Blog Post #2

01/28/2022- Hello!

Looking back on the past three weeks I do not think I am able to say I would have expected what has happened to occur. I was originally scheduled to begin collecting data regarding particle count of Mr. Koy's classroom with and without students the week of the 9th through the 15th. However, my plan was delayed and pushed back as I had to leave class at the end of 1st period due to illness. Luckily I took a COVID-19 test and the result came back negative. Though I did not have COVID-19 and was able to come back to school at the end of the week, this got me thinking. What would I do if our school had to go remote again? Rather than worry about what could be I decided that I will figure it out if and when that happens.

The Davis Instruments AirLink Monitor, the sensor I am using in my research to collect the data on the air quality, came on Monday the 10th. Due to the need for additional tasks to be completed, such as collecting the dimension of Mr. Koy's classroom and speaking with teachers, I could not collect data until Monday the 24th. I came early with all the supplies I needed to collect data and set up the device in the back right corner of his room. Everything was ready except one thing, the device would not connect to the schools wifi. I could not collect data.

I tried for hours Monday and Wednesday to get the device to connect to he wifi so data could be uploaded to the cloud but to no avail. Despite all the advice, suggestions, and help of advisors and teacher nothing would help to solve the issue. It was not until Mr. Riner, the IT specialist at Rock Canyon, explained why the wifi would not work as the school guest internet lacks information that the sensor needs to function. Because of this I am seeing if I can get a hotspot for Mr. Koy's room so that the sensor will work. Mr. Riner said that the hotspot was approved by the district and needs to be set up to see if it will function in the desired room, which remains the weakest and most important part of the research so far.

Because of the inability for the school guest wifi to be enough for the sensor, my schedule has been shifted back so that I only have two more days of wiggle room before I run out of time, having to either extend research into march or cut out a data group to make up time. Next week, the week of January 30th to February 5th, I will hopefully begin to start collecting my control group data regarding the particles present in the room without people as well as with students present in a normal classroom.