Movie it process

Process Journal MEASURING AND MARKING OUT DAY

Wednesday March 23rd 2011

What were the tools you used, materials and steps followed

In Today’s Design Technology class we started our Movie it project. We first had to choose what kind of wood we wanted to work with, the thick one or the thin one. This depended on how we wanted our toy to look, but at the same time we had to remember that theses toys are for kids and that they can’t carry heavy woods. After choosing the wood, I started drawing my snail’s body on there. In order to do this drawing I used a pencil. After this I had to draw the round shell of the snail too. So I made one shell on the same wood I had made my snail’s body. In order to make a perfect circle, I used a compass with a pencil.

Photographs or sketches with annotation

What’s next in the process?

Today, was the measuring and marking out day which I had completed, the next step that I will be moving on in next class of

I am drawing the snail’s body with a pencil on the wood.

I first tried using the round jig for my snail’s shell, but it was a bit too big.

So I then started using a compass to make a perfect circle.

Design Technology is cutting. I will have to do a lot of cutting. I would have to snail’s body, the two shells. This is going to take me a lot of time, as this is the main part of the project, the snail’s body shape. In order to make sure my toy turns out as I had planned out, I will have to devote a good amount of time in the cutting of my body and shells shapes of the snail.

Emotions –how you felt about the day and why

Today’s class was enjoying like always. Going in Design Technology lab can never be boring or frustrating for me, I am always excited whenever I go in there as I always get to learn something new. I was excited because obviously I had never made a moving toy before, and this was my first time I was focusing on each and every step that would lead me to my finish product of a moving toy. I liked my design of the snail, and the idea of shells moving on top if it, I think that would be interesting for kids, which is why I was so excited for this project. I was a bit scared though, because my design was turning difficult, and the construction part would be hard, because when Mr. Anderson was explaining to me how I would have to make my design, I was just worried if I would be able to do so much. But overall, this class was fun and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Learner Profile and A.O.I connections

In Today’s Design Technology class I was an inquirer. This is because I still did not have a clear idea of how my toy was going to look like, how all the parts are going to fit together and at the same time how will the parts move. And so in order to clear my doubts I had to go Mr. Anderson a couple of time. After he explained me thorough process of the construction I finally understood it. The Area of Interaction I could link today’s class would be with Human Ingenuity, because obviously anything we make in Design Technology class is the student’s original idea, and this was the beginning of a new toy I was going to make, with my original idea.

CUTTING THE BODY DAY

Thursday March 24th 2011

What I did and Why?

In today’s design technology class, I started cutting the shape of my snail’s body. I had already drawn it last class so all I had to do was to cut the shape. In order to cut the shape I had to fix the wooden piece in a bench hook, and then I used a coping saw to cut

the curvy shape of the snail’s body. At first it was a bit difficult to use, because I was not use to turning the coping saw as my snail’s body was curvy, so I then asked Mr. Anderson and he told me that in order to get the curvy shape of the snail’s body I would have to turn it while cutting it.



The next step in this process of building a moving toy would be to cut the shell of the snail. I have already drawn one shell on a wooden piece, after cutting that shell; I will be drawing another shell with the same size on another piece of wood. Then I would cut both of those shells so that they could be stuck together in my moving toy.


In today’s design technology class I had a fun like all the other classes. I felt satisfied and contended today, because I was down to the first step of the construction of my moving toy: to cut the snail’s body. I was happy as well, because this was something I had never

Before cutting my snail, I had to fix my wooden piece firm in the bench hook.

As you can see in this image, I am using a coping saw to cut the body of my snail.

This is how my snail’s body looked after today’s class.

done before, last year I had a made a stool, but I had never mad e a moving toy and this very exciting fro me, since it was the first time. I felt like I had complete a huge mission of cutting the snail’s body although it was just the beginning, this is because I am not really good with coping saws. Last year I had broken a couple of them, and I was really afraid that I break one during this project to, but thankfully nothing like that happened as I had my full concentration and focus towards my work and I did not get distracted. I made sure I follow the rules of using a coping saw and that is how I did not break it.


