3D printer exploration

Empathize – A problem I recently discovered in my family was how my sister and I both only enjoy having thinly sliced apples instead of standard slices. I knew that my sister and I needed to eat more fruits, and we had never really enjoyed eating apples. My sister specifically never liked how apples had such a strange texture sometimes and would never eat apples when they were thinly sliced. When we would have apples we always would cut them into the regular thick slices so it was easier but she would never eat and enjoy eating them like that and it would always be more dangerous and time-consuming to make thinner cuts. This is why I decided to create this slicer guide that would help to cut thinly sliced fruits or vegetables, quicker and easier.

Define – My limitations when creating this were the fact that the 3D print material is not food safe therefore I would not be able to actually use it in reality. This is why I decided to make a much smaller version than I would’ve actually wanted. Also, there is the problem that all apples are not the same size and therefore I would have to make them bigger than the size of a standard apple. The same problem for knives as well, if a larger knife were to be used to make the design the apple slices would become much thinner or fewer slices. However, if a thinner/smaller knife was used then the slices could end up bigger. I also believe that the design could confuse many people as it may seem that the plastic part is supposed to slice the apple and that there is no need for a knife.

To build my prototype I needed to have the rough dimensions of a standard apple as well as the rough dimensions of a standard knife. However, since I am not able to use this since it is food safe the specific dimensions were not as important. If I was able to use this for apples, I would purchase a few apples that I usually have at home and measure their circumference when sliced in half. I would also probably measure the knife that I use the most and have those as the dimensions for my final print.

What did I build and why?

I build a veggie/fruit slicer so anyone who enjoys or needs thinly sliced fruits or vegetables can be able to cut them safer and quicker with ease. I think this would also speed up time when slicing things like onions for a soup or salad, or cucumbers for dipping. Although I originally designed this for my sister, I think it is so universal in the culinary world since it is so simple and easy. It can also help people who maybe cannot hold a knife steady enough or are scared of accidentally cutting themselves.

What did you learn during the process? What were some of the challenges? What were some of the learning moments?

I learned that using the 3D printer and all the steps up to it can seem fairly simple however sometimes can be quite challenging. Before this project, I have never used a 3D printer on my own before and it was a really exciting and confusing assignment to do. A big challenge I had was trying to make sure this physically worked and it took a lot of trial and error before making sure the final design made sense and was accurate to my drawing. I learned how to splice and use tinkercad for the first time which was really fun, I had to look up some different tips and tricks and actually ended up making some other really cool designs on my own time. I learned that when the 3D printer adds supports it can become pretty frustrating to get them off without damaging the design itself. Personally, I made my design a bit too thin at some points which ended up breaking off when I took the supports off however it was still really fun to see how the 3D printer built up to making my design a reality.

If you could do it all again, what would change? What could be improved? Dream…

If I could do it all again, I think I would’ve tried and communicated better with Mrs. Henderson ahead of time to see if our plastic was food-safe. I would’ve also looked more carefully at the dome in the top piece of my project and thought about how low down it goes before I printed it. I would change the fact that I made the edges of the top piece so thin that they could so easily break off if there was a knife pushed against it. I could improve my dimensions, even though I made a much smaller version, I wish that I had made it more to the scale of what I would have actually wanted to make if it could be used. I still hope that I will be able to use my design for non-food-related slicing such as art and clay projects in the future.

 

New Media Challenge

The High’s and Low’s of societies guessing game

That one thing you have always believed to be true, you probably weren’t actually told the rest. As we hear one side of a story, we often ignore how there is still a whole other side to it. What we hear through social media and what we hear from others, we often just assume that it is correct. In a very popular TED talk Chimamanda Adiche, a feminist, writer, Nigerian and storyteller said “What the discovery of African writers did for me was this: It saved me from having a single story of what books are.” When we are young, we can be very vulnerable and impressionable to the world around us. Adiche explains how as she grew up reading British and American books, she assumed that they were the only lifestyles in books. The characters in the books always lived different from her but she never really much of that until she was introduced to books   But once she realized that there are books with people that do the things like her and look more like she did exist, she no longer thought that books had to be only the American-British lifestyles. I think this quote is something so relatable for so many. We all are so unique and especially for POC they more commonly have less representation. But, if we put into young POC’s mindset’s at a young age that they can do and be anything without their race being a factor for someone else’s approval. Because they see someone like them doing everything like everyone else.

