ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS I DID IN TECH

DESIGNING AND MAKING A TOWER- Our first sort of project. We had to make a tower in groups of 2 using just paper and 2 inches of tape. The tallest tower won.

BUILDING A BRIDGE-Once again we were sent of in groups of 2, this time our assignment was to construct a bridge that could hold a load of one brick.

TECHNICAL LETTERING-With this we learned a really neat way of writing. This type is used by architects when building houses and making floor plans.

OUR HOUSE FLOOR PLANS(2-d modeling)-We were introduced to using a scale for this project. Our assignment was to make a floor plan to a house that was to scale that we would soon after build in 3-d.

3-D HOUSE MODELING-This was where we were to take our 2-d floor plans but instead of using the 1/4 inch scale, we had to use the 1/2 inch scale to make 3-d house models of what we had for our floor plans.

BARCODING-We were somewhat introduced to a bit of barcoding in this assignment. We had to barcode our initials. It's basically a variety of wide and narrow lines put together. Kinda interesting.

WHAT I LEARNED

I learned many new things in tech that i would have never learned elsewhere. I now know how to use a scale in the different measurements,how to do orthographic drawings and technical lettering, i learned how to weld and sauder wires together. I learned how to do barcoding and Mr.ferguson was even nice enough to take us down to the big garage where the transportation class is held and he showed us how to take tires on and off and how to check your brakes which will come in very handy in years to come when we have our own vehicles. I loved tech and thought it was a great learning experience.

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