Design Thinking Programming Challenge Blog Post (S)

Step 1: Ideate and Empathize

Before we could start making anything, we had to ideate and come up with ideas. Olivia, Weilyn, and I did this by trying to empathize with the students and teachers of the HKIS community and seeing if there were any problems that we could help solve through programming. We compiled them into one big mind map.

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Step 2: Questionnaire

Next, we wanted to test our ideas to see if they were actually real problems that people could relate to. We did this by creating a questionnaire and asking people all around the school to give their input. The two main ideas that we narrowed it down to was having an reminder app to remind people to drink water and to create a mile tracker. Here were some of the results:

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Step 3: Investigate

After we received student input on our problems, we decided that it would also be a good idea if we received input from some of the teachers as well (specifically for the mile tracker issue). For the water dehydration issue, we discussed it among us and decided that it wasn’t a problem that a large crowd of students were dealing with. Once we talked to the MS PE teachers, we realized that this wasn’t really an issue to them since they already had their own tracking system that they were happy with. However, they did express their concerns in that they wanted to have either a new click-based grading system which is more convenient to use, or a system that would help track any make up sessions students would have to complete. After discussing it, we decided that we should try and solve the make up session problem as Schoology, a platform that fits their needs, already exists and is being used by other HKIS teachers.

Here is our one-sentence summary statement of our project: We want to create a program that automatically sends reminders to students in order to help MS PE teachers keep track of make ups that need to be completed. 

Step 4: Planning/Pre-code stage

Now that we had a solid problem that we were gonna work to tackle, we needed to start coding as soon as possible so that we could finish the project in time. However, I2P has taught us that psuedo code is actually a very important development stage for programmers. Instead of jumping straight into coding, we decided to plan out what we were going to do by writing some psuedo code. Here is the psuedo code we wrote: http://bit.ly/2iNujas

Equipment needed:

-Laptop

-Google spreadsheets

Here are also some of the physical planning documents and flowcharts we created:

original project idea (1)

final project idea (1)

 

Step 5: Research

After Mr. Lin’s demonstration on how to send emails through Google Sheets using Google Script, our group thought that it would be best if we used this method as well. The only problem that we faced by using this tactic is that Google Scripts uses Javascript, while we have spent the whole semester learning only Python. However, this obstacle didn’t phase us. We used online resources such as Google Script tutorial articles and YouTube videos to figure out how to get the code to work (here is one of the videos we used, but didn’t end up incorporating into our project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGMIttLXpo4)

Other sources that we used during our development phase:

https://developers.google.com/apps-script/articles/mail_merge

https://developers.google.com/apps-script/articles/sending_emails

Step 6: CODING

Now that we have got all of the preparation work done, it is finally time to actually start coding. We took all of the code and knowledge gathered from our research and put it together to create a working program. Here is a video explaining (voice over by me) explaining how our code works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z_wU02z6ds&feature=youtu.be

Here is the actual code:

function sendEmails() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var dataSheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
var dataRange = dataSheet.getRange(2, 1, dataSheet.getMaxRows() – 1, 11);

var templateSheet = ss.getSheets()[1];
var emailTemplate = templateSheet.getRange(“A1”).getValue();

// Create one JavaScript object per row of data.
objects = getRowsData(dataSheet, dataRange);

// For every row object, create a personalized email from a template and send
// it to the appropriate person.
for (var i = 0; i < objects.length; ++i) {
// Get a row object
var rowData = objects[i];

// Generate a personalized email.
// Given a template string, replace markers (for instance ${“First Name”}) with
// the corresponding value in a row object (for instance rowData.firstName).
var emailText = fillInTemplateFromObject(emailTemplate, rowData);
var emailSubject = “MS PE Makeup Reminder”;
MailApp.sendEmail(rowData.emailAddress, rowData.emailAddress, emailSubject, emailText);
}
}
// Replaces markers in a template string with values define in a JavaScript data object.
// Arguments:
// – template: string containing markers, for instance ${“Column name”}
// – data: JavaScript object with values to that will replace markers. For instance
// data.columnName will replace marker ${“Column name”}
// Returns a string without markers. If no data is found to replace a marker, it is
// simply removed.
function fillInTemplateFromObject(template, data) {
var email = template;
// Search for all the variables to be replaced, for instance ${“Column name”}
var templateVars = template.match(/\$\{\”[^\”]+\”\}/g);

