For our design and engineering class, we built a solar panel to heat water. Our goal was to build a (low budget) solar panel that was simple enough to set up in any location and could effectively heat water on it’s own. This helped me by learning how to incorporate sustainable living into our daily lives.
For the Design & Engineering project as action, I created a water station with SM, HM, and LN. Our goal was to create a simple water station in under twenty dollars. We did this by brainstorming and figuring out that we can hang a bucket from a tree in order to control the water flow. Our water station was able to efficiently pour water and wash hands with ease. This station could help people who don’t have plumbing or access to a sink.
The purpose of this project was to share my idea of what building should go where Ground Zero stands. My project was inspired by a Zen Garden in Kyoto, Japan, called Ryoan-ji which was created for Buddhists by the Fujiwar family in the 11th Century. In this Zen Garden, they used the sound of water, and the feel of sand to create peace. This building builds peace, because the whole idea of a Zen garden is to bring peace, and serenity. This building gives peace and closure to those who lost someone on 9/11.
The Apology Speech project was all about conveying a topic that we are very interested in, using the Socratic method of thinking.
I chose the topic of SOPA because it is a injustice to our first amendment; freedom of speech. It is also a topic that can affect everyone that uses computers by censoring parts of the internet.
I learned that SOPA is a bill that can censor the internet and put a muzzle on the creativity of the world wide web.
Check out my speech below!
The Stop Online Piracy Act is putting a muzzle on the creativity of the United States. Let me explain SOPA to those of you who don’t know of it. It is a bill started by the Entertainment industry to give them the right to block any website that shows copy written material. But this gives them the right to shut down some of the most visited websites in America!
SOPA will also take other measurements to make sure these websites cannot be visited like having your internet provider block it, having Google block the website, and even not letting them transfer money through PayPal! Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Tumblr, Wikipedia, and plenty more can get shut down if this bill passes.
If this bill passes, the court system will be tied up with cases about SOPA. The only upside to this being that sites that let you download music, movies, pictures, games, etc. will get shut down. Alone protesting this bill* I am but a gadfly* but together they will hear our message and stop SOPA. So, today I would like you to stand up to protest SOPA, email your senators and state representatives, and tell your friends and family about protesting SOPA as well. If this bill passes, it is just the start of censorship on the World Wide Web; no one knows what could happen if this passes. So, I would like you all to do something, think of a country with censorship rampant and creativity covered up by our government…
I have learned quite a bit of Spanish through writing this autobiography. It has helped me with male/female forms and verb conjugations a lot.
Mi nombre es JH, yo voy a GCE Chicago. Yo soy alto, y yo tengo pelo rubio. Me gusta jugar baloncesto, futbol, y otros desportes mas. Yo tengo quince años. Mi comida favorita es pollo. Yo me despierto a las seis en la mañana. Yo juego baloncesto en la mañana y juego baloncesto por un hora. Entonces, yo voy a matemáticas. Mi clase favorita es español. Yo dejo mi escuela a las cinco en la noche. Entonces yo voy a mi casa para cena. Los fines de semana yo voy a la casa de mi padre en Grayslake. Yo juego con mis hermanos en la casa de mi padre. Yo tengo una hermana, su nombre es Madison, ella tiene cuatro años. Mi otra hermana, su nombre es Kennedy y ella tiene seis meses. Yo tengo un hermano, su nombre es Cody, el tiene dos años.
Cuando yo crezco yo quiero trabajar como un diseñador gráfico. Yo quiero una empresa propia.