In a video by proconorg, they explain how “ we often find it too difficult or time-consuming to really think critically.” When we get information we assume it is right, especially knowing that we have these algorithms that feed us the information we are categorized to see. When you get a video that pops up on your feed that’s about something you’ve never heard much about but is targeted to you. You may just assume it is true without even seeing any actual evidence. However, there may also be hidden biases, that we don’t believe to be true. Evidence is something that people need to find to be able to distinguish the truth, because without it how can we tell what is real and what is fake? They mention how when we go grocery shopping and look in the fruits and vegetable section, we don’t always consider the realities and questions. Where are they from? Are they locally sourced? Organic? All these questions are some of the more common things you think but what about thinking more critically. What does it mean if they are the same but are from different places? Is local better? What does organic mean? People don’t often stop to ask these bigger questions and think more critically about everything around them and their reasons.

In the popular Netflix documentary, ‘The Social Dilemma‘ trailer they state a very shocking fact of how “fake news travels six times faster than true news.”We have become very much dependent on social media and technology overall. It has become one of the most used sources of communication that we have. But now, with all the media there is, we have to focus on the fact that we have many people storing all of our information, gathering it, and even potentially selling it to others, legally or illegally. However, when we join social media, we end up agreeing or consenting to their terms and conditions which always seem to be so long that people think ‘hey everyone has already agreed to it so why shouldn’t I?’ There are some people, mostly lawyers who will take a deeper look into what is really in the terms and conditions and how these companies may have more rights to our information than we thought they did. Even those who have helped create popular social media apps have said how they think it is has become quite dangerous, not only with strangers but also with so many young minds as their users. Social media has definitely helped shape and grow society’s standards, both good and bad. These standards can be very harmful to everyone whether it’s mentally or physically. However, social media is also something that has helped us connect to people around the world and gives us access to learn and grow our perspectives on different cultures and lifestyles around the world.

In Michael Wesch’s video on How to stop hating (Country music), after he took some time to learn some country culture and begin to appreciate he says that “we need songs like this to put us in touch with the sacred stories of life.” Sometimes when you first hear a story or a song, you may just brush over the meaning behind the words instead of looking deep into them to see the truth. When Wesch was listening to the lyrics of an Alan Jackson song, he realized that all these country songs he listened to have a meaning and something that many can relate to. If you think about some very popular songs and you really listen to the lyrics, you’ll hear how they are about a breakup or losing something or someone.

Even if you don’t actually relate to the same experience the song may be portraying you start to resonate with something personal to your life or yourself. Now after Wesch claims that he doesn’t enjoy country music, he begins to realize that maybe it’s because he hasn’t taken the time to appreciate it as much as he had the songs that he does enjoy. The Alan Jackson song reminds him of his childhood and how he relates to the lyrics of leaving and wanting to put it behind him but now instead he feels the connection that everyone else in the line dancing room feels too.

The single stories we have on others can be changed when we do our bests and put in the effort. As Adiche said, “…show people as one thing, as only one thing, over and over again, and that is what they become.” If we keep seeing something like a group of people a certain way, we may just start to assume they are all the same or that they all become the one thing that a few of them truly may be. Although, it is not always right to do so and can cause harm or bad situations because instead, we should be looking at people from a fresh view each time. We can’t always depend on social media and people that we believe to have that one story to tell us their whole stories if we do not try and correct our mistakes.

If we are to truly learn to see the bigger picture and listen to the whole story, and not just a small little detail. But instead looking to see the truth and looking for that piece of evidence or more aspects to the story. While spending time getting to know my ‘other’ in my New Media 11 class, I learned that the assumptions that I made for them in my own mind were not as I thought. Just like how when Adiche was younger she thought that characters in all books were like the British and American books she read when she was younger. But instead, she later learned how there is so much more variety and that there were books that she could relate to. When getting to know my other I learned some new things I have in common with a then complete stranger that I would have never imagined. Learning to see the full story is a very important aspect of growing up and maturing to become a kind and well-rounded person. Acknowledging differences away from stereotypes and single stories, help to make society better than ever.

The friday everything changed questions

Comprehension:

  1. Why are the boys so upset on the idea of the girls carrying the water bucket?

The boys are upset because they have been dreaming of getting to carry the water bucket since grade one, it is like an honour to them if you get selected.

2. What strategies do the boys use to pressure the girls to give in? How do the girls react?

The boys tried many things such as not letting them play softball, attacking them and having guys tell them it’s not even that fun and the weather is cold. The girls did not let this stop them, they did not give up and they kept trying.

