ELA Component

I’ve decided to choose journal for my ELA component.

PBL Journal

August 31, 2015

Today our math teacher informed us that we are about to start to choose a Science-Technology-Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) project according to our choice. It can be either from science or math. We will implement our specific projects which had guidelines. Furthermore we will provide results on a website via the internet, in lieu of a poster board.

September 7, 2015

I’ve decided to choose a math project that gives emphasis to geometric principles, mainly because I am interested in Geometry. I love Geometry.

September 14, 2015

I searched the information from internet to purchase my projects materials. My school will provide required materials and I don’t have to pay. It's a great deal. I will focus on academic needs such as ELA and Social Studies Component while I am waiting for materials.

September 21, 2015

During this week, I've decide to make connection with my project to geometry and to different technological achievements. I will have to find a connection between my project and real life.I realized there are so many ways to engage math with real life applications. First I thought it was just a sphere but when I searched more and more we use sphere in real life in various cases.

October 5, 2015

I have decided to calculate the surface area and try to find the relation between radius and surface areas.

October 12, 2015

Finally, I've ordered the materials for my special project, the shipping information said that it will take 10 days to arrive. I am so excited to get started. I have great ideas to create my own design also.

October 19, 2015

Today I went to various websites about String Design. A lot of them were pretty interesting. I saw various perspectives about String designs. When I searched the information I started to say “Yes, Math is in Real Life”.

October 22, 2015

The project materials have arrived on time. I've checked the materials. All of them are correct ones and nothing is broken. I took a picture of my materials. I am ready to start.

November 28, 2015

I didn't know it would be that hard. Some assistance is greatly needed. I watched the videos from YouTube and I learned that there is a rule to finish your sphere. I failed on first 2 of them they became as cylinder instead of sphere.

December 7, 2015

I've checked the tasks from PBL website and I realized that I need to create a video for my PBL project. During following weeks, I could not create a video because I have not finished my project yet. I started to work harder than last weeks. I believe that to complete my project in this month. Otherwise I need to study during break.

January 11, 2016

Today, I've completed my social studies connection.

February 18, 2016

Today, I've completed my brochure and my ELA connection. There will be one more entry before my submission probably I will do it during May.

May 5, 2016

Today, we will request approval for my website. We did excellent job before graduation, I've realized that this project helped me to improve my organizational skills and problem solving. I can't wait to share my experiences with my professors next year at university. I hope that to get approval for my web design and PBL.