Imagine

paper tower challenge

The paper tower challenge is a challenge to see who can make the largest tower out of only paper and tape. Mr. Goldstein gave us an 8.5 X 11 piece of paper, 12” of tape and scissors. The rules were that you couldn’t have the scissors attached to the structure, the tower had to be connected to the table and you only had 20 minutes.

            We found the time limit of time challenging. We also found the lack of materials challenging.  When our tower started to fall down we didn’t have a lot of time to fix it so it was leaning over when we measured it.

            Our tower ended up being 23 ½ inches tall. To make it taller we could of cut the tape long ways so we had to use. We could of also cut the paper differently.

            We worked well as a team because we both shared our ideas and then found a way to make the tower. We could of worked better by putting more ideas out there. We learned that sometimes working as a team is hard but its better to have 4 or 6 hands then only 2. We learned that trying to solve a problem might be harder than it looks or seems 

            The paper tower challenge was hard but we learned a lot. It was fun to work as a group but also difficult.

My name is sepand z. and I created the micro zap with my group. The group was Brandon, Corey, Bryan, Carlos and I. we were all brainstorming while thinking about the invention, and then Bryan thought about the micro zap.

        The micro zap is basically a box that has a huge zap button on side of the box. It’s all black and the zap button is purple. We painted it very good and choice the best colors possible.

 It works by writing what you want on a piece of paper what you want to eat, then you open the micro zap and place the piece of paper in the micro zap, you then press zap and whatever you wrote on the piece of paper would appear right before your eyes.

        The difficulties of the project was waiting for the paint to dry and videotaping the project. While videotaping the project we had to retake shots over and over again till we finally got the right shot.

        The poster we made was very nice it was very colorful it had a picture of a hamburger that I made. It was like a McDonald’s big mac but better. I think it would taste good if it was real.

        The micro zap was successful and the project was fine till we left it outside and some kids broke it. But overall we enjoyed working with everyone and had fun.

Script:
Joe: Ugh, I’m so hungry. I wish there was a way to get food super quickly.

Salesman: Well look no further! Introducing the Micro-Zap! The micro-zap is a fast way to get your food. Here is how it works. You write what you want on a piece of paper and stick it into the micro-zap. Then, click the ZAP button and its there!

Dwyane: I got my micro-zap and I love it!

Albert: Oh me too! It is amazing!

Joe: Well where can I get one?

Salesman: I happen to have one with me now. Here you go. *gives Joe the micro-zap*

*Shows how Microzap is used*

Joe: Whoa thanks!

Dwyane: The MircroZap is only 9,875 dollars!

Shavon T

P4 Tech

Shavon, Zach, Remy and I got together and decided we wanted to make an invention that teenagers could relate to and actually want to use! (If it existed) After many ideas, we came to the conclusion that we were going to use the invention “The Smart Pill.” This is a regular pill except it has an interesting use. After you take it, you’re instantly smart and you can ace any test! We thought it would be a great idea to invent something that was useful, easy, and students will want. We created a poster to show before you take the smart pill and it’s results.

    Then, we wrote a script for our video. I was the buyer of the pill and the student. Remy was the other student and Zach was the teacher/pharmacist. Casey went to the drug store to buy a pill that will help her pass her test. The pharmacist (Zach) gave her a pill that would help her. The next day in school, Casey took “The Smart Pill” and aced her test. Remy of course asked her for one, and she refused to give him one, telling him to “leave her alone.”
 

     For our storyboard, we chose to do shots for the pharmacist (Zach) giving the pill to Casey (the student), Casey taking the test and acing it, and Remy getting rejected. We did the main parts of the video and we also wanted to follow the script.

    In all, it was a good experience and we had a lot of fun! We had a lot of trial and error with making the video. It took us a while to get it right.

    Invention Project Quiz by Lindsay L. and Kiersten M.

Group projects mean that you have to work with one or more people. Sometimes it is difficult to work together because each person has a different idea on what will work the best. In the end, a choice had to be made. We decided to go with the Weather Machine.

The Weather Machine is an electronic machine that can change the weather pattern within a 50-mile radius. By pressing the button for sun, shade, snow, or rain, you can make that weather happen. Once you select your weather pattern, just press GO and be amazed.

I came up with the idea for the Weather Machine because it was raining outside, and had been raining for 5 days. I just finally wanted it to stop raining. With the Weather Machine, that became possible.

First, we had to brainstorm for ideas. I had the idea to do the Weather Machine, but not all of the ideas were mine. Also some other ideas that we came up with were a flying shoe, and invisible bracelet, a food phone, and the find-it glasses.

Next we had to create a poster. We decided that we would put all of the information in bubbles with different colors. Also, we made it so that the Weather Machine was in the middle and all of the info bubbles would be around the Weather Machine.

After that, we had to write a script for our storyboard. This was on the computer and took lots of time to develop. Once we had finished it, we posted it on the internet, and continued with the next step.

Finally we shot the video. It took 2 days to make, with a lot of mess-ups but eventually we had finished it and had finished the project. This was very pleasing because we had worked so long on it.

In conclusion, from this project I have learned that no idea is a bad idea. Also I have had teamwork with other people. This has been a very great project.