Month: June 2021

This project was called comic cells and revolved around cells and diseases. The first task of the project was to make a project start mind-map. Here is mine:

We had to choose what kind of virus we were going to base our project on. Mine was on the small pox virus. To start our research we made a disease wanted poster to gather all the key information of the virus. Here is mine:

Before starting our main task which was making a comic, we had to make a storyboard to map out our comic and see if it had enough scientific ideas in the story. Here is mine:

 

After we completed our storyboard we could now start on the main task of the project which was to make a comic about cells and diseases and how they affect our immune systems. My comic book was about a man who contracted the virus then it shows the cells inside his body fighting off the virus. You can view my comic here:

 

 

For the grading process of this project we were graded on three curricular competencies such as:

Questioning and predicting: Demonstrate a sustained curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal interest: I feel like I did well on this competency because I was very concentrated on finishing my comic book as the project was a lot of fun.

Scientific communication: Communicate ideas, findings, and solutions to problems using scientific language, representations and digital technologies: I feel like I exceeded on this competency because I made sure to use lots of scientific language in my comic book.

Evaluating: Demonstrating an understanding and appreciation of evidence: I feel like I did well on this competency by showing in my comic book how the viruses and cells interact with each other.

The ultimate design challenge project was a project about 3D shapes and models. The task of the project was to create a 3D model of anything you want on a site called TinkerCad, TinkerCad is a program where you use 3D shapes to design a model. For my project I designed a Glider plane because I thought making it would look really cool. You can view the model I created here: 

TinkerCad is a program I had never used before so at first it was really hard to get started on building my model but as the project went on I started to get more comfortable with the program. After I finished designing my model I started on doing the calculations for my model. For the calculations you had to measure the length the width and the height of each shape you used to create your model. After you measured every shape you had to put them in their respective formulas and total up each shapes surface area and volume. Here are my calculations: 

 

 

 

For this project we were graded on 3 core competencies such as:

Applying and innovating: contribute to care for self, others, community and world through personal or collaborative approaches: I feel like I exceeded on this competency by working on my project every chance I got.

Reasoning and analyzing: Model mathematics in contextualized experiences: I feel like I exceeded on this competency by finishing my model and incorporating the 10 shapes in my model as well as optimizing my design for maximum surface area.

Communicating and representing: Explain and justify mathematic ideas and decisions: I feel like I did well on this competency but could’ve exceeded more by calculating the nose of my model plane as a cone instead of a cylinder.