My flashlight looks really good. I loved making the flashlight! It was so fun! Here is how it looks:
I also like the other things we did in Tech. Like making the switch, doing the break in the box, and making the pendents. I really love Tech! Tech is so fun!
Soldering my circuit wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I thought it would be really hard because there were a lot of parts to the circuit. It was also kind of hard because I didn’t solder the wire to the switch properly. It took me 3 tries to perfect it. But it mostly easy.
Measuring wires was way harder than I thought. The rough wire I used to measure the wire on the sheet kept moving. Finally I got the mesurements:
Stripping the wires were easier and fun. Then We curved them to look like hooks:
When I got the design paper and Mr. Calvert said to make the drawing the exact size, I was like, how am I supposed to that! Then when Mr. Calvert explained a minute later, I thought I got how to do it. When I started, though, I messed up really badly. After a while I got it.
This is how my design looks:
A couple days ago Mr. Calvert announced that we will be making flashlights. We got a sheet to put our designs on. Mine was kind of simple. But maybe when I continue to make it i’ll add to my flashlight.
Here’s a picture:
The building process of the flashlights sounded fun. I can’t wait to make them! I wonder how we are supposed to measure them. I guess i’ll find out when I make the real design.
Today I soldered my pendant together and it doesn’t look good…
IT LOOKS AWESOME!
I am really happy about how it turned out. This is a picture of it:
After I tied it (it fell apart when I came home), Mr. Calvert told us to work on our switches. I hadn’t started mine yet so I started making it. I made a square base, I put two square holders, and attached that with a rubber band. I also put pompoms on the inside of the holders to make it look good. After that I attached tin foil to the base and the rubber band. This is how my switch looks:
I am making my pendant right now. I chose to make a necklace with my initial(M) as the design. I’m not done with it yet but I am excited to see my final product.
We are soldering the wire together. I am kind of scared using the soldering iron because it is really hot, it goes up to 800 ° Fahrenheit. We also learned about other kids getting injured with it. I am also excited to use a soldering iron because I’ve never used before. I am almost at the soldering iron part! Almost there!
On Friday, November 22nd, it was human rights day. We learned about people who are living in poverty. In Technology we learned about a woman who is the founder of Pijama Program. We also played a game called PlaySpent.
During the first half of Tech, we played a game called PlaySpent. You started out with only $1000 for one month. We had to choose wisely, and some of the decisions were really hard. One was, spend $400 and save your pet’s life, or let your pet die. I chose to spend $400. What would you choose? That was only one part of Tech.
The second part of Tech was learning about a woman who founded Pijama Program. Her name is Genevieve Piturro. Pijama Program gives out books and pj’s to kids in need of them. Those kids go to bed in their regular clothes because they don’t have comfortable pjs. When she went to a shelter once a little girl, around 6 years old, asked her what pjs were. I found this really sad 😞. Genevieve had to explain what pjs were to this little girl. She first read books to children but then later she realized those children didn’t change either. So when she brought books she also brought a bag full of pjs.
That was everything we did in Tech that day.
The next week we played a game where we had to break open three locks on a box. It was really fun. One lock was directions, another was numbers, and the last one was letters. It was really hard and we only got two clues from Mr. Calvert. There were also other clues around the room, one was a story about a kid not following directions. The other one was related to the safety rules chart. There were also posters around the room that weren’t there the day before.
My second quarter just started. My quarterly is Technology and I am very excited. Before we make stuff though, we have to learn about all the rules to keep us safe. The most important ones are, “Think before you act”, “Walk, don’t run”, and “Never leave tools unattended”. Mr. Calvert shared with us about what happened to previous kids in Tech, when they didn’t pay attention to the rules. We also watched a video where someone got a power drill stuck in his hair. His hair was long and he should’ve tied his hair. So that’s why another rule in Tech is to always tie your hair. Mr. Calvert has rubber bands near the door if someone didn’t bring a rubber band.
If you want to have fun in Tech, than it is imperative that we follow the rules. These are all the rules that we have to follow:
