Learning Journal

Pinball Museum

This is the link to my Pinball Museum Research assignment: docs.google.com/presentation/d/19KfEHhbZ21wQ3-PJw112VoHdQ-JuH2ASI4BKy_44ukY/edit?usp=sharing

Commercial Presentation

Project 1: Radio Ad 9/13/24

The purpose of the Radio Ad project is to learn how to use writing in the real world. We used writing by creating an advisement for a radio. The ad had to include an American song.

Pinball Launcher

Today in class, we completed our final launcher for our pinball machine. The theme for our pinball machine was Angry Birds, so we incorporated this theme into our launcher. The launcher is made of a screw, 2 springs, and 3 wooden squares.

Google Colab

Facial Recognition

The goal of this project was to accurately recognize the students in our class. By changing the number of epochs and layers, I was able to get my accuracy for training to 99 percent and my testing accuracy to 93 percent.

5/18/2024 Engineering

Today I completed my Skittles Sorter for Engineering. My sorter has 2 servos, an RGB sensor, and a funnel. The first servo singularizes the skittles by giving space for only 1 skittle to be sensed at a time. Once the skittle is singularized and sensed by the RGB. The skittle falls onto a ramp which falls onto the second ramp connected to the second servo, which turned the skittle in to the correct bin.

Google Colab

4/29/2024 Engineering

Today in Engineering, we worked on a Facial Recognition Model. The goal for this model was to accurately recognize our faces using Artificial Intelligence. The data that is used to train the models are the photos that we took to increase the accuracy of the model. The model uses the image it was given and compares it to all of the images from the different images it's provided with. It then compares which image most accurately compares to the image it was given. The model is able to complete this as accurately as it was coded. In the beginning, the accuracy of the model was about 6%. After adding more layers to the code, as well as epochs to the code, making sure not to overfit, the accuracy increased.

3/29/2024 Engineering

Servo Video

Today in class we created Servos for our Skittles Sorter. To wire our code, I used the given code from Google Classroom, and changed the GP places to the spaces that were the most accessible. I used brown wires to go to the brown wire Servo, Red wires to go to the red wire servo, and a random color to go to the orange wire Servo. This is Our Github Link.

Servo Diagram

Servo Wiring Table

This is the Wiring Table for our 2 Servos and RGB. The table shows the location of the pins, and wire colors of the VBUS, 3V3, and GND.

RGB Video

Today in class we created our RGB for our Skittles Sorter. To wire our code, I used the given code from Google Classroom, and changed the GP places to the spaces that were the most accessible. The colors we used for the RGB were black to GND, white to 3V3, blue go GP3, and green to GP2. This is our GitHub Link.

RGB Diagram

RGB Wiring Table

This is the Wiring Table for our 2 Servos and RGB. The table shows the location of the pins, and wire colors of the VBUS, 3V3, and GND.

3/1/2024

Visual Arts

Modern Art, which emerged in the 1860s, includes the style and philosophies that emerged during this time. Abstraction is an art style that doesn't represent reality. Instead, it uses shapes and colors to demonstrate an artists emotion. People began using Abstraction in Modern Art to further express themselves in new ways. Different cultures have different styles of abstract art. For example, African Abstract Art and Native American Abstract Art both have different depictions of what they could be based on the person viewing the art. Abstract Art uses different shapes such as triangles and rectangles. These same shapes are used in subjects such as Algebra and Geometry to represent different items. Data, such as charts, graphs, or animations, can be used in art to convey emotions in an innovative way. I like to work in a more personally expressive way because I like to express my emotions.

Zediwa De Jesus - Black Artist Share

2/15/2024 Visual Arts

11/6/2023 Engineering Drawing Practice

Robot

Truck

Tank

Car

11/3 Visual Arts

1: I have been taught about this year that relates to other classes is making a hypothesis for the paper and dye experiment. This relates to Chemistry.

2: One thing that I have done this year to demonstrate my understanding of the Principles of Design was when I constructed a mandala using rhythm, movement, and balance.

3: One way I could experiment with different possibilities in my planning and process could be starting with brainstorming vs. starting with a hypothesis. I can show my process by photographing every step that happens.

4: One famous art that I learned about so far was color optical mixing.

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11/2/2023 Engineering: Robot Traverse the Path

To create the code, I had to first define what turning forward, backward, left and right meant and which wheel it would turn. I then called each function and for how long it should run for to make it traverse the path.

This is the GitHub link: https://github.com/RUNTRO/Traverse-Path

Engineering OnShape Drawing Practice 13-16 10/30/2023

Bottom

This is the bottom of the box on Onshape. The sketching tools I used were Modify fillet and thicken.

Front/Back

This is the front and back of the box on Onshape.

Left/Right

This is the Left and Right sides of the box on Onshape.

Assembled Box on Onshape

This is the Assembled Box on Onshape.

10/23 AP Computer Science

I Can Statements

I can define functions that return values.

10/20 Visual Arts

Mandala

One thing that went well was the patterns on the Mandala. One thing that needed to be fixed was having different colors and filling all of the space. I think it went pretty well. The most enjoyable part was brainstorming the project and the least enjoyable part was drawing it. If I was a teacher, I would let students have more freedom to make any type of art.

10/18/2023 AP CSP I Can Statements

I can use complex functions to solve math problems.

10/18/2023 Moving into 3D

10/16/2023 AP CSP I Can Statements

I can explain the purpose of functions

I can define my own Python functions

10/5/2023 Engineering

FORWARD,BACKWARD,LEFT,& RIGHT

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

This is the link: https://github.com/RUNTRO/yes/blob/main/code.py

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Robot is moving -- Engineering Page Entry!! (Oct 5, 2023 at 4:24 PM).mov

10/5/2023 Engineering Robot is Moving

Today in class I got my robot to move.

9/21/2023 Engineering: Physics

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 equal 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 to add more weight to my robot and to make my wheels wider.

Visual Arts: Typography and Linear Perspective 9/01/2023

My drawing was okay. It neither good nor bad. The thing that was the most difficult was making the items looking smaller as they went further back. I enjoyed making the bathroom doors because they looked good in the end. In relation to my other classes, perspective drawing can relate to my Engineering Concepts class because we do drawing practice using 1-point perspective.

AP Computer Science 9/22/2023

The Purpose of the Boolean Game is to have students identify what the question is asking for. I learned that my common sense isn't as good as I thought it was.