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Art & Design

Learning LED it up!

art and design pic 1 art and design pic 2In our class today, we started working with the breadboard and LED’s. In the first picture we used a circle shape battery and connect multiple wires on the breadboard. To get a full circuit you must start with a wire in the positive, connect it through multiple wires, to the LED, and then connect a wire to the negative. Then in the second picture, we added a resistor to the circuit. The set up is the same basic idea, but we used a 9 volt battery and added a resistor before the LED so the strength of the battery wouldn’t blow out the light. I also learned that the positive sides of the LED have to connect with the positive wires.

 

 

Art & Design

Pencil Holder SketchUp Design

For our sketchup project, Emma and I decided to make the pencil holder for the tables in the Makerspace. We started by designing the sketch on paper, and we tried out many different designs until we decided our favorite. Then we started to use sketchup to make a 3D version of it. We had to use many different tools to get it the picture shape. Then we had to find the right measurements and use millimeters on SketchUp so that we would know if the holder would fit in the table. pencil holder

Art & Design

Learning SketchUp

In Sketchup, we learned first how to navigate around the space we were using. We were given mouses, so we could scroll, zoom in/out, and orbit easily. We next learned how to create objects by using the push/pull tool. To make a chair you would set your dimensions, then push and pull, add more shapes, until finally you came out with a chair. Then after saving it, we learned how to create multiples. Finally we made a table using the same basic steps, and then we were taught how to change the color and design to make it our own.

table set pic for blog