In Today’s design technology class the learner profiles I followed today was being a knowledgeable person. This is because when I was using a coping saw I was afraid, but I always seeked the assistance of Mr. Anderson so that whenever I had a difficulty it would not result in me breaking the coping saw. Whenever he instructed me what to do, made sure I followed those instructions in order to cut my snail’s body. Another learner profile I followed was that of being a caring person, because Marley had asked me for help a couple of time, this is because she is new to design technology and me being a student for a continuous 2 years, was experienced, and so I helped her solve her few problems. The Area of Interaction I followed in today’s class was that of health and social education, because as always I wore an apron, to make sure that no paint or harmful design Technology material fall or spill on my clothes.

CUTTING THE SNAIL’S SHELL

Monday March 28th 2011

What I did and Why?

In Today’s Design Technology class, I finally cut my shell. The circular part. It took a lot of manpower, and energy to do so. After that I had a few bumpy parts that Mr. Anderson told me I could cut, so that I would not have to do a lot of disc-sanding. After getting my first piece of shell done, I had to do another one. I used a compass to get an accurate circle. I then positioned my wood straight in the bench hook and used a coping saw to cut it.



Now that I have cut my first shell, I have moved on to the next step, which is measuring and marking out my second shell. Since I had some time at the end of today’s lesson I had already accomplished that task. The next thing that comes in this process of making the moving toy is to cut the second shell. In order to do this I will use a coping saw. After cutting the second shell I will move on to the next step which will be to start measuring and marking out the wheels.

Emotions –how you felt about the day and whyIn Today’s Design technology class I had fun cutting my shell,

because I had never cut a circular shape before, so this was a good experience for me. I was doing well with the coping saw, but obviously I had forgotten the most important rule when using a coping saw which is to never twist it when cutting the shape. And that is what went wrong in today’s lesson. I was so determined to cut the shape, that by accident I kind twisted the blade and it broke. I was sad as I thought I would not repeat the same mistake I had done in my previous years of design technology. But I guess practice makes a man perfect, I have learnt one thing that no matter how close you are to completing your task, never let loose

I used a coping saw to cut my circular shell shape for my snail’s body

This is how my snail’s shell looked like after I cut it with a coping saw.

I then started to cut the second shell of my snail, in order to do this I first positioned it parallel to the benches on a bench hook.

until the end. That is how I will not break my coping saw from next time, if I am focused and have my full concentration on using it correctly and accurately.

Learner Profile and A.O.I connectionsIn Today’s Design Technology class the learner profile I

followed was being reflective. After breaking the coping saw, I tried to find out the reason why I broke out. When I figured it out, I still used the coping saw and made sure I use it in the correct way so that I don’t make the mistake of breaking it again. The second learner profile I followed today was of being a thinker, because when I was cutting my circular shape, it was a difficult job for me as it was not a shape with straight sides, it took me a few tries with the tools in order to get it right, but eventually I got used to it. I had to think a lot of how to position my wooden piece on the vice so that I can cut straight through my wooden piece with a coping saw. The Area Of Interaction I followed in today’s class was being environmental, as when I cut my circular shapes I had a huge piece of wood left and instead of throwing it in the garbage I conserved it by keeping it in the other wooden box, where other classes could reuse it for other subjects.

CUTTING AND GLUING THE SNAIL’S SHELL

Wednesday March 30th 2011 What I did and Why?

In Today’s Design Technology class I used the class extremely productively. I first continued cutting the second shell of my snail’s body. In order to cut the shell I first positioned it straight in a bench hook and the proceeded it to cut it with a coping saw. After cutting the shell, I had two circular wooden shapes; I then glued them both together with the help of PVA glue. In order to hold it strongly together, I nailed 3 nails at either side of the shell. In order to do this I used a hammer. Mr. Anderson told that it would be better if I hammer the nails deep in the wood as that would hold both the pieces of wood strongly together. I did this with the help of a chisel. I first positioned it on top of the nail, and then I hammered it with a hammer. After gluing these two pieces together, I then proceeded to move on to the next step, which was rounding the edges. My circular shapes had a few sharp edges and so I moved on to the next step, which was to disc-sand it. I wore my goggles, and using the disc-sander to turn my shell into a perfect circle. After that I move don to the next step, which was to start cutting my wheels. This was done quickly as the wheels were already marked. I put the drill bit in the pedestral drill, and started drilling my wheels. After today’s class I was done with my small wheels too.



The next step in the construction of my moving toy would be too start measuring and marking out the big wheels. I will do this the next lesson. I think after measuring and marking out these wheels, I will have plenty of time left to cut these wheels too. After cutting these wheels, I will have to cut the axles.


