Tech #9

This week I started my circuit for the flashlight. On Tuesday I cut my pipes to the right lengths. My circuit works well, and my pipes are the right length, now I just need to make holes in the caps to put in the switch and the light, and then put all the pieces together.

Tech #8

This week we got introduced to the flashlight making. We started brainstorming ideas and we had to start making a diagram that was to scale. On Monday we had a field trip, so we were not there. On Thursday we tested our switches with a game that was fun. I am mostly done with my diagram, so I am feeling good about this project.

Tech #7

This week we were working on our switches. I was struggling on Monday but then I got a design ready on Tuesday, and finished it on Wednesday. I still had to do two more switches by the end of the week, and I had to rush to get them all done. I did not quite finish my second, and Mr Calvert gave me a mini switch that takes very little time and effort to make, so including that I had two switches by the end of the week.

Tech #6

This week I was only here on Friday. We were working on switches on Friday. I am behind on these switches as everybody started at least one day before me, I am going to need to focus and work hard to finish all three of my switches.

Tech #4

This week, we started to work on our smoldering  piece. We worked on our brainstorming sheets. I didn’t finnish filling it in because I couldn’t think of anything else to put. We also worked on our outer rings. I finished my outer ring. It was cool. I liked using the looping pliers.

Tech #3

We worked on our designs the whole time. I enjoyed it. My design was a Minecraft diamond chestplate. It was pretty easy to make that in Vectornator, since it’s just strait lines. We learned how to make circles and join shapes together in Vectornator. It’s been a cool week.

Tech #2

This week, we were learning about atoms and static electricity. Also, we learned about lightning and how it works. We learned how to stay safe in a lightning storm. We learned about CNC machines and lasers. We even got to use the laser cutter and we learned how to use Vectornator. So far, tech class is awesome.

Tech post #1

Week one was pretty simple. We learned the rules of the class. We also did a fun break in thing that is based off of the rules. That was really fun. At the end of the week, we started learning about atoms, which was interesting. We talked about how big the universe it’s and how small an atom is. So far, tech is pretty nice.

Rube Goldberg project #1

I have worked on coming up with ideas for this project. The end goal is to pour cereal into a bowl. My final set up will go like this. First, I have a rapping paper roll that I roll a small ball down, witch hits a dominoes chain, witch hits another ball that hits another dominoes chain, and that hits a domino that is holding up a book, along with three other dominoes, and on top of the book, there is another book that gets knocked over as well, witch starts a book chain, witch hits a ball on a string, witch hits the cereal box over and the cereal falls into a bowl. Hopefully it works!