For my ELA connection, I will complete a journal. I will present this journal by adding it under the ELA component section of my PBL website.
November 13, 2013
Today I was able to assemble my project and find out how to use the frequency generator. I created shapes using sound. When I got to higher frequencies, I would have to turn down the amplitude since the machine would get louder and louder. It was pretty fun.
November 20, 2013
A part of 11th grade went with their PBL projects to the George R. Brown Convention Center today, and I was one of them. We presented our projects to other schools that came to the building. We were in the same room as the demonstrations that NASA was doing. A lot of people asked me questions about my project, and when I explained how it worked they thought it was really cool.
January 14, 2014
Today I finished my Social Studies connection for my PBL project. I researched about Ernst Chladni and what he was known for. I found out that he actually contributed many things to history, such as instruments and his study of meteorites. He was not only known for his Chladni plates.
February 1, 2014
Today I presented my project at my school's STEM fair. It was a fun experience and I was also able to see other people's projects after I was done presenting. I received a certificate for my participation. I was also able to see our school's new gyroscope, which people could ride in.