Week 16: Day 1

Today it turns out Fahd did the written report a bit wrongly; he's going to fix it and I'll look over it next class like along with the studying (if I get the review sheets).

Today both in class and at home I finished the poster. In class, I added necessary information such as benefits, future use, variables changed, and how it could have been better. I also added a diagram William found of how it works.

At home, I did the decorations as well as the editing of lab reports you just gave back.

Plan for Week 17

Day 1

In Class: Work on Poster

At Home: Finish Poster

Day 2

In Class: Study for test

At Home: Continue Study

Day 3

In Class: Take Test. (If enough time)

At Home: Break. Start next unit?

Week 16: Day 3

Again, today we are hindered by the fact that we had no internet. There needs to be some extra information (such as models of how it works compared to ours) that needs the internet. Viktoria did print out a model of the simulation; however, it wasn't appropriate to be used since that was water powered.

Despite this, we made a lot of progress on the poster. We only have to include some more key words and rehearse it before we are done. It would also be nice to decorate the poster and make it look attractive.

William and I will do everything requiring Internet for homework.

Week 16: Day 2

It turns out we're going to do the project for the science fair, and Moh suggested we should get a poster to help present it. Taking this seriously would require us to organize our ideas and putting only the key words on the poster. At first I was against the idea of a poster as it will draw attention away from us; we are the presenters, not the poster. However it was a good idea so we started working on it in addition to other parts of the project.

We discussed several ways to present the poster and got started on it. Each person drew up lists of things we need to put under each key point (listed in last post). We organized them on the poster. The only thing left is to put everything on there. By the time I finished continuing it as homework, it was halfway done.

Week 16: Day 1

Today I looked at the movie advertisement done over the weekend. There were a few problems with it that the group had, so we fixed it. Some of them include the movie being too long (over one minute) and being too dramatic. In addition, there's some tiny errors that needed to be fixed as well as some clips to switch around so it can look better.

As there is no internet, it was impossible to look at the written report. We would've started on the presentation if there was the written report as well. Instead we devoted more time to the movie and started planning our presentation for homework. Basically we needed to cover the key points:

-How it works (Science behind it)
-Future Use
-Benefits
-What could be done better
-Variables & things we fixed

Plan for Week 16

Day 1

In Class: Look at the movie and the written report and make any changes. Start presentation script.

At Home: Finish presentation script as well as any changes to movie/written report.

Day 2

In Class: Make any last minute changes, present the movie.

At Home: Study for test.

Day 3

In Class: Receive review sheet.

At Home: Finish review sheet. Get ready for test next week.

(How about the vocabulary?)

Week 15: Day 3

Fahd came back. Today I started filming the movie with Moh, as well as briefing Fahd on what has happened since he had gone. I helped him start off on some parts. It turns out there was a bit of misunderstanding with the written report, but it will be done by Monday as said. I will be editing and proofreading his first draft of the written report. I will be looking at Moh's progress over the movie advertisement as well.

Over the weekend I continued what I was doing in class.

Week 15: Day 2

Today I made the changes I thought about for homework last class. However, they still hardly produced any results on the multimeter, so I asked for help.

I saw how you moved the magnet back and forth over the copper wire with hardly any results, so I concluded that our wind generator has actually produced enough electricity and our results aren't that bad after all.

I spent the rest of the class collecting the ideas and the earlier failed drafts of the project into one, so that the written report can be easily done. I also worked with Moh on the script of the movie and how it's going to be directed.

I predict the script and the report will be done by Week 16: Day 1 and Day 2 we will be able to present. After this, I look forward to getting the review sheet to study for the test and getting the test done.

Week 15: Day 1

William's idea was a brilliant one, but unfortunately it was difficult to build and I decided to revert back to my second original model- with some modifications since last time it did not produce much results. This took much of the class.

Firstly, I changed the foam base to a wood one. I took out the fan and metal rod part and attached it to the wooden base with glue gun. Then I tested it again. However, the rod keeps moving back and forth, so we stuck a bit of foam to keep it from moving too much. The foam broke however so we used glue gun next, which was also ineffective. We finally decided on the rubber band, which was okay but did not work as well as I hoped.

Next, when I tested it again it still hardly produced any results. Therefore, I looked at places where could be possible problem spots. I thought it was because of the copper wire; while it was thick, there was tape around it to keep it from moving. The tape was an insulator, which may effect the energy flow. I removed that and used the coper wire itself to keep it from moving. However, that would mean that it wouldn't be in perfect loops. In the end I decided to use tape, but much less. I also made a smaller coil to test that. The results weren't very much different, though.

At this moment the period is already over, so at home I went over things that could've gone wrong and made adjustments to the copper wire and made the model a bit less shaky.

Plan for Week 15

(Due to some technical difficulties with blogspot I was unable to upload this in the beginning of the week)

This plan will be similar to Week 14's plans since I had to go back and do previous lab reports unexpectedly last week.

Day 1

In Class: Test the revised wind generator built. Find any faults and errors that can be fixed. Draft structure of movie and report. (Fahd, who is not here, will work most of the written report.)

At Home: Make modifications to the generator, if any.

Day 2

In Class: Final wind generator plan should be finished today. Test the wind generator again and prepare presentation.

At Home: Revise any errors and things needed to be changed in the generator.

Day 3

In Class: Check report and finish planning movie. Start filming.

At Home: Finish report and film and presentation.

Week 14: Day 3

Today I couldn't really work on the project in class due to the fact that we needed to go to the computer lab as there is no supervision. I checked my written report with my teammates for the circuits project and sent it to you. I looked for any faults in my lab reports. In addition, I reviewed my things to prepare for the test.

At home I prepared for the written part and the movie, but we can't actually do them until William finishes his new idea for the wind generator and test it.

Week 14: Day 2

Today I had to work on the essay and revise all my lab reports due to the fact that I forgot to add uncertainties. So instead of working on the project, I worked on my written part of the circuits project and all the lab reports. It took the whole class, and I also continued it at home for a couple of hours.

Week 14: Day 1

Today I brought my wind generator project. I attached the magnets to my new model and completed a more refined scale drawing of it that shows how it works. However, we do not have the means to operate it: a hair dryer.

Revised diagram:

William also had some new ideas that could be useful, so this may not even be our final diagram. We revised it again during class with his new ideas. He was able to make a lightbulb spark up, but it wasn't generated by wind.

Plan for Week 14

Day 1

In Class: Test the wind generator built. Find any faults and errors that can be fixed. Draft structure of movie and report.

At Home: Make modifications to the generator.

Day 2

In Class:  Test the wind generator again and prepare presentation.

At Home: Revise any errors and things needed to be changed in the generator.

Day 3

In Class: Check report and finish planning movie. Start filming.

At Home: Finish report and film and presentation.

Week 13: Day 3

Today I presented my ideas to my group members and collected their thoughts. We wrote it down on a Google doc so we can edit it into a final report later. We also planned what we are going to do for next week as Fahd will be away. We decided he would do the written report while we experimented with the model and sent him information about it.

We also started part of the model. We are aiming to get around 2 volts, which is difficult but not impossible.

At home I continued building the wind generator and finished it over the weekend. However there are many modifications to it that it hardly looks like my original plan.