Option # 1 : Journal
I will be writing a total of 10 journal entries each 7-8 sentences all with in the in the course of 9 weeks. I will include all my ideas what I accomplished what I didn't accomplish and all the tests I might have done on it. I will also write what my peers have helped me with or the advice they might have given me. I will include any sorts of visuals i might have drawn or taken pictures i had taken.
Journal #1
My pbl project is on the bed of nails. Today I researched what the main purpose of the bed of nails was. It was and still is used for circus performances and for healing processes(stress). I also found out that the bed of nails is made up of a lot of nails put close together. The closer the nail is to the rest of the nails the less you feel the sharpness of them. The more separated they are is when they cause pain to the body. The mass of the body is evenly divided through the rest of the nails. That is why the pressure isn't as much as having less nails.
Journal #2
Today in class Mr. Ali showed us a last year students bed of nails. He told us how we could improve ours by making changes to it. Some of the changes was getting better wood and bigger nails also making it a little bit bigger than the one from the examples i was shown. He told us to get wood that wouldn't break when we would nail the nails to the wood and for it not tear apart. He also gave us a demonstration during class on how it works. The problem that would occur if the nails are more separate from each other. Also if they were to be close together the difference it would make. Journal #3 Mr. Ali asked us to get aluminum nails. I'm working with Lindsey in the project and we where trying to figure out what we could do do make it look presentable. What we could so that the nails would go in straight and not bend and fold and things like that. For the wood to break as well. We came up with and idea of drilling holes with a nail smaller than the one we are going to use. That way it wont fold the nails and will come out decent looking. Also so that the wood wont break. Journal #4 Today I researched more information on what the bed of nails is. Today it is used by those people that do all those curing things. The ancient gurus and and yogis for healing and meditation. It was also used for stunts back then. Today it is mainly used in science to show how it works with science. There is only a few people that use it for meditation. Only the older guru people because they are still stuck with ancient curing. Also it is not used in a lot of circus for entertainment anymore. Journal #5
There is a myth that the bed of nails helps alleviate alot of stuff in the body . It is also very easy to make one but, to make it look decent it does require few days or alot of hours.The Bed of Nails is an excellent aid in self-treatment and in helping the stimulation of energy in the body. Bed of Nails can also help the body get rid of toxins. Therefore, it is important to drink water after being on the bed of nails. The bed of nails is mainly used to alleviate stress, headaches, constipation, tiredness, insomnia, tension, back pain, muscle pain, and malaise. Journal # 6 I dont think that this project is going to help me out in the future. One reason is because it is just a piece of wood with nails stuck on it. Second because they are forcing us to make it so I dont learn anything when they force me to do something. I havent really started making the actual thing because Mr. Ali hasnt told us to start. ve bee very busy with all the other pbl stuff like this journal thing. We have came up with a few more ideas but we havent started them. We came up with ways on how to make it look nice by painting it. Journal #7 We came up with the idea of painting all of the nails and spelling hsa with them. Also painting the wood a different color so that they could stand out. We finally got Ali to help us and tell us the exact size he wanted the wood to be. He wanted it to be 4 feet by 3 feet. It is a lot bigger than last years example. He also told us that the nails have to be aluminum nails and no other ones. He said if we needed help we can go after school so he can help us do the project. Journal #8 The bed of nails has nothing to do with my career. I want to study criminal justice and everything to do with law so a bed of nails isnt going to help me at all. And on how friction works. Also on what the bed of nails is mainly used for. The colors we choose where black for the wood and paint the school colors for the nails red and blue. We choose to spray paint them because it was gonna be much easier than hand painting each one of them or dipping them in paint. Journal #9 Today we tried nailing the nails by themselves. Most of them bended and came out very crooked. The wood also cracked and it look very unprofessional. It was also very hard trying to put the nails in. It took along time to put the little amount we were able to put on there. It took along time as well. We are going to try and do what we had suggested at first. WE are gonna drill holes with a smaller nail first then nail the nails to it. Journal #10 We drilled it first this time and it worked. The nails where so much easier to go in. They also did not come out bended. It made the process way faster as well. We havent painted them yet but that is the next thing we are going to do after we finish nailing them all. It has taken us along time because we drilled holes at first and we still need to nail the nails. It took us more than twice the amount needed. It made it look really nice and straight though.