Rocket test No.1

 This Thursday MNL went out for our first rocket test. The rules were that you can change the water level and the air pressure up to 60 psi. We were trying to test the best amount of water to add and the air pressure. The goal was to go as far and high as possible. My group was up first and we did 60 psi and 300mls. Here's how it went, 

It turned like most of the other rockets, but there were 2 or 3 that went well. Most of the rockets with less water did well  since there would have been less weight and more air. The one with 50 psi also did well since it wouldn't have gone out of control from the air coming out so fast. Here is my data table about the flights:

Here is a link.

Test flight No	Air pressure	Water amount mls	Notes
1.	60psi	300mls	Went up and did a u-turn.
2.	60psi	500mls	It went high but lost control and started flipping.
3.	60psi	700mls	Started straight but the wind pushed it so it turned.
4.	60psi	200mls	Went well then ran out of water losing its fuel
5.	60psi	150mls	Went great not catching any wind.
6.	50psi	400mls	It went high then the wind pushed it.

After the first 6 flights we put on these plastic fins, to add aerodynamics and stability. The fins helped dramatically doubling the furthest distance and height easily. After a few different attempts with fins we went back to class and had finished our first test.

 After our wind cars we our now starting to make boats, we had to make a diagram on our boats and here is mine. This is the base idea of what I want my sail boat to look like and how its going to work. I'm not to sure how I'm going to make it but I will try to. Here is my design.

Our Unique Wind Car

In the class people in groups of one to five and I was with Zach, we had to make wind cars with paper and card board as the base materials. Then you got three to five bottle caps for the wheels, skewers and straws then if you wanted anything else you asked Megan if you could bring it. After drawing a diagram and making an idea that wouldn't be copied, we started. The first thing we did was draw a sloth on the main paper for no reason. Next I made a big sail since we new we were going to have a big base. After the sail and main paper we made stilts so our car was taller than others. These were connected to the wheel through a straw on top of the wheel straw. The wheels are made by putting a skewer through two bottle caps and a straw, this allows the skewer to rotate around in the straw and the lids. Then you connect the straw to the base. I had trouble making the stilts stay in the same place since the hot glue had ran out, this meant I had to use tape. In the end the stilts ended up really good because them being kinda lose gave me a good angle and suspension. Here is my car and some races.

All about me

For our first blog post this year me and MNL are all doing all about me's. This was a cool activity and is cool to see what all the new kids in my class like. You can also find everyone's profiles on the MNL blog. Their was two that we had to complete and here are mine.

Our board portraits

Over the past few weeks me and my class have been making portraits, the steps to make this were confusing but necessary to make it so realistic and different. In this post I will tell you how to copy the steps and get a portrait like this.

My finished project

Here are the steps:

1. Find a board that you want to paint on and cover it in newspaper, lots of small bits is better than a few big bits.

For this step it takes its time but helps the paint stick so it is necessary.

2. When your glueing on newspaper you have to find 5 to 10 words and glue them on top of the news paper.

The reason for this is that you will always know that these words are inside of you even tho the paint will cover them up.

3. Now you cover up your newspaper with paint making it unique and your own.

For this step I did swirls with different colour schemes making it my own and different.

4. Next you grab your photo and cover the other side of the paper in black pastel. After you finish the pastel you place your photo onto the board and draw over the photo lines. 

Libby's parctice

With this you can practice on a random paper but then you do it on your board and you start to see your face.

5. Finally you paint over the pencil lines with black paint, and paint the background white adding in shapes if you want.

This part you picture really comes to life and you can be proud of your finished product.

For me something that went well was when i finished and i could see all the steps come together and make my potrait.

The most challenging part was painting the lines straight, i had a really shaky hand so this was hard.

SLJ The Chosen Power

 For  my first summer learning journey task I decided to do the three superpowers task. For this task you pick three superpowers that you would like to have and write the reason you would have them. Here are my three super powers...

1.  Super speed allowing me to have super speedy reflexes. Also I will be able to get to places super quick and catch some of the fastest things with my eyes. Also it will allow me to keep on top of things like learning because i will be able to read and write at  a fast pace.

2. Shape shifting allowing me to change and morph my body. This is a cool superpower because I will be able to become animals and be super flexible. 

3. The ability to control plants and grow them instantly. The reason is because this power can be really useful and cool if you have a good imagination. I would be able to create sculptures and tools easily allowing me to get out of most problems.

My camp animation

 Last week we had to do camp activities because the week before we went to camp. This post is about Cam's and my animation, it is about the time when Cam found blue penguins  and recorded a video on his phone. Here is our animation.