September 2023
This was my first sticker that I printed. It was supposed to be the flag of Japan because I wanted to start with something basic so it would be hard for me to mess up, but I still managed to make the center circle weird.
This is my one point perspective drawing. I tried to do something similar to the example, but I still made some mistakes.
This is my two point perspective drawing, I made my own drawing this time to be a bit more creative. This time I did a better job following the rules, but still nothing spectacular.
This is my three point perspective drawing I used some help for the middle tower from an online source. There are two office buildings and a donut shop. I didn’t add a lot of texture and this was the first time I tried to add shading.
For our final drawing project we had to write steam and our name on a grid sheet to make the weighting 3D and it also put the letters on an angle and I tried to add a bit of shading this time and the project took me longer than what it should have.
This is my keychain project from the laser box. I used it to make a key chain for my favorite basketball team the Boston Celtics.
This project made us create a 3D biome with paper and use the sticker cutter or draw our own animals/plants to fill the biome with. All of my animals are made with the sticker cutter. I made a ocean biome.
For this project we got to use Fusion 360 and Tinkercad to create a boat design that could hold the most pennies and it had to be under 10 grams. My boat weighed 5.27 grams and could hold 16 pennies.
January 2024
Passion Project
Introduction:
I built a model combustion engine, and electric motor and am working on a model of a Maglev train. I have been researching how engines work and how electromagnetism works.
Challenges:
When making the combustion engine model part of the engine broke because I did not screw it on tight enough. This happened two times, making me take apart the entire engine and put it back together.
When trying to make a model of a maglev train, I found out that I had the wrong materials to make the train. I needed to put magnets at both ends of the battery and sent it through a copper tube that I had to make by spooling some copper wire. This did not end up working because I bought magnets that were too big. I may try this part again in STEAM 10.
Conclusion:
In the end my passion project worked the entire time! A lot of people had a really good time learning about how my Homopolar motors worked. (a battery magnet and copper wire.) My most popular attraction that was a part of my project was my engine model. People really liked seeing how an engine worked.
What I Learned:
I learned that doing big projects are really easy to do alone. I also got to learn the full inner workings of how a combustion engine worked. I also got to learn and make Homopolar motors. They are really fun to make and learn how they work.
Grade 10
Gravity Car