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The document provides details about the planning and research conducted for a punk fanzine project. It discusses audience research targeting males aged 16-25 from working class backgrounds. Content research explored definitions of punk subculture and topics like goth music and politics. Factual research examined layouts and content of past punkzines. Planning included mind maps, outlines, and a pagination layout. Technical qualities of the finished fanzine included edited photos, designed page layouts, and aesthetic elements fitting each subculture's style.
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- For the fanzine piece, the author struggled at first to adopt an informal tone but was able to improve their work after reviewing examples of fanzines. They had an easier time with the obituary style, which suited their formal writing abilities.
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2. The hypothesis is that adding more water will cause water to cool down slower, as the cooling rate was measured over 5 minutes with 200mL, 300mL, and 400mL of water.
3. The results supported the hypothesis, as the cooling rate decreased each time more water was added, from 4°C/min to 3.2°C/min to 2.6°C/min.
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Diane Guo created a lamp over several weeks. She cut circles and legs from wood using tools like a bend saw and jig saw. She assembled the lamp by cutting slots for legs and gluing pieces together. Diane covered the lamp frame in flax, which was a long process requiring care. In the end, the lamp was complete and lit up, though it was initially unstable. Diane fixed this by sanding down longer legs to be even.
Diane began working on her lamp project by cutting out the top and bottom circles using a compass and bend saw. She found the bend saw to be a very efficient tool for cutting circles. However, the bend saw later broke down, forcing her to use alternative tools like a jig saw and coping saw to cut out the legs and slots. She documented her progress, including smoothing edges with a disc sander and drill press. Diane assembled the legs and top piece to test the fit of the slots but realized she needs to cut a hole in the center of the top piece to change the bulb.
The book "Tomorrow When the War Began" by John Marsden is about a group of teenagers who go on a camping trip and return home to find that their country has been invaded. They become guerilla fighters to rescue their families and fight for their survival. Throughout the story, the characters are forced to do things they never imagined, like killing others, in order to survive in the war. One character, Ellie, sets a garden on fire and kills three soldiers who were chasing her friends in order to save themselves. Surviving the war requires the characters to do extreme acts, even if they are bad, to stay alive against the invading forces.
The document describes an experiment conducted by Diane Guo and partners to test how different types of exercise affect heart rate. Their hypothesis was that sprinting would cause heart rate to increase the most. They measured the heart rate of Xavier before and after sprinting, jogging, and walking. While their data showed the highest average heart rate after sprinting, they determined the data was unreliable because walking produced a higher average than jogging. They concluded improvements could be made to the experiment's methodology and controls.
Life is not something to be taken lightly as death is permanent. Mortality is not reversible as once someone passes away, they do not return to life. One must be cautious and value their life.
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Christopher's father displays qualities of a good father through his patience and care for his son, who has Asperger's syndrome. When Christopher gets in trouble with the police, his father explains calmly instead of yelling. He does not abandon Christopher even when his condition makes him difficult to care for, as Christopher's mother had done. The father supports Christopher's education and helps him socialize by not treating him as different, helping Christopher feel more confident. While not a perfect father, he tries his best and takes responsibility for his actions, demonstrating he has the qualities of a good father.
The document summarizes observations from a user trial of a moving toy with kindergarten children ages 3-4. The children were able to identify the toy animals and played with the toys in creative ways, such as pretending the spring was a guitar. However, some children pulled the springs too hard in a way that could hurt others. Based on the children's engagement and requests to buy the toys, the trial suggests the toys were generally a success, but that safety instructions may need to be provided.
The document summarizes observations from a user trial of a moving toy conducted with kindergarten children ages 3-4. The children were able to identify the toy animals and played with the toys in creative ways, such as pretending the spring was a guitar. However, some children pulled the springs too hard in a way that could hurt others. Based on the trial, the creator learned they need to teach children how to properly and safely play with the toys.
This document summarizes an experiment where the author measured their pulse rate at rest and for 5 minutes after exercise. Their resting pulse rate was 74 bpm. Immediately after exercise it was 176 bpm, dropping to 128 bpm after 1 minute, 112 bpm after 2 minutes, and continuing to decrease until reaching 100 bpm after 5 minutes. Based on this, it took longer than 5 minutes for their pulse rate to return to within 5% of their resting rate, suggesting they may not be very healthy.
