2021-22 Homeschooling Projects

  For programming, I made an item generator in DiamondFire. DiamondFire is a Minecraft server which  has users program their own games with a unique block-based programming language, as seen in the image. The item generator gives the player a random item which they can use to build or craft tools. The code runs when someone right clicks, and if they are holding the generator it randomizes the tier of their rewards. I used an if-then-else tree to determine what tier was generated, and I used the GiveRandItem function to determine the item they get. The higher the tier, the more useful the rewards. Later I will make single-use special boxes for more rewards.

We have set up two composting methods. The first one is worm composting. It is exactly what it sounds like. You order worms online and fill a bin with vegetables and newspaper and then wait. The worms will eat the newspaper and vegetables to make dirt. The other type of composting is just throwing organic waste into a pile and then waiting about a year. Microbes will break things down instead of worms. The worms are a much faster way to compost. Overall this is a fun project to keep worms and compare their composting to the compost pile. I would recommend the worms because they are faster but they do need food every week or so. The worms take slightly more work to keep going and you should be careful of what you throw in there, but composting is a good, beneficial hobby, especially if you own a garden.