Week 8

This is my final week of school and on working on my assessment.

Tuesday

Today James and myself are working on our pitch presentation. We were halfway through when James said ‘we shouldn’t do our presentation on powtoon because it would be to hard memorising the speech with the presentation playing at the same time’. I was like ‘okay, so what will we use then for the presentation?’ James replied’ i dunno’. I said ‘bruh’.I came up with an idea for the presentation after having a mental breakdown that we could use a program called google docs which is like powtoon and powerpoint’. After we had a deep understanding on how to use it, i was able to get the first slide done (LIKE A BOSS). Anyway just as i was about to start the second one it was time to finish class. I thoroughly persuaded James to come to the library this afternoon. Once we got to the library i realised that the script for the prices on the model was wrong. James started having a panic attack when i said we can easily fix it up with editing it. James helped me so much with getting the script and pitch presentation done. Luke did help as well.

Wednesday

I left my model with James to hand it in on behalf of me for tomorrow and i wish James and Luke the best of luck on the pitch presentation. Both of these students have put a sincerely huge amount of effort in helping me get this assessment done. I thank James for the criticism of my model and for the furniture he made for the model and for getting over to my place to build the model and paint it. I also want to thank Luke for the effort he put in gathering the electrical components to make our electrical circuit and for coming over to my place to get it done.

Week 7

This week it had been just Luke and myself, as James is very sick. That didn’t change anything. Luke and myself are now working on the pitch presentation, the final part to do until we’ve finished our assessment. Luke and i this week had spent the whole time working on the cost of the model to build, electrical bills, why you should build it and some limitations. Well we’ve nearly finished that and and is now working on timing ourselves with powtoon behind us whilst we present our model. Luke and myself are finding it hard to time ourselves speaking and having pontoon working behind us. What Luke and i decided to do was just to focus finishing the scripts, then when James get back on Monday, we will go to the ark at lunch and practice as much as we can with pontoon behind us.

Week 6

After successfully building our model and circuit on the weekend, i decided to bring it in, to show James and Luke the success we had on building this project.  Firstly it was an absolute trek trying to find a safe spot for my project, so it doesn’t get sabotage like all my other assessments. Eventually i found a safe place in the canteen to keep the model safe from anyone touching it. Anyway after that, i brought my model into class attracting a lot of attention from fellow peers. A lot of them said that we didn’t make it.  But in reality we did all by ourselves, except for using the jigsaw which we needed to be supervised as it was very dangerous to use. Once we have settled down i showed everyone (Not just my group) on how the circuit works. Most people were fascinated. I think the ones who didn’t say anything are jealous on how cool it is and trying to steel ideas from our model (good luck with that). After flicking the switches on and off for a while we sat down and regrouped, looking at the notification on what we should do next. What i suggested was that one of us does the risk assessment, another does the critique of model and the other does the reference list and all of us work on the pitch presentation.

Here is the risk assessment and Critique of Model

Critique of Science Model

Year 8 Science Assessment Task Risk Assessment Critique of Science Model

 

Week 5

Week 4 Saturday:

Bonus!!!!!:The next stage of my project is to collect the materials that i need, that i have and go to Bunnings to get some more if we have too. First thing i did was measure out the full square size of the the water bungalow and draw it on the piece of wood that i originally had in my garage. After that i drew up the size for the walls that was 7cm tall! After i precise and accurately drew my pieces onto the wood, i realised i don’t have enough for the roof. Then i got my dad to drive me to Bunnings to get me a few thin sheets of wood. Also while i was there i said ‘hang on, why don’t we use hinges, so then we can elevate the roof up and to buy some liquid nails so we can have the nails perminately stay in’. I also said ‘why don’t i have some sort of pillars to elevate the water bungalow so then it could replicate a real life water bungalow. After an extraordinary experience being in a hardware i came back home and left it there for the day, so i can continue it tomorrow with James.