// Replace variables from the template with the actual values from the data object.
// If no value is available, replace with the empty string.
for (var i = 0; i < templateVars.length; ++i) {
// normalizeHeader ignores ${“} so we can call it directly here.
var variableData = data[normalizeHeader(templateVars[i])];
email = email.replace(templateVars[i], variableData || “”);
}

return email;
}

 

 

function getRowsData(sheet, range, columnHeadersRowIndex) {
columnHeadersRowIndex = columnHeadersRowIndex || range.getRowIndex() – 1;
var numColumns = range.getEndColumn() – range.getColumn() + 1;
var headersRange = sheet.getRange(columnHeadersRowIndex, range.getColumn(), 1, numColumns);
var headers = headersRange.getValues()[0];
return getObjects(range.getValues(), normalizeHeaders(headers));
}

// For every row of data in data, generates an object that contains the data. Names of
// object fields are defined in keys.

function getObjects(data, keys) {
var objects = [];
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; ++i) {
var object = {};
var hasData = false;
for (var j = 0; j < data[i].length; ++j) {
var cellData = data[i][j];
if (isCellEmpty(cellData)) {
continue;
}
object[keys[j]] = cellData;
hasData = true;
}
if (hasData) {
objects.push(object);
}
}
return objects;
}
function normalizeHeaders(headers) {
var keys = [];
for (var i = 0; i < headers.length; ++i) {
var key = normalizeHeader(headers[i]);
if (key.length > 0) {
keys.push(key);
}
}
return keys;
}

// Normalizes a string, by removing all alphanumeric characters and using mixed case
// to separate words. The output will always start with a lower case letter.

function normalizeHeader(header) {
var key = “”;
var upperCase = false;
for (var i = 0; i < header.length; ++i) {
var letter = header[i];
if (letter == ” ” && key.length > 0) {
upperCase = true;
continue;
}
if (!isAlnum(letter)) {
continue;
}
if (key.length == 0 && isDigit(letter)) {
continue; // first character must be a letter
}
if (upperCase) {
upperCase = false;
key += letter.toUpperCase();
} else {
key += letter.toLowerCase();
}
}
return key;
}
function isCellEmpty(cellData) {
return typeof(cellData) == “string” && cellData == “”;
}
function isAlnum(char) {
return char >= ‘A’ && char <= ‘Z’ ||
char >= ‘a’ && char <= ‘z’ ||
isDigit(char);
}

function isDigit(char) {
return char >= ‘0’ && char <= ‘9’;
}

 

Testing Document:

Throughout the coding process, we did come across many parts of the script that we needed to test to see if it works. I2P has taught us that in order to keep track of what has been tested and what needs to be tested, we created a testing document to log what we tested and when.

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Teamwork:

Although this project was supposed to be a team effort, I still believe that there were some people who pulled more weight than others. For this project, we were all supposed to work together and contribute equally to the final project. Splitting the work evenly into three parts proved to be a difficult task especially when it came to a brand new coding language. Because this was a new language that we had to learn, Weilyn and I both had to put in some extra effort to watch videos and read articles on how to learn Javascript. Even though we both had to put in extra effort, I believe that it was needed since without the effort, we wouldn’t have been able to finish the project on time.

Even though Weilyn and I did put in a lot of effort into our project, I do believe that there could’ve been more that Olivia could’ve done. Despite the fact that Olivia did contribute towards the project such as the infographic, I don’t believe that she directly contributed to the development and production of the code itself. I feel like the project would’ve run more smoothly if we worked better as a team with all 3 of us working together. I think what ended up being the problem was that Weilyn and I went ahead with all the research without asking Olivia to research as well and that Olivia wasn’t especially proactive in contributing towards the code. I believe that there is more collaborative effort we could’ve put in, which is something all of us need to improve on n the future.

