Physics Edublog Post

Catapult Project

In this project, me and my partner worked very well. We frequently discussed design ideas and proposals for new improvements to give us a farther distance. We’d also frequently test out our catapult and talk about any issues we notived. I was valuable to my team as i did ssveral important calculations involving the accurate placement kf several catapult components, using frig to find the max distance we could move our catapult forward on the cardboard base and determining the minimum required distance for a 100%. My partner was valuable as they were skilled eith their hands, being able carry out the construction of the catapult carefully and efficiently. In this project, i learned that everyone has their strengths and weaknesses and in a project, to produce the best result, the group members should work on parts that they are most familiar with, whether it be doing the art on a poster board or writing content for a tri fold presentation.

Core Competency Self Assessment

Code for the updated version of the Eden help bot

Curricular Competencies Reflection

My artifact is an updated version of the Eden support bot that utilizes speech recognition to answer a board array of queries. In this project, I was able to work collaboratively with others in a leadership group in order to positively influence the Centennial community . I did this by regularly staying in touch with my group members on the progress of the program as well as attending meetings held by our group in which we would discuss and plan features for our program. This project also allowed me to demonstrate an understanding of technology concepts and systems, and develop computational thinking skills.  This was done by creating a robust and efficient database which would be able to easily adapt to the addition of new help categories.

I was able to demonstrate communication in my artifact by regularly keeping in touch with my group members, documenting the changes I made to the program each time I added to it and keeping a log of changes made for my groupmates to view. On top of that, we would exchange ideas about our project during meetings in tutorial where we discussed where we were currently at with the project and what the next step would be.

  

Les Films

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When faced with ambiguity or setbacks, I take a step back and create a plan to advance the development of my ideas. I showed this in my poster when I had trouble planning the layout and where things would be placed. I got through this by seeing which piece of content are the biggest and laying them out in a way where they wouldn’t intrude on the other elements while maintaining a symmetrical design.

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