My dots vary from friends all the way up to celebrities. These are just some of the few people who have improved my life and I have been able to help influence their.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Dots Of Influence
I have been influenced by many people throughout my life. And I have had the opportunity the influence others.
Leadership
What did you learn about leaders?
- Different types of leaders
- Social
- Military
- Political
- Religious
- Good or bad depending on views
- Hitler was a good leader but did bad things
- George Washington was a good leader to Americans but at the time Britain didn't like him
- Different tactics of becoming a leader
- Fear
- Respect
- Different way of how they came to power
- Birth
- Rose to the challenge
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Super Heros
What happens when you put:
A superhero just like Sherlock Holmes,
A superhero combo of Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee, and Bruce Wayne,
(a.k.a Chuck Lee Wayne)
And a superhero with the power to be Jesus Christ?
You get a super base that looks like this:
Just kidding it looks more like this:
It's equipped with a
We are located under a volcano so we can get geothermal energy to charge our base. The location is disclose due to the base being a secret but it's on it's own island.
One day while lounging around in our base, my team and I felt a tremor under a base.We quickly went to the garage and got into a vehicle that let us dig into the earth's crust. But the power was out so the garage doors didn't open so my collages and I had to repair the circuit.
Sherlock Holmes used his genius brain to figure out a way to make the circuit work.
I controlled small bits of hot lava onto the wire to solder them together.
Chuck Lee Wayne used his ninja karate skills to bend and fit the wires into place.
Jesus christ said "Let there be light." and the power returned to the base.
Quickly we figured out where the centroid of our base was.
We may not have saved the world that day but we saved our home.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Centroid Bridge
My partner, Lexi and I made a bridge to withstand the pressure of only one magazine. We both worked hard to design and build a "weaved" bridge design.
Most of the other groups decided to go with a stick across the gap approach, which work best. But the stick wasn't as interesting or as stable as our bridge.
We worked quickly and efficiently to create a unique bridge.
We even did some research on other bridges that worked well but design to stick with the weave bridge due to time constraints.
This read label magazine was all that we could support. But with our new knowledge of centroids, we will be back with a better bridge that shall never fall.
To Be Continued!
Monday, October 22, 2012
Sail or Sink!
With it's yellow and silver colors ready to set sail, the Titanic was ready to set sail! I'm the mechanic who is matching patch work with the yellow duck tape. The blue shirted is the designer, the green shirted is the sailor, the white shirted is the muscle, and the black shirted at the end was the captain. But we all dabbled our hands into each others field. We managed to complete 9 achievements.
"Sketch Ideas"-
One of the designs was like a kayak.
The other was like a row boat with supports on the side.
The third was stilts that could touch the bottom of the pool so we could walk.
"Prototypes!"- We chose to go with the row boat with supports. We only had one support on the side instead of two and it floated pretty well even with a couple of marbles.
"Select An Approach"-
+: The good thing about the row boat is the supports and the ability to move the boat.
: I would keep the two supports.?: How to make the V-Bottom?
!: Keep a pointed front of the boat.
"Build It!"- My group didn't make any major changes from the picture above other than the amount of duck tape on the boat.
"V-Bottom!"- We made a V-Bottom boat and it didn't tip over involuntarily.
"Videographer"-
"Feedback"-
+: The v-bottom was at a great angle causing it to not flip over.
: I would have added extended supports, paddles, and a more hydrodynamic front of the boat.
? : Would we be able to use orange juice cartons if we do this again?
! : Use orange juice cartons to help with the supports so the boat doesn't sink too much.
"Redesign"- I would add the carton supports and paddles and a different shape for the box.
"Make Your Own Achievement"- I would give our group the "Innovative Design" achievement because we had the most unique design. But for future reference I would make an achievement called the "Battle Ship" achievement in which the boat will need a way to protect itself.
Don't Snap Your Fingers!!!
In the 3rd annual mousetrap car races no fingers were snapped off but cars were rolling. Many teams competed from all over the classroom. Many try to beat Team Team for speed even my car Bits-N-Pieces couldn't match their design. And Team Shana's racer could travel across the title to reach the farthest ends of the classroom. Even though Bits-N-Pieces didn't beat anyone it still made me proud that I was able to complete its design in 20 minutes with just enough time to race the car for it to get about 5 inches. Even though we did not win any races, but we did get 10 achievements.
Achievements
"Brainic"- 1. Three wheels, two axles, long body, small wheels, mousetrap at the front of the car.
2. Three wheels, two axles, long body, big wheels, mousetrap in the middle of the car.
3. Three wheels, two axles, short body, small wheels, mousetrap at the front of the car.
4. Four wheels, two axles, long body, big wheels, mousetrap at the front of the car
5. Four wheels, two axles, short body, small wheels, mousetrap in the middle of the car
6. Four wheels, two axles, short body, small wheels, mousetrap on top of a platform in the middle of the car.
7. Two wheels, two axles, short body, big wheels, mouse trap in between the wheels.
8. Four wheels, two axles, short body, big wheels, mousetrap on top of a platform towards the middle of the car.
9. Four wheels, two axles, short body, small wheels, mousetrap is slanted with one beam at the front of the car and no beam on the back.
10. Four wheels, two axles, short body, small wheels, mousetrap is slanted with one beam at the front of the car and no beam on the back, a pencil is attracted to the mousetrap to increase the amount of string being pulled.
"Visualize It!"-
: I would make the string shorter, get wheels adjusted for the type of race, and try to make the wheels more spread out.
Achievements
"Brainic"- 1. Three wheels, two axles, long body, small wheels, mousetrap at the front of the car.