1. The document describes an experiment to determine the factors that affect the cooling rate of water.
2. The hypothesis is that adding more water will cause water to cool down slower, as the cooling rate was measured over 5 minutes with 200mL, 300mL, and 400mL of water.
3. The results supported the hypothesis, as the cooling rate decreased each time more water was added, from 4°C/min to 3.2°C/min to 2.6°C/min.
Diane Guo designed a space shuttle for a mission to Mars. The shuttle is cone-shaped to reduce atmospheric resistance. It will be made of titanium, a hard material that can withstand heat. To land, the shuttle will use parachutes at 10km above Earth and a rudder, wheels, and speed brakes. It will carry two astronauts, 400kg of food, oxygen, nitrogen and water produced from fuel cells. The shuttle will use rockets and engines fueled by hydrazine to overcome Earth's gravity and reach Mars after approximately 164 days.
The document describes an experiment where the author measured their pulse rate at rest and then for 5 minutes after exercise. Their resting pulse rate was 74 beats per minute. Immediately after exercise, their pulse rate was 176 beats per minute and it took over 5 minutes to drop back within 5% of their resting rate. The author concludes they may not be very healthy since a fit person's pulse should recover faster after exercise. Sources of error in the experiment are discussed.
The document summarizes a student's design project to create a biomimicry night lamp. The student wrote a design brief specifying the lamp would be made of sustainable materials and be 500x300x300 mm. The final product was 450x250x250 mm and made of plywood and string, meeting the brief. The student evaluated their design process and identified areas for improvement, such as conducting more thorough research and creating more realistic designs. They determined the final product met their objectives and design specifications.
The document discusses a group of seven friends preparing to leave their home and take up guerilla tactics against invading forces. They discuss splitting up, with some going to look for missing friends while others get a vehicle. They pack supplies and weapons, knowing their lives will now be at risk. As they prepare to leave, a helicopter is spotted outside, and they scramble to hide. They realize their pet dog Flip gave away their location. They shoot a cow for food and are about to leave when jets bomb the house, destroying it. They are shaken but also more resolved to keep fighting the invaders.
The document provides information on how to make various toys and crafts from materials like wood, plastic and metal. It describes the materials, movements, tools, construction steps and colors for toys that could be rolling, bouncing, walking or rocking objects made in the shape of animals, insects, birds or geometric shapes. Examples given include toys that could be made in the form of a snail, ladybug, sheep or hippopotamus.
The document discusses whether multimedia violence is a problem for children. It notes that children watch an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes of television per day, where it is impossible to avoid violent scenes. While some argue that media violence does not make children more aggressive, the document asserts that extensive exposure to violence can desensitize children to violence and make them more likely to see violence as a way to solve problems. It concludes that multimedia violence does have negative impacts on children's behaviors and can lead to increased real-life violence.
This document discusses capital punishment and the death penalty. It defines a capital crime and lists some aggravating and mitigating factors that are considered in death penalty cases. It also outlines some of the methods of execution, discusses the pros and cons of the death penalty debate, and questions whether the system can be fairly applied. Finally, it notes some of the legal rulings around the death penalty in the United States.
Diane Guo created a lamp over several weeks. She cut circles and legs from wood using tools like a bend saw and jig saw. She assembled the lamp by cutting slots for legs and gluing pieces together. Diane covered the lamp frame in flax, which was a long process requiring care. In the end, the lamp was complete and lit up, though it was initially unstable. Diane fixed this by sanding down longer legs to be even.
Diane began working on her lamp project by cutting out the top and bottom circles using a compass and bend saw. She found the bend saw to be a very efficient tool for cutting circles. However, the bend saw later broke down, forcing her to use alternative tools like a jig saw and coping saw to cut out the legs and slots. She documented her progress, including smoothing edges with a disc sander and drill press. Diane assembled the legs and top piece to test the fit of the slots but realized she needs to cut a hole in the center of the top piece to change the bulb.
