Measures of Communities
Our first Math/Physics project was called the Measurements of Communities Project (or MoC). Our MoC project was a collection of data from a school wide survey filled with about 150 questions about their everyday life. With that information we created multiple graphs that we later turned into Info graphics. I really enjoyed this project because I got to see everyone's preferences about things.
Our first Math/Physics project was called the Measurements of Communities Project (or MoC). Our MoC project was a collection of data from a school wide survey filled with about 150 questions about their everyday life. With that information we created multiple graphs that we later turned into Info graphics. I really enjoyed this project because I got to see everyone's preferences about things.
MoC Conclusions Summary
For my questions I asked about people’s movie and movie genre preferences. For the second half of our project we had to write out our conclusions for the outcomes of our graphs and how we felt about them. We also discussed some of the trends in the data that we noticed like one of them was that the girls in our grade enjoyed drama films over any other genre.
Angry Birds Project
The angry birds project consisted of 2-3 person groups and they has to build a structure, projectile, and a launcher to launch at their structure. For this project I was a Team Leader which meant I was in charge of two 2-3 person groups and making sure they kept on task.
This was how one of my groups projects worked (sorry in advance for the poor crayon hand writing I didn't have a pencil)
I learned that leading a group can be difficult at times but a lot of it is micro-managing. A good skill I learned was to always be patient with group members. I think I did this project very well I wouldn't change a thing.
Into the Wild
For this project we tried to re-create the Chris mcCandless experience by camping where he did. For math we built headlamps, soda can stoves, and Compasses. For humanities we made read his story and hatchet (a book similar to it). We also made books about our journey through this project.
Head lamp
Our head lamp was made in a parallel circuit which means the LED's all have the same current running through them. Instead of a series which means the lights are connected in one wire, making the current decrease more and more through each light
Soda Can Stove
the soda can stoves were used for cooking our meals during the camping trip. Our group cooked chili and quesadillas. They worked with amazing efficiency. I wish I could have kept it but they took it after the incident at breakfast. Good thing they are really easy to make!
Compass
My compass was made from and illustrator laser cutter template made by a teacher. We used this template to make our compass holders out of acrylic. The template has 3 different colors that mean different things. If an object is outlined in red the machine will cut it out. If the object is in blue the machine will etch onto it. If it is in black it will make a thin line.
Experience
My favorite part of this project was building the headlamps. This was my favorite because I learned how to solder and build circuit boards. The most important thing I learned from this project is to enjoy things more. Also to take every opportunity to experience nature.
Telescopes
This project was about building telescopes to look at the stars. In this project we learned the difference in lenses, calculate focal length, test magnification, and find out focal ratio. We also learned a lot about light reflection and refraction.
The telescope my group member an I made was called a Galilean Telescope. It was called this because Galileo created it. This telescope has an upright image, unlike the Keplerian which gives you an upside-down image. The other telescope is called a Newtonian which reflects light from a mirror instead of refracting it. Both Galilean and Keplerian refract light through lenses. We made this because the image was easy to find and see. It also had a good magnification but not too much so that you could only see at night, with ours you can look out and see across a field.
To reflect on my exhibition I would say I did an overall good job. I not only helped my group (making glow in the dark tessellations but I helped the bus crew set up the wood on the wall, I stapled a lot of stars onto the ceiling and gave helpful advice to my peers when they got stuck on a problem or needed help with their jobs. I feel that I did a very good job making the pictures glow-in-the dark. I offered the idea of spraying them a second time if they weren't bright enough. This exhibition was definetly worth all of the hard work we put into it. I feel that it would have been easier to buy glow-in-the-dark stars from the store rather than cut out each individual one. I learned that everyone can use an extra hand in whatever they're doing.
A picture of Mars
May 29, 2014 9:00 PST
May 29, 2014 9:00 PST