Food Tech

This week Friday the year 8's continued food technology at Tamaki College with Mrs. Heka. Today we made Corn fritters with salad and sweet chili sauce in small groups/pairs. The recipe for this dish consisted of flour, baking soda, canola oil, eggs, corn, milk, spinach mix salad, and sweet chili sauce. We started getting out our equipment for the day and putting on our apron. While I stirred our dry ingredients in a medium bowl with a 1/3 cup of flour, and 1/2 tablespoon of baking soda, my partner Haylee whisked well 2 eggs, and 1/4 of a cup of milk in the large bowl. After a good mix, we added them into the large bowl and created a quite liquid paste. We made sure all those clumps were broken down and well combined. We added a whole can of sweet corn and put 1 tablespoon of oil onto the cooking pan. Using a ladle spoon, we created mini pancake like shapes and let them fry until a nice brown. Before topping them, we added a spinach mix salad and drizzled sweet chili sauce over the top. We all really enjoyed today's simple recipe.

Tech @ Tamaki College (Pewter Work)

This week at Tech, the Year 8's continued planning our ideas for the pewter cast. After making a few changes and checking with Mr. Grundy myself, all of my ideas have been confirmed and now I have to choose only ONE to do. I'm leaning towards one for my mom as her birthday is coming quite soon. A few people have already started the beginning of their process.

Tech Reflection

This week for tech we continued Pewter work with Mr. Grundy at Tamaki College. We've all created workbooks to plan out and fill out some information about our designs for the cast. Everyone has made at least a list of 4 people that we might consider gifting our pendant too. I'm personally still finding my silhouettes, and need to choose one person that I'll be making this for.

Tech @ Tamaki College Reflection

This week Friday the year 8’s started their first session of tech at Tamaki College. This term we are working with pewter in  Mr. Grundy’s class. On our first day we looked at a few examples of some of the things we might be creating, and Mr. Grundy also showed us the process of how it is created. Then we started making up some of our own ideas for the pewter.

Robotics (Tech) | Tamaki College

Last week Friday we continued robotics with Mr. Keishnier by controlling our robots to move. We've already began making our robots move around, and we have been controlling them to go in a certain path or pattern. Like following the lines of a square,  rectangle, and triangle. Last week we made our robots move in circles, and tried making them move in a figure of eight which was very difficult. With all the tasks we complete, we took photos of the steps on mblock and take a video.

Tech - Graphics

This Friday was our last week at the Graphics rotation. I've finished my board, and found myself game pieces although they weren't what I had planned. I was moving around fast because we didn't have much time until the session was over, meaning I couldn't paint anything. Unfortunately, I didn't get to use the best of what I had because half of the time I spent outside with Miiana. This was annoying because I couldn't get what I needed to get done, done. The reason I was sent outside on the steps, was completely off to what really happened. My last day made an effect to my whole experience there and it was not good. I couldn't say that I loved graphics, but I definitely learned new things which is what matters. If I go there again, next time I would work faster to get things done.

Tech w/ Mrs Ferguson | Graphics

This week for Tech I've already finished making my Tic Tac Toe Board. I have sanded my pieces, glued my two main square cut layers together, and glued that to the base of my board. I went back on tinker-cad to look at my different game pieces, and I finished my Design Development Presentation. Mrs. Ferguson reminded the year 7's that not everyone will have a completed game by next week, since it is the last week of the Graphics Rotation. But she also said she will finish them off in the following weeks and deliver them to us when she comes for inquiry Mondays. Next week I hope to get some of my game pieces made, since I need 9 copies of each.

Tech @Tamaki College w/ Mrs. Ferguson (Graphics)

This week at tech, the year 7's continued planning and creating their 3D games. I've finally made my Tic Tac Toe board using the laser cutter, and Mrs. Ferguson's help. There were separate pieces to put together that had to be aligned in a certain way, then were glued together. Now I am planning the actual game pieces on tinker-cad. I wanted them to be other than a cross and circle. What I have in mind are fruit shapes or heart and stars. I hope to finish before the term and play other peers games too.

Tech - Graphics w/ Mrs. Ferguson

This week at tech we started creating the pieces for our 3D Games. Planning them on tinker-cad, and sending it to Mrs. Ferguson. I am still creating the "Tic tac toe" pieces but hearts and stars instead. We even used Plasticine to create the real life design. I need to make 9 of these and still need to create the game board. Some of us used Thingiverse to look at the creations for the related subjects.

Tech | Graphics

This week at tech with Mrs. Ferguson, we continued structuring our 3D games. We took a look at tinker-cad again, trying to finish our 3D recreation of Mrs. Anderson. I am still working on my Tic Tac Toe game, making my board and planning my banana and apple playing pieces. Mrs. Ferguson helped me laser cut the paper, and I used tinker cad to help figure out the size and what the "tic tac toe" pieces will look like. 

Tech (Tamaki College) | Graphics w/ Mrs. Ferguson

This week at Tamaki College, LS2 had their last session of tech for the term. The year 7's we're begin to create their games on paper. Using the light box, and shape stencils to help us design the best for our planning. Mrs. Ferguson showed us to tinker-cad and we explored some of the tools on there. I am making a tic tac toe board, but instead of crossses and o's they are apples and banana's. We were even given a challenge to make our teacher using tinker cad and the shapes, etc.

Tech | Graphics w/ Mrs. Ferguson

This week Friday at tech, the year 7's began creating 4 3D game designs on paper. Mrs. Ferguson showed us her 3D game creations of Tic Tac Toe, Checkers, Tower of Hanoi, and a flexible plastic dinosaur and squid. As my ideas, I drew a Tic Tac Toe Board with the x's and o's replaced with apples and bananas. Then I drew a 5 x 5 puzzle of a fruit bowl. My third I idea I was able to get down was a connect for with small pictures on the front of the plastic circles. I am planning on doing my first idea, because I really enjoyed playing with the 3D Tic Tac Toe that Mrs. Ferguson made.

Tech (Wood Work) - Continuing our Designs

This term the year 7's are continue their woodwork designs with Mr. Grundy. We have 3 weeks left to finish up our designs from last term, and take them home. I am still working on creating my bird house, and today I have started the front side of my Bird House. I still have my sides/walls to do, and the lift-able roof on the top. After completing the front of my Bird House, I will need to go to Mr. Grundy to get the hole for the entrance cut out. We also started writing what we know about How to create a design out of wood on a piece of paper. This will help to write the report cards. I really enjoy my designs, as it is an original idea and I would love to take it home.

Tech (Wood Work)

This week in tech for wood work with Mr. Grundy at Tamaki College, the year 7's continued making their designs. Everyone is on to sawing the wood by now, and some people are making their joints. I measured the size of the cut so that my jointed piece could fit, then I sawed down the sides before chiselling out the middle. My joint fits, but it is a little loose on the sides. Next week I would like to get at least the both wall/sides of my bird house design done. 

Tech | Wood Work

This week Friday at tech, we had Wood Work with Mr. Grundy. We were finishing up our 8 designs and checking them, making sure each of them had a joint. Out of the 8 I created, I chose to be going to make the chest of draws. We then had to answer a few questions about our creation, like what is it for and why did we choose it. I would be using it to hide things in, like jewellery. Next week we might get up to making it.