Fifty Family Homes
Our first project was to select a biome and build 50 homes for 50 families. You could build condominiums, apartments, houses, etc. Everything had to be eco-friendly and you even had to construct a 3-D model out of eco-friendly/bio-degradable materials. My powerpoint will have a link at the bottom of the page.
What I Learned (Real Life Examples Included) :
- By doing this project I learned how to get everything I needed to do done by keeping track of time. I had to keep good time management and plan ahead for what I needed to do each week. For example: On weekends, I would work on big things like the 3-D model and during the week I would work on the Powerpoint or Sketch-Up. Sketch-Up is a program that you can donload off the internet and use to create 3-D objects online, like buildings, cars, dams, rivers, rooms, etc. In addition, you could you good time management to get your work or projects done. If you were a construction worker rebuilding a road you could scrap the original road on Monday-Wednesday. On Thursday you could start putting down the cement to build the road and let it set. Then the next week you could put down the lane lines for the road.
- I also learned about my biome and the animals that live there. My group and I had the Grassland biome and our three animals were the coyote, eastern cottontail, and bobolink. I learned that coyotes are very adaptable animals, so when we designed our building we realized they would have no problem adapting to the changes. The eastern cottontail and bobolink also adapt easily, so they will be okay as well. Also, I learned that the average tempuratures there are between -4 and 86 degrees fahrenheit. Researching about animals and biomes can help you in real life because it can teach you about the plants, animals, and life around you. For example, if you lived in the desert and you saw a sandstorm or an unusual bug you could research about your biome to see how sandstorms occur or what kind of bug it is and where it came from.
- This project also taught me how to work with people I don't really know and how to make new friends. I did this by helping to sort out who is doing what and when things need to be done, so that other people could do their part. We even got each other's emails so that we could communicate. This ended up being very useful because we could email each other what we did on the powerpoint, budget, or sketch up. I was assigned the google sketch up, some of the powerpoint, and most of the 3-D model. When I did my part I could help other people do their part and get things done quicker. You can apply this to real life because it helps anyone work better in a group if they know what they need to accomplish.
- This project even taught me how to make a budget and how to figure out how much of everything I need. Lets say you need to install some carpeting you could figure out how much you need by multipling the length times the width of the room you are getting carpet for. This will give you the amount square feet, so you can just go to the store and buy how much you need. When you get to the store you can multiply the cost per square foot by how mch you need and your answer will be the cost without tax. Next, you can multiply the cost without tax by the tax in your state then add that number to the total cost without tax to get the total cost with tax.
- I also learned about my biome and the animals that live there. My group and I had the Grassland biome and our three animals were the coyote, eastern cottontail, and bobolink. I learned that coyotes are very adaptable animals, so when we designed our building we realized they would have no problem adapting to the changes. The eastern cottontail and bobolink also adapt easily, so they will be okay as well. Also, I learned that the average tempuratures there are between -4 and 86 degrees fahrenheit. Researching about animals and biomes can help you in real life because it can teach you about the plants, animals, and life around you. For example, if you lived in the desert and you saw a sandstorm or an unusual bug you could research about your biome to see how sandstorms occur or what kind of bug it is and where it came from.
- This project also taught me how to work with people I don't really know and how to make new friends. I did this by helping to sort out who is doing what and when things need to be done, so that other people could do their part. We even got each other's emails so that we could communicate. This ended up being very useful because we could email each other what we did on the powerpoint, budget, or sketch up. I was assigned the google sketch up, some of the powerpoint, and most of the 3-D model. When I did my part I could help other people do their part and get things done quicker. You can apply this to real life because it helps anyone work better in a group if they know what they need to accomplish.
- This project even taught me how to make a budget and how to figure out how much of everything I need. Lets say you need to install some carpeting you could figure out how much you need by multipling the length times the width of the room you are getting carpet for. This will give you the amount square feet, so you can just go to the store and buy how much you need. When you get to the store you can multiply the cost per square foot by how mch you need and your answer will be the cost without tax. Next, you can multiply the cost without tax by the tax in your state then add that number to the total cost without tax to get the total cost with tax.
Goal for Next Project
My goal for the next project is to get things done faster and to get an A on it. I currently do not know what I got on my first project now, but when I find out I can ask what I did wrong, so I know what to and not to do the next time.
I think I did most of what I was suppose to do, but next time I will do more reasearch about how I come up with things and what specific things are for so that I can answer the questions more efficiently.
I think I did most of what I was suppose to do, but next time I will do more reasearch about how I come up with things and what specific things are for so that I can answer the questions more efficiently.
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