Playing the switch game

In tech this week, we played a game with out switches. In this game there were different jobs. The person who played, the person who flipped the cards, and the person who counted mistakes. The way you play is you flip a deck of cards split in half, and you press the button according to the red card. If it’s on the left, you use the left switch, right is right switch, and if it’s both cards, the middle switch. I thought the game went well because I only made 2 mistakes!

Week of 6/1

In tech this week we started out electrical switches. The assignment is to create 3 switches, and then be able to use them to play a game. The switches have to be able to turn on a led light, using tinfoil as the conductor. I made 2 switches, one that was a seesaw (that counted as 2 switches) and another that was a button.

Week of 5/25

This week in tech we learned about atoms. For this blog post, I’m going to explain something from this week I found interesting. It was that since atoms are so small, if you took a ball made of all the same atoms that was the size of a grapefruit, and made it the size of the earth, the atoms inside would only be the size of blueberries. And, there would be atoms everywhere. This means that everywhere you look, you would see blueberries. This is because there are so many atoms in a ball that is only the size of the grapefruit. I think this is interesting because I didn’t know that there were so many atoms in such a small ball!

Week of 5/17

This week in tech, we worked on our mechanical switches. To do this, we had to wax our gears with crayons so they would glide correctly. Then, we used paint pens to design the different pieces. Finally, we drilled and sanded our pieces and glued them together. The hardest part for me was drilling and sanding because I messed up a few times and drilled too far, and I had trouble sanding. Overall, I enjoyed making my mechanical switch this week.

Week of 5/10

This week in tech, we did a few things. We learned about gears, and finished a movie on automatons. The movie showed how automatons change the world, and different types of automatons. Mainly, it focused on how automatons can be made to look, an work like humans do. One part of the movie I found very interesting was when the narrator talked about someone who tried exploring human anatomy to see if automatons are really just like humans.

Week of 5/3

This week in class we worked on finishing our cams, and starting our cranks. Since I had already finished my cam, I was also able to finish my crank. The process was very similar to the process of the cams, but I had a hard time on some parts of this one since it was a little harder than the cams were. To make a crank, instead of cutting everything out and then putting the pieces together, I cut as I went through the instructions. This was easier than making the cams because I new what pieces were numbered and didn’t have to search for the correct one. After cutting and gluing the different pieces together, I had to glue them into place. One thing I struggled with was making sure every piece was glued in the correct way. Finally, once I figured everything out I had a finished crank!

Week of 4/26

This week in Tech we worked on building cams. To do this, I used many resources, including videos and a packet of instruction. The process was pretty simple: First, I learned about different types of cams in class. Then, I got a paper with different shapes on it that I had to cut out. Next, I folded the cutouts and glues them so they formed 3D shapes. Lastly, I glued all of the pieces together and had a working cam! I enjoyed this week because I got to build something on my own.

Week of 4/19/21

This is the first week of tech. This week, we learned about simple machines, specifically levers. We learned about three different classes of levers. First, second, and third class levers. A first class lever is when the fulcrum is in the middle, a second class lever is when the load is in the middle, and a third class lever is when the effort is in the middle. To remember this, we used the rhyme FLE 123.

Week of 4/12

In this program, I tried to get to know the person using the code. Then I asked them about a restaurant they enjoy and more information about that. Something that was challenging when writing my code was fixing errors. Overall, I found this project interesting to create.

 

Week of 4/6/2021

In the “Everyone can code” video, I found one of the woman’s work interesting. She created a safe delivery app so that pregnant woman can have a safe delivery. I find this interesting because she wasn’t just making a fun game, she was creating an app to help other people. This is made possible by coding because she can create an app, and program it to help people. One of the men in the video said something about coding that I think is helpful as I think about writing code. He said that with coding, you can make anything possible and do anything.