For this project we had to graph an image and use the different transformations to replot it three times.
This project addresses self-directional skills because I couldn't save it until last minute to work on it and I had to give myself enough time to plot all the points which is really tedious. I really liked how the images changed every time I transformed them. My image was of the moon so when I colored them, they each showed a different moon phase. I improved my self-directional skills because it was a lot of work to write down all the different points. There were about 40 for each image, it takes a long time and its really boring so you have to force yourself to work on it. The hardest part of this task was typing out all the points. It took forever and it is really easy to make a mistake because you aren't paying attention. If I redid this project I would graph the picture before writing all the points down because I didn't realize until too late that I didn't like the way some of the pictures rotated so I had to rethink the way I was going to color them. In the past we've learned how to do the transformation but we never used the equations before so it was difficult to figure by just graphing. In the future I could use this knowledge if I were drawing plans for a building or something similar and there were repeating objects. |
For this project we had to research a specific field of engineering. We had to learn about what the field works on and the credentials you would need for a job in that field.
This assignment addresses financial, economic and business literacy because we had research about the different jobs in the field and how much money they usually make. I like how this project gives an overall idea of what ocean engineers can do. I didn't realize how many things fell into the category and it was interesting to know what you needed to become an ocean engineer. I think I improved my financial economic and business literacy skills by understanding what you need to do to become an ocean engineer. The hardest part of the task was limiting how much information I put on the slides. There were so many things an ocean engineer could work on it was tricky to limit and find broader aspects of what they could work on. If I redid this project I would choose a different area of engineering, otherwise I would change much, I really like how it turned out. I haven't ever done anything like this before. I past engineering classes we've built things in groups. In the future I could use this knowledge if I were considering to be an engineer and I wanted to know which field I might like. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12Dgok4PT-ySkKbMq9EZLR0qaO9fA5KGIHVlWAmL2rL4/edit?usp=sharing |
In this project we created a slideshow about a decade from the 20th century. My decade was the 1970's. We needed slides that addressed a specific part of a decade.
This project addresses global awareness because we had to learn about and understand a different era. I really liked that this project covers so many aspects of the decade and that it really gives you an overall overview of the decade. I learned a lot about the decade from this project. I hadn't really ever learned about history this way before, its usually just dates about important things that happened. I think this project really helped to understand how they lived during the decade and what people thought of it then. The hardest part of completing this project was finding something for the specific topics. Some of them were really easy because it was an important or substantial part of the decade but for other topics you really had to dig to find what would work. If I were to redo this project I would make it a little more thorough and have more photos. I only had one or two photos for most of the slides and I think it would add a lot of depth to have a few more. In the past, we've mostly just learned about important things that happened in history during a much broader era. In this project we learned more about the details of a specific era and the things that are normally left out of history books. In the future I think I will look at what things were like for civilians during that time rather than just what it is like for the people making history. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hyXo0IdNFriAoOlhjbpDqA-CTC09KPuFIK2cGK49d70/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aYyu6e6TZk9nNsLHc9Wdp4yz4aCLllPP8LnGTiJakl4/edit?usp=sharing |
For this project we had to make a 3-D model of a specific atom, I got Calcium. We needed protons, neutrons, electrons and the energy level rings.
This project used Thinking and Problem Solving skills because I had to change almost everything from my original idea figure out how to make certain things work. I really like how the overall project turned out, it wasn't too different from what I originally pictured and it looks really nice. I improved my thinking and problem solving skills because I was always having to figure out another way to do something. The hardest part of this project was making the rings. They were cut from wire so I had to connect them and shape them into circles. It was really hard to close them and I ended up having to tape them together which doesn't look very nice but it was the only thing that worked. If I redid this project, I would string the lights in a different direction so the excess would be in the nucleus/ping pong ball instead of at the top hanging off. I would also try to make the rings look nicer, especially the tape. In the past we've learned about atoms what they're made up of but we've never built a model before. I can use this knowledge in my chemistry class to understand what is going on during a chemical reaction. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fKae67lrZ50AXBTc7vrJBb6Fhe6JcmON/view |