Problem Solving through Science! | Tuesday, 3rd period

[what_the_shock]

Miguel scowled at the Danger Shop computer and thumped it, trying to get the rusty thing to do what he wanted. "Right," he told the students, in between trying to rewire it again, "So today, whether this thing works or not, we've got plenty of spare parts courtesy of the junkyard, and we're working on something that's a bit less fun and a bit more necessary - which should at least make one of you happy." Wayne.

"We'll be building our own reverse osmosis systems to clean radiation from water, portable dosimeters to determine how much radiation we're absorbing, and flamethrowers to help defend against...whatever's out there. If you need any help, ask. If you want to make something else along the same lines, go to town."

He waved them at the boxes of parts. Then thumped the controls again; they sputtered and at least gave out a little more light. "I'll keep trying on this thing."

Comments

Re: Class activity

[howareyanow]

Functionality and usefulness was fun, and that was a hill that Wayne would be mighty proud and happy to die on! So that easily made this class so far the best one yet, and Wayne was as pleased as a pig in mud to be working on nice, useful things in a methodical and efficient fashion.

Re: Class activity

[what_the_shock]

Miguel would never dispute that useful things were fun, he just thought there was a case to be made for purely amusing things, too.

But hey, this week? All about the useful.