 

Elements of Fiction:

  1. Who is telling the story? What does she think of Ms. Ralston and the conflict over the water? From what point of view is the story told?

The seat mate of Alma is telling the story and she finds Alma very brave, all the girls seem to really like Mrs.Ralston and they hope she lets the girls take the water.

  1. What is the setting (provide evidence). How does the setting intensify the conflict? What kind of conflict is it? (Person vs. person — person vs. self— person vs. society) Provide evidence for each conflict.

At the School and in the field, it takes place in Canada in the 1800s-1900s, because they say Eh and it is very cold. Person/the girls vs Society/the boys, because the girls are wondering why only the men are strong enough and why they are only allowed to take the water.

 

  1. Who is the protagonist? How do you know?

The protaganist is the girls because they are the main characters espescially Alma, they have to fight against the boys so that tehy can also get the water.

  1. In what way has everything changed on that Friday? What is the significance of Ms. Ralston’s action in the last paragraph? What is the message (theme) the author is exploring?

On this Friday everything changed because Mrs.Ralston told two girls that they can go get the water this time, the message is that girls used to be compared to the guys and weren’t and “couldn’t” do what the boys did. The author’s message is to fight for your rights and that girls should be allowed to do anything a boy can do.

Vocabulary:

galvanized = shock someone into doing something

remotest = small place or a small connection

intoxicated = when a person loses self-control due to the fact of alcohol

ominous = threatening

supplementary = extra

forlornly = sad

earnestly = seriously

gloating = smug attitude

transfixed= fascinated

pirouetting = focused

 

 

 

Community Connections

For my community connections project, I chose to interview a 6-time Olympic female athlete with 5 gold medals for Canada’s hockey team, the first women to score in a professional men’s league, IIHF Hockey Hall of Famer and Hockey Hall of Famer, Hayley Wickenheiser! Today Hayley Wickenheiser is the assistant director of player development for the Toronto maple leafs, as well as a student at the medical school at the University of Calgary.

A photoshoot with Sochi Olympic gold medalist Hayley Wickenheiser at the Winsport, Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary, Alberta on May 27, 2014.

Hayley Wickenheiser is a well renown female in the hockey community, Hayley has always been a great inspiration to me, and I am so glad I had the chance to interview her for this project. What really inspires me about Hayley is that even though she had a big career in hockey it doesn’t mean that you have to play hockey forever, after retiring she pursued another dream of going to medical school. I’ve met Hayley Wickenheiser a few times at her hockey tournaments I’ve been in, meeting her for the first I didn’t quite know who she was but as I grew up, I began to learn the things she has accomplished. Hayley Wickenheiser has changed the Women’s hockey game so much and helped it grow, therefore, I wanted to choose Hayley.

The questions I asked Hayley after asking if she’d be willing to answer a few questions which are…

Why are you passionate about playing hockey?

Her answer was “I was passionate about playing hockey because I loved every time you stepped on the ice you could do something different. It’s a creative game, it’s never the same thing twice. I’m not the kind of person who could just do the same thing over and over again, I like being in a team sport and I like to try different things.”

What obstacles have you faced to get you where you are today?

“As far as obstacles I have faced a lot, like verbal abuse from parents and kids from other teams when I was growing up, I got cut when I was in midget AAA boys because I was a girl the coach said he couldn’t handle having a girl on the team. Countless numbers of times where people couldn’t respect having a female on the ice, they don’t think you’re as smart and good as the guys are and basically proving myself every time I stepped on the Ice.”

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What advice would you pass on to someone interested in having a career and impact in hockey?

“The advice I have is for people is to become the master of your craft, if you really want to be great at hockey as a player you have to practice, you have to train, you have to watch the best players in the world and study what they do, you need to be like a sponge soak up everything you can. Outwork everyone else, having a good work ethic and attitude will take you a long long way I find, and a lot of people aren’t willing to put in the work that it takes. Find mentors, learn the best from the people that are willing to help you, ask for help, try not to listen to the critical advice form others and be your own best friend those are really important things when times get tuff.”

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If you could go back to before you joined team Canada is there anything you would change?

“If I could go back to before I made team Canada is there anything I would change, short answer no. I wouldn’t change anything that I did, sometimes I would of learned to be more patient as a younger player/athlete. But for the most part, I wouldn’t change a thing, I’m very happy with how the things worked out.”

Image result for hayley wickenheiser team canada

 

Who did you look up to the most while growing up?

