Business Studies - Production Line Model

This is the last day of business studies for this term. Our last topic for this term was "Production Line".
If you've seen my previous blog post about the production line, in a slideshow presentation. You'll find out a lot of information about it and this is the second part of it and the last part. 

We had to make a model of the production line, so basically, we had to visualize it. We only had 2 days to make this model and thankfully I finished it on time.

This is my drawing of the production line, it's a bag production line. A factory which produces bags.

Homosexuality Law Reform Bill New Zealand - Hurumanu - Social Studies

I have finished the research about the protest we have chosen as a topic to do research on and share to our blog. I picked "Homosexuality Law Reform" for my topic. We had to answer questions regarding the topic we have chosen.

We have to find out what happened, who was involved, why they were protesting and what was the outcome of the protest? I have also put the history of my topic to start it off.

Business Studies - The Production Line

This is the second-to-last work in business studies for this term (term 3) I'm also doing business studies next semester. We researched about "Production Line". I worked with Shiela, who's my friend. We presented ours in a google slideshow presentation.

First, we put the ideas and the information we got in a google doc and then put it in the slideshows.

This is our work.

Hurumanu - Science - Reflection/Refraction

Investigating Refraction - Bending Light

Aim: To investigate how light is affected by changing the substances it is travelling through.

Equipment:

• Ray box
• Power source
• glass or perspex block
• Single-slit ray slide

Method:

Collect the equipment from your teacher and set them up to produce a single beam of light.

Key Words:

Reflection - The bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass. 

Refraction - The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another.

Incident ray - The incoming ray.

Reflected ray - The light ray that bounces off a surface.

Refracted ray - The ray that has bent as it enters a new medium. 

Normal line - Imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the surface of a mirror or any surface. 

Angel - The amount of bending that a light ray experiences. 

1. 

Angle of Incidence	Angle of Refraction
10 degrees	6
20 degrees	13
30 degrees	19
40 degrees	23

2.

Angle of Incidence	Angle of Refraction
10 degrees	7
20 degrees	14
30 degrees	20
40 degrees	24

Investigating Refraction Through Lenses - Refraction through lenses

Aim: To investigate how different types of lenses refract light. 

Equipment: 

• Triple-slit ray slide
• Power supply

Method: 

1. Set up a ray box, triple-slit ray slide and power supply. 
2. Place the convex lens in the space below. Place the ray box at the top of the page and shine the three rays of light at the lens. Make sure the central light ray hits the lends at 90 degrees as indicated in the diagram. 
3. Carefully trace the direction of the incoming and refracted rays.
4. Repeat using the concave lens. 

When light passes through a concave lens, the rays converge.

When light passes through a convex lens, the rays diverge.

The Decade Research Project

We did an activity; the research project for our "Literacy Work". It's about researching events or famous people in every decade that our teacher had set for us to do. We did our presentation in a google slide.
We had to do it in groups, I was with Shiela and Lhysette. The decades starts at the 1900s to 2000s.
I think we collaborated well in our groups, we had a fair amount of work for each person.
I've also learnt a lot of things and have gotten information and interesting facts about the events and/or famous person.

Creative Manufacturing - Personal ID Tag

After finishing my "Digital ID Tag", I had to make another one.  There are two choices, a "Personal ID" Tag or a "Maori Jewelry". I decided to make another ID Tag that is dedicated to my country, the Philippines. I got my inspiration from the Philippine Flag which has a lot of meaning to it.

Here are two videos of my creation; the process.

Part 1

Part 2

In the steps, we're going to repeat the same process of shaping the ID Tag.

1. On the shape icon, click the "box" shape then put it on the work mat.

2. Adjust the size, the width has to be 20 and the length has to be 45 long, the height and the radius have to be 5. Change the colour to grey to represent the aluminium's colour.

3. Click the cylinder shape then the length and width have to be 5 including the height.

4. Make sure it's changed to a "hole" instead of a "colour", in order to make a hole on the aluminium/shape, put the cylinder in the shape, select the two shapes together then click the button that connects shapes together, and it will make a hole, put it at the centre of the aluminium. 

5. Click the cylinder shape, this time it has to be in colour mode. Adjust the size, it has to be -4.00 and 35mm small. Make sure it's colour yellow and it has to be 1mm thin.

6. Click the star shape, the colour has to be yellow. Make sure it's as thin as the yellow circle. It has to be 22.00 and 23.00 mm. Duplicate it and rotate it to 109 degrees. Put two stars together with the circle shape in the centre of the two stars. since the circle was too big, change the size to -1.00 - -1.00 mm. 

7. Connect the three shapes together then change the size to 13.00mm and 12.00mm. Put it on the aluminium Id tag. 

8. Click the star shape that has textures it will look like a 4D star. Change the colour to yellow. It has to be 5.00mm on each side then change the height to 1mm. Duplicate it two times and you'll have 3 yellow stars. 

9. Put them all together on the aluminium id tag. 

The finished product.

Like I said on my introduction, this design on my id tag is dedicated to my country's flag, the Philippines.

The shapes have a deeper meaning in the flag. 

The sun represents liberty. 

The 8 rays of the sun represent the first 8 provinces - Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Laguna, Nueva Ecija and Batangas - that revolted against Spain. 

(The rays I have put isn't actually eight because I didn't know how to get rid of the triangles) 

The 3 stars stand for the three big islands in the Philippines, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Why the Philippine flag? 

I chose the Philippine flag as an inspiration for my project because I want to represent my culture to people by making this project and to show that I am proud to be a Filipino. To inspire people to also be proud with who they are, regardless of their skin, culture, race and beliefs. 

My Design Process 

https://www.teachengineering.org/k12engineering/designprocess 

Research - The problem: 

I think the problem would mostly because of the shape; the stars and the sun due to its colour, yellow. I don't know if the 3D printer will be able to print it but I do hope that it will since it's a 3D printer. 

Imagine - Possible solutions to the problem:

I think I'll just maybe paint it

Use coloured pens

Use coloured paper

Plan - Selecting a promising solution:

I think the best solution to the problem if it did happen is to paint the shapes that I need to paint. 

Create - Making a prototype:

Test - Testing and evaluating the prototype: 

I don't think there will be much time to actually print it in a 3d printer because today is the last day 

of school for this term and next semester, I don't have Creative Manufacturing anymore. 

Improve - Making your design better and redesigning if needed: 

I think what I need to improve on my design is to make sure the rays of the sun is accurate, the same as the rays of the sun in the Philippine flag. 

Ask - Identify the need and constraints: 

I've asked feedback from people in my class, they said it's good and there's nothing to change.