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PBL Journal #1 September 20, 2016

Today our instructor, Mr. G, tasked us to choose a project of choice to create our own PBL (Project Based Learning) which we would work for the whole semester. The project had to consist in creating a really radically page about the science of physics. I felt really excited to work in this project with my team. Then I heard one of the points was that the project should be made individually. After this I had a panicked attack and felt really overwhelmed with all the tasks. It is such a fun experience to work on PBLs and everyday I have liked it.

PBL Journal #2 September 21, 2016

Yesterday I choose my PBL project, Edison Bulb, which consisted of building a lightbulb such as the one that Thomas Edison did himself. It was a really cool and complicated project, but it looked really fun. Although now that I think about it I shouldn’t have chosen that one. Yesterday I had to login into my school’s database to look for a link that our teacher shared with us, so that we could put our name in the rooster next to the project we wanted to make. My PBL is a level 3 task so its more advanced, I tried to look for a level 2 task but couldn’t find one so I stick with the one I have already chosen.

PBL Journal #3 October 7, 2016

The first task to doing my PBL is creating a website, which we choose google to help us start building it. The page was not an easy task, because I had to create first a gmail that the alias had to include my name, the school’s name, and the year. Then after multiple attempts to create my email I finally did it. I had to skip a point here and there while writing the email address. Then after finishing the email I logged in an in the search bar I searched for google sites. Then after getting to the home page of this site, I clicked on “Create new website” and started building.

PBL Journal #4 October 15, 2016

Now I moved to second task which was creating the Background Research about my PBL. I started by looking at the actual project in the web to see how other people build it. Then I learned about the history about my project. I learned many things such as Thomas Edison was not the creator of the light bulb, but the creator of a light bulb. There were many light bulbs even in Mr Edison’s time but the only thing he did was take one and improving it with more lifetime, and better efficiency. I also learned that to create my project, such like Edison did with his light bulbs I had to take the oxygen off where the light bulb was.

PBL Journal #5 October 24, 2016

Tomorrow I am planning to finish the work I started today which was the task about creating a site about the school. The Harmony Science Academy and STEM SOS, site was created and really hard to make. I had to work on creating the webpage by putting all kinds of information and educational links. I believe this was made as free advertisement for the school by the students work. I did not like this part of the project as it was too much work and it did not have much to do with the project. Also I had many problems with linking the pages, and when I asked my teacher if it was correct he said many links we wrong. This task got me real mad because it was not clear and clearly outdated.

PBL Journal #6 November 1, 2016

Today was a really fun and exciting day. So I arranged a date to create my project with my instructor. He helped me set up the experiment while I recorded at the results and outcomes. I had many troubles when conducting the electricity but it was due to the wires material. After this I made changes and improvements, and when I hit the switch my project worked like a charm. I took many videos so that I could work on them later on. This task helped me understand the nature of the project that I was doing. Most important of all, this task made it all worth it.

PBL Journal #7 November 9, 2016

This day I worked on the good part of the project where I could write about the materials, the precautions, and the results of my experiment. I was sure to use as best language as I could while making this task. I used many of the photos I took last week for visual presentation of my experiment. Although it was a hard task I was able to do it, and then improve it. I had to revise my sites content several times for best optimization.

PBL Journal #8 November 16, 2016

Yesterday I was able to finish the task I have been working on for several days. I can not lie and say it was really easy, because it wasn’t. I dedicated a lot of time of my day to finishing this task although seeing it at the end I can see it was worth it. I feel very satisfied with my webpage until this point. I believe if Thomas Edison needed for someone to create a webpage for him, I believe with no doubt he would choose me.

PBL Journal #9 November 23, 2016

Today I had an interesting task to do. The task was creating a very detailed, step by step/documentary about the project. I had to include my voice and many of my pictures so people could knew that I was the one who made it. This task I heavily could have invested up to 3 hours per day to improve the video. When I finished the video I was really proud of my work as always. I think I should pursue a movie making career instead of a physics one.

PBL Journal #10 December 4, 2016

Yesterday was the last day I worked on my PBL, because I finished every task. Countless hours invested on it. If I could do it all over again, I probably would not do it, but it was worth it for the school grade. I never thought I could have done it, but indeed I did. I feel really proud about my project and I’m planning the day I apply to a college to show this project. It was a really fun and unforgettable experience.