SEMESTER REFLECTION
My semester went better than I expected it to be because I was thinking it was going to be long and boring and stressful. It went better than I thought because we had a lot of projects during this semester and i was hoping to have a lot of projects. I had so much fun doing them all with my classmates. 3 areas of academic growth for me was in chemistry,humanities wasn't really my favorite class to be in so when high school started I wasn't happy about having chemistry but as the semester passed I realized how cool it really was ,I learned a lot in just 1 semester. Another one of my areas of growth this semester was in math class because I've really wasn't good at math until this semester i really tried and my academic growth went up , jade white my math teacher kinda went over some things I did in 8th grade but It was more advanced this year. I improved in math because we learned more of the same material as we did in 8th grade. My last academic area of growth this semester was in humanities, humanities was interesting and not as boring as i thought it was going to be but adam made it seem interesting it was cool watching the news everyday and seeing what’s going on in the world.I have improved on a lot of things in humanities I have improved on Most of the things in math like using graphs and how to tell what a kind of graph it is. 3 areas of personal growth i've improved in is getting more work done, i've improved in on that because usually I wait until last minute to do most of my work and I just sit down and go on my phone and play games. Another one of my personal areas of growth is being around my friends in class and not doing anything but I just go to the other room or tell them to let me work and stuff. Another one of my areas of growth is time management because I put everything behind me and not do work until last minute. I fixed that by just telling myself to get this down now so I won’t be stressed out and getting frustrated. For my goals this year I have accomplished all my goals and next semester I am going to set a few more for myself. One of my goals I had set for myself was not to turn my work in late, I kinda did accomplished it and kinda didn’t because some of my work is late but most of it is in early.Some feed back to adam and andrew is adam should be more elaborate on what to put in our blog post.Our project should be better when everyone does their job in their project groups.
CAPSTONE BLOG
PROPOSAL:
My groups idea was to get a old dirt bike and go to ocitillo and camp.But we came up with a new project and it was to build a UAV.Our proposal was only on the dirtbikes but i was late on my part on the project heres part of the dirt bike proposal.
Procedure:
1: Start Fundraising
9: Adding new parts
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NEXT?
What i have to do next is to add some kind of cup holder on the land viechle prototype.Also to finish the UAV prototype and to fly it and do some changes if it doesnt go well when we test it.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED IN YOUR OPEN EXPLORATION?
What i have learned in my open exploration group is i learned some new skills.And i learned how to use the saw the proper way and some electrical skills.
WHAT IS COMPLETE AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NEXT?
What is complete is both of our prototypes.All we need to be done is our final UAV.
PROTOTYPE OF YOUR FISHED DELIVERABLE: (or images of it)
My groups idea was to get a old dirt bike and go to ocitillo and camp.But we came up with a new project and it was to build a UAV.Our proposal was only on the dirtbikes but i was late on my part on the project heres part of the dirt bike proposal.
Procedure:
1: Start Fundraising
- Kickstarter
- Go Fund Me
- Twitch
- Selling food/drinks
- Hopefully make around 600$
- XR200
- XR200R
- XR250
- XR250R
- YZ125
- RM125
- CR125
- Skid plates
- Handguards
- Sparkplugs
- Air Filter
- Oil
- High Heat spray paint
- Handle bar grips
- Search Craigslist San Diego and LA
- Driving to get bike with truck or car w/ Trailer
- Taking everything off the frame
- Organizing the parts
- Cleaning every single part
- Also cleaning the frame
- Remove rust (if it has it)
- Priming all the parts to paint
- Take sandpaper to everything
- Primer all parts
- Use black high heat spray paint
- Put all original (oem) parts back on the frame of the bike
9: Adding new parts
- Adding all new parts we bought
- Skid plate
- Handguards
- Handle bar grips
- Putting new oil and oil filter in bike
- Replacing spark plugs
- Clean out all the dirt from carb
- Replace the air filter
- Starting bike for the first time after build
- Tune the carb so it idles well
- Maybe ride in field
- Plan trips with parents to the desert and trail riding in the woods of Alpine (Pine Valley)
- Plan how many cars we need
- Plan who needs sleeping bags,tents,food,and permission to come
- Day trip only
- Bring lunch
- Bring my bike and project bike
- Improve bike after first ride
- Might need some work so it rides good
- Overnight trip
- Bring all bikes
- Figure out cars
- Figure gear and food we need
- During the weekend
- Final little fixes to make it perfect
- Cleaning (mostly cosmetic)
- Once fixes are done take a quick spin WHAT HAVE YOU DONE AND WHAT ARE YOU IN CHARGE IN?
