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Driving Question: How can understanding the achievements and cultural legacies of ancient civilizations help us appreciate and preserve the diverse cultures that shape our world today?
A) Understanding the achievements and cultural legacies of ancient civilizations helps us appreciate and preserve the diverse cultures that shape our world because understanding something often helps us realize the work and history of it. Once we understand how things came to be the way they are, it's not out of the ordinary for us to be more sympathetic and appreciative of it.
Structure Design - Geometry in Architecture
In Ms. Wilson's geometry class, we created graphic designs that were intended to display the role of geometry in the architecture of a given ancient civilization. I chose to base my design off the infamous architecture of Ancient Egypt- the pyramids.
My Movie 2.movShort Film Process and Video
To the left is our final video. For our video, we first chose our ancient civilazation. After doing that, we chose who we wanted our story to focus on, who the most important people in her life were. Due to the fact that this is a short film, we aimed to keep the charachter's list fairly breif. After doing so, we assigned roles/ decided who would play each character. Next, we formulated the draft for our script, along with the literal setting, and the physical setting. When choosing the settings, we had to think about what ares of the school most accurately matched each scene's literal location. We also decided to make the most complicated scene's background the scene that would contain the greenscreen. With this in mind, we made our war scene, which had a battleground setting, the scene with a greenscreen. After finishing up all the planning, we briefly edited our draft to make it into our final script, and then began the recording process.
After recording, we simply edited. This process included removing excess clips, adding in background music, editing a title and credits scene
Calcium Electron Mandala
Calcium Electron Mandala
Artist statement:
For this project we were assigned the task of creating an electron inspired mandala that accurately displayed parts of us (the group members.) I took on the task of decorating three rings of the mandala. On my first ring, I decided to draw various fruits as the electrons. I chose this symbol because I love all things fruits and smoothies. On the next ring, I drew on a densely packed design, full of twists and swirls. On this ring, there were decorated circles, which represented the electrons. I created this design because I love the dense art style that's used in mediums such as henna, or tatoos. Finally, on the third ring I did a black-white-and grey design, featuring ghosts and other 'spooky' icons. This design represents me because I love fall, and I figured it was fitting, since Halloween is right around the corner.
10/3/24
Today, we recorded our scenes and completed our movie. the next step is editing, then we'll be all done!
9/24/24
Today, we received our printed script along with instructions on how to utilize the recording tools. We went outside to the field in front of the practice gym, and recorded our first scene.
Mandala Research -- 9/23/24:
Mandala's are also used to aid in meditation. Buddhists in India were the first to create mandalas. I could use mandalas to create a diagram of an atom by making the center point the protons and neutrons, the decorative rings the electron orbits, and the electrons could be spots with varying color. In mandalas, I see color, space, unity, balance, variety, and repetition.
9/17/24 Dad's Garage Improv Lesson:
Today, two improv actors from dad's garage came in and taught us about improv. This helped us get used to going off the top of our head, and being more creative. We did several activities where we played different characters, and learned to be comfortable with not always having a punctual script.
IMG_2326.MOVMy robot traversing a path
My robot traversing a path
This video displays one of my most recent code's working. I coded my robot to traverse the black path.
What does physics have to do with my ultrasonic sensor?
What does physics have to do with my ultrasonic sensor?
my ultrasonic sensor uses hardware distances to give us software inputs. Our sensors use ultrasound, which we don't hear because it's too high-pitched for our audible hearing range. The sensor has two ultrasonic transducers: a receiver and a transmitter. By seconding out and listening for these ultrasonic pulses, our sensors can non-contact range detect distances up to roughly 13 feet. Our sensors have a measuring angle of 15 degrees.
what's the process?:
once the trigger pin is set on high for 15 ms, the transmitter sends out eight ultrasonic pulses
the echo pin goes high when the 8 pulses are sent out, and calculates the distance based on how much time it took for the sensor to receive an echo
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for the mathmatic part, our equation required two values to find the third. one of the values is the speed of sound (340m/s or .034 cm/µs )
NOTE: after figuring out the distance, divide it by two to get the actual distance, like dividing a back-and-forth flight time by two to get the one-way flight time.
For example...
If the echo pin goes low after 123 µs, you'd multiply that by the speed (.034), which gives you 4.182. Divide this by two to get the one-way distance (2.091), or roughly 2.1 cm as a distance.
It's Elementary 9/16/24
It's Elementary 9/16/24
Artist Statement:
My final piece depicts a radioactive cave, featuring my element-- einsteinium. Einsteinium has a blue glow, as shown in my art. It also has strong radioactive properties, hence the radioactive warning sign I placed in the cave. I incorporated a horizon line and vanishing point into my art through the hills in the cave. I found it a bit difficult to maintain the art-style that I was aiming for at times. If I was creating this project again, I’d probably try to find a way to incorporate more depth into my cave, to make it feel more ambient and eerie.
9/10/24
Today, we finished up our script and designated charachters for each person. We have one charachter left which we need to decide an actor for. Other than that, we are completely done with our script, including the character list.
<- ideal wheels
<- ideal wheels
In our robots, wheels and friction are important. In order to give our robots more traction and speed, we can modify our wheels, or terrain. Due to the smoothness of the classroom floors, it's easy for the wheels to spin out. However, increasing the mass of our robot can help with that...->
<- weight distribution
<- weight distribution
Like states earlier, an issue with our robots is that the wheels may glide, rather than spin as our robot moves. In order to fix this, we can put the weight of our battery packs over our wheels. This added weight will prevent our robots from spinning out. Additionally, this will decrease the static and kinetic friction. Kinetic, because the added force of gravity will help our robot become more grippy, and static because this added weight will make our robots more sturdy and hefty, helping our wheels work more efficiently.
Experiments with Lines 7/31/24
Experiments with Lines 7/31/24
This way of making art is like a scientific experiment because while it does have specific instructions, there is no specific outcome. Additionally, much like science, the results from experiments may vary, which can lead to new discoveries. In science, you get to discover more about how the world works. Whereas, in art you discover more about how people’s minds work and articulate different concepts. In this way, both art and scientific experiments are effective ways to learn more about one’s self.
But is it art? - 7/29/24
But is it art? - 7/29/24
To me, art is a visual expression of a concept. While art doesn't have to be visually appealing, I believe it should be unique, and it should be clear that the artist exerted effort into the piece. With that being said, I feel as though students can create art in other subjects by expressing themselves. For example, students could depict images using parabolas and lines in math. Or in science, students could use chemical reactions in order to create colorful mixes. Additionally, in history, students could use their creativity to imagine how black-and-white photos would look in modern-day. In English, students could use descriptive words to describe how they see and visualize different art concepts.
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