Robotics: Drumming Monkey

Hi!  

I'm Porter and I LOVE building with Legos!

Last year, my sister, Myanna, did Engino.

She likes to work with me on my Lego projects this year.

We learn a lot about teamwork and 

work really well together because we both love it so much.

 Here is my drumming monkey - All finished!

I love watching it move!

We tried 4 different ways to put on the 'cam wheels'.

The first was opposite eachother.

It made the sound: 'Dun -- Dun --"

The second one was at an angle from the first.

It went: "-- Dun Dun --"

The third one: I took one of the double 'cams' and made the double into a set opposite from each other.

It went: "-- Dun Dun Dun"

On the fourth one, I did the same as the last one to the other double cams. 

Now the sound went: "Dun Dun Dun Dun"

Here's what I had put on paper.

 It was so neat to watch the gears turning to make the arms lift. 

I liked watching the cams lift the arms and lower them to make the arms hit my little cup.

I love Legos!

My Learning

I wanted to share with you some other things that I have been doing for school!

I have a word family flip book that I started reading. 

It has funny and real word combinations in it.

I practice my writing.  

I try to make my writing neat!

I practice my math facts on Timez Attack!

This is one of my favorite games. And  I learn from it too!

My sisters and I love to go to the lake!

We measure how far the water comes up every day, 

we read a story on the beach,

we use our math with adding and dividing things like treats or pine needles,

and even paddle in the paddle boat.

We have to take a trail to get to the lake.

My sisters help me when it's steep and a little slippery.

We have good teamwork.

Until next week!

Porter, signing out.

Robotics: Smart Spinner

Hi!  Porter again.

I have been working on the Smart Spinner!

 I was excited to watch it spin!

I tried different gears to see how they spun.

This is what I reported for how long each gear combination spun.

I couldn't believe that the last one only spun for 1 second!

That was hilarious!

To make my spinner last the longest, 

I'll make sure that the top has the small gear 

and the handle has the big gear.

I wouldn't mind trying two small gears 

and see if that makes a difference.

Robotics: Dancing Birds

Hi! Porter here.

I just finished the 'Dancing Birds'

project for my robotics class.

Did you know that if you twist the 'belt' 

it makes the birds turn different directions?

But if it isn't twisted, they turn in the same direction.

And because the 'hubs' (those are the green wheels) are the same size,

they turn the same speed!

I even played with the timed motor. 

Different times made them turn different.

I really enjoyed making this project!

I can hardly wait for the next one.

I still have more basics and activity videos to do.

I got through the first 10 basics before this project.  

And I have learned so much!

I'll show that in my next post.