The temple collaborated well with the surrounding; I felt relaxed when walking inside the temple. Even though it was pretty hot, it was an excellent experience to hike the mountain behind the temple; the scenery at the peak was so beautiful.
798
I’ve been to 798 several times, so I could find good stores and cafes easily. There were many good places to take pictures, and because there were many restaurants, I could hide from the sunlight and rest.
Liu Li Chang
The weather was deadly hot, so I could hardly take pictures. However, it was good to wander around the Chinese painting cultural street and eat Chinese food. Trying woodblock printing was good, but I hope we could make something creative ourselves, and if the weather was not hot, we could have more enjoyed Liu Li Chang.
Happy Valley
I haven’t ridden roller coasters and do not like going to amusement parks, so I was a bit too nervous; however, even though it was my first time visiting the happy valley, I enjoyed most of the roller coasters. The weather was not as hot as Liu Li Chang, so we could enjoy the day with more pleasure. I was not hungry, so I did not eat anything, but next time visiting the happy valley, I will try various types of desserts.
Qian Men
I could learn the Chinese history behind architecture in Beijing. Walking around the streets was hot, but we could rest in cafes in the valley. I really like the photos taken on Qian Men’s Day the most among all the photos I took.
1. What is the purpose of my device/toy? How does it function? Who is my client?
The device’s purpose is to demonstrate how energy is transformed from one form to another; to show energy transformation, the wind turbine will be my model, representing kinetic energy, mechanical energy transforming to electrical energy, and light energy. A wind turbine converts kinetic and mechanical energy into electrical and light energy by rotating the blades as the wind passes through them; however, I will use a motor to rotate a wind turbine readily. My client will be students on campus (ISB) interested in how energy converts from one form to another; therefore, my energy transfer device should be explicable and enjoyable so that the ages at school can enjoy it. In addition, the energy transfer device should be strong enough in order to not be destroyed by elementary schoolers; therefore, as far as I am concerned, a windmill will be used to create electrical energy from potential energy since it’s comprehensible even to elementary students. To demonstrate the energy transfer process, the potential energy from a windmill will be transported to a house electrically, and a motor and electric wires will be utilized.
2. What is the environmental impact of your product, and is it durable and safe?
The environmental impact of a wind turbine is energy from the wind reduces carbon emissions and replaces fossil fuels; however, my wind turbine connected to a house won’t directly impact the environment since it is a toy/model that shows wind turbines can directly influence people’s life effectively and positively only by wind. If it is placed in public place, people will be interested in installing wind turbine and consequently, the more wind turbine installation will lead the better environment.
In case elementary students touch my device, I will enclose the wind turbine and house with a fence and put a warning message saying “don’t touch” because some children might put their hands between blades while it’s rotating; therefore, to make sure it’s safe and durable, I will use a fence, a warning message and build the model with cardboard. Because while metal and plastic can harm clients extremely, cardboard doesn’t severely harm them due to its texture but is rigid to endure pressure. In addition, I was initially thinking of adjusting the rotating pace, but it required a lot of computer science and consuming hours working on it seemed unproductive; thus, I decided to make a fence and a warning message.
3. What precedents inspired you? What did you take away from them, and how did it inform your choices?
This video inspired me to create a working model of a wind turbine; it demonstrates how to build a wind turbine with cardboard, connecting it with a house to show how wind energy can be translated into electric power. The basic materials are cardboard(+3), a motor connected to two electric wires, and a LED light. Consequently, I took the idea of utilizing cardboard, a motor, and an LED light from the video because all the materials used in the video are available at the ISB design lab. This model would take a while, but it would be the best way to show energy transformation, even for kids.
4. What criteria/constraints must I consider when creating my solution? How are you making your product original or using creativity?
I will either use cardboard to build a wind turbine by myself or use a laser cutter to print out the designed cardboard, which enables me to make the model neat. Creating it without any machine will require me gingerly cut them into pieces and be aware of the product’s appropriate dimension, especially considering the size of electric devices used in this model, such as a motor and a LED light, since the size of the entire model depends on the devices. For instance, if an engine is too big, the size of the wind should be bigger to hold up the motor; therefore, I should consider the size of the devices to make a model in the correct size. Significantly, it won’t be influenced by any environmental impact as it will be worked by a motor to demonstrate energy transfer so it can operate regardless of the weather. In addition, there won’t be a tremendous difference in operation between the pre-existing model and mine because building a house, and a wind turbine clearly illustrates that energy created by a wind turbine directly affects humans’ life and is useful; however, to be creative, I will change the size, the color of LED light, and structure of the house to better represent energy transformation, for example, by increasing the size of the window.
