December 14

Blog Post 4: My Thoughts On The I-Beam Project

I thought that the I-beam project was really cool. I can’t believe that a few simple pieces of cardboard, glue, and tape, could hold as much wait as my I-Beam did. For my custom I-beam, I was able to hold 6 big cans, but my I-beam fell when I tried to add a second humongous  jar of pasta sauce. I think that if I hadn’t tried to add the pasta sauce jar, my custom I-beam would’ve been able to hold a lot more. For the I-beam that I followed instructions on, I was able to fill three whole bags of giant cans and other things to the very, very, tippy top. (I stopped at three, because I thought that I had done a good job with the project, and there was no need for me to keep filling bags with things). I was able to fill a bag with 11 giant cans, 1 water bottle, 1 long, heavy charger, lots of markers, and 1 heavy biggish pen and pencil holder with lots of pens and pencils. I think that’s pretty awesome that one small I-beam, just made out of cardboard with some glue and tape, can hold all that. I also thought that the project Mr. Calvert had us do was pretty cool. I still can’t get over the fact that a homemade I-beam was able to hold all those things though. I also thought that Mr. Calvert gave really good instructions in his video, and it was very easy to follow along. If you’re reading this, thanks for posting a really helpful video, Mr. Calvert! Anyway, I thought that the I-beam project was really cool, and I’m  happy that I got to do it. Thanks for giving us this project Mr. Calvert!

December 5

Blog Post: 3 My Thoughts About Baby Technology


I think that baby monitors are really smart pieces of technology. I think they are smart, because you can go and play outside, and bring the baby monitor with you, and then you will be able to know if your baby is awake or asleep, instead of sitting inside the house, waiting for your baby to wake up so you can go outside. I think it’s even smarter to have a video monitor, because then you can see what your baby’s doing, what he does before going to sleep, if he ever hurts himself by accident, while asleep, or while trying to fall asleep, (and then you can fix the hurting himself by accident problem) and I just think that baby monitors and video monitors are really cool pieces of technology. I also think that incubators for babies are very important and amazing pieces of technology. They have also probably helped thousands of babies. Baby incubators provide a way to adjust the temperature, oxygen, humidity, and light. I also think that the sound machines that produce calming music or sound for the baby, are smart pieces of technology. For example, the machine can play a calming wave sound, which soothes the baby, and makes it easier for him/her to go to sleep. I have a baby brother in my house, (he’s a year old) and we use the baby monitor every day, multiple times a day with him. When he was an infant, we also used the sound machine, and he especially liked the calming waves sound. We didn’t need to use an incubator with him, (phew) and we also don’t use a video monitor. (though I do think that they are cool and useful). I think that there are many cool prices of baby technology out there, and even though I only mentioned a few of them, I still think that baby technology is really cool and useful.