Monday, September 15, 2014

Vocabulary Words and Definitions




Technology: the study of the designed world. Used to solve practical problems and extend human capabilities. Developments in technology are evolutionary, and are often the result of a series of refinements to an idea or basic invention.




Impacts of Technology: are divided into four categories: social (the impact on people), political (the impact on policy and laws), cultural (the impact on human achievement), and economic (the impact on the economy).





Paleolithic Age: the Old Stone Age, occurred between 500,000 BC and 10,000 BC and is marked by improvements to diet and security allowing the population to grow.





Mesolithic Age: the Middle Stone Age, occurred between 10,000 BC and 4,000 BC and is marked by the domestication of animals and agriculture.






Neolithic Age: the New Stone Age, occurred between 4,000 BC and 2,300 BC and is marked by specialization, division of labor, and the use of math and documentation of concepts.






Bronze Age: the architectural period that includes combining copper and tin to produce bronze; occurred between 2,300 BC and 700 BC.



Iron Age: the architectural period marked by the use of iron and steel; occurred between 700 BC and 450 AD.





Middle Ages: the architectural period after the Roman Empire; divided into Early Middle Ages, High Middle Ages, and Late Middle Ages; occurred between 450 AD and 1,400 AD and marked by the development of tools of war.






Renaissance: the architectural period marked by the revival of classical influence and the sharing of ideas; occurred between 1,400 AD and 1,750 AD.






Industrial Age: the architectural period marked by the first use of complex machinery, factories and urbanization, occurring between 1,750 AD and 1,950 AD.

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Star Method Interview

The assignment is to answer a question using the STAR format.  The STAR format is explained in the following video:



Interviewer's Question: 

Tell me about how you worked effectively under pressure. How do you handle a challenge?

My Answer: 
 
Audio and voice recording >>





Balloon Vehicle Project

On September 5th 2014 We completed the Balloon Vehicle Project. My team of four students designed a vehicle to fly up a string. We used the materials below:

  • 2 paper clips
  • •2 rubber bands
  • •1 balloon
  • •12" of masking tape
  • •1 popsicle stick
  • •1 Clothes Pin to use as the passenger

The objective was to design our vehicle to go from point A to point B as diagrammed below


We were unsuccessful at getting our vehicle to work. I will post a picture of the vehicle later.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Safety Lab Colors: Yellow

The color yellow in safety labs represents caution. Some equipment that are associated with this color are low beams, doorway projections, handrails, guardrails, and exposed edges of platforms and curbing.