Using upcycle, I created a pair of glasses because people need to see. however, they do not help eyesight they do provide a funnier look at reality. These glasses are used as a novelty and as a joke gift.

During this process, I learned how to take apart a monitor and make something new out of it. I had to learn how to unscrew and disassemble the monitor while keeping the pieces I needed intact. Then I had to use tools to shape those parts into something new.

The 7 standards of the class are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator. My project ties to innovative designer because I had to design the sunglasses. Also, I had to look up what parts were safe to fully take apart.

A challenge I overcame on this project was losing my partner for a day. I was able to do it by doing extra work the next day with him. We had to work hard on the last day to account for the snow day and my partner was gone again.

Given a chance to do this again, I would change what I made. The reason why I would change it is because I do not think that the glasses were a good idea to make. I could have made something of a higher quality.

Hastings High School Career and Technical Education Program offers Agriculture, Business Management, Computer Programming, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Digital Multimedia, Engineering Design, Finance, Insurance, Marketing.  My project connects to the engineering design CTE program at Hastings High School. This is because I had to engineer a design that would work on someone's face.

My project connects to careers in upcycling because I turned something old and broken into something new that works. My project turned an old monitor into a new fresh pair of shades. These glasses are meant to alter your eyesight to make it harder to see.