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Today was a freebie day to catch up one blogs to fix the grades we got for last weeks posts. I took the time to put in the effort to create a correctly functionally blog and make it pleasing to the eye. I finally moved every post from being posted on the home page toContinue reading “September 24, 2020”

Today in class we had a guest speaker, Mr.Terry, from a company called Katapult. He gave a presentation about everything he has accomplished, the skills he learned, and what Katapult is all about. He told us about the makerspace program and all the interesting machines and materials they provide such as a wazer (water laser),Continue reading “September 23, 2020”

Today was our first biweekly meeting! Each student got to meet with a teacher of their choice and discuss progress on projects and plans for future goals. I met with Mrs. VanEtten and she gave me the advice that moving forward I should decide between pursuing the research of magnets and hovercraft and then solvingContinue reading “September 22, 2020”

As a continuation from Friday, today was another research day! My goal was to start from the basics and learn about “What are Magnets?”; however, I came across an article that caught my attention. A problem with magnetic floors would be the health hazard it would be for people with surgical implants. The article linkedContinue reading “September 21, 2020”

September 17- Today was presentation day! Let me tell you, it did not go as expected. It was interesting hearing other project ideas and how everyone has such a different approach towards a problem. Every project is so unique as the spectrum of ideas it so broad. One of my classmates is researching plastic andContinue reading “September 17 and 18, 2020”

Today was a day of preparation for our “pitch presentation”. Tomorrow everyone is sharing their project pitch to the class in a form of “elevator talk”. We were told to look at this presentation in a way that if someone outside of school asked for what we were doing in DaVinci, this presentation is howContinue reading “September 16, 2020”

Today was a great learning experience as I was able to get feedback from classmates on my project. The class was split into two groups in which we shared our project pitch and used the technique of approaching problems by giving positive feedback rather than shutting down an idea. Before today, I didn’t realize howContinue reading “September 15, 2020”

After going over the schedule for the week, I have a more guided idea on how to move forward. Today wasn’t too much research or discovery but more about getting all of the ideas out of my head. I plan on creating an image that will allow me to explain this concept better. Moving forward,Continue reading “September 14, 2020”

Today was a great day of progress and brainstorming! After a recent weekend trip to Costco, thoughts and ideas were put into perspective. Experiencing it firsthand, I can say that weekend grocery trips are always hectic as stores are more crowded which the experience is then made more difficult when your grocery cart is unfunctionalContinue reading “September 11, 2020”

Today is the first official day of the marking period project! There are so many routes I could go but I started off by looking into any existing problems of grocery carts and the process of going grocery shopping. Most problems were based around broken carts and wheels, traffic jams, shoppers not returning carts, andContinue reading “September 10, 2020”