Final Thoughts:

Overall, I really enjoyed this semester course. Through this semester, I was able to go from having no knowledge in programming at all to having a substantial amount knowledge that I could use and apply to solving certain problems. One of the main takeaways I had from this course was improving my design thinking skills. I believe that spending the first few months working on design thinking was important because it taught me a skill that helped us program and we could use outside of this class.

I really enjoyed this class because it helped me improve my problem solving skills as well as teach me how to code a computer program.

 

Summary Video:

Instead of reading all of this information, we have also produced a video that also explains the process that we had to go through in order to achieve the product of this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpUolsy1ffg&feature=youtu.be

 

 

I2P: Pecha Kucha Development

For the interview project that I had to conduct, I decided to choose a topic about the food at HKIS and the pricing. My partners for this project were Sheel, Carlos, and Olivia.

Before we even started this project, we decided to brainstorm some ideas for what bothered us. Even though I came up with many ideas and wrote them all down on sticky notes, something I was really annoyed with at this school was the cafeteria. Because I kinda had a passion for food and the food at this school, I decided to work in the group that would be conducting interviews with people concerning the school food here at HKIS.

One of the first tasks that the four of us had to complete was to create a questionnaire with the questions that we wanted to ask people so we would be prepared when we actually went to interview the person. Ms. Mok advised us to try and have open ended questions that would require an abstract answer, as opposed to a closed question that had a ‘yes or no’ answer. This way, we could have more specific opinions rather than just yes or no.

Even though this was the first and probably one of the easiest tasks, our group still struggled with coming up with good questions. We also did have some disputes within the group, which meant there was some misunderstanding as to what questions were good and which ones weren’t. Also, at one point of our development, our group values quantity over quality, so there were a lot of questions in our questionnaire; but they were all yes or no questions.

After Ms. Mok’s opinion and further revision, we finally got a decent number of questions that would help us to have more useful results. Instead of having yes or no answers, these questions asked for answers that students had to come up with themselves.

 

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In order for us to try and interview multiple people at the same time, we decided to pour all of our questions into one common google doc. This way, we can all use our phones and laptops to go out and ask people questions separately. This way, we could have more results that would give us a more clear and detailed end result and consensus.

We also ended up recording the results on the same document, so we could easily access out results and the questions at the same time on the same document.

 

We took full advantage of being able to interview many people at the same time, so we decided to split into pairs of two so that we can interview more people.

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When we interviewed people, we made sure that we took good detailed notes and quotes from their answers. When I was making my Pecha Kucha, I realized how important it really was to keep quotes since they are more reliable and are the exact answers that were given by people.

 

When I was making my Pecha Kucha, I also faced many difficulties. One difficulty that I had to overcome was to be able to include all my content on my slide that was only 20 seconds long. This proved to be hard for me because I usually like to add extra details and descriptions in order to make it more clear. With a timed presentations for only 20 seconds, I was not able to add these details because I wouldn’t have enough time to address some of the real issues. I also had to find a way to write a script that was easily memorizable as well as practicing many times so that it was consistently at the same pace so that the timing would always be 20 seconds every time I practiced.

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After reviewing my presentation many times, I realized that I had too many slides concerning what the likes and the dislikes were towards the cafeteria food here. I spent most of my 20 slides on addressing what the problem was, and not how to solve them. In the end, I only had one to two slides that I could use in order to tell my audience what my proposal was to solve the problem.

I found out what I needed to work on in my presentation, so I decided to solve the problem. I decided to summarize my points more concisely so I could combine two or more slides into one. This way, I could have more slides in order to tell the audience what I plan on doing in order to solve the problem with the food at HKIS.

Intro To Programming – 17/8/2016

What is a program?

 

Today in class, we learnt what a program was; but in terms of real life situations. My partner (Mia) and I first had to guide each other to the closest door, but the other person would be blindfolded. We had to give instructions like how many steps to walk and how much to turn in which direction. First, we used oral instructions as we went, but after the first run through, we had to write down instructions without testing them first, and then read them out.

Once I tested my written instructions, I realized that programming is actually quite difficult. My instructional steps weren’t specific enough, which caused me to reconsider my steps as I ran the program.