I enjoyed today’s class A LOT because there were a variety of new things I did today that helped me get a better understanding of design technology. And more than ever I was satisfied, as for a lot of classes the only thing I was doing was cutting with a coping saw, and today was the class I moved on from that step went on with other processes. I felt like I had accomplished a huge task after cutting my two circular wooden shapes. This was because the cutting part was difficult as it was done with a coping saw, and I am not that good at handling coping saws, so cutting these shapes was a big task for me, and on my way I had also broken one. In Today’s design technology class I also felt satisfied and extremely happy because I had done quite a lot of work. I had glued both my shells together, I disc-sand them. I was also done cutting my 4 small wheels. This gave me a feeling of happiness as I started enjoying this project more than ever, since getting things done was difficult but at the end of the day my hard work paid off.


I used PVA glue to hold the snail’s shell

I then nailed three nails at either side of the shell so that it could hold the shell strongly together.

After that, I disc-sanded my shell so that it could be a perfect circle.

I then measured and marked out the wheels and started using the pedestral drill to cut the wheels.

This is how my wheel looked like after today’s class.

In Today’s Design Technology the learner profile I followed was of being knowledgeable, as I had used different processes in order to different types of works in today’s class. When using the pedestral drill to drill my wheels, I had to use my knowledge that Mr. Anderson had given us about pedestral drill. I used it well, as my wheels turned out good. The Area of Interaction I followed in today’s class was Approaches To learning, as I had learnt quite a few new processed of working on Design technology projects today’s. I made sure I grasp this new information so that it could help me for the future.

MEASURING AND CUTTING THE BIG WHEELS

Thursday March 31st 2011 What I did and Why?

In Today’s Design technology class I moved on to the next step of the making of my moving toy. I started to measure and mark out the big wheels that would be attached to the small wheels I had cut in the previous class. In order to cut the big wheels I had to first mark out the measurements. I used a compass to get a perfect circle in the middle of the wood, leaving some space at the corners so that when cutting, the drill won’t get stuck and would go straight through the wood. I measured the circles with a pencil. After measuring the first circle I used the same measurements to do the rest four. Now, that I was done with the measuring and marking out part of the big wheels I had to cut them now. Like always I had my apron on. I wore my safety goggles as a lot of small pieces of wood would be flying out the drill and so my eyes had to be protected. I tied up my hair as it was risky to leave it open. The I carefully fixed my wooden piece in the clamp, making sure the drill bit was spot on the check mark I had made. I had one firm hand on the clamp making sure the wooden piece does not move and I slowly drilled all the four circles. I did this on the pedestral drill with a drill bit fixed in it.



I have cut all the main parts and functions of my moving toy. The last part would be to measure and mark out the axles. This would not be a difficult job and would not take a lot of time as it is pretty easy. This would give me more time to work on my next step which would be to start filing the snail’s body parts. I know I need to get the perfect shape of the snail’s ears. In order to do this I would have to use a coping saw. Then I would file the body parts to give it the accurate shape I originally planned for.


In Today’s Design technology class I felt like I had accomplished a big task. Although, it was an easy talk that did not take a lot of my time. I felt good that I was already done cutting most of my body parts except the axles which could be done in no time. I also enjoyed today’s class because I had used it productively and did not waste my time talking or chatting with friends. This is because I knew that I had extra work to do, since I was one of the only students who had to cut an extra set of four wheels. I knew I had to work hard and made sure I was not left behind. In Today’s class I for the first time was confident in using the pedestral drill to cut my wheels. This is because in the previous class I had to use them to cut the small wheels and they were four of them so I had good practice. In Today’s class I was set and I knew how each function worked and I felt confident enough to start doing it.


In Today’s Design Technology class I followed the learner profile of being knowledgeable. This is because I already had the knowledge of how to use the pedestral drill. I knew I had to cut my big wheels today and I used my knowledge about the pedestral drill to get done with my task efficiently. I made sure I ask my teacher if I had any doubt but form my previous experience I was well aware of the important functions and carried on with my work smoothly. The Area of Interaction that I followed in today’s class was health and social education. This is because since I had to use the pedestral drill today ai made sure I have my apron on so that my clothes are unharmed. My goggles are on so no dust particles could go inside

This is me using the pedestral drill to cut the big wheels

This is how my wheel looked like after today’s class

and I made sure my hair is tied back so that they don’t get tangled in the drill. I cared about my health.

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