<Develop & Plan>
Initially, I was planning to use either cardboard to build a model myself or a laser cutter; however, due to APAC, I was pressed for time, and it seemed it would be running out of time to use laser cutting since it requires sophisticated skills to label model in a building app, AutoDesk Fusion. Consequently, I decided to create it myself. Since my intended audiences are students at ISB, including elementary students, I thought the model doesn’t have to be big. Despite being solid and protective, it consists of multiple layers and is heavy, so I changed cardboard to chipboard cardboard, a single-layer, and durable paper stock.
Consequently, the size of the house and wind turbine will be small. Specifically, the dimensions of a house will be (15x8x20), the wind turbine will be (2x2x16), and its blade will be (2x1x7). I will use 3+ chipboard cardboards, a LED light, two electric wires, a motor, a ruler, and a box cutter. The technology required to build the model is cutting chipboard cardboard straight, cleanly, and nicely. I referred to this video to accomplish the aim and avoid jagged edges: “How to cut cardboard cleanly, curvy, or straight.” (It recommends to cut the board along the ruler and drag it twice to be neatly cut, and scissors can be used to cut as well so I will use this method to cut the window and construct the house and a wind turbine). Although I will be using chipboard, these boards have similar characteristics except for their layer number. In addition, circuit and wiring are the other technologies used to operate wind turbines and generate energy through a wind turbine.
This is the pre-existing model I inspired.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXYkjHKakGE
Step 1: Using a chipboard, create a house with a window and a door.
Step 2: Cut out blades and tower.
Step 3: Soldering two electric wires to a motor.
Step 4: Glue 3 blades into the motor.
Step 5: Soldering the two electric wires to a LED light (blue or yellow).
Step 6: Attach the LED light to the wall and glue the roof.
I guarantee my model will successfully be built my unless there is a problem connecting the electric wires and motor to the LED light or the house’s chipboard cardboard’s the wrong dimension. Although I was absent, I still have 2 more classes to build my model. On the 23rd, I should finish creating a prototype with a chipboard, and on the 27th, I should work on connecting the electric wires and a motor to the LED light. Suppose my prototype demonstrates how energy transfers its form from kinetic energy, wind energy, to electrical power by the house lighting by a wind turbine; materials are durable and don’t harm the users; in that case, it will be my success criteria.
<Create & Improve>
After planning the structure of a house with the correct dimensions, I cut it out and used white masking tape to stick them together, and in case it didn’t stay in its place, I put it on a board.
The house was built as I planned; however, a motor with the electric wires connected to the LED light didn’t generate light may be due to the wrong gauge or loose wiring. Even though I tried several trials and got help from the Design lab teacher, I couldn’t figure out a solution; ultimately, I decided to change my design to a solar panel. Accordingly, light energy transforming into electrical power will be demonstrated.
New Material:
1 LED
2 Solar Electric wires
2 Solar panels
+3 chipboard cardboards
A solder
A soldering iron
A ruler
A scissor
Each LED leg was attached to the electric wire and soldered to a solar panel using a solder and a soldering iron. One solar panel is used for light, while another solar panel is solely for design.
After gluing the solar panel to the electric wires (LED), I glued the solar panel to the house with hot glue; so did another solar panel. In addition, my initial idea was to fence the house to prevent destruction. However, the heavy solar panels let the house stay in one place, and since the chipboard is durable and protective from children, I ultimately decided not to use the fence.
Despite a lack of time, I finished building a house with two solar panels (only one works). My prototype illustrates how energy transfers its form from light energy to electrical power, is durable, and looks neat; It fits my criteria. However, one of my peers said my prototype wasn’t aesthetic and recommended decorating the door and window with paints so that kindergarten kids could get interested. Another feedback I got was from an elementary student’s view; it might be confusing and incomprehensible, suggested I make a sun to more clearly demonstrate how energy generates. The other feedback was removing glue gun hairs on the roof and on the side of the top to make it neater. To make a better prototype, I would reflect on this feedback; I will paint the house with colorful colors to get children’s attention (yellow, blue, red), make Sun with a styrofoam ball (color it with orange color) and try gluing components without hot glue hairs stick on my prototype.
<Reflect & Share>
Throughout the engineering project, I learned how energy transformation can be demonstrated in a product; I was considering building a wind turbine to explain how electrical energy and kinetic energy can be transformed into wind energy; however, due to broken materials and lack of time, I ultimately determined to utilize a solar panel to show energy transfer which is light energy to electrical energy. Therefore, my final design is a house with a solar panel to generate light. When the Sun shines, the sun’s energy is absorbed by the UV cell in the solar panel and creates the flow of electricity.
