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Wuhan – Coronavirus – Possible Causes

Recently there has been a Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China. Wuhan is the capital of Hubei Province. In 2002 there was a virus similar to this one called the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, SARS for short. This disease killed 800 people. In addition, humans got this virus from Palm Civets and bats. Furthermore, on January 23rd the Wuhan Institute of Virology tested someone who currently has the Coronavirus. They found a 96% genetic match with a bat Coronavirus. Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, said “Probably bats are the origin from looking at the virus itself, and it got from bats into people in the wildlife market,” he said. “This is absolutely déjà vu all over again from SARS.” Therefore, the current Coronavirus is very likely to be like the SARS disease and it will have similar effects. 

Currently, the Coronavirus that started in Wuhan has infected 2,700 people and killed at least 80 people. Since this virus spreads so quickly, no one can come in or come out of Wuhan. This shows that the Chinese government is trying to keep this disease contained. They believe that the wild meat came from the Wuhan Huanan Seafood Wholesale market. This market is known for selling a big range of different meats. People are advised to avoid eating wild meat during the outbreak. In conclusion, the people of Wuhan and China are working really hard to solve this virus and they are learning more about it every day.

My Wooden Box

Hey Guys,

So here are some thoughts about my wooden box in tech:

The cardboard model helped me because it showed the measurements of the box and what my box was going to look like. I feel comfortable with using the tools by myself. I had trouble using my ruler because I thought that you had to measure from the first mark of the ruler when you had to measure from the end of the ruler. This kind of messed me up because I had to redo all of my measurements. I struggled to cut my wood in a straight line because I could not make the wood stay in the same position. I thought that it was really satisfying once you sanded your box because it made everything really smooth. I thought that it was frustrating when my box did not fit together.

I still need to work on my box. I have finished sanding, but I need to glue all my pieces together. do not want to have any secret compartments in my box, but I do want a dark stain on my box. I want to put hinges on my box. Once I have done these steps to my box I do not want to do anything else to it. After I finish my box I would like to ake either a metal or a leather bracelet to go in the box.

Making a Wooden Box

Hey,

So in tech 7 we are making wooden boxes! This is the process of how to make a wooden box:

  1. Make a sketch
  2. make a cardboard model of your sketch
  3. Cut the wood
  4. Glue it together

Now you have a wooden box!

Safety in Tech 7

Now that I am in 7th grade tech we have some new tools. Since we have new tools we need some new rules.

Some rules are:

  1. Think before you act
  2. Tie your hair back if you have long hair and don’t wear baggy clothes
  3. Don’t assume you know training before tools
  4. No talking when using machinery
  5. Always wear safety glasses
  6. Before using a machine get instruction, get permission, and inspect machine.
  7. Unplug the machine when you want to make unadjustment
  8. Never leave a tool unattended
  9. Be cautious
  10. Be careful
  11. Never nudge someone
  12. Report all accidents

Extra

Hey,

So in tech I decided to do an extra project. I chose do make a ring. what I did was that I got a Image result for copperthin piece of copper. Then I twisted it three times around a marker. After that I made it strait and the rapted it one time around the marker. Then I weaved the extra copper around the ring.

Flashlight

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So in tech right now we are working on flashlights. I just finished mine and I colored it silver. I works like a regular flashlight, when you push down on the  switch it turns on. All the things that we have been learning about leads up to this. First we made the circuit then we soldered it, and put it in the plastic. Then we colored it, finally we were done.

Switches

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Our teacher, Mr. Calvert, told us that we had to make three switches that worked. A light bulb had to light up when the two pieces of tinfoil touched each other. Mr. Calvert gave us some ideas that we could use but I decided to use my own ideas. My three switches are down below. The first one works when you press down on the circle. The second one works when you pull the stick to make the two pieces of tinfoil touch, then it slings back. My third switch works if you press it down on either side.

 

 

 

 

 

Circuits

Hey guy!

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This is a picture of an open circuit and a closed circuit

In technology we have been working on circuits. There are a few things that you need to know to make a successful circuit. First you will two wires, a light, and a battery. Another thing that you need to know is that it needs to be a closed circuit. If it open then some of the wires will not touch each other, so the energy will not pass to the light bulb.

My Solder Person

Hi,

This week I have been working on a Solder person. There are a few things you need to do to make a Solder person:

  1. First you get some of meatal
  2. You tuist the meatal so that you have legs and a face
  3. You cut another piece of metal Solder it on
  4. You are done!

That is how you make a Solder person. You could bend you meatal to make your Solder person to do anything. If you have any questions comment!

Periodic Table

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This week we have been learning about the Periodic Table. As of this year there are four has been four more elements added to the table! In class our teacher played the the old song and the new one and he wanted us to try to find the new elements. Comment if you think that you can find the new ones.Image result for periodic table is arranged

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