Tom

**Tom's Page 2012** Hope You Like it :-)


 * __ ICT enrichment week 1 __ 17/02/12 **

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__ICT Enrichment week 2 24/02/12__ I have found a touch typing game on the computer. I like it because It shows your words per minute, your time on that level, how many words you have got right,how many you got wrong and your success rate. It also helped me by only showing the letters in colour when I got it wrong. You can play it [|here]

There is also another typing programme one of my friends showed me. You can look at it [|here]

Today I learnt to use the paint tool on google sketchup. I found using the tool quite helpful because it makes your object look slightly more 3D than it did at first. It also helps when you want to make a complicated pattern (e.g. tiles) by showing you 8 or more different tiles or rooves. Overall I found it very easy to use. It may also flash the colours on your object for a while because it is trying to remember the colours.
 * __ICT Enrichment week 3 24/02/12__ **

This time I made a house and boat on water by only using objects downloaded from the online gallery. I found downloading the objects hard because you need to find an object that suits you, and drag it into the place you want it. If you do not get it right where you need it you have to select a specific tool and drag the object into a perfect place. You can also adjust the size of the object by dragging the corners of the blue box. Overall I found today challenging because of the gallery.
 * __ICT Enrichment week 4 02/03/12__ **

**__ICT Enrichment week 4__ 09/03/12** Today I used a cartooning programme called scratch. I made a goalkeeper and goals, and coloured it in. I found it challenging because I have never used it before and I do not know how to make the objects move around the page. Overall I found it fun because I didn't know what to do.

__**SCIENCE FAIR 2012 11/05/12 - 20/08/12**__ This year I have done 'Copperplating Metals'. I tried to copperplate metals with copper sulfate. I tested 6 metals, 5 of them 3 times and 1 once. I then took one of each metal out every 5 minutes, hour and day. I successfully copperplated 4 metals and got no result for 2. The solution dissolved my metals 6 out of 16 times.

My dad is a photographer, you can view his website [|here]