Because of the coronavirus, we are now having online classes. The break home is really nice, because there is so much more time to do work! For the past week we were learning all about atoms, and really how inexplainably small they really are. We learned about the many Greek scientists that spent their lives […]
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Tech #5 – New Beginnings
Hello! After another week of building automata, we are starting a new unit, regardless of where we are in our builds. We aren’t stopping the automata, only that if we have extra time we can work on it. The new unit we have started is soldering. For our first soldering project, we are making jewelry. […]
Tech #4 – Creating the Automata
Hello again! After winter break, school has started once again. This means more time to work on the automata. Our teacher has cut out the cardboard parts for the box, along with our cams and followers, which are the gears that make our automata function. I am not that happy with how my cam came […]
Tech #2 – Boxes
Hello! After a couple days of tech, we did some really interesting stuff. We were shown 6 different boxes that each did something when we turned a lever. At first, the boxes were way too simple. Most of the boxes only had 2 axles and a few gears. It was the last 2 boxes that […]
Tech #1 – Start!
Hello! After a long time of no blogging, I am back! In school, I have this technology class, which is this really interesting, extremely fun not-so-class of a class! This class is pretty much a period of time to have some fun and feel like you’re not learning anything, but there is much more to […]
Reflections On The Entire Process – Interview #6
After I finished my video, I thought I did a really good job on the entire unit. I had a lot of fun creating the video, as well as interviewing my dad. I had to do a lot of work to put the whole video together, but it was actually really worth it. My […]
Adobe Spark – Interview #2
Mr. Casal, our computer teacher, told us about something called Adobe Spark. Adobe Spark is a website in which you can make slides, posters, and many more things. For us, we had to make a slideshow on Adobe Spark about our Immigrant Interview. Mr. Casal told us to make a slideshow on Rube Goldberg […]