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NEXT?
What i have to do next is to add some kind of cup holder on the land viechle prototype.Also to finish the UAV prototype and to fly it and do some changes if it doesnt go well when we test it.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED IN YOUR OPEN EXPLORATION?
What i have learned in my open exploration group is i learned some new skills.And i learned how to use the saw the proper way and some electrical skills.
WHAT IS COMPLETE AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NEXT?
What is complete is both of our prototypes.All we need to be done is our final UAV.
PROTOTYPE OF YOUR FISHED DELIVERABLE: (or images of it)
FINISHED ROCKET
THE LAUNCH:
Our launch was beast.Our rocket went crazy high and crazy far from where we launch it at. It was a windy day at fiesta island so a little light weight rocket will really be affected by it. So it went off straight and then mid flight it when off course and towards the water. The parachute went off perfectly and our rocket flew right across the water and landed on the other side of the water.
Our launch was beast.Our rocket went crazy high and crazy far from where we launch it at. It was a windy day at fiesta island so a little light weight rocket will really be affected by it. So it went off straight and then mid flight it when off course and towards the water. The parachute went off perfectly and our rocket flew right across the water and landed on the other side of the water.
SCRATCH BUILD REFLECTION:
Our video of the launch was about a kid wanting to go to space and going to explore the galaxies and coming back and hoping for the parachute to work and its does!! Jacob Villalobos was included and he was that kid that goes to explore and hopes for the best. The reasoning of the film was to make it be funny and add in the part where our rocket's parachute opens up perfectly.We choose the specific plot because the main reason was for a kid wanting to explore the universe.My personal significance of the film was just having something to show and to be funny.Our launch was successful,our rocket went at a angle because it was very light and the wind made it lose it's path and the parachute open up perfectly and the wind caught it and took it across the water and we drove to the other side and ran to go get it,it was success.I feel good about my scratch build and rocket.If i had to re do it i would change the fins location and the nose cone a little bit smaller.I am proud of my contribution on my project i did more then enough.
My first balsa rocket was not a successful i thought it was going to go straight up but the launch lugs were to small and it spun on the rod.What i plan to do next time is make the rocket with three panels and make it lighter and also and bigger fins and make it perfect so that the motor can fit perfectly.
Group Vision
My group vision is a sleek simple design that will hopefully go high. Each member contributed by drawing the design and helping with the schedule and complete the rocket materials document.
LINKS TO MY DOCUMENTS
My Schedule:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11fef3HQXAk0sjfkA-Lx9bLlGormm6RpMBEilI5-YScE/edit?ts=57e550fc
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11fef3HQXAk0sjfkA-Lx9bLlGormm6RpMBEilI5-YScE/edit?ts=57e550fc
STORYBOARD
FINAL BALSA VIDEO
SECOND BALSA ROCKET;
How did you feel on the first day of school compared to how you feel today? What thing have contributed to any changes in the way you feel? If you could build a third balsa rocket, what would you do differently and why?After watching some other students films, what themes or common traits have you noticed?Is there something you saw in someone else's film, that you wish you would have done in yours? What is it? Do you see value in being able to create a film about your work? Why or why not? what are a few things you plan to do differently on your next film and why? On the first day on school i felt a little bit nervous and compared to today i feel less nervous.The things that i have contributed to change the way i feel is talking to more people. If i could build a third balsa rocket i would change the motor size and i would make it weigh less also put more weight on the front because the second rocket had more weight on the back than the front and it spun when it launch. After watching other students films the common traits i seen is that some students have voice overs and music. I do see value in my film we created because it came out we wanted to. A few things we plan to do differently on my next film is change the music and do a voice over and add better quality because my film right now is bad.