projects

Project one: collage expressing self:

I'm having trouble with uploading a picture of my project so I'll give you a description. It is around two and a half feet long and around eight inches high. It has pictures of whales, fish and various locations around the world that capture my attention. This collage expresses my love for the natural and ancient world. Around the collage I have also spread words representing what I like, these include: Photography, Scuba ad Travel. Last but not least, across the entire top of the collage is my name, comp- osed of large bold letters from several different magazines.

project two: biggest straw tower:

This week in technology we had a contest to see who could make the biggest tower built solely out of plastic drinking straws. Each team was given a large packet of straws and no forms of binding. Yep, we had to build a structure with only straws. My team worked quickly and efficiently. We quickly figured out how to make the straws stay together by tying knots with them and such. Our finished project, in my opinion was the only one that truly stayed upright and was the most solid and most worked on. We used a pyramidal body shape with a counterweight in the middle to keep it stable. 1. Did we achieve the objective? Yes/no? Why? 2. How was my individual performance? How was our performance as a team? What improves performance? What kills it? 3. What was the most challenging part? 4. What working in teams means? 5. Why team work is important? 6. What are the attitudes and behaviors I need to maintain in order to be successful when working with my team?

1: Yes my team did achieve its goals, and I believe we deserve a round of applause for making the tallest sturdiest tower of all. 2: As an individual I was one of the most creative and hard working of the group, maybe even a little to much, as I kind of took over with my ideas. I've mentioned that we worked very well as a team, all of us working hard to achieve our goals, which we did with flying colors. In performance, the dominance and complete control of one part will suppress the creativity of the group. Whereas with openmindedness comes success. 3: The most challenging part of the project was getting all the stupid straws to hold together. We finally managed it by tying and forcing one straw into the hollow center of another. 4. To work in a team means to use all the skills and ideas made available by all the members of the group. This can lead to some very interesting results. 5: Team work is important because it allows everybody to contribute and to make a better completed project. 6: When working in a team you need to show patience, risk-taking and open-mindedness with your other teammates <span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">ideas in order for it to work.