Купих си материали! О, да!

The title means, "I bought my materials! Oh yeah!"

Finally, I have materials! This picture is proof that I have my materials. It was a bit more expensive than I first expected. 

Here is the material list that I compiled before the visit to Lowe's:

4 10’ PVC Pipes            

6 Tee-Connectors        

2 90° Connectors           

PVC Cement                     

5 8’ 4x4s                        

12 8’ 2x4s                       

1 10’ 2x6                            

72 Carriage bolts        

72 Nuts   

String/Cord                      

I will probably start building the structures as soon as I find a little bit of relief from homework.
More pictures will come as I continue to advance for this project.

지연 또, 눈이 문제가 많이 될 수 있습니다!

The title means "Delayed again, snow can be a lot of trouble!"I talked to my dad yesterday and asked if he would bring his company pickup truck to help me pick up my materials this weekend. It will be exciting but I have been delaying it way too long. Thank goodness I set some cushion room to get this done before the activities actually have to be built. Next week should begin the actual building but my plans may change. More updates are soon to come!

ขอสร้างสิ่งบางอย่าง

The title means "Let's build some stuff,"because I am behind on my schedule and I need to buy materials as soon as possible. I plan to buy the materials this Saturday and begin building immediately. This is the timeline that I turned in today which shows my plans for the upcoming events:

Senior Project Timeline

August 2010

•  Friday- Project Planning
•  Friday- Project Proposal

January 2011

• Saturday 8^th - Material Purchase
• Sunday 9^th - The Square Assembly
• Monday 10^th and Tuesday 11^th - Islands Assembly
• Thursday 13^th and Friday 14^th - Spider Web Assembly
•  Friday 15^th - Broken Board Assembly
• Thursday 27^th and Friday 28^th - Curriculum Planning
•  Monday 31^st - 4^th grade 9:05-9:50, 9:55-10:40, 5^th 10:45-11:15, 11:20-11:50

February 2011

• Wednesday 2^nd - 3^rd grade 10:50-11:30
• Friday 4^th- 4^th grade 9:05-9:50, 9:55-10:40, 3^rd grade 10:45-11:15, 11:20-11:50, HS Girls Soccer Team Building Activities 3:15
• Monday 7^th - 4^th grade 9:05-9:50, 9:55-10:40, 5^th 10:45-11:15, 11:20-11:50
• Wednesday 9^th - 3^rd grade 10:50-11:30
• Friday 11^th - 4^th grade 9:05-9:50, 9:55-10:40, 3^rd grade 10:45-11:15, 11:20-11:50

Hopefully this schedule works out because I would like to have time at the end of the year to enjoy my time with my fellow classmates.

استخدام الوقت بحكمة

In Arabic, this title means to "use time wisely." We have been asked to make a timeline for the planning and developments of our project. If we have already done some work on the project, we are to include those important aspects in our timeline. I have not done much for the physical part of the project except to plan how to make various activities. I talked with Mrs. Myers about a random school in Spartanburg called St Ignatios, which is practically a basketball school for people who have finished High School and have no where else to go between High School and college. This has absolutely nothing to do with my senior project but we spent a good long 15 minutes discussing our plans for a soccer school and... now that I think about it.. we should start a table tennis league at our school! Well, that is for someone else to do for their senior project. Anyways, Mrs. Myers and I talked and she decided to follow whatever schedule I would like, which is really kind of her and it gives me some flexibility. I want to finish building my activities by January 9 at the latest. From the 1st of February until the 11th, I plan to work with the 3rd through 5th graders on the activities during their PE time. Exciting right! I will have a more detailed timeline soon...

それはほぼ完成しています。私はリサーチペーパーを提出する準備ができています！

The title means "It is almost complete. I am ready to submit research paper!"  The research paper will be turned in this Friday. The comments made on my research paper have been very helpful. Thank you to everyone involved in helping correct my paper. I sent my paper to my brother in Germany, and he helped with some corrections as well. It seems surprising to me that someone who speaks very little English daily could be able to be so much help! Well, I am just happy to be turning it in, and I am excited to start the next portion of my project. I have been trying to help other people with their projects, because I know if I was in their position, I would want all the help I could get. I need to re-check prices of lumber and other materials in order to plan for a more accurate budget. I am also excited about Christmas because it means my brother Jess comes home and I will have some time to build some of the activities in preparation for February. Time-lines are due after Christmas, so I will also have to plan that out during the Holiday break. Merry Christmas, and remember what this entire season is really about.

La Investigación, conlleva mucho Trabajo!

I got my research paper back from Mrs. Zion after doing the corrections and adding selective bits of information. Mrs. Price gave me some questions that I need to answer before next Friday. I will probably answer them this weekend. However, I am not thrilled about picking between the emphasis of either school or business. Preferably, I would like to write about both of them equally, but it seems that it would be better to focus on school because business seems to already require collaboration. I am not sure when I will start my building for the actual project but I am still excited about the prospect of beginning my project. I do not consider my research paper truly part of my project, so I feel like I have not really begun. I believe Christmas will be a good time to begin the building. Ciao.

Change is back!

Well I have changed my research paper back to the original topic and format. My plan is to make the second part of my paper fit with the first part of my paper. The paper is ultimately about collaboration and half of the paper is about the world changing. I must include these facts because my points cannot be proven without them. I have decided to not put quite as much emphasis on 21st Century skills. I will interview my father about his business so that I will have something to connect the first part of the paper with the last. Mr. Hinds gave me the idea and I am excited to get it done this weekend. I will not do it during Thanksgiving.