We did two projects in technology, electroscope, and wire cutting. Today I’m going to talk about how to make an electroscope, and what it does. First, take a glass and put it on cardboard, cut out a circle in the cardboard that is the dimensions of the glass. Cut a line to the middle of the cardboard and spread out the paper clip except for a little hook. Put a conductor, like tinfoil on the end and flip the glass over. Put the cardboard contraption on the glass, and then put a statically charged ballon to the clip, the foil will move. This is due to the electrons entering the tinfoil and charging it enough that it gives a little jitter.

This week in tech we learned a whole lot about atoms, and electricity. We learned about the periodic table, what it is, and how it is organized. We learned how small atoms are, and we also learned how big the universe is. We learned about the origin of how atoms was discovered. We also learned what an atom is made out of and what role electrons play in atoms.

In tech class this week we learned and cut out cams. This week, I learned how to use that sharp pencil thingy, to cut out my cam. These cams are supposed to power automatons. Automatons are basically clockwork robots, and they can do amazing things. We watched a video in class a few weeks ago, that said and showed automatons writing, dancing, living and even playing a flute. This is super exciting, because it shows a real possibility of complex robots.

This week in tech class we learned about different types of levers, and built our own levers, shaduf or catapult. Today I’m going to talk about the lever i made. I built a catapult then turned it into a game, the game was an aiming type competition. In class, we learned about the mechanical advantage of levers. Mechanical advantage is basically, how much strength you put in, to how much force you get out. The point of a lever is to give you the biggest possible mechanical advantage.

This week in technology, we built trusses. This was an interesting topic, because we learned about the structural strength of shapes. Our trusses were built out of baby carrots and toothpicks, yet they could carry books. We learned that triangles are a powerful shape. This showed how structure can affect the maximum load of an object.

A few weeks ago in technology we learned about the structural strength of I Beams, I was fascinated by how much more an I beam can hold. Then what amazed me more was the fact that almost everything supporting weight uses an I beam. This makes me wonder if there is something that we haven’t discovered that could revolutionize the world, like the I Beam.

This winter I was scrolling through TikTok in a big winter storm and I came across someone trying to build an igloo, i thought wow that’s cool! So then I decided that i should build one myself, and here’s how:

First I found a mound of snow and I pounded it down into the shape I wanted. Next I took a shovel with a metal tip and dug an entrance into the igloo. At first it was just a tunnel, but then I came back the next day with a sharp hammer and goggles, i went in like working in a car and put my hammer in a part of snow and pulled down, i repeated this and then came a warm day to get it liquid and then a cold one to freeze it. I broke it down just this week.

In this project I tried to quiz people on thier knowledge on our social studies unit. My project asked questions about social studies, and more specifically, Mesopotamia. I really like the water cycle project. I liked how interactive it was and how it would shift based off my answers. I liked the part where I clicked the buttons for info.

Today in class we worked in answers with swift playgrounds, it was so awesome. I liked it because it was fun debugging and so satisfying when i type the code right.

I liked the dude that needed to get a computer in order to start, because of the way that he was still inventing other things even when he didn’t have a computer. Them saying that i can do anything with code was very helpful.