It was a warm school day. I was cutting cardboard with a saw. No, that was not a typo. Seeyes, I used a saw. I think the cardboard model helped me with accuracy cutting, and drawing lines. I felt comfortable using rulers and tri squares. I have also used scroll saws at camp, so i […]
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Safety in tech 7
like in tech 6, there are way tooooooo much safety rules. It ranges from wear safety glasses to keep the vice handle in. Some old rules are don’t touch the soldering iron. Also wear safety goggles. Some new rules come with the new machines like only with adult supervision.
defeying gravity
today, me and my friend defied gravity with blocks. the blocks didn’t topple without a support. we were so amazed and we thought it would fall down, right after we got a pic of it, it fell.
Flashlights
In tech, we made flashlights. They are waterproof, I hope. I had top plan the length out, and make a circuit. Soldering it took a long time. Than, we put holes in it with a drill press, and put the circuit in. We decorated it and here it is.
self driving car game
when we finished the switches, we played a game to test our switches. people would flip a 2 cards, left red would mean left switch, and so on. we timed each other to see who got the fastest time with the least mistakes. i had 2 mistakes, and 56 seconds.
Making cardboard switches
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 […]
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 […]