Shop Class: [1/9]

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As the students enter into the Danger Room Shop, they'll see that it has been transformed into a scrapyard, filled with various mechanical machines, scrap metal etc.

A section of the Junkyard has been put aside for the typical tools you would find in a metal/wood shop.

"Morning Kids. Before we do anything else, we will go over The Rules of the Danger Shop."

After the rules have been gone over, Mac then does Roll Call to make sure everyone is there. Then Mac walks everyone through the safety percautions and techniques to use any of the shop tools.

When that is complete, Mac rolls out a cart that has ground coffee and various types of coffee filters.

Today we are going to build a coffee machine.

To do this you must:
1. Fashion a container and device to boil water
2. Fashion a device to filter water through the coffee grounds
3. Fashion a device to receive the coffee

Notes: There are no Coffee Brewers or Percolators in the Junk Yard. I know. I fixed them. If you find a device that will heat the coffee (hotplate etc), chances are it is broken and you must take the time to fix it. Shop equipment cannot be used as functioning part of the coffee maker. Only to build it.

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Re: Assignment: [1/9]

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"Okay, thanks," he said, walking bak tot he junk pile. As he moved, though, he saw what he had tripped over: a rectangular metal frame that looked like it used to belong to a footstool. What's this doing away from the junk? he wondered. He brought it back to his workstation and played with it a little, trying to figure ot if he could use it. If I turn it this way, the legs look like they're far apart enough for... he looked at the sifter he had hooked up, and got an idea. Some careful placement and some wire later, the heating device for his coffee maker was attached. Unfortunately, it was a little top-heavy, and kept falling over. Maybe I can counter the weight with something, Victor thought, and got up to search through the piles again.

This time, he had no accidents, and came back with the funnel he had been looking for, plus a grated cookie sheet-looking piece of metal and a metal cup from a milkshake machine. After a few tries, Victor was able to tie the grated sheet to the frame in a way that counterbalanced the weight. The funnel was bigger than the heating device, though, so Victor just used wire to "hammock" it from the frame as best as he could. Finally, he placed the cup below the funnel, completing the final piece he needed for the project.

"Now to test it," Victor sighed. He picked out a filter, put some coffee grounds in it, and gently set it into the funnel and pressed it down. Then, he turned the frame so that the sun was shining as directly as possible on the lens, and, making sure that the bottom was closed, poured water into the pot.

After a while, the water began to boil, and, using some tongs, Victor opened the bottom, sending a shower of water into the funnel. The water passed through the grounds and filter, and soon, hot coffee was pouring into the cup.

"I think I did it!" Victor called to his teacher.