Monthly Archives: April 2013

For our second action project in, 162, we picked two athletes who we found to be some of the best who ever played. My two were Ronaldo, from Brazil and Lionel, from Argentina. Both football players and both up there with the rest of the all times greatest footballers. In this project we had to compare and Read More…

for my food for thought class. The purpose of this project was to show the process your food takes to get to your plate. I learned a lot of stuff about mangoes.  

For my Policy class, I created an info graph around the Monsanto RoundUp monopoly. I did extensive research on multiple online sources, finding rattling information on why RoundUp is unsafe to buy and use around your home. In my research I specifically studied RoundUp’s effects on air, people, and plant life. From this experience, I’ve Read More…

For my 162 course, we were assigned to create a presentation comparing two athletes. The purpose of this action project was to further our understanding of statistics.

For our 162 math and baseball course we had to compare two athletes. I picked Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane who are both soccer players. During this unit we spent a lot of time learning how to use and make graphs. We also interviewed a minor league baseball player; Joe Perona. I had a great Read More…

In my elective 162 about baseball and statistics,  we were asked to pick two athletes using  information to show the greatness of the two athletes. I decided to pick Jesse Owens and Sugar Ray Leonard. I then was asked to create a visual showing the two athletes. I presented to the class my debate about both athletes and Read More…

For our second action project in Policy we created infocharts on issues within Chicago, specifically monopolies that control our city (for better or worse). For my project, I chose to focus on the CTA’s control over almost all of Chicago’s public transportation. The two graphs I created were about the fare increases over the years, Read More…

In my elective class, 162, we are using statistics to find out who the greatest athlete of all time are. I was given two really amazing athletes in two different sports. Muhammad Ali who is a boxer also said to be “the greatest boxer of all time”. The other athlete is Walter Payton who was Read More…

For my 162 class, we created a list of the greatest athletes we had ever seen. This list included people such as Michael Jordan and Walter Payton. Each student got 2 athletes to compare, and choose the better one. My athletes are both basketball players, Allen Iverson, and Quincy Pondexter (we have a student who Read More…

In my 162 class I had to create a PPT on a comparison of Dennis Rodman and Dikembe Mutombo. In the PPT you will find stats on both of the NBA players and Charts of their rebounding statistics. Creating the PPT was fun because I have a passion for basketball and being able to dive Read More…