Kia ora, Reader!
Every Monday, the year 7 and 8 students from my school travel to Papakura Intermediate for technology classes, giving us the chance to learn in a completely different environment. It’s like a mini field trip every week!
This term, I’ve been placed in the Hard Materials rotation, where we work hands-on tools, wood and metal (etc) to design and build real projects. Take a look at what I’ve created during my time in the workshop!
Take a wild guess–what do you think I made? If you said ‘Dominoes’, give yourself a high-five because that’s exactly it!
I’ve made the dominoes by scratch, learning how to use a DRILL PRESS during the process. I used the drill press machine to make the holes in my dominoes, it’s this big machine with a lever that you pull down to lower the drill bit. The more pressure you apply, the deeper it drills into the material. Super accurate hole space if you add the same pressure every time, quite easy to use and I find it pretty satisfying to do/watch!
Of course, to keep the dominoes even, before it was all into pieces, it was this long wooden board where I added some lines 30 cm apart to even up the blocks. (It indicates where I should saw 🪚!)
The fun thing about owning these hand made dominoes is that I could play games with them! Like the main one of course, the Classic Domino Game, or use them for math challenges, especially what you’ve seen in the video I’ve added. (If you observed the video well enough, you can see that I attempted to make the number 9 which symbolizes my class room).
Took me 2 weeks to complete by the way! Practically 2 Mondays.
If you’re filled with questions or want to give me feedback, just comment down below, please!
Thank you for reading! Have a great time 🎲.