Tech Post #5 – E-Learning

There has been a slight problem in our tech projects. The Corona Virus. The virus made it to Scarsdale last week, and the Scarsdale district had no choice but to close all schools. The following week nobody really knew what to do, most people were taking a few days off and relaxing because they thought that they were going back to school on Thursday. It turns out that is not the case, we might not even go back to school this year. This is one serious virus.

Under the circumstances we had a find a way to learn things from Mr. Calvert digitally. We first started by doing Ed puzzle. A useful platform that allows you to watch a video posted by a teacher, and answer questions on it. We also now have tech office hours so if you would like to ask Mr. Calvert a question, he will give you an answer. Sometimes we also may do a zoom meeting, this allows us to see each other face to face like face time.

Through the struggles of the virus we are still learning. Right now we are in a unit of atoms. We are learning about how small atoms are, and the pieces there made of.

So far E-learning in Tech has Ben going well!

Tech Post 4-Building our Pendant

In tech we are creating and soldering a ring for a pendant. My Desighn is going to be like the deathly hallows from Harry Potter. It will have the circle in the middle with a line through it and a triangle on the outside. It will look something like this.

 

 

So far I have layed out my design on thick tape ,(so it will stay)  and I am ready to solder. After I am done soldering I can attach this to a chain through the jump ring on the circle. I am going to be interested to see how this pendant comes out, after all this is only my first try.

Tech post #1 Safety Rules.

At my first day at Tech, we learned about safety rules. With great power comes great responsibility. At Tech we have access to amazing machines such as the soldering iron and the laser cutter. These machines are meant to make great machines, but can also be dangerous if your not using them correctly. That is why it is important to learn how to us them properly.  The first rule we learned was too think before we act. Bad decisions could be costly when using dangourous machines. Here are in my opinion some of the most important rules to remember. Never leave a tool unattended, this could result in a injury from someone that does not realize the machine is on. Secondly you should never talk while a machine is on. This may take someone’s focus away from the machine there working on. This may result in them messing up there machine, or worse they may injure themselves. Lastly, you should never run in the Tech room. When running you may knock into someone using a tool, this may hurt them. One example is if someone is running and bumps into someone using a soldering iron, this would knock the person into a soldering iron that reaches 842 Fº. The result would be a second degree burn. Here are the Tech safety rules.

It is definitely important  to follow safety rules in the Tech room. I am truly looking forward to some of the projects we will be doing. I am especially looking forward to building a flashlight. I think that Tech will be my favorite quarterly!