My 9th grade science class just finished designing and carving out each of the 118 elements of the periodic table. I need a little help in deciding how to permanently mount to the wall in the hallway. I think my principal prefers I mount all 118 tiles onto something first prior to hanging. Any suggestions?
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How big are the tiles? what are the tiles made of??? The images look like two color HDPEā¦ that might be a problem since nothing sticks very well to HDPE except HDPEā¦
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Thanks for the reply! Yes, they are the 6"x 6" HDPE tiles. What about some sort of U bracket where the tiles will simply slide in and hold them?
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I was thinking some sort of bracket or rail system also, but i was thinking more along the lines of some sort of t track mounted to a larger boardā¦Or just theT track mounted to the hallway wall.
the attached picture is crudely drawn and not to scale,ā¦ but this would be the side view of a 9 foot long track (6 inch tile x 18 rows)ā¦
Does that make sense??? then you just add enough T rail to accomodate all the rowsā¦7 +2 i believe???
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Thatās a great idea! Thanks for all your help on this. Iāll post back when we finish the project!
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Did you design all those in Easel? Would you be willing to share them all with the community?
My students and I designed all 118 in Easel. Iād love to share them with the community. How would I go about doing that?
Thatās amazing! That Project should come with every XC in every school!
Thanks! It was an excellent introduction to Easel, Carvey, and the different elements. Students also put together a website on the project with the information they collected. Check it out at www.physicalsciencekozar.weebly.com
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Double sided tape will stick to the tiles. There are two kinds that Iāve used. One is like regular scotch tape and not really very sticky. The other is used to hold carpet to flooring and has fibers in it. Much stronger and stickier. Just a thought
In Easel, click āFileā, then āShareā, āShare with a Linkā. Copy/paste the link here.
Thank you!
Iām not sure if this does you any good but hereās the easel template I made for chlorine. Easel - Chlorine . In order to share the whole periodic table I would have to share 118 files! Hope this helps.
The easiest way would probably put them in a Dropbox and open it to the public. You can just cut and paste them there making it much easier.
Although I truly absolutely appreciate it when someone shares a file or project or hints or tipsā¦
However, since when has it become expected that someone share a projectā¦ ???
Lately, (not on this forumā¦yetā¦) Iāve seen people get downright ugly when a forum contributor declines to share their files. what ever happened to personal creativity? why canāt someone see a project and sayā¦ HEY, I can do thatā¦ and do their own project based off of an idea they see on a forum or the internetā¦
I guess I feel like I learn more by designing my own projects. my projects might be similar to something i see on this or another forum, but I would NEVER ask someone to share their filesā¦ Have I used files that someone has shared.??? YESā¦ would Ask someone to share their files so that I can duplicate their work??? NEVER. Iād rather struggle through my own design process trying to duplicate what I seeā¦ I think I just learn more that wayā¦
Butā¦thatās just meā¦ Iāve always had a hard time understanding the motivation of other people.
I donāt mind sharing the files for the periodic table. I think my students did a great job and should be shared for others to use, learn, mix, etc. So, I decided to provide a link to each of the files on the website. www.physicalsciencekozar.weebly.com. The first ten elements (hydrogen-neon) are up and posted with the links. Simply click on the Easel logo on each page to access the Easel file. Hope this helps!
BTW, hereās, a direct link to Hydorgen - Hydrogen - Carving Out the Periodic Table.
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And yet you have no problem gleaning information āsharedā on these forums?
The open source community thrives on community efforts. There have been makers who decline to share their files, thatās fine, we should all understand when a share request is declined. Some desire to capitalize from their work, good for them. Like you, I re-create othersā work all the time from my own designs, but it can be a shortcut if someone is willing to share.
When asked to share files, itās up to the creator to share or not. I do agree that it should never be āexpectedā that someone would share.
I believe we are in agreement hereā¦
Gleaning information, on a forum such as this and others is the point of these forumsā¦ Experienced users often point new users to the solutions to their problems by pointing them to other postsā¦ the whole point of a Forum is to share knowledge, experiences and occasionally Files.
Sharing information is the option of the person who posts said information, and if someone post a questionā¦āmy Z axis wonāt move what do I doā people decide to answer or notā¦ when someone post a ālook at what I didā it is that persons option to share the files or notā¦ And typically most of us do not mind sharing our work (unless the work is specifically āfor Profitā)
my rantā¦ was an effort to express how I do not understand the sudden increase of people asking outright for files ā¦ āHey, does someone have an STL of a dogā or āHey, nice projectā¦share the fileā¦ā and the occasional hostility that I have seen when someone declines to āshareā Or more recently, someone posting a picture of someone elseās completed project and just plain askingā¦āwho has the G-code for thisā without even a hint of whether or not they put any effort into trying to re-create the projects on thier own.
On THAT NOTEā¦
Sorry for hijacking this threadā¦ @KennethKozar, your students have done GREAT workā¦ I applaud their efforts on such a great projectā¦ and as the spouse of an educator, I wish to THANK YOU for what you do. I know itās not always fame and glory.
Your students did an excellent job, I am a middle school science teacher and may use this for my classroom