The book "Tomorrow When the War Began" by John Marsden is about a group of teenagers who go on a camping trip and return home to find that their country has been invaded. They become guerilla fighters to rescue their families and fight for their survival. Throughout the story, the characters are forced to do things they never imagined, like killing others, in order to survive in the war. One character, Ellie, sets a garden on fire and kills three soldiers who were chasing her friends in order to save themselves. Surviving the war requires the characters to do extreme acts, even if they are bad, to stay alive against the invading forces.
The document describes an experiment conducted by Diane Guo and partners to test how different types of exercise affect heart rate. Their hypothesis was that sprinting would cause heart rate to increase the most. They measured the heart rate of Xavier before and after sprinting, jogging, and walking. While their data showed the highest average heart rate after sprinting, they determined the data was unreliable because walking produced a higher average than jogging. They concluded improvements could be made to the experiment's methodology and controls.
Life is not something to be taken lightly as death is permanent. Mortality is not reversible as once someone passes away, they do not return to life. One must be cautious and value their life.
Christopher's father displays qualities of a good father through his patience and care for his son, who has Asperger's syndrome. While Christopher gets into trouble and struggles to communicate, his father remains calm, explains rules kindly without yelling, and trusts Christopher's intentions. Additionally, he does not abandon Christopher like his mother did, but keeps caring for him through his challenges by supporting his education and helping him socialize. Though not a perfect father, he tries his best to understand Christopher and help him succeed while providing love and responsibility as a parent.
Christopher's father displays qualities of a good father through his patience and care for his son, who has Asperger's syndrome. When Christopher gets in trouble with the police, his father explains calmly instead of yelling. He does not abandon Christopher even when his condition makes him difficult to care for, as Christopher's mother had done. The father supports Christopher's education and helps him socialize by not treating him as different, helping Christopher feel more confident. While not a perfect father, he tries his best and takes responsibility for his actions, demonstrating he has the qualities of a good father.
The document summarizes observations from a user trial of a moving toy with kindergarten children ages 3-4. The children were able to identify the toy animals and played with the toys in creative ways, such as pretending the spring was a guitar. However, some children pulled the springs too hard in a way that could hurt others. Based on the children's engagement and requests to buy the toys, the trial suggests the toys were generally a success, but that safety instructions may need to be provided.
The document summarizes observations from a user trial of a moving toy conducted with kindergarten children ages 3-4. The children were able to identify the toy animals and played with the toys in creative ways, such as pretending the spring was a guitar. However, some children pulled the springs too hard in a way that could hurt others. Based on the trial, the creator learned they need to teach children how to properly and safely play with the toys.
The student created a moving toy project of a chick hanging from a palm tree. While the overall design matched the intended concept, the palm leaves were sharp and took a long time to cut out. For future projects, the student would simplify the design and choose harder woods to allow for better movement. The spring was also too small and did not allow for much bouncing. Some redesign is needed to make the toy safer and bounce more for the intended younger age range.
1) The author repainted their chick toy to smooth out bumps and apply a second layer of paint.
2) They then drew a mouth and eyes on the chick since they did not like the plastic eyes.
3) The author struggled to get the spring attached correctly, as the first spring was too short and a second try did not work well either.
The document summarizes work done on a craft project involving drilling and sanding. It discusses drilling a hole in a chick figure to insert a spring, and carefully drilling a hole in a leaf that the chick will hang from. It also mentions using a hand plane to shape a leaf into a V and sanding the edges of another leaf to give it a curved shape. The next steps will be screwing the leaves onto the base and painting the completed project.
The document summarizes work done on a wooden chick sculpture. It describes filing the chick's body, making arms out of wood sticks, cutting the arms to length, and drilling holes in the body to insert the arms. It notes a mistake made while drilling without securing the wood in a vice. The next steps mentioned are sticking the arms in the body and drilling a hole in the top to insert a spring.
The document summarizes a child painting a chick model. They glued leaves onto a base and screwed them together. Too much glue was avoided. The chick was painted yellow but needed another coat for smoothness as the brush was dirty. Leaves were also painted with a custom mixed green color that looked better than other options. Next steps are to finish painting, sanding, and touch up painting before gluing the chick and leaves together. The child sees themselves as a risk taker who likes challenging projects and shapes.