My intended audience will learn how solar panel helps human society create light directly with zero-emission of toxic substances and realize solar panels are safe and environmentally friendly to human society and the environment. If this product spreads worldwide, it will positively influence solar panels’ status, and more people will try using solar panels, resulting in better environmental conditions. According to Research Center, home solar panel adoption has increased in the U.S., and 45% of people say they’ve thought of installing solar panels; therefore, this product will be one of the methods to help raise the use of solar panels because its design is simple and well-designed.
Moreover, this product will play a significant role in the environment, which is contaminated with greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution because even though it is a small model representing solar panel’s positive influence and doesn’t directly affect the environment, it will lead more people to get interested in solar panel, install a solar panel. If more people install solar panels, greenhouse gases, and pollution will ultimately decrease and benefit the environment.
Even though I didn’t have a lot of time due to APAC, I planned and built my product quickly and used the class time productively; however, a weakness of my process is that I didn’t carefully manage materials and didn’t exactly know how they worked which resulted in me to change my entire plan. Next time, I will put all my materials in a safe place while building, carefully manipulate them, and perfectly discern how they work. Moreover, soldering and circuit were the most challenging parts that took me a lot of time to finish, but I learned how to use a soldering iron and solar panel correctly through this project. Consequently, I’m proud of my product, which can positively influence humans and the environment, and proud that I managed time effectively.
As far as I’m concerned, I successfully finished building a house with solar panels since I reflected on feedback from peers on my product, and ultimately, my product clearly demonstrates how energy transfers its form from light energy to electrical power through the solar panel. Moreover, after decorating the house, it is aesthetic enough to get students’ attention and isn’t dangerous to elementary students and kindergarten since it doesn’t consist of hazardous components. In conclusion, it successfully fits my criteria.
A prolonged war just seems to be a sign of our food becoming more expensive and that is absolutely true. However, it is not what it is about. What actually leads to people getting starved and protest starts from lack of food and an enormous growth in food prices. It is an emergency telling us to act. Since there aren’t any simple answers to solve, it has affected a bunch of people in the world.
“Ukraine and Russia are the major countries which export huge amount of the world’s key foods. “Nearly 30 percent of wheat, 17 percent of corn and 32 percent of barley, 75 percent of sunflower seed oil are crucial supplies are exported from Ukraine and Russia” (Aizenman). However, since Russia invaded Ukraine, a large section of the global world’s food especially wheat and crop have been stuck in those two countries which it is obvious in itself that it affects on world hunger. For example, “Armenia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Eritrea are the countries which have imported almost of their wheat/crop from Russia and Ukraine” (Vazquez and Fossum). Therefore they should find new sources from other countries, only to fail. Because wealthy countries that have enough food supplies have not provided funding food for them, because they also must keep their people healthy. To make matters worse, if quantity of crops decrease, prices of crop go rise. For example, if there is only bread left in a bakery, the value of the bread will be rose and the price of it will be raised as well. Therefore lack of food leads the price of food increases and makes people hungry.
SOLUTIONS
<Donation, Individuals>
If those tons of crops do not get to market, a lot of people in the world especially in Africa are going to starve to death. However, since President Joe Biden knows that Ukrainian crops and Russian crops are not being exported, he is looking forward to “exporting the US food supply so as to help decrease the effect of the issue” (Vazquez and Fossum). “Russia exports wheat the most, the United States export 13%, $7.29 billion dollars, Australia, Canada and Ukraine etc” (Workman). Even though those two countries have stopped exporting wheat, the rest of the countries, including the U.S, Australia, Canada, can help them to ease this problem. Therefore they might export more crops in order to make up for the gap in a war in Ukraine. However, on the other perspective, this can be a chance for them to avail themselves of their crops to export because if the quality of crops is good, other countries such Afghanistan will import food from the countries even though a war ends which is beneficial for those countries.
World Food Program which helps reduce hunger all around the world can donate fund to those countries which need crops or provide crops’ seeds. However, if countries don’t have available weather to plant crops, other countries such as Canada or the U.S can export particular crops’ seeds to the countries.
As citizens of individual countries, people need to express their feelings to their office or staff by some activities in order to tell how serious this issue is affecting to people. One of the activities people can do is ” writing letter campaigns” (Evers). If people express their feelings by writing letters or other ways such as emailing to governments, they might move into some actions to prevent the problem. People also can donate to global charity organizations that are designed to alleviate worldwide food shortages and hunger. To overcome this situation, there are lots of ways that people can do!
The way of solving rising food prices would depend on countries but “the most obvious action would be ending a war in Ukraine” (Evers). Since, there are no ways to solve it, so people would better write letters/email to offices or donate fund. Add more, if other countries such as the U.S, Canada export more crops, the price of food especially crop prices will be decreased.
