Monthly Archives: June 2019

So when we cut our pipes out, we had to make sure that they were measured exactly to scale on our diagrams. After we cut our pipes, we would attach them to other pipes to create our outer flashlight. After, we created this, it was time to make our circuits to put inside of our outer layer. First we had to cut 3 wires to scale like our diagram. Next we needed to get an led light, a battery, and a battery holder. After all this we had to solder our pieces together and put them inside our flashlight’s exoskeleton. Finally we were finished with our flahslights.

Over the course of 2 weeks, we have been working on designing , and engineering our very own flashlights. We started off by talking about the accident that happened in thailand last summer, where a soccer team got trapped in a cave with no light, and which got flooded by monsoon season. Our task was to create a flashlight that we could use to save the kids who were trapped in the cave. The flashlight had to fit in  a 7 3/4  by 6 1/4 box though. We started by creating our diagrams. This is where we would design the exact picture for our flashlight. If it was wrong, then we had to restart. After we created out diagrams, we would have to get them approved by Mr Calvert, and then we could cut out our pipes.