One thing that I can improve on in the future is considering all the variables. If I don’t consider or control the variable, then I can make major miscalculations in the program, which can lead to it failing. I have learnt that when it comes to writing programs, everything needs to be put under consideration.

 

 

Something else that we did this lesson was teaching people how to tie shoe laces your way. Because the shoes I was wearing that day didn’t have any laces, I had to borrow one of Ms. Mok’s shoes in order to complete the activity. Her shoe had laces.

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The main task of the activity was to teach other people how you tie your shoes your way. Since there are many different ways to tie your shoes, people can teach each other their methods.

Once again, this activity kind of represented a program because like in the guiding a partner activity, I had to first write out instructions so that when someone else reads them without me there to guide them, they can understand what I’m trying to  say and successfully tie their shoes with my method.

This was also like a computer program because in a computer program, the computer only runs what you’ve inputted, and not anything else you say to supplement it afterwards.

Surprisingly, I found this extremely challenging because even for such a simple task such as tying shoes, its hard to convey and put it into words exactly how to do it. I am fluent with tying my shoes since I do it multiple times a day, but to me, its kind of like one of those concepts that is extremely easy, but yet difficult to explain.

From this activity, I learnt that being able to put your thoughts into words is very important. If you can’t translate what you want to do into instructions, then you can’t complete the task.

Reading Log Entry #10, 11, 12

Book Equivalent #10, 11, 12   Words: 190858   Date:  28/11/2015

 

Title: Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire  Author:    J.K Rowling                       

 

Genre ~ Non-Fiction / Fiction Type:  Fantasy         

                                                                           

Opening Sentence: “The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it “the Riddle House,” even though it had been many years since the Riddle family had lived there.”

Favourite word / phrase / sentence:  “And, grinning broadly at the look of horror on Uncle Vernon’s face, Harry set off toward the station exit, Hedwig rattling along in front of him, for what looked like a much better summer than the last.”

Vocabulary and new terms (with part of speech) and definition:

Gaunt (Adj): Very thin from disease, hunger, or cold.

Abiding (Adj): Long lasting (of a memory)

Reflection, Connection & Personal Response:

This book has been a very creative fantasy. I like it since the story is paced well; it doesn’t move on too quickly or too slowly.

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IMI Reflection SUMMATIVE Post

This is the sequel part to the formative post.

Screwdrivers

For the main screwdrivers, we had 2 sizes and 3 colors. We had red, blue, and green screwdrivers. We also had two sizes; one size with a hole diameter of 5mm and the other at 9mm. Here are the pictures of the different colored and sized screwdrivers:

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After measuring the dimensions, we decided that we could print the same design for the 9mm screwdrivers and the same design for the 5mm screwdrivers. The same size would have the same design, but they would be colored according to the color of the screwdriver.

Second Draft

(This post skips directly to the second draft, as the first post already covers the first draft) After we realised that the holes for the screwdrivers were too close together, we proceeded to move the holes farther apart so that all the screwdrivers could fit inside. We designed them again, but ended up with many failures before we got the ‘perfect’ model. One of them had a big triangular hole in it, the other one just didn’t  print holes for the screwdrivers at all. They are shown below. Screen Shot 2015-12-10 at 9.51.20 AM

After revisiting the design many more times, we finally got the working model and printed many copies of it in different colors for different screwdrivers (pictured below). Screen Shot 2015-12-10 at 9.56.13 AM

Scissors

For the scissors, we used sketchup (again) and designed two poles attached to the backboard which will have each handle of the scissor go in one pole. Here is what it looked like on the computer:

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First Draft

For this project, we only had one draft since we design and measurements went along together. We printed it out using the 3D printer, which took 5 hours; 3 hours longer than the screwdrivers. This is what it looked like when it was done:

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As you may see above, we had to use the hot glue gun to re-glue the poles to the base board.

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This is because the bond between the base board and the poles wasn’t strong enough, so they broke off. We couldn’t really do much with the design either, because if we made the poles thicker, the scissors wouldn’t be able to fit on the holder.

In the end, this scissors holder works and this is what it looks like with the scissors on it.