“I looked up to Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier the most when I was playing as a young player, I loved the Edmonton Oilers of the 80s and everything that they stood for and how they played the game and I’d studied how they’d played and watched their game then go out on the outdoor rink and pretend that I was them. I didn’t have any female hockey players, I thought I was the only girl in the world playing hockey when I started.

In this interview I learned that you need to really love and commit to the hockey if you want to pursue in it, you need to stay determined and focused. You need to stay positive and push yourself, you need to study the game and practice all the time. Hockey is a very creative and technical sport, in order to get far you need to have a good attitude and stay positive. I also learned that hockey has changed so much, and women are now more respected but still not as much as men. Hayley Wickenheiser is a great inspiration for anyone especially girls who want to play hockey.

 

Thank you so much, Hayley, I’m so glad you answered my questions and I learned so much!

Hailey Wickenheiser (NHL.com)

https://www.nhl.com/news/hayley-wickenheiser-attending-med-school-working-for-toronto-maple-leafs/c-310962034

 

A fresh look at the periodic table

Define:

Restate the problem: A special request has been made upon recreating and redesigning the present periodic table of elements has been proposed by the science community.

Discover: 

Questions for this project:

  • Will we be following the old customs of element families?
  • How can we re-arrange it differently than it is now?
  • How can we incorporate all the groups?
  • How can we arrange the table so the information correlates?

Dream:

What information does the periodic table tell you? How can you arrange it differently based on the chemicals and physical properties?

  • The periodic table tells us the different categories of elements
  • It tells us the information about the elements (ie. protons, electrons,etc.)
  • We could arrange the table in a triangular formation
  • Colour code them, label them

Design

What is the plan?

  • Distributing assignments to complete the project in time.
  • We will start our project and officially create it and get everything almost done by the end of the day.

Make it happen.

  • getting our supplies and thinking of ideas
  • finishing our assignment
  • on Monday we’ll finish up any small details and make sure we did the full assignment properly

Full understanding of the table.

  • Making sure we re-read though the criteria

 

Digital Footprint

How can your digital footprint affect your future?

Some ways your digital footprint can affect your future is if you are going for the perfect job opportunity. Let’s say it’s against you and somebody else for this job, well the boss or whoever is in charge of hiring may do a quick or deep search on your history depending on the job. If they find something you did even a few years ago that was rude or disrespectful in any way it could cause you that job. Another example is politics, the 2020 election is coming up soon and someone posted a picture of Justin Trudeau wearing a racist costume for Halloween awhile ago. Currently, he is apologizing for what he did but many people who were his supporters are now very offended and upset, which means he lost a bunch of voters.

A few ways you can keep your Digital Footprint safe and appropriate.

A few ways you can keep your digital footprint safe and appropriate is by making your account private this way you can choose who gets to follow you. Thinking, before you post anything ask yourself, is this gonna hurt my future, is this disrespectful, am I making a smart decision. Don’t say or do anything you wouldn’t do in person, don’t comment things if you know it would hurt you if someone said it about you.

A few things I learned and what I want to share with you.

That even if only you and your friends follow you that they may not have a private account as well, which means they could screenshot your post then either repost it and tag you on it or keep it forever and then one day possibly run your future. I would like everyone to know that you may think that only a few people saw that rude thing you said before deleting it however what you don’t know is that people can still take pictures of that rude thing of other devices. People can also hack into your account and see the things you’ve said in the past. For many people, this has ruined their careers, especially when it comes to elections.

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Introduction-Science Humains 9

  1. Ma réaction initiale quand j’ai vu que mon horaire pour le premier semestre avait la science humains je n’étais pas frénétique, mais je n’étais pas inquiété. Avant que je viens à l’école secondaire la science humains n’étais pas une de mes cours préférées, mais ce semestre je pense que je vais aimer plus.
  2. Quand je pense à propos de science humains c’est me fait l’esprit des projets du moyen âge qu’on avait fait l’année dernière. Quelques mots j’ai associe à science humains sont histoire, les guerres mondiales, les écoles résidentielles et les temps renaissance.
  3. Oui, je les aime c’est cours parce que j’aime beaucoup apprendre à propos d’histoire et les guerres et comment c’était vécu sans la technologie et les téléphones. Etc.
  4. J’apprendrais la mieux quand il y a les images avec quelque chose de lire ou suivre la leçon avec aussi quand la professeur explique la leçon à une bonne manière avec tous les détails. Je pense que c’est aussi meilleur si je dois prendre les notes pour que je puisse réviser la leçon.
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