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.

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.

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 […]