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Mistakes Made

When we printed the scissors, we did it afterschool. When it came to the time to leave, we decided to turn the printer off whilst it was printing, causing us to lose one and a half hours worth of printing. At the end, we were only left with a unfinished portion of the base board.

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Matrix

Another holder we designed was the matrix screwdriver holder. The matrix screwdrivers are screwdrivers designed to be used for the matrix robotics system. Here are what the screwdrivers look like:

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We printed a similar holder as the normal screwdriver holder, but we made the holes wider in diameter to be able to take in the blue area since that would be where we would hang it by:

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Designing the matrix screwdriver on sketchup was probably one of the hardest things we had to design in this project. We had multiple revisions:

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In the end, the matrix screwdriver didn’t turn out well when we tried to print it, so we are currently revising the design so that it will print out normally on the printer.

Zipties and Stationery Holder

The last thing we decided to design was a holder for stationery (pens, markers, pencils etc…) and zipties (cable ties).

We first designed it out on the whiteboard, having the same design for both the stationery and zipties but just with different dimensions:

 

We basically decided to make it a box that is split into three different compartments:

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The design looked good on sketchup, so we proceeded to print it out.

We were obviously wrong, because this is what we got when we printed the zipties:

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It was weirdly printed, with one compartment a triangle instead of a rectangle and another compartment that was completely gone. We knew that something was wrong with the design, so we started to redesigned it. We are currently redesigning it, so it isn’t finished yet.

Moving on to the stationery holder:

The stationery holder also looked good on sketchup, so we proceeded to print it. Screen Shot 2015-12-14 at 11.11.20 AM

This was expected to be finished within 20 hours spread over a 2-3 day time period, since we had to stop the printer afterschool as 3D printer fires may start.

At lunch time on the second day, I went in to check in on the progress that it had made since PCG. I discovered that someone either pulled the plug out of the socket, or turned the machine off. When you turn off the MakerBot during printing, you will not be able to resume, meaning that Naomi and I lost nearly 16 hours of work due to one person’s mistake. We never found out who did it. We are currently printing another one to replace it.

 

Summary

Overall, this project was a great success even though we didn’t finish our project wasn’t completed (printing, all designing was done). I am proud since students in the next semester and after that will be using the organizers that Naomi and I designed for a very long time.

As for the printing, Naomi and I will take turns coming Wednesdays after school during ‘The Mess’ in semester 2 to finish the printing. Mr. Lea will get the aluminium parts to fit to the organisers so they can hang on the wall.

I believe that by February, we will be done with printing and the organisers will be hanging on the wall for usage.

IMI Slack Wall Organisation Formative Post

Its My Idea: Re-organisation of the slack wall in room 315B

 

For my project, I decided to redesign the organisational structure in room 315B.

This is the current slack wall that is used to store tools:

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We saw that this type of organisation wasn’t ideal, so Naomi and I decided to redesign the boxes and bars that were used to store the items.

 

First, we had to make our plan.

We drew out our possible designs on a sheet of blank paper, brainstorming ideas that we could use in our final designs.

 

 

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Then, we used a tape measure to precisely measure the measurements of the tools so that we could design our pieces to fit the tools.

First, we decided to measure screwdrivers.

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Then, we used our design from the paper and the measurements we took to create a model on SketchUp.

SketchUp is an app that you can use to make 3D models. It is a 3D modelling software.

 

 

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After putting the model that we drew onto the laptop, this is what it looked like:

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We then continued to export this into an .x3g file, the file format that the MakerBot could read so it could print.

This is a video of the MakerBot printing the first draft of our screwdriver holder.

 

About half way through the printing of the first draft, I realised that we had some design issues.

We measured the diameters of the holes, but we didn’t consider the fact that the spacing of the holes would be an issue. We wanted the screwdrivers to hang by their handles like this:

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Our issue was that the distance between the holes (depicted by the green arrow above) was too small, and that the screwdrivers couldn’t fit since the handles would clash against each other, even though the blades of the screwdriver could fit.

 

We learnt from our mistakes, and spaced the holes 4cm apart, more than enough space for the screwdrivers to fit. This is our second draft:

 

 

Afterwards, we again exported it to an .x3g file, placed it on the SD card, and printed it out.

