Yr wyf yn dysgu rhai pethau pwysig yr wythnos diwethaf

The title means "I learned some important things last week". It is very true. Last week was one of the best weeks of school I have had all year. It was so much fun and I feel that the kids really enjoyed themselves. They were all very creative and full of energy. Mrs. Myers was also so easy to work with and full of great ideas. She is definitely the expert on the children and knows how to keep them straight. If you have even met a little child, you know how crazy they can be! I also commend the Senior class and the 5th grade for tying for the most people on "The Square" activity. Both classes got 11 people on the platform. It was insane! I was involved with the Senior group and we tried many painful methods. I was impressed with the 5th grade because they were able to do it so easily. I wanted so bad to beat the kids at my own game; but alas, we tied :( Oh well. The plan is now to do the activities with the Girls Varsity Soccer team and hopefully do it on the first club day in March with the teachers. This way they can wear jeans and do the activities while hopefully some students snicker on the sidelines at their problem-solving. It will be interesting to see whether the teachers, who encourage and teach us how to collaborate, can rise to the occasion and finish the challenges.

Ocupat, ocupat, ocupat! El projecte està rodant!

The title says "Busy, busy, busy! The project is rolling!" I have some pictures and videos that speak for themselves.

ڈھانچے کی تکمیل کا کا... بہت اچھا

The title means "The completion of the structures... awesome!" I am now currently finished building all of the parts of my senior project. It is all assembled and ready for next week. I will hopefully be prepared on Monday for the first lesson. I believe that I should start by showing the entire PE class the activities and explain the rules to them. Next, I will probably need to divide the grade up into different groups. Depending on the activities, I will tell how many people need to be in each group. Each grade will be different and even the activities have variability in the number of people needed for completion. I will test the various activities with the senior class tomorrow at school in order to better understand the number of people capable of being apart of each activity. I understand that one senior probably equals 1.5 elementary students, but it is always nice to know the limits. I hope that these activities work out well because I spent quite a bit of time completing each of them. I have no new pictures at this moment but if I have a chance this weekend, I will up load some pictures from my camera.

The title means "  ". I had the opportunity to work for 9 hours this last weekend. To many, it would seem like a burden to work for such a long time, but I actually enjoyed it. I first measured the wood and began to cut it. I spent the entire morning cutting the wood:

Here are more pictures of me cutting wood. It was a cold morning and really early.

Here are some of the pieces put together after being cut. I had yet to drill the holes and bolt the platforms together.

I then spent some time drilling all the sink-holes to the 4x4's and then I finished drilling out 4 of the platforms. This week I need to assemble the "Spider Web" activity and the rest of the platforms.

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.