Month: October 2019

So today we are having a tech day, Shane wants us to catch up on blogs, so, here I am.  Anyways,  earlier this week we talked about plant reproduction. Shane’s way of explaining “The flowers are like ‘Hey baby, Hey baby'”                              So flowers need pollen basically to reproduce, the flower can get that pollen either from the wind (the hard way) or from bees (the easy way). The flowers lure bees to them using certain bright colors or certain smells. When the bees see/hear these things they come pollinate the flowers.

QUESTIONS

1.  Do other plants get pollinated by bees

2. Can other insects pollinate flowers

3. Why do we need three questions

Last week the eighth graders went “elk bugling”.  That means our science teacher was chaperoning. That means tech day. Tech day is when we get to use out science class as a tech class. We can use Circuits, IPads, Little Bits, basically any technology around the science class.  I chose to do Little bits with my friend Lucy. We made a sound machine. Basically a machine that makes very loud annoying sounds, we tried to sneak up on out friends and scare them with it. We’re not very sneaky.

Questions:

1. Why is there only one battery clip in two packages of Little bits?

2. What else can we use on tech days?

3. Where is dash the robot?

So a few weeks ago my class went to a camp. The name of this camp is L.o.c., Leelanau Outdoor Center. We do it every year in September. It was super fun the first time but we do a lot of the same things each year, so some of it is boring now. But this year since i’m in seventh grade now, My class and I got to do the “High Ropes Course” for the first time. That was by far the highlight of L.o.c. It’s twenty-five feet in the the air in a clear place in the forest. My favorite of all the obstacles was the balance beam they call “Old Rickety” I walked forwards, backwards, forwards and backwards blindfolded, jumped, and ran across it.

Questions:

1. How long does L.o.c. stay open?

2. Why aren’t phones aloud?

3. If food is aloud in the great house, why is it not aloud in cabins?

So a few weeks ago we started working on our solar powered cars in science. Two years ago, (I Think) we made mousetrap cars. Thats what I think about when we work on the solar cars. They’re made out of thin Wood/Cardboard like pieces, Solar Panels, Wheels and a Motor. the only way to make these cars move, is by putting them in a place with sunlight and enough space. We did do a practice run down by the school’s office, it went pretty well…except for the fact that my friend/teammate Lucy, but motor on upside down… We blamed our other teammate andre.

Questions:

1. Will we be continuing this project soon?
2. What about the sun makes the car move?
3. Why does the motor need to be facing a certain way?