Independent Component 1 Update!

~Spar of an aircraft wing. One thing we looked at was the different types of aircraft structures and their various components. There are several factors that determine them, including the nature of use, the availability of materials, and the method manufacturing.

Today for mentorship, I started working on my independent component. We started the day off by brainstorming ideas for my independent component. In order to help me find a clear direction to with for my senior project, my mentor and I created a document and planned out my entire independent component 1. We created a central thesis or essential question in order to help me find the necessary research for the component, some background information I should research, and experimentation ideas that will help me find qualitative and quantitative data to be used as supportive evidence for my answer. We also had to change some aspects of my I.C. 1, like expanding on the design and research phase, while scaling down the building phase. When I had initially planned out my independent component, I was expecting the building phase to be this big and challenging phase; however, when my mentor and I decided to base my I.C. thesis around additive manufacturing, we had to change the entirety of the building phase. I decided that this change would be beneficial because it would also allow me to expand on the design, research, and testing phase. In other words, with the changes in the building phase, I would be able to come up with better designs, and test multiple components.

Gameplan

Blog 11 – Lesson 1 Reflection

~Aerodynamics is one of the things I talked about in my senior lesson. It is one of the four design processes in Aeronautics.

1. What are you most proud of in your lesson, and why?
1. I think that there are a lot of good things that went well with the lesson. First, I was able to manage my time properly and plan out/practice my presentation multiple times before the actual lesson. Next, I believe that I was successful in keeping the whole class engaged in my lesson. Although I was not able to use good props, I was still able to use what I had effectively to enhance the overall quality of my presentation. Last and most important, the information I talked about in my lesson was both interesting and significant. I was actually very happy that I was able to talk about my topic the way I did today, because it gave the class a sort of short preview of my senior topic.
2. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson? Explain why you earned that grade using evidence from the component contract.
1. On my lesson, I believe that I deserve a P(8.5/10) because I was able to meet all of the requirements and did well in them. I do not believe that I deserve anything higher because it was still far from a perfect presentation. Unfortunately, I was unable to find good props to use for my presentation. Moreover, I also forgot to bring some of the props that I was planning on using. Fortunately, I was still able to make-do with the simple props I had.
3. If you could go back, what would you change about your lesson?  How can you use that knowledge to give a better Lesson 2?
1. If I would go back, I would definitely try to use better props throughout my presentation to help keep the audience more interested. Moreover, I think I would have tried to think of ways to go above and beyond in my lesson. The reason I did not really try to think of these is because I was unsure of how the first lesson would go. I actually wanted to use the first lesson to test myself and see how I can go about with my senior topic. For the lesson 2, I think I just need to be more organized and be more creative.