Today I did another zoom with mr Calvert, first he answered some question but then we got into the fun part, we did a 20 question long Kahoot! But what was bad about it, was that HALF of the questions were not related to technology and rather Disney movies. One person, I guess watched lots of movies so he knew most of the answers. We did not get to finish but it was an overall fun experience.
On Tuesday I had a zoom session with Mr Calvert. We talked about bridges and structures. We did a Nearpod and in that near pod we had to answer some questions like why one side of the bridge wasn’t attached. Another thing we talked about is that how triangles were the strongest shape, and how to make steel, which is carbon and iron.
Today is Friday and it is the weekend soon which is why I am happy, But I am also very unhappy because we are having school instead spring break :c. Today it is catchup Friday where you just make sure you did everything. Yesterday I learned about metal foam and it is a metal that can change shapes. It is really cool and it could turn form a sphere to a cube.
E learning is being continued and we are learning about metals. I learned that metals conduct electricity very well, I also learned that you can make something called metal foam, and you can make steel out of trash! It was very interesting echas what you do is melt down plastic to a puck filled with carbon, then melt it again but with a piece of iron on top then it gradually turns to steel.
Because of the corona virus, we have to stay home, the e learning we are doing for technology is atoms. So far i learned that atoms are super small, and they are made of 3 parts. Electrons, neutrons, and protons. The electrons surround the protons and neutrons. The middle is called the nucleus. The protons have a positive charge, the neutrons have a neutral charge, and electrons have a negative charge. If you keep adding neutrons, the only thing that would change is the mass. If you add protons, the atom would change. I learned that there are like 118 elements on the periodic table. A the number on them is the number of protons.
On Monday we started a soldering project. We have learned so far how to make he outline of our projects. We started by making a circle and another circle on top so we can put a thread through. I am planning on putting a weapon inside mine, like a spear, a bow, or a sword. I think it will look cool. We also made a planning sheet before where w put drawings of what we wanted to create, we had to make 15. Below is the piece I made.
Yesterday My cams got printed! Cams are the wheels that go inside the box so that your creation on top will function. We also made boxes out of card board he gave use the pieces but we got to hot glue it together! My plan is to make a dinosaur on top and make it look running and make it chomp at the same time.
We are making autómatas in class this week, SO far i have made the sketch for my wheels. An automata is a contraption inside a box that performs something on the top of it. For example I am making a dinosaur look like its walking and biting. But you can make other things like something coming out of a box, something spin, etc. We can also use the laser cutter so we can make our wheels super precise. I hope my automata turns out well and it looks good!
Yesterday in Mr.Calverts class we did a breakout. A breakout is a game you can play where you have to find clues to find the combination to unlock certain locks to win. We did a breakout on safety, we had find clues on some pieces of paper. With things about safety, the pages were like posters, a story about someone who has to follow rules, and more. Mr Calvert split the class into 2 groups. My group broke out in the first 10 minutes, but the other group took longer. The poster below was on of the clues, A list of them rules in the classroom.