Sunday Week 4:

Today James and i was supposed to be together at nine, but as usual he turned up late by 20 minutes. Anyway during the time that i was waiting for James i cut the shapes of the walls and base out with a Jigsaw (With little help from dad). Just as i was about to squeeze the liquid nails out, James showed up. It was great because i needed help holding the walls up at exactly 90 degree angle. It took several hours for James and i to put the walls on the base. After that we cut the deck out into shape. Then James and i got our hinges to put on the roof. James and i discovered that there will be an issue when trying to screw it in. So James said ‘why don’t we drill holes in first so then it will be easier to put the nails in through the hinges and walls’. i thought James has lost his mind, but realised he’s an Albert Einstein Jr. After several hours of hammering nails and screwing hinges into place, it was time to cut stick the pillars on. We didn’t need liquid nails for this , but we did drill and screw nails in. Finally after 12 long hours for me and 7 hours for James it was Finished:

Well thats what i thought.

Surprisingly i had forgotten that we had to paint it. Again after another two hours of hard painting it was finished:

Photo of James and I painting ‘Yay’

Interior view

Week 5

This week James, Luke and myself amended the circuit diagram as it was false. I found this out because after going through the into science activities, i’ve realised my mistakes that i made in it. I took my big model into the Thursdays lesson weighing several kilos, managing to not break anything. Luke brought in his electrical circuits and James brought in his furniture. After i had looked at all of Luke’s electrical appliances i realised that he had forgotten to get some alligator clips and double battery holder. The only way that i could have solved it was to force my mum to go to jay car to get the few bits and pieces on the Thursday afternoon.

Week 4

Day 1

Today James, Luke and i decided to discuss about the circuit diagram and how it is going to carry out. When we started to look at my diagram, when James Noticed that there was a problem with my design. James noticed that my scale on my design wasn’t right and he said that it will corrupt the building model and all of the circuiting for the wires. James and Luke started to say that we should do another design that has the right scale drawing. Then i said hold on, maybe we can change the measurements of it. James said that it might be too hard. I said maybe if we keep the scale the same, then we can change the measurements into the numbers that are a multiple of 3, so then it can work out. Luke then says that it may effect the way the rooms are played out. I said that it doesn’t matter if some of the rooms are remove.

Day 2

Today James, Luke and myself are going to do the finishing touches onto my circuit diagram. As Luke works on finishing the circuits, James will do his into science, while i research the symbols for the circuit diagram. I tried to find the symbol for a fan and couldn’t find anything. That’s when i realised that i can use the motor symbol and attach the acrylic fan onto it. Well theres one of my problems solved out. So here is my circuit diagram:

Week 3

Day 1

Today in this science lesson we started out with the same old stuff role before questions, but i came up to sir and asked did my blog get through to him. He replied ‘yes Joel, it did’. So i went to my group when james said that is should also do a 2d floorpan to make it easier for the teacher to see and understand. I thought he was nonsense, but….. after a while i thought why not. So i spent most of this lesson doing some of my new floorplan as shown below:

The one other pros about his is that there is a second layering int he wall which we allows us to put our electrical circuit in it, but there is another con. This model is going to be difficult to stand on pillars under it. So I’m trying to think about a strategy to try and resolve this issue.

End of day 1

Day 2

Again today we have double periods. Today we needed to hand in our finished floor plans. As shown below i have finished doing my floor plan.

We had no teacher the whole lesson which gave me time to think about the pros and cons of each of our floor plans.

For James dog house:

Pros:

• Interesting and unique design
• Has the right space for a house
• It is achievable to make
• It has everything you need for a house to live in

Cons

• Very hard to shape out
• Very hard to get materials to make it
• Mot enough electrical circuit room
• Wont turn out as planned
• It is unnatural for a dog shaped home

This is James pros and cons

 

My Pros and cons

Pros: Some good things about this design is:

• Lots of room for circuiting
• Not too complicated to build
• Easy to get the materials
• Has the main features of what a teenager would have as a house
• Very creative (Water Bungalow)

Cons: Heres some negative things about the design:

• Can be too big or too small
• Has only one floor
• only has basic needs
• Hard to put the pillars under the house

As from these pros and cons this is what Luke, James and i thought about this design.

 

Luke’s Design Pros and Cons. Luke had to make a new one because he lost his other design.

