Timber Harvest

In the two videos the main thing I observed is that is more contemporary times they use machines and other technology to harvest wood while back in the twenties and fifties, actual people had to do the work. I wonder why they didn’t figure out any tool to use like a pulley to help them more. Also I’m confused as to why they ran away instead of making something mechanical that they probably could of made back then to help them catch the tree.

3D Printing

3D Printing is really cool in general. A 3D printer basically takes plastic thread and melts it into all different shapes and sizes. I assume most figurines were 3D printed. In my house I found old baseball and army action figures and was thinking about how they were probably 3D printed. Although 3D printing uses a lot of plastic and isn’t necessarily good for the environment, it is very sustainable and affordable so I guess if more things were 3D printed we would have more money for environmental problems. I think It lets lots of artists express their creativity in a less messy, cheaper way. The actual printer  and software might be expensive, but opposed from. Paint you only have to buy it once. On the other hand 3D printing might help those in need. For example someone may not be able to afford a house, but if you 3D print one you might only have to spend around $5000. Overall 3D printing is a great method.

Building

As the Meriam Webster dictionary states the word building actually means, “the art or business of assembling materials into a structure” but I think that building is where you turn something that is nothing into a reality. For example last year in Technology class I built a working flashlight out of some pipe pieces and what not. But the point is that I turned nothing into something I’m really proud of myself for. I really enjoy making things because it challenges my area of expertise and makes me proud of myself when I finish.

LTC 1 2nd Blog Post

In Learn to Code 1, two of my most frustrating challenges are when I cant figure out the pattern for a function or a loop. Also when the path has lots of different loops and functions needed.

Music Video Review

After watching many of my classmates music videos on scratch, I liked Eli’s video because it was very creative. The animation was fun to watch because of the random boy dancing and the ending. I liked how he used a real song and I think he composed it in scratch which is really cool.

Code Stars Reflection

The video code stars is overall very inspirational. My personal experiences with coding are definitely rough, but I in fact think it changed my perspective on the world of code. I found it amazing how anyone can code. I mean the fact that basically all you need to know is simple math, reading, and writing is not what I thought. The one job work space seemed welcoming to anyone.

Technology Class

Today was the last technology class with Mr. Calvert. This quarter was really fun. Here are some of the most fun things/things I learned this quarter.

In the beginning we learned all about atoms. We learned that no living thing can possibly see one. We learned about the positive neutrons and the negative ones.

It was really fun when I got to make my own pendant for a necklace. I got to use something I’ve never even heard of called a soldering iron. It was boiling hot and scared me but it was really cool getting to use it.

I also learned about circuits which use atoms and I even got to make a flashlight and make a circuit to make it work. I also got to drill holes and use a saw and cut pipe. This project was the most fun!

Circuts

It is a dark room with no light, someone lights a candle to brighten the scene. Generations later you just flip a switch to power a light bulb. What is making this work? Well inside a lightbulb is a bunch of wires and batteries making something called a circuit. The main parts of a circuit are positive and negative wires, a light bulb, a switch and a battery.

A circuit works because when it is closed the atoms flow from the battery through the wire through the lightbulb to turn it on.

Circuits go inside of things like a flashlight to turn them on.