Radioactive Comics and Games 2013
In this project, we were put into groups of four. What we have to do was make a game or comic book about radioactive. We have to incorporate radioactive into the game or comic. My group made a game (as you could see on the left). The objective of our game is to be the first one to the finish line with the least amount of REM as possible. If you gain 450 REM or more than you'll have to restart from the beginning with 0 REM. For the rules all you have to do is roll a die and then choose a path. You go on that path and if you land on the green you get to choose to either pick a risk card or not. If landed on a grey you pick a radiation card and whatever amount of REM you get, you add it to your REM absorbed card. If landed on a purple you grab a super radiation card add that REM to your REM absorbed card. We also were required to explain and incorporate elements such as the structure of an atom, probabilities as a fraction, types of radiation and etc... into our game. This project has helped me grow in my Design Thinking/ Critical Thinking learning outcome. It has helped me grow in this learning outcome because there was a lot of thinking required in this project. We have to think about how we're going to incorporate all the elements into our game and still have it make sense. We have to think about the how to make the game more interesting and funner so that it'll attracts attention and people to play it. We also have to revise our thinking ideas based on the feedback we got from our teachers and peers. Overall, this was a great project i would like to do this project again. It was fun making the game and playing the games that everyone made along with reading comics.
Reusable usable art (Chemistry)
Our reusable usable art is a teacher cart. It is made completely from reused material that includes: clothes, milk crate, old skateboard wheels, old nails, screws, erasers and an old roller handle from a roller backpack. We made this art for the Fall Art Show of 2012. By making this teacher cart out of old items we don’t use anymore we helped reduce landfills waste. The plastic milk crate, rubber and clothes are made of synthetic polymers which are made from long chains of carbon and other elements. The metal nails and screws contain elements of Calcium, Strontium, Tin, and Lead. Typically, materials used to make plastic, clothes, rubber and metals would be harmful to Earth. The elements in metals like Lead are toxic. Rubber takes thousands of years to decompose, and it can be hazardous if it catches on fire because of the smoke it releases when burned. Clothes are made from synthetic fabrics that are bad for the environment. We had to be creative and artistic about the teacher crate since this was made from non-virgin materials. Some difficulties we had while making the teacher crate was finding something to make the handle with and taking off the wheels on the skateboard. Overall, we are proud of this art because we made it from materials that are just lying around in our house. If someone would like to buy this teacher cart, the price is $5-10.
Art Show 2012 (Algebra 2)
In this project, the class was assigned a piece of a picture and our task was to create the piece that we got in Geogebra using the four conic sections: circle, ellipse, hyperbola, and parabola. We have to make it as close as possible to the real picture. At the end of the project, everybody will put their picture together to form the whole image. I got a nose piece for the project.
This was a challenging project to me. I feel that I didn't have much freedom because we have to use the four conic sections in the design. I feel that these design constraints affected my picture because the conic sections didn't create the shape that wanted. Another, challenge that I faced was the conic section’s positions. It was hard placing them on the right spot since I have to change the equation of the conic section every time I want it in a new spot.
Due to the challenge that I faced, I had to make some adjustment for conic sections. For instance, I had to adjust the circle conic section a few times before getting it in the right place. The circle conic section in the image is the dark brown moon shaped section. The conic equation of the circle is. I used this equation to create and move my circle. I often get frustrated because the numbers for the center (h, k) and the radius () affects the circle and its position. The center affected the location of the circle and the radius affected the size.
Overall, I think that I did well with my picture. I feel that my picture did look similar to the actual picture. I feel good about it and I think that when the class combines all the little pieces together it’s going to look nice.
This was a challenging project to me. I feel that I didn't have much freedom because we have to use the four conic sections in the design. I feel that these design constraints affected my picture because the conic sections didn't create the shape that wanted. Another, challenge that I faced was the conic section’s positions. It was hard placing them on the right spot since I have to change the equation of the conic section every time I want it in a new spot.
Due to the challenge that I faced, I had to make some adjustment for conic sections. For instance, I had to adjust the circle conic section a few times before getting it in the right place. The circle conic section in the image is the dark brown moon shaped section. The conic equation of the circle is. I used this equation to create and move my circle. I often get frustrated because the numbers for the center (h, k) and the radius () affects the circle and its position. The center affected the location of the circle and the radius affected the size.
Overall, I think that I did well with my picture. I feel that my picture did look similar to the actual picture. I feel good about it and I think that when the class combines all the little pieces together it’s going to look nice.
Fish Kill In sacramento Project
The driving question of this project is "What cause the finish kill in Sacramento who is at fault and who is responsible for fixing the problems caused?" In the project we were put into one of the nine groups: agricultural, power company, engineers, mining, water sanitation, town council scientist, chamber of commerce and taxpayer My group were assigned the town council. We are basically the judges. On Tuesday we had our town council meeting, where listened to the other groups argue about who's at fault and who's not and why they are or not. After that we have to make a decision about who was at faults for the fish kill. Most of the class decision was that the agricultural is at fault but we say that nobody's really at fault. Our final decision was for all Stakeholders to help pay for the fishkill and some of them will get money back after. Aside from that the class was assign to graph a two year and week data. We were assigned Cadmium and Lead. Below are the two graphs that we graphed of Cadmium and Lead. This project has a lot of collaboration which is when you work with others to produce something. We have to collaborate with the class by representing our graphs and our group about what to say, who we think is at fault, and share it out with the class. Another learning outcome that we used was Design Thinking. We have to think a lot about who's at fault and why are they. We have to do a lot of deep thinking.
Exponent Poster
This our exponent poster. An exponent is the small number that is written in the top right of the base number. The exponent shows you how many times the numbers is to used when you multiply it.
Logarithm Poster
This my team's logarithm poster. Logarithm is an exponent. To read a logarithm's problem you would read it like this "the power on (a) that results in (b) and to say it, it would be like this " (a) is the base and (b) is the result. This project was about logarithms and exponents. We had to pick two topic and make a poster about it. In the two topic one has to be about exponent and the other has to be about logarithm. After we picked our topic we had to make a draft of it in Adobe Illustrator and then ask Herbert for a math print to make our final poster. Everything about this project was easy, the only changeling part was picking a background and adding things or making our text bigger so that there won't be a lot of blank space left. This project has made my Critical/Thinking Design grow. I understand it better this way than what normal teacher would do. I understand it better because I'm actually doing it and there my group members there when i need them.
Project Me!
In this project i made a 5 day plans. My plan is just to eat healthy and stay healthy. I plan to eat according to my BMI and to go jogging everyday. We presented our 1 minute sustainable changes that we going to make. My sustainable change is to stop eating junk foods and candies. My obstacle is just me because i'm so use to my habit of eating junk foods and candies. For my exercise plan i just want to go jogging everyday after i eat dinner.
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