Learning Journal

Abstraction

Artists abandoned realistic depictions for abstraction for many reasons. Two reasons are that abstraction helped them explore new ways to convey their view of the modern world and it also expresses emotions better than traditional representation does. American Modern art's use of abstraction shares similarities and differences with other cultures such as african and japanese. Some similarities between the three are Expression of individuality, symbolism, and spirituality. Some differences are cultural context, materials, and techniques. African abstract art uses lots of colors and silhouettes. American abstract art uses less variety in colors and is less obvious of what it really is. Japanese abstract art sometimes is black an white and other times uses lots of colors but they aren't very vibrant. Cultural context is a difference because different cultures make different things in art because of their cultures. Many abstract artists use geometric shapes and symmetry in their work. Symmetry of shapes is a fundamental concept in geometry. I like to work in a way that is more based on data

Justin Brown - Black Artist Share

Borax Crystal Sculptures

Borax is a white dried powder substance that's also known as sodium borate. The chemical formula for borax is Na₂H₂₀B₄O₁₇ , the elements used in the solution are sodium, hydrogen, oxygen, and boron. Boiling hot water allows for more borax powder to dissolve to create the desired supersaturated solution. When the supersaturated mixture cools there's more Borax than can be contained by the colder water so Borax may fall out of the mixture, forming crystals. My 3d sculpture is dynamic because I shaped to be in a spring like shape. I also twisted multiple different colored pipe cleaners together to give it a more vibrant appearance.

Justin Brown - Food For Thought: Artist Statement

Food for thought Slides

In this link is the art part of my grade level project where we learned about the Columbian exchange and how it affected the world.

World history 11-29 pg 27

The topic of this page is about Roman societies and what they are.

World history 11-13 pg 26

The topic of this page is about Roman societies and what they are.

World history 11-6 pg 25

The topic of this page is about Roman societies and what they are.

World history 11-1 pg 24

The topic of this page is about Roman societies and what they are.

World history 10/26 pg 23

The topic of this page is about Roman societies and what they are.

World history 10/20 pg 22

The topic of this page is about Roman societies and what they are.

World history 10/6 pg 21

The topic of this page is about Roman societies and what they are.

World history 10/4 pg 20

The topic of this page is about Roman societies and what they are.

10/27 Visual Arts

In this class I have learned about mandalas. Mandalas can relate to chemistry and world history. I have used a variety of principles of design and elements of art this year such as pattern, color, proportion, and rhythm. I can do this by making prototypes and drawing a rough draft of what I want to make. You can show your process by documents what you do. One piece of famous art we have learned about is a banana taped to a canvas.

Engineering Drawing practice 10/26-11/3

Today I drew a car

Today I used a truck

Today I drew a robot

Today I drew a tractor

Forward backward left right stop robot functions code

Engineering 10/30

In todays class I coded functions to control my robot. the purpose of functions is to make code more simple and easy to read.

I can define functions that return values ap comp sci 10/22

10/20/23 Onshape drawing practice in engineering 13-16: going 3d!

Assembled box in onshape

To make all the sides fit together and stay together in a box formation I used the tool planer mate tool. This tool is very useful to make designated points stay together like they are glued. You have to be care while using it and make sure you click exactly where you want the point placed or else it won't look as you want it to.

Front/back

For the front and back sides the tools I used are the extrude, rectangle, and linear pattern.

left/right

For the left and right sides the tools I used are the extrude, rectangle, and linear pattern.

bottom

For the bottom side the tools I used are the extrude, rectangle, and linear pattern.

Box in real life

This is the box in real life. I made it by laser cutting all of the sides and then glueing them together. The box Is made to contain my robot as is shown. It is doing a good job staying intact without falling apart.

I can explain the purpose of functions

I can explain how different python functions work

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Here is my link to the code

Robot traverses a path

Today I coded my robot to traverse a path. To make this code I had to test my robot going through the path many many times, every time it failed I changed the code to make it better.

World history 10/2 pg 19

The topic of this page is about Buddhism and what it is.

World history 9/25 pg 18

The topic of this page is about Hinduism and what it is.

World history 9/7 pg 16

The topic of this page is about Roman societies and what they are.