In conclusion, participating in campaign which writes letters/email to express people’s feeling to officers will be the activity that all individual citizens can do. They also can donate to global charity so as to alleviate the hunger, food shortage or world food program which can provide food to those countries need help, and if countries which are able to export crops, export more, countries which are to import crops will get benefit. Solving global food shortage and rising food prices don’t have simple solutions however someday this issue can be solved!
WORKS CITED
Aizenman, Nurith, Author, “The impact of the war in Ukraine on the global food supply.” All Things Considered, 15 Apr. 2022, p. NA. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A702460907/MSIC?u=cnisbj&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=b5bbfecf. Accessed 26 May 2022.
Maegan Vazquez and Sam Fossum, Authors. “Biden blames Russia’s war in Ukraine for food supply shortages and price hikes.” CNN Wire, 11 May 2022, p. NA. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A703277121/MSIC?u=cnisbj&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=85cfb6cb. Accessed 26 May 2022
Workman, Daniel, editor. “Wheat Exports by Country.” Wheat Exports by Country, 22 May 2022, www.worldstopexports.com/wheat-exports-country/. Accessed 15 May 2022.
Cameron, Evers, Expert “through email” Accessed 1st June 2022.
In this project, we were asked to collaborate with 3-4 people to create a video about the Mexican Revolution. This task was meant to learn more about the history of Mexico which was really fun.
Trapped by Marc Aronson is about how the world rescued thirty- three miners who were trapped 2000 feet below the surface. The book shows the perspective of miners who were set out to a desert, San Jose, and how they tolerated the time period. The author includes physical and environmental factors and technologies which helped rescuing miners when they faced challenges. Along the way, we can learn about mining and what problem miners are suffered through the process.
I really enjoyed reading this book, and as you scroll the post, you would recognize plenty of central ideas and themes. ?
The first central idea that I came across in my notebook was: People in higher society should use their power in a responsible way.
See my ideas here:
As I read further, I saw many examples that people above the surface tried to help miners who were trapped below the Chilean Desert and I realized that If you have patience and trust to somebody, can get what you want. For central idea, enduring tiredness is close to the goal.
While I was reading chapter 11 (The Race Down), chapter 12 ( Phoenix Rising), I tried hard to put themes together that I had been collected however the major two themes that I found were completely different, therefore I had difficulties through the process. However as I reread previous chapters, I soon realized that combination of two themes would be “You would never give up hope and lose patience even you feel powerless, uncontrolled”. Because I determined that the first theme I found was a part of the second theme. In addition, I assumed central idea as the way of rescuing and its backstory.
To sum all this process, I took note about cause & effect, it made me thinking more about the themes, central idea of the book, however I ended my note-taking right here because I was pretty satisfied with my works that I had been done.
Thank you so much for making it all the way to the bottom of my post! If you are interested in this book, check out the book Trapped
My inspiration for this project was vintage and mid-century modern because when I was looking at variable types of speakers, mid-century modern and vintage’s types of speakers looked fascinating and nice. Therefore I decided to choose mid-century and vintage.
I chose to apply it stain because most of mid-century modern speakers are made out of wood, and I thought that applying stain would make my speaker more vintage, mid-century modern, therefore I chose stain.
I chose to put long holes onto the outside of the speaker to help make its sound clearly, and look more realistic.
I chose to make fake displaying buttons at the bottom of the speaker to make it look more cool and fancy.
By making holes for charging, turning on and off, I’m able to listen to some music which is nice!
As I made correct measurements of the speaker, I didn’t have to do the work again!
During several classes, my partner told me that she doesn’t like when cereal becomes wet. I felt that it would be interesting so after a discussion with my partner, Oliva, I started making an invention that could solve the problem and could make a better lifestyle. First, I sketched my design and wrote down the specific height and width of it. This process helped me to develop my invention.
My biggest success was that I finally found a way that could solve the problem which was making two holes at two sides of a box and then creating two flat sticks to put cereals on. I believe that it was kind of creative and the biggest success.
My biggest obstacle was the size of the box. First I forgot to think about the size of the two holes and I made the box really small and the holes didn’t fit well. Therefore, I think it was the biggest conflict during making the invention. However, I overcame it by changing the size of the box bigger and the size of two holes. It was a good experience to try.
I developed the skill of cutting the wood box clearly and I wouldn’t like to change any parts of my prototype because I feel satisfied with my invention. I think my work on this project is related to the real world. The reason is that I think that people can make it easier and it doesn’t demand a lot of costs so I believe that it can be related to the real world.
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