Possible Designs

Chair Questions (Brainstorming)

1.What makes a successful chair?
A successful chair must be made from good material, and have a good support, and have good foundation.

2.How do chairs fail?
They may not be built correctly, such as, no connections, or the design wasn't very good.

3.What is important to include into the chairs design?
The correct way to build it, and how to place the materials, and a place to start.

4.Where will your chair be located? Who will be sitting in it at that location?
My chair will be located in Mrs.Nguyen's class and Miguel will be sitting in it.

5.What would you change about your design if you were to build a real chair?
I would use screws, maybe wire, and sturdy glue.

6. What would happen if you built your chair without a prototype?
My chair would probably fail and I would waste materials.

7-8.What is corrugate cardboard & How is it made?
Material made up of a fluted and ridged paper sheet and two or more flat linerboards. Corrugated cardboard is durable and thick made up of a wavy middle layer.

9.What is the primary raw material used to make cardboard?
Pine trees are the primary material used to make cardboard.

10.How many cubic yards of landfill space can be saved by recycling 1 ton of cardboard?
Recycling 1 ton of cardboard save 9 cubic yards of landfill space.

11.How many trees can be saved each year if each household used 1 roll of recycled paper towels?
If every household used 1 roll of recycled paper towels we would save 544,000 trees.

How To Make A Cardboard Chair

Link 1:
http://www.andrewsenior.com/gallery/design/cardboard_instruct.html
This site shows you how to make a cardboard chair with just cardboard. It has plenty of pictures so you know exactly how to build it. Each picture has instructions for the next step. It also has FAQ's for people who may get stuck or confused. The site doesn't have a video, but all the pictures could make up for that. The design & instructions are very simple & easy to understand. The instructions don't show simple measurements, which is bad. The pictures are in kind of bad quality, they're hard to understand. I wouldn't use this site as my number one choice as a guide, only because I would like to have a video & the pictures aren't clear. I can tell now that this wont be an easy project.

Requirements!

• 4 posts
• 2 external Links
• 2 images
• Background Design
• 2 Comments
• Color Contrast—Font style/ Font Color
• Each post 10-15 sentences
• Eastern Time Zone
• Non-materials must deleted

Essential Questions!

Jan. 9, 2012
Describe what a blog is.
A blog is like an an online diary. People use it for news, personal keeping, or to entertain others.
Jan. 11, 2012
Explain the difference between a new blog and a new post
A new blog means you're starting all over,, a new post means you're adding unto your already started blog.
Jan. 13, 2012
Define and give an example of a hyperlink
A hyperlink is basically a link that directs you to another site. Its usually underlined & blue.
ex. http://www.yahoo.com

My Experience

My experience of using the blog has been fun. I enjoyed designing my blog & looking over other peoples. Trying to make the right blog can be kind of tricky. You have to make sure you colors coordinate with each other. You also have to make sure you have the right type of fonts, its a lot. You can chose to either have a public or private blog, its up to you. You can blog about any & everything, its up to you. You can have multiple blogs on your account, which is great. I didn't realize I was making multiple blogs instead of multiple post, you have to make sure you watch out for that. But when blogging you need to think about your audience, & don't forget people can look up your blog. All in all, a blog is fun!

Good Blog v. Bad Blog

Good Blog Design:

A good blog design would consist of a background thats not to busy & doesn't interfer with the text, making it hard to read. Text thats big enough to read, but not too big. Link colors that match the webpage design, & have a hover color or are underlined so you know they are links. Every webpage on the blog looks like it belongs to the same person.
Bad Blog Design:
A bad blog consist of busy, distracting backgrounds that make the text hard to see. Links that are the default blue color, and aren't underlined. Large graphics that take forever to load. Counters on your page, who cares? Having to scroll sideways, because you made your blog too wide, annoying! Useless titles that don't explain what the blog is about, example: a blog titled  "DarkDragon", when its a blog about engineering!

My Blog Design:
All in All, I would say my blog has a good design. The text is easy to read. My background isn't busy, I don't have annoying graphics & the annoying sideways scrolling.

Glider Project!

The Glider project was a long & enjoyable period. It took a lot of time, hard work, patience & concentration. I messed up a couple of times, doing the 1902 glider wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. Building a plane definitely isn't my stong suit. We started the project off with dimensional drawing, then we moved on to drawing the 1900, 1901, 1902 & 1903 gliders. We then had to chose to either build the 1902 or 1903 glider. I chose the 1902 glider because I thought I was taking the easy way out. I didnt realize that I wasn't trying my hardest until I got my grade back. Building a styrofoam plane was really fun! I love projects like this. The only thing is, I need to do better with a straight edge, because my wings were uneven. I also need to make sure I do EVERYTHING thats required.

What Is Blogging?

A blog is like an online personal diary. Its your own personal thoughts made for the world to see. A blog gives you your own voice on the web. Many people just use a blog to organize their thoughts, some just for fun, & others to entertain an audience of hundreds, thousands, or millions. Blogging is also more than just putting your thoughts out on the web, its about connecting with anyone who reads your works. You can design your blog to make it more appealing to the eye with different fonts, colors, backgrounds, and templates. You can have a private blog where you keep certain things like news, reminders, and different works to yourself. Or you can have a public blog made for everyone. The Access Control lets you control that. You can also publish pictures that you want to share. You can send them from your phone, upload them from your computer, or copy the url from the web. Your blog is whatever you make it to be. Have fun with it! (: