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Musical Instrument Blog #2

Posted by Nikhail James in Physics - Echols on
I am making a thumb piano. The sound coming from a "thumb piano" is the rate of vibration of the key/pins over the hollow in the base. The body of the instrument, the base, is responsible for providing a stable platform to hold the keys very tight. It also acts as a resonating chamber to amplify the vibratory sound of the keys. The principal is the same as it is for a guitar. The main difference being each key on a thumb piano is only connected at one end. I will be changing the pitch with the length of the keys. Which are physical and important to the thumb piano besides from the base of it. I will be making the base out of a block a wood made hollow and bobby pins with pop sickles stick holding it in place tightly. Miner thing I might need help with is how the make the sound as loud as possible.  


Thumb-Piano
Thumb-Piano

Musical Instrument Blog #1

Posted by Nikhail James in Physics - Echols on

I am making a thumb piano. It is a rectangular shaped block, which belongs in the string family. It is played while in your hands or on a flat surface by flicking the pins, which act as the keys on this piano. The keys/ pins are different lengths so when you flick it, it produces different sounds. I plan to make it a 3 by 5 rectangle with bobby pins as keys, with different lengths to make different notes. A connection from this to waves are the vibration of the strings and the keys on my piano.


​Links:
http://www.activitytv.com/779-make-thumb-piano

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thumfin

Shoppin

Posted by Emma Connell in Storytelling - Chase on
Went to H&M today and got 9 things for 70 bucks. That's a good deal. I got some shorts and tee shirts. I don't like shopping that much anymore. After 30 minutes I get tired of it and stop. I used to love shopping and went all the time. I would spend the entire day at the mall and never get bored. Now, I can't bare being in  mall for more than an hour.

Bistec!

Posted by Sterling Perry in Spanish 1 - Manuel on

Hola mi nombre es Sterling, (Letter)

Tiene: Bistec

Viene Con: Arroz, tequenos y jugo

Es bueno para protenias

Prediccion: Muy bien y sabroso

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Reflection

 

My first impression of Sazon and it’s staff was “WOW” I felt like I was really in Venezuela for a minute. The food was excellent too. It was exciting to try new types of food that weren’t from the US. The first food I tried was the Bistec. My first impression was that it was very tasty, kind of sweet and I wanted more.

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Favorite Stats Benchmark

Posted by Camille Morton in Statistics - Thompson on
During Stats I had a hard time really understand what was going on, it took a long time for me to really understand the subject that was being taught. During the 3rd Quarter we had a benchmark on probability. At first I thought it would be hard and I didn't want to do it but after reading over the project description again I knew I could do it. After doing the project my understanding of how probability and statistics go hand and hand grew. 

Inquiry: What is the probability that a person can win three games of  “Skip-Bo” row.

Collaboration: This was a solo project, I needed three or four players, that actually know how to play the game well.

Presentation: I  presented this project on a iweb that will teach people how to play the game. 

Reflection: After doing the project I understood that it is hard to really tell the chances of a person winning three times in a row. 

Capstones have just begun

Posted by Karen Brown in Storytelling - Chase on
I got the website looking cool
the boxes are all in order
Every student has a page
And their information is surrounded by a border
But unfortunately for me
I am never truly done
I am sorry to say
But all my work has just begun
I could do more to make it better
I could add more colors and shades
A nice design changing page would be nice
All of this can be done at my pace
So while everyone else is finished
Everyone is cheering horray
I will have to continue to work
Until my site becomes completely perfect
So of course that's not today :(

We Need to Move On...

Posted by Ralen Robinson in Storytelling - Chase on
Dear high school,
I've found someone better. Its been a incredible 4 year relationship but, I've grown & moved on. Hopefully you can let me go while I make this next stage in life although I may fall and stumble on my way I know you've helped me get here. I think its best if we stop seeing each other for, like, ever. Ok, see ya in 5 years at the reunion.
Love,
Rae

Self Inflicted Stress.

Posted by Katherine Roman in Storytelling - Chase on
It's truley unbelievable that I put myself in these situations almost as if it where subconsioulsly on purpose. I am such a procrastinatior. Truth is I work best under pressure. I KNOW I have all this stuff to do and have time to do it and LITERALLY don't until I feel the anxiety of time creeping up on me. I mean I get it done, but why do i inflict this on myself. I mean, I know I have a problem I guess it's my first step to recovery..
(*head down, slowly walking away) haha I am so Dramatic. 

Yeahhh!

Posted by Rachel Patterson in Storytelling - Chase on
I swore I told you that story before, Freda! Fawn had found him on her street near her dad's house one day and called me and was like "Hey Rachel, do you want a baby bird?"

My mom and I rushed down there to get him. We had him for only about a week and he wasn't scared of us at all.  He was a fledgling, so he could almost fly but wasn't quite ready yet.

I'm trying to find the pictures I have of him. 

Oh, and I named him Gingersnap! :D

I'll post the pictures here if I can find them.

Like being in the audience

Posted by Karen Brown in Storytelling - Chase on
While doing some homework when I heard a couple cheers
Then it got louder and louder 
Then a choir of excited violin music came in
And the room was filled with trumpets and joyful cheers
And then I heard the first lyrics to justin beiber's never say never *shudder*
Then I looked around and realized that I did not have my tv on
Looked out my room door
Down the stairs
My dad was sitting them watching the last part of karate kid with the volume around 25
I wanted to take a deep breath and say "turn it down, i'm doing homework"
but I feel like it would somehow hurt his feelings
I just walked back into my room and
I thought about how I felt like I was in the audience
If only justin beiber hadn't popped up
Then maybe it would have been a good daydream :)