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Passion Projects #2

I am doing hockey stick handling as my passion project, and I will learn how to get better at it. I will also make a before and after video of my stick handling.

Learning to make a diagram

In technology this week, we learned how to draw a diagram. First we had to learn to tape the diagram to the board. Then we had to learn how to use the tools. Using the tools, we learned how to make a straight, and neat diagram. Next, we need to make our own diagram, to […]

Tech Post #10

Overall, tech was fun. I thought that tech was gonna be about electronics and stuff like that, but it ended up being about making stuff and hands on projects. I think that even though some the projects were fun, they could also be really confusing. Ultimately, I had a good time in Tech this year.

Finishing the flashlight

Now that I soldered, and put my flashlight together, I need to color my flashlight. I decided to make mine kind of rainbow. So in most parts of my flashlight, it will be colored rainbow. When I finished, Mr. Calvert took a picture of it, and I finished the project. Overall, I had a fun […]

Soldering the wires

First I had to measure my wires, to fit my flashlight. Then, I have to cut the wires. Then to solder them, I had to hold it up using clips. The I need to solder the wires to the battery. Then after that, I had to solder them to the switch. Then I finished soldering

Constructing our flashlights

To construct our flashlights, we had to use pipes to make the shape of a flashlight. Then we had to cut the wires to the dimensions of the diagram. Then you had to put them together. Then you need to drill the holes in your pipes, and then solder the wires. Then you’re done

Passion Projects #1

Last Monday we started our unit on Passion Projects. For this project I decided to do hockey. I am excited to see what we are gonna do for this project.

Making a circuit

Today in technology, we learned to make circuits. At first I thought it was really challenging. But after I learned from being helped, it became really easy. You need to put the light in the middle. Then you put the wires in the opposite charge. Then the light will light up. But you need to […]

Switches

After we did our bracelets we had to make switches. These are where you conduct electricity in different ways. At first I decided to try to put tin foil on a little straw and then slide it to conduct electricity. But then I was running out of time, so I decided to make two very […]

Design Bracelet

For the past 2 weeks I was making a bracelet. We had to put a design in the bracelet of our choice. I chose to do a Nike symbol. My original plan was to do 2 lines that form a Nike symbol, but I ended up doing 1 line. After forming my wires, I had […]

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