About a year ago, we had been given an old 2009 iMac from some of our friends. The iMac was slow, but we used it for our schoolwork. I had wanted to reset the computer, but I wasn’t sure if it would ruin the computer or not, but eventually, I decided to reset the computer….
Stop-motion
There is a type of video called stop-motion; stop motion is a ton of photos played fast and that forms a video. I tried out an app called stop motion studio. Stop motion studio is an easy cheap app that you can use to take pictures on, and once you are finished you can play…
Spread and Adoption of the Wheelbarrows – History of Inventions – Lesson 31
The most common type of wheelbarrow used today by China is a type of wheelbarrow where the wheel is in the middle of the wheelbarrow. Here is a picture of that: The center wheel design is also used for carrying people around on it, and it could hold up to six people on it! Some…
Wheelbarrow – History of Inventions – Lesson 31
A wheelbarrow is a tool used for agriculture, and construction, it is meant for moving sand bricks weeds, etc. It benefited the workers because you wouldn’t have to use a horse to pull a carriage to transport materials if it is a short distance. After all, it would take to long to hitch up a…
Sailing Before the Compass – History of Inventions – lesson 29
Before the compass, many people had to rely on landmarks for sailing. The Polynesians sailed around there own area by using the stars to tell them where they were, and they also used waves to tell where land is because the waves get affected by the islands. The Europeans used landmarks, the stars, and the…
Mustard
I watch a youtube channel called Mustard. Mustard is a channel that makes history videos about different inventions. In most of the videos I watched, he talked about aircraft. for example, in the most recent one, he explained the history of giant flying boats. It is called: what happened to giant flying ships? That video…
Benefits of a Roman Aqueduct – History of Inventions – Lesson 27
Rome borrowed the idea of the aqueduct from the Etruscans and the Greeks, but the Romans perfected the idea. They perfected it by bringing lots of fresh clean, and consistent water to the city, it also benefited the sewage system because the aqueduct provided consistent water to flush the gross stuff out of the city,…
What Roman Aqueducts Are – History of Inventions – Lesson 27
An aqueduct is a man-made channel that lets the water flow into the big cites. We use running water daily, and for an example, your shower will have running water when you turn it on or when you are using your faucet to wash your hands or to clean the dishes. The Romans didn’t invent…
How Roman Bridges Were Built – History of Inventions – Lesson 26
Romans loved the shape of a circle because they thought the shape of a circle is the perfect shape. That is where the Romans got the inspiration for arches. The Romans got the love of the shape of a circle from the greeks who thought the circle was also a perfect shape next to a…
Sundial Bridge Bike Trails
Yesterday Me, my Dad, and some of our friends from our church went to turtle bay park. The reason we were at turtle bay park is that we were going to go biking on the trails near turtle bay park. The first ride we did was pretty hard on the last part because it was…