Ben and Jordans Invention unit

The inventors summit night

noreply@blogger.com (bgrossberg) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:32:00 +0000

I think the night was successful.

Our invention was a hit (we probaly had the most crouds asking what our P.A did- it's a big invention so i dont blame them for not knowing!!!)

We got a lot of people interested and

we had about 15 comments

Mr. Maiden (head of school) liked it a lot (very good).

noreply@blogger.com (Jordan Epstein) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:57:00 +0000

When the prototipe is working properly i wouldlike a demonstration because i think i could use one in my home office and all of my stores. As my wife is sick of doing all my filing.
happy wife, happy life
George Marsellous

noreply@blogger.com (Jordan Epstein) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:56:00 +0000

wow i need one now!!!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Jordan Epstein) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:56:00 +0000

wow i need one now!!!!!!

Need it now!

noreply@blogger.com (Jordan Epstein) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:55:00 +0000

I need one of these NOW to help me sort out all the papers on my desk!

Ms Blakeway

noreply@blogger.com (Jordan Epstein) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:52:00 +0000

Very handy invention for teachers!

noreply@blogger.com (Jordan Epstein) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:44:00 +0000

i think ben and jordans invention was brilliant and very complex

noreply@blogger.com (Jordan Epstein) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:44:00 +0000

Yours was really good. It looks very complicated and very convenient in one way or another.

Mrs Cellini

noreply@blogger.com (Jordan Epstein) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:41:00 +0000

Really impressed with the concept behind the invention. I can see that you have put in incredible amount of work. Congratulations boys! I love the ideas that you suggested to improve the design.
Future inventors!

noreply@blogger.com (Jordan Epstein) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:40:00 +0000

wow

noreply@blogger.com (Jordan Epstein) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:34:00 +0000

Faiure is the interger of success

noreply@blogger.com (Jordan Epstein) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:25:00 +0000

brilliant invention, I would keep my artworks in a bigger version...

noreply@blogger.com (Jordan Epstein) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:23:00 +0000

great someone might get my desk organised at last......can you extend it to file.

Patent the invention (its great)

noreply@blogger.com (Jordan Epstein) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:21:00 +0000

A fantastic idea. This needs to be
be patented!

PLEASE READ!

noreply@blogger.com (bgrossberg) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:04:00 +0000

Tonight as you are reading our blog if you want to you can post a comment on our blog.

To do this you click the button NEW POST in the top right hand side of the blog.
Once you have typed your message click PUBLISH POST.
Then a page will come up saying POST SUCCESSFULL. Under this there will be a button saying VEIW BLOG. Click that.

Thanks, Ben and Jordie

Tonight

noreply@blogger.com (bgrossberg) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:59:00 +0000

Tonight for part of the night i will be upstairs in the ICT lab showing people my robotics.
This is because i am the best at it in Australia and because our unit is about inventions then we should have something about robots and robotics. This is where Ben M, Emilio and I come in.

New Clothes Decision

noreply@blogger.com (bgrossberg) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:24:00 +0000

For the night we have decided to wear what an office worker would wear - This is because we were not allowed to wear uniform because it would look like we didn't go to enough of an effort. So we have decided to wear a collared shirt and long pants (no tie).

PS. Our tablecloth is from spotlight and just fits the table at the cost of $10(According to Jordano the price is very impotant). It is red.

Book Cover

noreply@blogger.com (bgrossberg) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:46:00 +0000

Reasons

noreply@blogger.com (Jordan Epstein) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:20:00 +0000

It may look like i have not been doing much posting but i have actually been editing bens posts so it's from both of us.

Preparation

noreply@blogger.com (bgrossberg) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:07:00 +0000

The reason we have not been update much is because we have been EXTREMELY busy. We have been preparing for our presentation night on Monday. We have been writing out reflections, printing out things and much more to do. We have decided on our clothes for the night as our normal school uniform but with no tie as our invention is made to meet the requirements of and office worker we decided to dress up as one (with shorts). we also had to write these things up about what attitudes and profiles we have shown during this uoi.

Reflection ~ Ben Grossberg

noreply@blogger.com (bgrossberg) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:06:00 +0000

In our last PYP unit of inquiry ‘Where we are in place and Time’ has been the best unit this year. I think it is the best because we got to use our creativity and many other skills to make what we want.

