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 #3- beginning our automata.

In tech for the past few days we have been beginning our automata. We started by putting together laser cut cardboard pieces. Then we hot glued them together, I managed to not get burned! After putting together the pieces I got my laser cut big wheel. This wheel would be the key to my automata. I am planning on doing a fish jumping out of water. The tail of my fish will also be moving. The next thing I need to do is to attach the big wheel to my other pieces. To do this I will need to attach my wheel to a piston and attach the piston to my cardboard.

After a lot of hard work I will be done with my automata.

After starting the automata we will work and finish our automata over time.