This has been a crazy year. I didn’t expect to be at home for the last three months of school. Ever since we’ve been stuck at home, I realized that school is pretty fun. Usually I look forward to the weekend, but now I would really want to go back to school and see everyone. I miss lunch and Pe too. It is pretty sad that the year had to end like this, but we have the summer coming up!

What if you are throwing away plastics because your town recycling won’t take them. I think that people can do a better job recycling. Many towns accept different thing in their recycle. For example, some towns don’t accept soft plastic. If we put in more effort to do a good job recycling then we can have a healthier environment. We can drive to different places to recycle.

There are many different types of plastic. Plastic plays a big role in our lives. There are many types of plastic and they are number from 1 to seven. As seen in this image. https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_lossless,ret_img,w_720/https://learn.eartheasy.com/site-files/2017/06/iStock-530479243-5.jpg. 

After plastic is used it needs to be recycled so it can be used again. This a picture of plastic being recycled.

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Each material has special quality’s. These qualities help them become more effective. For example some of them have a thicker quality. This helps it be more sturdy.

 

I have learned a lot from technology so far. I never knew all the thought that goes into making lots of everyday objects. It is really interesting to see all the types of wood, metal, and plastics. I particularly liked the wood video. It takes a lot of work to process wood, but with the help of the machines it so much easier. It makes me appreciate technology more!

Promt:

3. “Oregon Forest Law requires us to replant the site within two years and it needs to meet “green-up” standards by six [years]. By state law we are required to leave two live trees standing and two downed trees per acre of clearcut harvest. We are also requried to protect small medium and large fish streams.”

In some states there are laws that require the  timber industry to protect the environment (during the harvest) and replant the land (following the harvest). From an environmental convservation and sustainability perspective, what is your opinion of this? Should the requirements be different?

I believe that laws to protect the environment are very important. Obviously trees are important to the environment. If we removed all the trees it wouldn’t be healthy. Trees have many characteristics that are necessary to sustain wild life. The trees also perform gas exchange.

For this post I am going to talk about why more boys are talking during the zooms. In this class, we have a lot of boys with strong personalities. They are not shy and will gladly speak in front of the whole class.I think some of the girls are more timid and enjoy speaking privately. That is why they send more emails.

To build something is to create a new object with materials. I’ve made lots of things. For example last year in tech, we were given the challenge of making a flashlight. We could use wires, pvc pipe and an led light. It was a lot of fun. While I was building, I was really focused. I built it by myself, but we could look at what other people were building. A lot of people had unique designs. I kept my flashlight because I really like it. I think it was a really cool design. I don’t have any pictures of it.

According to CNN, Johnson and Johnson are trying to make a vaccine for Coronavirus. They believe it could be made within 6 months. This is similar to the Ebola outbreak and the Zika outbreak. They have dozens of scientists working to find a cure. The company is trying to make vaccines with five different constructions. If Johnson and Johnson find a cure they plan on manufacturing thousands of the vaccine.

I believe that the Coronavirus is a big problem. The amount of cases are growing rapidly. I think the problem with Johnson and Johnson racing to find a cure is a risk. If they rush and think they found a cure it could be a problem. They could be going to fast and if they spread the wrong vaccine around the world it would make the epidemic worse. The wrong vaccine would make many people even more sick. This could affect the disease in a major way.

According to CNN N.J. schools are installing vape detectors in the the bathrooms. They catch kids vaping in the bathrooms. The vape detectors cost $1,000. They were made by A+ Technology & Security Solutions. They also can’t be tampered with, if they are touched they automatically go off. This idea was tested in Sparta high school.

I believe these detectors are a very good idea. Vaping is growing in popularity. This could be a big step to stoping it. The bathroom is often a safe place to vape. This is a legal way to catch students. I also think the fact that you can’t tamper with the detector is a cool and smart idea. With these detectors in bathrooms kids won’t have a good place to vape.

In technology we learned how to solder. We have five solder stations, each one has an iron, a third hand and a sponge. I made the body, head and legs of my guy before soldering. Then I attached the arms by getting a piece of solder and melting it in the spot on the body that I wanted it to be attached. The solder got hot really fast. After it was connected it got stuck to the third hand, the solder melted it to the hand. I got it off by melting the solder. Finally I put glue on the arm and rapped it in white to look like a pitcher.