History Lesson 30: How the Europeans and the Chinese used the compass differently

The Chinese invented the compass out of interest in Feng Shui. They later realized that it could be used for travel but didn’t do much with it. The Europeans got the compass from the Moslems and used it to discover America and prove that the world was a sphere and not flat.

History Lesson 25 What Simple Machines Do We Use Today

Today, we use simple machines like gears. Gears are all over the place, in cars, trucks, construction machines, machines and more. My baby brother, Frank, has gears on one of his toys. He likes spinning them because when you do, it plays a song. He also likes spinning it because there are stickers of beesContinue reading “History Lesson 25 What Simple Machines Do We Use Today”

History Lesson 20 How The Christian Monks Able To Help Support The Civilization When The Roman Empire Collapsed

The camshaft, gear, and water wheel made making things more efficient. This technology made making flour, beer, bread, and ingots of metals like copper easier. The monks used the camshaft hooked up to a hammer to smash ingredients to make beer. The camshaft was hooked up to gears and axels to transfer rotation power fromContinue reading “History Lesson 20 How The Christian Monks Able To Help Support The Civilization When The Roman Empire Collapsed”

My English Lesson 65 Who Influenced Me

I have been influenced by my grandfather, Papa, to build random creations with things like Erector, K’nex, and Legos. I’ve made things like remote cranes that hook onto my bed, fort walls for my bed, car carriers, part sorters, cars, trucks, and even combined some Lego kits I got with others. When, I was nine,Continue reading “My English Lesson 65 Who Influenced Me”

History Lesson 15 How Do New Building Tools Impact Architecture

Back then they didn’t have strong or good tools, all they had were things like chisels and hammers. They didn’t have electric tools like jackhammers and power drills. These days, we have all kinds of different tools and machines, even machines that make some things for us. And what helps us with architecture are thingsContinue reading “History Lesson 15 How Do New Building Tools Impact Architecture”

How BattleShips Helped Egyptians Make Pyramids

When the Egyptians were trying to make the pyramids they were using boats to transport stones from the quarry to the building site. The Mesopotamians kept attacking them and tried to stop the Egyptians from getting stones to the building site. To solve this problem, the Egyptians made battleships to transport cargo and crew fromContinue reading “How BattleShips Helped Egyptians Make Pyramids”