and make sure they all work to produce light. There were some awesome creations and almost all of them worked. I had a great time experimenting what works and what doesn’t. I came up with some cool ideas and what was so astonishing to me was that all of them worked on their first try. Here are my switches.

Tech #3

Last class our tech class worked on connecting circuits to make light. It was a fun project and we got to use alligator clips, circuits, and switches. We got to learn how the positive, and negative protons flow through the wires to make electricity. We also got to learn and test all about how switches work to turn on, and off the LED light. I can’t wait for next class to explore more.

Tech #2

In tech we did something called breakout. It was literally a mini escape the room that our tech teacher Mr.Calvert set up. We had to find clues and hints that he set up for us to unlock some locks and open a box. It was a lot of fun working with each other to try and find the combination to the locks. It took a lot of thinking to get the right combinations but we did it and in the end I got to learn a lot more about thinking outside the box.