So far, I have completed 1 full work of fiction as a part of my independent reading over the previous classes, and the work I have finished reading that has had the biggest impact on me so far is “The Hate U Give”, by Angie Thomas. Before finishing this book, I read a few other […]
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4-Reflect and Share
Final Product My product is a jack-in-a-box, and the energy transformation of this toy is from potential energy into kinetic energy. When the lid is held closed, the spring inside the box is compressed which holds a great amount of elastic potential energy. When the lid is open, the spring extends and sprung out, which […]
3-Create and Improve
After finding all of the materials I needed, and planning out what my design would look like, I began starting on my product. Below are the processes of me making my product, and some of the problems I encountered in the process. Change of material for box In my first plan, I was supposed to […]
2-Develop and Plan
Some techniques I will learn and use: Watch the video with steps over again to make sure I have all of the procedures correct Try to use the bow saw to cut the wood by myself if the teacher is busy, so it can use less time and make my work more efficient Making sure […]
1-Define and Inquire
What is this engineering task? For this engineering task, we need to choose to make a toy that can convert energy, a renewable energy source and convert it to electrical energy, a device that can transfer energy or a device that can be used to learn physics. Engineering Plan My plan for this project is […]
Conflict in “Thank You Ma’am”- Found Poem
In the story “Thank you Ma’am” by Langston Hughes, the boy starts off trying to steal a woman’s purse because he wanted to buy a shoe and he needs money. The woman got the boy trying to steal, but instead of getting mad at the boy, the woman understood the boy and led him to […]
Dirty Water—Clean Water
For this project, we were supposed to imagine we were stranded on an island with no water., there was only dirty water. So we needed to change dirty water into clean water. But all we can use are things that can be found on an island. The materials I used were: -plastic cup -paper […]