Passions/Interests:
In class we were asked to discuss and think about our true passions and interests to start thinking about options for our capstone project. I have always had a strong interest in learning about the environment and how our world works. That has led me to have a passion for saving the environment and doing all I can to educate myself on the root of the problems. I want to help improve people and the environment's situation so we can all have a better quality of life. I also believe that we should fight for the environment because it doesn't have a voice to do so itself. I also really enjoy learning about how all the different parts work together to make a whole. Learning about how structures and appliances work is very interesting to me because it is all the things I have learned in school applied to real world objects. Designing certain structures is also an interest of mine because using the knowledge I have learned in my classes along with my own ideas to create something is really cool.
In class we were asked to discuss and think about our true passions and interests to start thinking about options for our capstone project. I have always had a strong interest in learning about the environment and how our world works. That has led me to have a passion for saving the environment and doing all I can to educate myself on the root of the problems. I want to help improve people and the environment's situation so we can all have a better quality of life. I also believe that we should fight for the environment because it doesn't have a voice to do so itself. I also really enjoy learning about how all the different parts work together to make a whole. Learning about how structures and appliances work is very interesting to me because it is all the things I have learned in school applied to real world objects. Designing certain structures is also an interest of mine because using the knowledge I have learned in my classes along with my own ideas to create something is really cool.
Looking at an object like an Extraterrestrial:
For this exercise, we were asked to grab any small item we had laying around in our house. I chose Burt's Bees Lip Balm because I always have it with me and it was in sight. Our instruction was to look at it like we have never seen anything like it before and ask questions. After asking questions, we go back with all our knowledge and answer the questions.
For this exercise, we were asked to grab any small item we had laying around in our house. I chose Burt's Bees Lip Balm because I always have it with me and it was in sight. Our instruction was to look at it like we have never seen anything like it before and ask questions. After asking questions, we go back with all our knowledge and answer the questions.
Looking at an everyday object in this way made me realize how I take a lot of little details for granted. I have never thought I could come up with so many parts that go with this little object. It was also interesting to take time to really think about why someone made this object the way it is or why people buy and use it. I also had to research some of the answers because I didn't know some of them myself. It seemed hard at first to come up with so many questions for one object but after taking a little break I could come up with more topics to ask questions about. I have noticed that there are many parts that go into the smallest object. The person that created this object had to think about different things that make this product the way it is. Taking in this information will help me with my capstone project because I need to think about many different aspects that will go together to make the product its best.