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Thorn – The board game

For my last action project in 162, the class had to pick an organization that supports the United Nation`s millennium development goals and make a board game based on that. My partner, GN, and I made our board game based on the Red Cross. Our game is named Thorn. It is a spin-off of the Read More…

Project Orange Tree

For my final action project in Policy, HM, GL, DC, GF, CA and myself worked together to prevent gun violence in Chicago through a youth-led organization called Project Orange Tree that affiliates itself closely with Lupe Fiasco’s foundation. Project Orange Tree is a campaign that wants to teach youth about gun violence and the roots Read More…

Volume!

For my last action project in my street math class, I made a prezi presentation about how to find the volume of a cube and a rectangular prism. When making this presentation I had to connect this math topic with the urban planning theme for the course, atmosphere. Doing this project I learned how to Read More…

Table of Values

For my Street Math class,our first action project was to pick a math topic and see how it relates to the real world. The topic I chose was table of values. I related it to electricity and showed why it is useful for electricians. Below is my prezi presentation of it.

The Best Bang for Your Buck

In my 162 class, for our third action project we were given five baseball players. Out of those five we had to chose the best players based on their stats and how much they make. It was all about player value. What we did was very similar to the money ball theory(spending the least amount Read More…