Tri State Area
Makerspace at the Fulton School
Microwave Presence Detection Sensors
setup and how they work https://youtu.be/XPgU9p-5Pvw
code that goes with video https://github.com/SmarterCircuits/pico_presence
RCWL-0516 Microwave sensor https://www.amazon.com/DIANN-RCWL-0516-Microwave-Sensor-Induction/dp/B0B7L1N44R?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A2L2YSK9NV3SSU
Nigerian Spear (P.2)
During Makerspace over the last couple of classes, I have been working on a Nigerian spear.
As you all know, I found a stick and decided to make a spear. Before I decided to make it Nigerian, my idea was South African, due to learning about Africa in class. I found out that not many South African tribes and people made spears. Then I remembered that Nigeria is known for its precise and beautiful wood carvings. I decided to make it Nigerian. Since the last time, I have shortened the spear and am currently working on sharpening and Etching Nigerian-styled animals onto the stick using the Soldering machine. I am considering adding LED lights to the spear, but that wouldn’t be Nigerian-styled. While doing this, Doc made me research Nigerian and South African art, so I learned quite a lot about African art. If not for Doc making me research African art, I would’ve called it South African while it would be based on Nigerian art.
PAPER KEYAK
okay so this is supposed to be a paddle and i made this because im still working on a kayak and the kayak will be wooden and i didnt wanna make a wooden paddle because as it is im still forming the kayak
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Tufting Project
I started making a rug. I designed it based on moss rugs and a pond. I wanted to make a small rug. It was a bit difficult to choose a design I wanted to do. I changed a lot of things and I really like the design now. When I work on it again I’ll start actually making it.
Yarn kites
In makerspace I made more yarn kites. They are very fun to do.
Cookie tessellation
This a a tessellation of congruent triangles made with sugar cookies.
Triangle Twist
In math class I made
these triangles are different triangles like scalene, obtuse, and equilateral
I used open scad to make the triangles and then I 3D printed them all.
Using what we are learning in math right now I was able to put a twist on some
of the triangles and some without.
Linear_extrude(height=10, twist=360) polygon(points=[[0.0],[0,10],[17.3,0] Linear_extrude(height=10, twist=90) polygon(points=[[0.0],[0,5],[5,0
Natural vs. Man-made structures
The project I worked on most during quarter two was my science fair project. I am testing the compressive strength of natural structures versus man-made structures. By 3D printing each structure, variables such as materials ar taken out of consideration. While 3D printing my structures, I had issued developing the arches. First the model that i was using wasent compatable with the platform we use for 3D printing. Than after we found a model that would print, the arches dimensions needed to be changed because the top of the arches kept breaking. This took a long time to figure out how to keep everything proportional but allowed me to learn more about 3D printing and the specific platform we use. After I printed each structure out, I used a force meter to compress them until they broke. This was sad because they took so long to print out.
Centers of a triangle coasters
The Incenter, circumcenter, and centroid are all different types of centers for triangles . To make this I had to design these on Corel, during this I learned a lot about the line tools. After they were designed I got to laser cut them. Even though this was a simple project I learned a lot, not just about the centers of triangles but also I got a lot of practice using Corel. In the future I would like to color the lines with different colored paint pens so it is easier to distinguish the triangle from the medians and bisectors.
Unit Circle Board
For the past few math classes I have been working on making a unit circle table, which it is not a table yet and is just a board….
It has x and y, then all the angles multiple of 30 and multiples of 45 that we have learned. It also has the coordinates of the points of the unit circle in radical form instead of decimal.
I had gotten a block of wood and cut into a circle shape using the CNC machine and then used the laser printer to make all the lines and numbers. I still need to sand down the sides and even it out more and make legs so it can be an actual table.
I like trigonometry even if I’m bad at it √:3
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