It was also a good way to develop our communication and partner skills. Jordan and I did a blog that allowed us to communicate in more ways. Here is the website: http://benjordaninvent.blogspot.com/ This is of our whole invention journey.

I think the blog was a great way for people to track our invention and for us to keep track on everything. The blog motivated us to keep on going and I very easy to use. After learning about blogs I have decided to use one for my robotics next year. I believe that in future years both a scrapbook and a blog should be used for this inquiry. The main advantage of a blog is that it is fast and easy to use and is very convenient.

Although our invention was not completely successful, I still enjoyed it and learnt a lot. I think it was a great way to finish the year because it is the most fun and keeps you focused till the end of the year.

I think that the invention building helped our problem solving skills as there were many problems. In my opinion the reason our invention did not work was because we had a major problem that we worked around. Going around the big problem gave us many little problems and once we had fixed all of them the big problem came back to us. Once I realised this there wasn’t enough time but I think it was still great. Our invention was made to meet the requirements of an office worker.

When I first heard the unit of inquiry I didn’t think about it or understand it much, but now I have realised that it links in with everything about what we have done in this unit. I think that the line ‘Inventions evolve to meet people’s requirements’, means that inventions have changed through time to meet the requirements of people or other living things.

In conclusion, I believe that this has been a great unit of inquiry maybe the best ever. I think that it should be continued for years to come and I will definitely be using the skills I have learnt in the future.

My (Jordan) reflection

noreply@blogger.com (Jordan Epstein) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:40:00 +0000

The last unit of this year ‘where we are in time and place has without a shadow of a doubt has been the most exciting and mind based unit throughout this whole year!!!

This is because we have been tuning in, finding out, sorting out, making connections, going further and taking action. This has lead us to many new skills and interesting information for life. At the beginning of the term the central idea was almost a blur with all of those words for me (almost as if the words were Shakespearean!!!), but now doing many tasks and experiments to understand what the central idea meant. I now completely understand it, it’s clear as a crystal.

The central idea for this UOI is: Inventions evolve to meet people’s requirements.
The way I understand this central idea is I think that when an inventor invents something he does it to make the way of living and recreation not only easier but usually also more enjoyable to use and do.

Experiments (tuning in, finding out and sorting out)

At the beginning of the unit we conducted experiments in our pairs that we would later make our invention with. At this early stage the majority of us had no idea what the outcome may be for not only what the experiment’s conclusion may wrapping up as but also how we might use the product of the experiment or an adaptation of it in our invention. As time progressed we had decided through many methods from common sense to through the process of elimination of what we should do given the information provided?

Our invention (making connections, going further and taking action.)

I believe we went through 3 ideas until we hit this great idea of revolving (like a Ferris wheel- more mention later) document trays. We hit this idea when we were in class brainstorming word like change. One of these words was reorganisation, this was probably the main word that helped us finalise the guidelines of our invention.
On this note we also made a blog that we used to constantly update what has been happening and anything we have done in class that has been about inventors to the evolution of a sport. The URL address for this blog is: http://benjordaninvent.blogspot.com/

Lastly, this has been a very skillful Unit Of Inquiry leading to less success in the end for us than others but effort and learning have been an over arching reining theme for all. It should be continued for many years to come to bring the opportunities for others as it has done to us.

More pics........

noreply@blogger.com (bgrossberg) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:30:00 +0000

update 21/11

noreply@blogger.com (bgrossberg) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:43:00 +0000

Our gear that made the invention

A single tray and all it's components

The main axle point in our srtucture

From this- to this

The end result

As Albert Einstein said an invention (or something like that) is 1% percent innovation and 99% perspiration.

well we didn't get the 99%perspiration bit.

Most good inventions are made by accident such as the battery. One day a man was trying to invent something and threw it into the fire and went to bed. In the morning in his fireplace was a energizer max.

We tried our hardest and have put the most effort in by far on our invention but we have stopped because we have come to a dead end for the amount of time we have left and the number of medium sized difficulty problems we have to solve.

For some strange reason two of our battery packs started smoking and got really hot
and then they melted- that is partially our reason for coming to and end.

if we had more time it could have worked because our sticks that connected all the trays were to short so we would have been able to make them bigger but we didn't have enough time.

New Clothes Decision

noreply@blogger.com (bgrossberg) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:20:00 +0000

For the night we have decided to wear what an office worker would work - smart stuffthan wear school uniform. This is because other people have put in more effort than getting the thing you wear most from you wardrobe.