I was able to figure out how to create different levels in a Home Screen, and using broadcasts to send it to the level, and also making a check mark after the level is complete. To make it even better, I could create custom buttons, where for example you get immunity to walls if you touch a sprite.

I was able to create the default pong game. I feel like I could create multiple levels, with different sprite speeds. Also, I could change the speed of the paddle based on the level, and include points.

I was able to create a regular flappy bird. I think I should be able to fix the game, because when you are in the middle of the pole, you are able to still live, even though touching, and lastly, fix the game, because it bugs at level 14 ish.f

I EDITED THE SCROLLING GAME – I made this game into a game where arrows are constantly going from right to left, and then the ball is my sprite. If you click up arrow, you can move up, and right arrow to shoot and protect yourself.

I like Wesleys. I honestly like how depending on the force, is how far the ball moves, and also the background was cool: B)

New York

FUN FACT

• New York – The first public miniature golf course was built on the roof of a New York City skyscraper in 1926.

Questions:

• What is the area
  • 54,555sq mi
• What is the total population in New York?
  • Total Population: 19,453,561
• What is the Capital?
  • Albany

POPULATION:

California has the highest

Vermont has the lowest population

New York is the 4th most popular.

In 1823, the least amount of immigrants ever had came to the U.S. with 6354

When I sorted the amount of immigrants, it was cool to learn the most immigrants coming at the same time, and the least.

I was trying to keep a pattern with my letters, with two different fonts for each letter. The music in the project was supposed to be creative, because I played some music, and also coded some music. The challenging part of the activity was learning to control the broadcast, broadcasting 5 different letters, one at a time. The surprising part was that the clone and ghost effect I had used on my letters had worked, and the letters were being cloned. I liked Ethan’s project because how he animates the letters, and kind of makes a long loop for every time you press the space bar.

I decided to build two cranks for my homework, crank a and b. The hardest part like for my cranks was the cutting and using the knife. The folding part also took a while, but the assembling was fun. I enjoy assembling and making things, so I enjoyed making the automata. I messed up on the glueing for the first crank, so I had to rip it apart, and realized I was going to have to reprint it. The first one was also easier, because there were video instructions, and on the second crank, I sometimes got confused with the instructions, but it all ended up well. Overall I enjoyed the automata and think these were really enjoyable.

For my cams project, I decided to build two of them, cam A and B. I cut out everything first, and it took a long time, around 30 minutes. Then, I watched the tutorial and followed the instructions. Using the blade thing (I forgot what it is called), I practiced a lot on plain paper, and then finally on the card stock. It came out good in my opinion. Another hard part about the cam was the glueing. The shaded areas were hard to see, and I couldn’t see anything, so I had to infer where we had to glue and also use the tutorial. After I was done my first came, it looked great, and I was satisfied. For the second cam, there was no tutorial, so I used the instructions from the paper. This took around 2 hours, unlike the first cam, because I was familiar with where to glue and using the blade thing, so  I did that a little bit faster. At the end, I had a cam with 1 thing going up and down, and another with two things going up and down. The cams were a fun, but hard experiment, and I had lots of fun doing so.

This blog today is going to be from in class, about mechanical movement cranks and cams. Wheels and axles are attached, the wheel is a larger cylinder than the axle. Works like a lever. Center point to the edge of the axle is radius, and the center point to the edge of the axle to the wheel, and you can calculate the mechanical advantage. Now I am going to be talking about the cams. Followers can come in multiple shapes, but we are using flat followers. In the bearing, the rod goes up and down. While building cams, you have to figure out if our followers move enough. To find this out you can measure the axle with the closest point and the furthest point. Subtract, and that is how far it would travel. Cams can come in any type of shape. 

For the homework assignment catapults, I built two catapults, the two shown in the first video. Since I had exactly 23 popsicle sticks, exactly enough to build both, I decided to do so. In my opinion, the first one showed in the video is much easier than the second one, because of all the rubber bands and sticks. What I figured was that both catapults were class 3 levers. This is because for both of the levers the fulcrum was on one side, the load on the other side, and the effort in between. I made a small game where I had cups as targets, and some small candy for the load. This was a fun game, but this also helped me figure out what catapult was stronger. The easier catapult launched the load around a foot, and the harder catapult launched the load around 4 feet with a lot more power. Overall, this was a fun project, and I think I did well with the catapults and the test.

For this homework, I watched and completed the Nearpod. I learned about the three types of levers which are class one, class two and class three. We can identify this by an acronym made by Mr. Calvert which is FLE 123. F and 1 line up L and 2 line up and E  and 3 line up. The reason why F is the class on lever is because F stands for fulcrum, and if the fulcrum is in the middle it means its a class one lever, and same applies for the other levers. I matched up objects and the types of levers by using the acronym and got it in 2 tries. I think I now know a lot more about levers, and this Nearpod/homework helped a lot.

For this project, I went through the Nearpod from Mr. Calvert. I followed the instructions, and did everything the Nearpod said. The middle part is called the ravine, and on the left and right there is a positive and negative side. After learning about breadboards, I went on to start my project. Putting the wires in the breadboard was hard, but they eventually stayed. While I was putting the cap on to the battery, I saw a flicker of orange light, which could be a fire or something because the wires touched. Then I put the gray and red wires and took out the led light. After combining everything together, the red led lit up. All in all this project was fun, and I think I did well because the LED lit up.

For my building a better beam project, I built both the beam designed by Mr. Calvert and my own. The change I made on my beam which was different from Mr. Calvert was having multiple supports in the middle instead of a singular one. I had around 12 pounds of canned food, and put all the canned food inside a bag, and both beams held it. The beam that was shown in Mr. Calvert’s video bent a little bit, but the one I designed didn’t. I think I did well overall on this project.