The document discusses different types of materials used in manufacturing including textiles, metals, woods, and plastics. Textiles come from natural fibers like silk, wool, linen, and cotton or manufactured fibers like polyester, nylon, and rayon. Metals are divided into ferrous metals containing iron like steel and non-ferrous metals without iron like copper. Woods are classified as softwoods from conifers, hardwoods from deciduous trees, or manufactured boards. Plastics are polymers and include thermoplastics that can be remelted like polyethylene and thermosets that set permanently like polyester resin.
1. Understanding The Chinese
Personality
Your name: Diane Guo
Your homeroom: 10H
Your supervisor’s name: Ms. Degreef
Your school: BISS International School
Year: 2013/1/31
Word count: 1728 words
2. Table of Contents
My Goal page 3
Selection of Sources page 4
Application of Information page 4
Achieving my Goal page 5
Reflection on Learning page 6
Bibliography page 7
3. My Goal
My Personal Project topic was to understand the Chinese personality and the Chineseway of thinking by
looking at from different aspects.
This topic wasn’t my original topic. The first topic I came up with was Understanding Chinese People
Through Chinese Characters. The reason why my topic changedduring this time was because as I
researchedmore and more about the first topic, I found out that it was impossible to understand the Chinese
people only by looking at the characters. I made a wrong assumption for my first topic; therefore I changed
my topic to Understanding How the Chinese Thinks Through Different Aspects. However, the first topic
wasn’t completely a waste of time for me becauseI learned some things about the personality and the
characteristics of the Chinese people, which became useful to my second topic.
I wanted to show that the Chinese people like to keep things balanced; yet they act ambiguous. I tried to
look for evidence of this through all different fields, and finally decided that Chinese food, Chinese
medicine, and Chinese instruments can confirm my point the best.
The AOI (area of interaction) that I focusedupon were Approaches To Learning and Human Ingenuity. The
reason for approaches to learning is that I am learning lots of new knowledge throughout the process; this
project is benefiting myself in many different ways.Also, this project helped me in my management and
organizational skills because I only limited time to organize every information I got, and to put them into a
final product. I had to as well manage my time properly, for meeting with my supervisor as many times as
possible and for keeping the progress of my project. It is as well connected to human ingenuity because how
people think is equivalent to how human use their ingenuity to overcome problems when they have. In my
project, I will explain why Chinese people invented or created certain things, certain rules. Chinese does
things differently from every other culture in the world, and I believe there is a reason behind to explain it.
My original goal for my personal project was to let people know more about the Chinese people by just
looking at the Chinese characters. However, since I changed my topic, my goal was thenabout finding out
and understanding how Chinese people think and act, so that foreigners can understand the Chinese culture
and Chinese people better, therefore have a better relationship with the Chinese people.
To measure whether my project is successful or not, I need comments from a variety of people. First of all, I
will need my supervisor’s opinion on whether I did a good job on the whole process of my project. Next, I
will ask other students and teachers whether they think I did my project successfully, and give some
feedbacks. Above all, the most important feedback I need is from the common Chinese people who live in
Beijing or any part of China. It is important to get their opinion on my project, because since my topic is
4. how the Chinese people think, if they agree with my conclusion, then it means that my project was
successful.
Selection of Sources
The sources I used were Internet sources, books and interviewing people. Those sources helped me a lot.
The books I read gave me the thought of changing my topic, because although it was a book about
characters, it talked more about how the characters are more related to people’sway of thinking and acting.
It made me wonder if my topic is really meaningful. Interviewing my parents and other family members was
very helpful to me, because they are more “Chinese” than me, and they know more facts about the Chinese
culture. They told me about the difference between the Chinese culture and the Western culture, and gave
me examples of how I can prove my point, which I had to provethat Chinese people like balance and do not
mind ambiguity. The Internet helped me to find more specific examples and images that will make my point
even stronger.
