Part 2: Design A Sign Project

Planning LogKeep a record of both what you intend to do and what you did over the course of the next 3 weeks as we work through the Technology Process.
Week 5Week 6Week 7What I plan to doPlan and designDevelop and createFinal Touches/Finish OffMaterials I will needPlasticPaperLeatherPeople/Sources I need to consult for more information.TeachersStudentsSchoolWhat did you find difficult and why?Finding the right sources of information.
Thinking of a decent idea.
Finishing the project.
What I will do next as a result of any difficulties.Ask for help from someone who is
Search for information on the internet.
I did not need help.







STAKEHOLDERS The Stakeholders are the people who have an effect on the production of your productThe Primary Stakeholder is your client ie. the person or community of people that your sign is going to be created for. eg. ….Wider Community Stakeholders:Key Stakeholders:Primary Stakeholder:-School
-Parents
-Visitors

The Senior Schoolyear 7 & 8 kids




ATTRIBUTES: These describe the physical (what it is like) and functional (what it will do) characteristics of a product. These characteristics are key or essential for the successful function of a product and should be re- evaluated at each stage of the design process.
With your sign in mind, complete the following attributes table:AttributeMethod of MeasurementSpecificationeg. Eye catchingsign will appeal (be noticed) by stakeholdersSign must be clear, stand out and be creativeSize2 Metres Long sign must be at least 2 metres long

Maths Problem Solving

In our maths classes we were learning about equal addition and how they can make problems much easier. On this strategy I demonstrate how I can use this strategy. You must add or subtract an EQUAL amount on both sides.

Tip:Can be only be used for subtraction!

A Scientific Experience!

Yesterday was a great oppurtunity, an oppurtunity to learn lot's of cool and awesome things about SCIENCE!!! Being able to watch people create fire right in front of you is surely fantastic for anyone to experience!!!

On this day Tamaki College were holding a spectacular Science Roadshow. Schools from around the community were able to watch,experience and certainly enjoy! My class were one of the last classes to visit the roadshow. We were seated in the schools auditorium and began to watch. In this session we are talking about temprature. A woman talked to us about how it can change and transform throughout time. Showing us cool experiments such as burning holes through thick pieces of steel and using the oxygen around us to create massive amounts of fire was certainly one of my highlights!

After giving us a cool presentation we were able to check out some cool exhibits and inventions. One of my favourite exhibits that I had a go with was an instrument called the therimin. When playing this instrument you have to use one hand to control the volume and the other hand to control the pitch of the sound. It was fascinatinating to play on and listen to such a wonderful instrument. Another one of the exhibit that I tried out was the metal detector. In this exhibit you were able to put a few metal spoons into a big sand pit and you were able to search for them with your metal detector. I had lots of fun while doing that activity as was enjoyable enough to be on the "Highlight List"!!!

After looking around and exploring some cool exhibits the presenters called us back in for another explanation.They told us about how amazing our body is. They told us about us humans sense of smell, our eye vision and how our ears work. One amazing fact that from the 2nd presentation was that our eyes actually pick the the images that we see up side down and our brain flips it back the right way up!

Being part of that experience was that experience made it one of the coolest experience made it one of the coolest experiences that I have had. will certainly consider taking science when I get to college!!!

Market Day Reflection

“YES!!!” I yelled our Point England market day had arrived we were excited an ready to go for the day. Our product that we were selling for the day were Bug Shakes (Milkshakes) and we were confident that our product was going to be a sell out!!!While the day was hot and the market day on we were sure we would gain a lot of money from the milkshakes.

We had three different flavours which were Scary Berry(Strawberry) Bugs In Mud (Chocolate) Butterfly Delight (Tropical). Our price for one large cup was $2.00 and we had a special, 2 for $3.00. We had loads of orders pre ordered by the way which meant that we had to get busy!!!

With customers surrounding our stand and people thirsty we had to work as fast as we possibly could. The favourite (Milkshake) was bugs in mud while butterfly delight and scary berry were also being ordered often. At the end our stall was all sold out raising close to $200!!!!!!!!!

At the end of the day we were happy with ourselves selling most of our products in the day. I really liked Market day and am hopefull that we will have more events like this soon...............Click on the link to watch how our market day went...........

http://player.vimeo.com/video/17540603"