Pros:

• Has a lot of room for electrical circuit under paper mache
• Very creative
• Has lots of room for stairs and three stories
• Has a windmill that generates electricity
• Looks like a modern house except it’s in a mountain

Cons:

• Hard to gather materials
• Hard to put paper over wire because it is resistor of electricity, so it might effect the circuit
• Going to be pretty big
• Not sure how we are going to use the windmills on the side of the mountain

End of day 2 week 4

 

 

 

Week 2

Day 1

As coming into todays lesson feeling rather excited i did have a few questions for Mr. Mcclean about the blogs, but he said ‘wait until i mark the role’. So i sat down listening too each surname being called out one by one. It felt like forever! Once he called the role he said that he had to speak to some people about there blogs. As i realised that i forgot to hit publish i was unable to hand it in on time. Well it is only a very tiny amount of marks lost though, so no biggy. Anyway after i was called up James Luke and myself showed each other our designs of the model. James and Luke used Minecraft, but i did it the old fashioned way by drawing it out. As we all confirmed that we’ve done our designs, it was time to move onto the floor plan of our designs. Luke continued using Minecraft, but James said ‘You know what i don’t want to use Minecraft for the floor plan, I will do it like Joel’s’. So he got ready, but by the time he set up there was no time left, but on the other hand i was successful on finishing my floor plan as shown here –

Pros: Some good things about this design is:

• Lots of room for circuiting
• Not to complicated to build
• Easy to get the materials
• Has the main features of what a teenager would have as a house
• Very creative (Water Bungalow)

Cons: Heres some negative things about the design:

• Can be too big or too small
• Has only one floor
• only has basic needs
• Hard to put the pillars under
• Hard to put water under without leaking

As from these pros and cons this is what Luke, James and i thought about this design.

End of day 1

Day 2

When we settled into our classroom, Mr mcclean did the same old marking the role before questions. After the legitimate role call i asked him ‘with the blog, do you do one day and post it or put all four days onto it at the same time?’ he said that whatever you think is neater and better for your blog. So i continued to finish my floor plan now that it has measurements on it we can each have our own sayings on wether it will be too big or too small or too hard to get the required materials. As Luke started to finish his floor plan and James still working on his masterpiece, i start thinking about which design is more efficient. From the following designs i strongly think that i would like to go with the mountain idea:

Pros:

• Has a lot of room for electrical circuit under paper mache
• Very creative
• Has lots of room for stairs and three stories
• Has a windmill that generates electricity
• Looks like a modern house except it’s in a mountain

Cons:

• Hard to gather materials
• Hard to put paper over wire because it is resistor of electricity, so it might effect the circuit
• Going to be pretty big
• Not sure how we are going to use the windmills on the side of the mountain

End of day 2

Day 3

Mr. Mcclean for once actually asked questions before the role call. James showed me that he had finished his dog floorpan house. It is very neat and well planed out. As a group we looked at the pros and cons for his design as how below:

Pros:

• Very creative
• Pretty easy to make
• Not too big
• Lots of space for wiring
• Not too many electrical circuits to put in

Cons:

• Not very attractive
• Hard to stand up
• Very strange room arrangement
• Hard to get materials
• Hard to fit light bulb in with little space

End of Day 3 And Week 3

 

Week 1

hello everyone today i am only having four periods today! but still have double science which was amazing. Where can i start. Firstly mr Mcclean showed up a little late saying when he got here ‘it’s a bit of a hike to get from the science department to here’. after his “LONG HIKE” we settled into our classroom prepared to continue our assesment. We had to get into a group of three which consist James Donohoe, Luke Barwell and myself. A few lessons before we were meant to have designed three ideas on how we are to carry on our assessment. James and i obviously had done it, but of coarse someone (Luke) hadn’t done it. James and myself had a big fat discussion on either having a weird looking dog house or to have a water bungalow (Bungalow was my idea). But while james and i continued to argue Luke has designed a mountain house which was amazing according to Luke and myself. End of 1st period of science 2nd period of Science. During this period i got Mr Rigg to help me start this blog site up. If it wasn’t for him iw wouldn’t have been able to be typing to you now.

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