Application of Information
From the sources I used, I learned about the history of Characters and how they were formed. It is more
relative with my old topic, but I used what I learned from the characters which is to keep every components
balanced, in to my new topic. It gave me the inspiration of Chinese people like to have a balanced life and
relationship with things around them. By reading about Confucius and learning about his Confucianism, I
discovered the reason why Chinese people have the habit of being ambiguous. In Confucianism, it promote
people not to achieve the best they can, never try to be different from others, be average or below average.
With these kinds of ideas in mind, it is easy to imagine why Chinese people make low quality products and
do things in an ambiguous way.
Some questions had come up to me along my research, but they help me to think further on my topic.
During my research, I was wondering if I can find any further evidence or proofs that can prove my point is
correct. I didn’t know where to look at for more evidence, and what can I use as a piece of evidence. I had a
question, whether the idea of Confucianism can be showed or reflected through an ordinary behavior or
invention of Chinese people.
To solve these problems, I started looking at ordinary things in life, and tried to find what is unordinary
about them. By looking at food, which is something we all see every single day, I discovered that it is a very
typical example of ambiguity. I also asked my parents, who are more “Chinese” than I am. They told me
about the Chinese medicine, and how balance and ambiguous can be shown. Later on, my supervisor
reminded me about a website we studied in Humanities class. It is a website providing information on
different culture. On that website it says:
5. “At 30 China has a low score on uncertainty avoidance. Truth may be relative though in the immediate
social circles there is concern for Truth with a capital T and rules (but not necessarily laws)
abound. Nonetheless, adherence to laws and rules may be flexible to suit the actual situation and
pragmatism is a fact of life. The Chinese are comfortable with ambiguity; the Chinese language is full of
ambiguous meanings that can be difficult for Western people to follow. Chinese are adaptable and
entrepreneurial. At the time of writing the majority (70% -80%) of Chinese businesses tend to be small to
medium sized and family owned.”
This information is very helpful to me, it proves that I have made a reasonable point, and I actually have
proofs that I can back it up with.
Achieving my Goal
My original idea of my final product was to make a flash video showing my project. However, after I did
some investigations about the Flash, I figured that to learn how to use it will take me way to long, and I have
to spend so much time on learning how to use it, so I decided it wasn’t worth to learn how to use Flash.
Since a lot of explanations are required in my final product, I think making a power point would be a good
idea. I put everything I have found during the last 6 months into the power point, and wrote a lot of
explanations for it.
I believe that my product is quite successful, against the specifications of success. First, I organized the
power point in a reasonable order, so that when people look at it they can follow through easily. Secondly, I
added pictures on the appropriate places, which will make the slide more amusing to look at. Next, I believe
that I have explained all my points very clearly and adequately. I am aware of power points are not suppose
to be full of words, but since I can not do the explanations in person by myself, I have to write down
everything I want people to know. Finally, I use a different font on every first letter of a paragraph, and also
6. on words that I want to highlight, so that people can pay more attention to those words, and at the same time
is more interested in my explanations. So overall, I believe that my final product is well made and succeeded.
Reflection on Learning
I got to know the Chinese people even better, even though I am Chinese myself. With my supervisor, I
learned how to think deeper into a question, and to always question myself if I can still improve my
statement. I learned how to use the resources around me, for example my family, friends, and to observe into
every detail. About human ingenuity, I learned that Chinese people enjoy having their lives balanced, and do
things ambiguously. Food, medicine and instrument are all examples of evidence that can prove my point.
The two AOI topics that I focused on were Approaches To Learning, and Human Ingenuity. By doing this
project I learned more about these two topics. First of all, for ATL, I learned to use as much resources
around me as possible. Sometimes human resource is better than online resources. Also I learned to manage
my time correctly, in able to have a high efficiency. For Human Ingenuity, I learned that tradition can effect
people a lot and in many different ways. One reason for why we create is to produce a more comfortable life
style for people to live in, and we create things differently from place to place because we want people in
that area to feel more use to it. An answer to how we create is to look deeply into one’s culture, get the
essence from that culture, and mix in to what you are creating. That way, not only the product will be more
popular, customers will also be happier to purchase the product.
I consider myself being a risk taker, because I chose a topic that nobody has studied before, it is very hard
for me to research into the topic. Most of the evidence and examples were originally from myself, so it was
quite challenging for me.
7. Bibliography
Books:
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