Morning
We started the day with a new challenge. Last week we worked on using levers as balances, exploring the dynamics of the relationship between weight and distance to the fulcrum. This week we used those levers to send small weights flying through the air as we turned our levers into catapults. Not only did we launch things into the air, but we used them to complete a circuit as they landed.
After much fun and success. We took time to learn how to properly use the tools in the workshop. We had training on how to solder, use saws, and proper drilling procedure. We finished two of the three, one more next week and we will be ready to start on our projects.
Afternoon
The Inventors and Investigators spent their afternoon figuring out how to hook up and control an elevator. The challenge was to hooked up the given elevators so that they could be turn on and could move both up and down with only two switches. Once they got that working, they then tried to sense the elevator with switches that were connect the Basic Stamp microcontroller.
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