World history 8/28-8/30 pg 15

The topic of this page is about Greece societies and what they are.

World history 8/11 pg 14

The topic of this page is about us reflecting on ancient civilizations and what they are.

World history 8/9 pg 13

The topic of this page is about Indus river civilizations and ancient Chinese societies and what they are.

World history 8/3 pg 12

The topic of this page is about Ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian societies and what they are.

World history 8/1 pg 11

The topic of this page is about Neolithic and Paleolithic societies and what they are.

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forward,Backword,left,& right

Today in class I coded my robot to go forwards, backwards, left, then right.

Physics of My robot

9-21

sum of forces = ma a=0

sum of forces = m(0)

0 = normal force - m * g

+m*g +m*g

m*g = normal force

Normal force is proportional to mass & gravity force when on a flat surface with no acceleration. Newton's second law of motion states that F = ma, or net force is equal to mass times acceleration. The friction is moving forward when my robot is moving forward. The equation for friction force is f = μN. 2 things I can do to improve grippiness and reduce slipping is add more weight to my robot and put hot glue the wheels to that they have more grip.

9/12-23 onshape drawing practice engineering #2

Free draw of a city landscape

This drawing shows all the tools I have learned this far in engineering.

rectangular grid pattern

This rectangle taught me how to use the linear pattern

four leaf clover

This shape helped me practice on how to use the offset and mirror tools.

Artistic eclipse

This eclipse taught me how to use the offset tool.

Justin Brown - Linear perspective

Linear Perspective Slides

Today in art class I drew the 9th grade hallway. I learned how to do this by practicing as you can see on the google sides.

Chemvas typography assignment

Today I made the word chemvas using items from both chemistry and art

8-14-23

Bamboo structures & mud bricks

Today I made a mud brick and a bamboo structure with my friends.

How woul my life be in neo/paleolithic times

With the knowledge I have now I think I would be able to survive in a Neolithic civilization. I know life skills and survival skills so I would be okay. It would be challenging to learn the language but I would survive. World history 8-29-23

How this entry event related to geometry & world lit

(world history) 8-29-23

This entry event relates to what I have been learning in world history because the epic of Gilgamesh is in the same era as what I have been learning in world history. We've been learning about where the epic of Gilagamesh was and that was mesopotamia.

8-29-23 onshape drawing practice engineering

Robots Wheels

The tools I used are the center point circle and center point rectangle

Robot Chassis

The tools I used are the the center point rectangle, and the corner point rectangle.

Robots sides

The tools I used are the corner point rectangle & the center point circle.

Car I made for fun

The tools I used are lines, center point circles, and the typing tool

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8-25-23 I have saved my code here

Light chaser code on pico

Today in class I coded a pico to make a light chaser. This means it turns one light on than off for 1-28 of the lights on the pico. The serial monitor reads your code and tells you what you have done wrong and where.

Justin Brown - Experimenting with Shapes

8/22/23

Experimenting with shapes

Today in art I experimented with shapes by making collages of art using the same shapes while making sure to follow the rule of thirds.

What is art? Art is everything and can be made out anything. Art is a lifestyle and if important to lots of people. In science art can be found in the periotic table. It can be found in math with all the equations you have to remember. Ela when you have to come up with an essay. And even history where you can learn all about past painters, sculptors, etc.

8-3-23

Science in engineering

Soldering is a joining process used to join different types of metals together by melting solder. The purpose of solder is to connect two pieces of metal without disrupting the electricity's flow. The solder we used has a melting point of about 425 °F. Based on my observations copper has a higher melting point than solder because when you put the soldering iron on the copper it doesn't melt, but the if you do the same for the solder it does melt.

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The lights on the breakout board show that there is an electrical current acitivated into the input.

8-15-23

Stoplight I coded and put together

Today I made a stop light. I coded it so that it would turn an led on for 5 seconds and then it would switch to the next light for 5 and the next one doing this loop forever. I made it by adding wires to the break out board and making sure my code matches where I put each wire. Then after that I added the leds to my wires, and then I was done.

Some scetches I have done in engineering 8-10-23

carboard box scetch

sketch of disk

scetch of donut

box scetch

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