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This is the part one of the IMI post series. The second will be posted later as a summative.

 

Reading Log Entry #8, 9

Book Equivalent #8, 9    Words: 106821    Date:  20/11/2015

 

Title: Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban   Author:    J.K Rowling                       

 

Genre ~ Non-Fiction / Fiction Type:  Fantasy         

                                                                           

Opening Sentence: “Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways.”

Favourite word / phrase / sentence:  “And, grinning broadly at the look of horror on Uncle Vernon’s face, Harry set off toward the station exit, Hedwig rattling along in front of him, for what looked like a much better summer than the last.”

Vocabulary and new terms (with part of speech) and definition:

Gaunt (Adj): Very thin from disease, hunger, or cold.

Abiding (Adj): Long lasting (of a memory)

Reflection, Connection & Personal Response:

This book has been a very creative fantasy. I like it since the story is paced well; it doesn’t move on too quickly or too slowly.

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Reading Log Entry #4,5,6,7

 Book Equivalent #  4 ,5, 6  Words: ~205610    Date:  25/10/15

 

Title: Of Lions and Unicorns    Author: Michael Morpurgo

 

Genre ~ Non-Fiction / Fiction Type: Fiction, Short stories

                                                                            

 Opening Sentence:

 Tracking down a polar bear shouldn’t be that difficult.’

 

Favourite word / phrase / sentence:

‘ “Because he doesn’t need one,” Replied Bertie. “He’s a lion, not a person. Lions don’t need names.” ‘

 

Vocabulary and new terms (with part of speech) and definition:

Quiches (Noun): A type of tart with a savory filling.

Vice (Noun): Wicked behavior

Fascists (Noun): A follower of fascism

Lustily (Adverb): In a strong, vigorous way

Cygnets (Noun): A young swan

Impala (Noun): A type of antelope

Veranda (Noun): A roofed platform outside the house

Crockery (Noun): Tableware

Reflection, Connection & Personal Response:

This book was a collection of extracts from Michael Morpurgo’s books that he has written throughout his career. I like this because it pulls out some of the highlights from all of his famous works.

 

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Lego Car Reflection Post

For this project, we were all assigned to build a car out of lego with no motors or brains. This car had to pass the drop test without smashing into pieces, and be able to run across the carpet floor.

In the beginning, I decided to build a basic car body since the project was to build a car. I used 2 long pieces of lego, 2 axels, and 2 wheels. After Mr. Lea asked if we could think about adding a compartment that allows things to be stored on the vehicle, I decided to add a platform where you could add little objects. At first, I just simply attached it to the base of the car. When trying the drop test, I realized that the platform couldn’t stay on the body. I continued to add supports connecting the platform and the body of the car. After try and try again, I finally got the platform to stay intact with the body. Though I got the two pieces to stay together, this added a lot of weight to the car.

The main thing that I had learned from this project was that you may not always get the results you want on the first or second try. It takes many trials and revisions to get the product that you want. It took me many trials to get the shape of the body I wanted for the car, and even more to be able to attach the platform to the body. This has taught me to be patient, as it can take many tries to get your desired product.

I think that one important skill that I can use for the next project is making many revisions. At the end of the day, we all want the best product that we can produce. We have to try and attempt many designs so that we can select the best outcome.

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Reading Log Entry #1: The Fill In Boyfriend

Book Equivalent #    1      Words:   ~60000   Date:  20/8/2015

 

Title: The Fill In Boyfriend   Author:    Kasie West                        

 

Genre ~ Non-Fiction / Fiction Type:  Realistic Fiction       

 

Opening Sentence:

In some part of my brain, probably the logical part that seemed too be missing at the moment, I knew I should let go and walk away, maintain some of my dignity.

 

Favourite word / phrase / sentence:

Isn’t that how boa constrictors kill their prey?

 

Vocabulary and new terms (with part of speech) and definition:

None.

Reflection, Connection & Personal Response:

I think that this book has taught me about friendships. In the book, the main character tells a chain of lies to her friends, in order to keep her dignity. This has taught me to be honest with your friends.

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