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On today's lesson we did theory. We looked at two programs on the computer. One of them was "Mechanisms" , where we were learning about different motions, way to lift the object in the mechanical toys,etc. Another one was called "Mechanical Toys", where we looked at some examples of the mechanical toys. Then we had to research some designs and we could also think of some ideations. I didn't want to copy someone's work, so I've decided to research some ideas, but think of my own design. I here are some ideas that I found in the Internet. 

I really liked the idea of the ocean and the boats, so I've decided to do these theme, but change it a little bit. I also had some of my own ideas. Like these ones for example.

On this picture I had a Chritmas tree on the right hand side. I thought that I might use rotary motion, that means that it was going to spin round. On the left hand side it was going to be a stand with 'Merry Christmas' writing on it, that had to go up and down. The pear shaped cam would make it move.  I thought of this idea as Christmas is coming up soon. But I thought it was too boring. So I've decided to try to make a changed version of the "Ocean motion". Here what I got: