In technology, we made switches out of cardboard. We had to make 3 switches and they had to work different. It was a challenge. Than we used tinfoil to hot glue on the cardboard. When we tested them, if they didn’t light the light up, we would start over. It works because we used metal […]
Month: December 2018
making solder people
today we made solder people in tech. my guy is playing baseball. the soldering iron gets up to 842 degrees
how electrical fires happen
an electrical fire is when the battery blows up and starts a fire. it happens if a circuit gets clogged or doesn’t work, than the protons and electrons go around, and that gets clogged and there is nowhere for the electricity to go, so the battery heats up and explodes. we did a hands on […]
making a circuit
yesterday in tech, we made a circuit. we had to make a light turn on with a blade switch, wires, and a battery. It sounds easy, but you needed to strip wires, and connect them together without getting electrocuted. it took me almost the whole period, even though i thought i had it. i built […]
volts
today we checked the voltage of battery. we used a weird machine called a multimeter. it measures all types of electricity. did you know i have like 15 volts at least in my body. also, batteries have the voltage on the side, so you need to read carefully when setting up. it took a lot […]