Yammie Lam (4S)
Today we had our engineering lessons again. We were told to make a car that is powered by rubber bands and made of wood. We were designing for the whole morning from sketch and started to make it by cutting and drilling all by ourselves. It was the very first experience of us to use these equipments so it was really fantastic. After the lessons, we went to watch Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. We had been looking forward to watching it since we came here one month ago. We were very excited while we are walking to the cinema. It was really awesome and thrilling. As there was no subtitle, we could focus more on the story and the actors more than when we were in Hong Kong. But still I think I will watch it again after I get back to Hong Kong. It was such a memorable night.
Cynthia Wong (4S)
I am studying Engineering this week. I have learnt more about Engineering, for example, there are about 80 kinds of Engineering in the world and it involves everything.
Yesterday we learned how to build a paper bridge in a most efficient way and today we have learned how to build our own car using different kinds of materials. In the morning, we were demonstrated a model car designed by the professor, then we had to think about the design of our own car and what materials we needed. It took us a long time to design a car that has the least fiction and can travel the longest distance. Although my drawing was not good, it was fun to design our own car.
After we did the paper work on designing, we had to do our design on the computer, using a software called ‘solid work’, which was specialized for engineering and building stuff. We had to divide our draft into different parts and make it in the computer, which is called ‘CAD design’. The software is so complicated that we spent a lot of time on knowing how to use it. But I have gained an experience on what actually engineer is doing every day.
Although our car was not finished, we were looking forward to seeing it. In the process of constructing the car, we had to cut the wood using the machine that an engineer uses, this gave us a chance to experience how Engineering works and let us think about whether we should choose studying Engineering or not.
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