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| Thread ID: 60386 | 2005-07-31 00:10:00 | Off Topic: Homework Help For Materials Technologhy | techiekid (7219) | PC World Chat |
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| 376873 | 2005-07-31 01:09:00 | then we have 2 produce the product God i f you love me then help me out Oh and my assignment is finished Thanks 4 ur help Techiekid |
techiekid (7219) | ||
| 376874 | 2005-07-31 01:14:00 | It's all part of the "Knowledge Economy" Helen is often on about, Terry. Get enough NZQA credits (none less that Excellent) and you too can become a rubbish collector. (In fact there was a school which gave credits for picking up rubbish.) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 376875 | 2005-07-31 01:41:00 | Oh dear, I'm beginning to think you have hit the nail on the head Graham :thumbs: I can remember well as a 10 or 11 year old in the top form of a humble Black Country 'working class' primary school (7 -11 years old) being taught what I suppose would be called materials science, or properties of matter now . How metals were good conductors of electricity and heat, and non metals weren't, and how metals expanded when heated, and being sent to the neighbouring secondary school to borrow a piece of apparatus to show this . This consisted of a brass tripod with a circular hole and a suspended brass sphere that just passed through the hole when cold, but when the sphere was heated with a bunsen burner it rested on the edge of the hole because it had expanded . |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 376876 | 2005-07-31 01:49:00 | Now thats what I call technolgy.Won't pass through you say? :) | Cicero (40) | ||
| 376877 | 2005-07-31 03:43:00 | How does making a stupid wind chime count as an assignment? And why do you need a big list? Take a look in those crap shops in the mall and you see those things all the time, made out of any old junk. Simple. I agree, should teach either proper science or at least useful trade skills. Like plain old woodwork, metalwork and cooking. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 376878 | 2005-07-31 04:09:00 | the school system has changed...... | techiekid (7219) | ||
| 376879 | 2005-07-31 04:15:00 | So it seems Techiekid, not getting at you at all, we can only do as the teachers tell us, but it does seem a bit strange to dress up a topic with the grand title of Materials Technology, which then turns out to be something other than. :waughh: | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 376880 | 2005-07-31 04:20:00 | Just had a thought for a question to ask your Materials Technology teacher. Why does a brass gong go 'boing....' when struck, where as an indenticle one made of lead go 'thud' ? |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 376881 | 2005-07-31 04:22:00 | So it seems Techiekid, not getting at you at all, we can only do as the teachers tell us, but it does seem a bit strange to dress up a topic with the grand title of Materials Technology, which then turns out to be something other than. :waughh: I think Techo should have a word with teacher and explain the cretinosity of the project. :) |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 376882 | 2005-07-31 04:58:00 | This consisted of a brass tripod with a circular hole and a suspended brass sphere that just passed through the hole when cold, but when the sphere was heated with a bunsen burner it rested on the edge of the hole because it had expanded. Ooh that brings me back to Intermediate School in 95. We also tried making hokey pokey once... cant remember why though... :waughh: |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
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