2. Three wheels, two axles, long body, big wheels, mousetrap in the middle of the car.
3. Three wheels, two axles, short body, small wheels, mousetrap at the front of the car.
4. Four wheels, two axles, long body, big wheels, mousetrap at the front of the car
5. Four wheels, two axles, short body, small wheels, mousetrap in the middle of the car
6. Four wheels, two axles, short body, small wheels, mousetrap on top of a platform in the middle of the car.
7. Two wheels, two axles, short body, big wheels, mouse trap in between the wheels.
8. Four wheels, two axles, short body, big wheels, mousetrap on top of a platform towards the middle of the car.
9. Four wheels, two axles, short body, small wheels, mousetrap is slanted with one beam at the front of the car and no beam on the back.
10. Four wheels, two axles, short body, small wheels, mousetrap is slanted with one beam at the front of the car and no beam on the back, a pencil is attracted to the mousetrap to increase the amount of string being pulled.
"Visualize It!"-
"Build It!"-
"The Distance Event"- our car didn't make it too far because the string kept getting caught in the wheels. But now I know what to change.
"The Acceleration Event"- Our car didn't win first but we ended up winning the loser league race in which we went up against 2 other cars that were dropped from the race from malfunctions and we accelerated to the line the fastest.
"Feedback"-
+: Had a mix of both acceleration and distance.
: I would make the string shorter, get wheels adjusted for the type of race, and try to make the wheels more spread out.
? : Did you follow the tape rule? answer would be probably not we weren't keeping track.
! : Make the platform the mousetrap is on higher than what it was.
"Re-work"- My partner and I changed the length of string in between races but if I had more time I would have redone the whole car according to a certain race.
"Game Changer"- For each car there needs to be a "passenger" on the car some where. I can't be anything that makes the move, the only thing that the passenger does is sit there. It can't be attached to the car. If the passenger falls off then the car needs to sit our a round for the passenger to recuperate.
"Name It!"- I would rename the "Visualize It!" to "Artistic Views!" or "Leave It Cleaner Than You Found It" to "Sweep It Up".
"Leave it Cleaner Than You Found It"- My partner and I would clean up our area as well as other areas of the room. We also asked other groups if the area was clean.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Assembly Line CHALLENGE
The Goal:
Achievements accomplished: 14
Class Achievements:
Implementation" - The assembly line made it throw with only a couple of quick fixes. But in the real world that would give people jobs by fixing the machine quickly
"Fast!" - The first trial was 1:07 but then again we only had four dice
"Faster!!" - In the second trial we got the dice to make it in 51 seconds
"No Half Stepping" - We completed ours in about 3 days but it was changed by another group due to not functioning consistently
"Don't Dilly Dally" - Same as "No Half Stepping"
"Stewardship" - We put all of our parts away in the proper place in about a day
Team Achievements:
"If you Build It..." - We originally wanted to make the sorter rotate but we came across many obstacles so instead we came up with a well working design and pursued it
"Proof is in the Pudding" - Since our station was the last, we only had to worry about the group in front of us. So we planned accordingly and made a solution that made an easy transition between the two stations
"Round and Round We Go" - We noticed that our original design was too heavy on one side and it would take too long to program it, so we came up with a new more proportional solution
"No Soliciting" - Since we worked with the group next to us we asked them about our solution. At first it was fine, then near the end of the project they changed it which must have meant something was wrong. They said that it wasn't consistent so they fixed it.
"Leave no Trace" - Everything was cleaned and put away nicely
Individual Achievements:
"Keep the Customer in Mind" - I have a couple of paragraphs but they are like bullet point because they are straight to the point
"Nice One!" - Thomas Luppi because he put in helpful information to help make a better solution
"Helping Hand" - Cody Kitchener (spelling) because he help us put his teams solution and our solution together to make a smooth transition
P.S. I'm sorry but I do not have any picture due to the fact that Jackson's phone was dead at the time and my phone doesn't have the feature of removing pictures from the memory.
- Mark 6 number cubes
- Unite with other stations
- Fast and Efficient
- At first we wanted to have more programming and make it rotate
- Then instead we just made a "drop-box" design
Achievements accomplished: 14
Class Achievements:
Implementation" - The assembly line made it throw with only a couple of quick fixes. But in the real world that would give people jobs by fixing the machine quickly
"Fast!" - The first trial was 1:07 but then again we only had four dice
"Faster!!" - In the second trial we got the dice to make it in 51 seconds
"No Half Stepping" - We completed ours in about 3 days but it was changed by another group due to not functioning consistently
"Don't Dilly Dally" - Same as "No Half Stepping"
"Stewardship" - We put all of our parts away in the proper place in about a day
"If you Build It..." - We originally wanted to make the sorter rotate but we came across many obstacles so instead we came up with a well working design and pursued it
"Proof is in the Pudding" - Since our station was the last, we only had to worry about the group in front of us. So we planned accordingly and made a solution that made an easy transition between the two stations
"Round and Round We Go" - We noticed that our original design was too heavy on one side and it would take too long to program it, so we came up with a new more proportional solution
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"Leave no Trace" - Everything was cleaned and put away nicely
"Keep the Customer in Mind" - I have a couple of paragraphs but they are like bullet point because they are straight to the point
"Nice One!" - Thomas Luppi because he put in helpful information to help make a better solution
"Helping Hand" - Cody Kitchener (spelling) because he help us put his teams solution and our solution together to make a smooth transition
P.S. I'm sorry but I do not have any picture due to the fact that Jackson's phone was dead at the time and my phone doesn't have the feature of removing pictures from the memory.
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