Posts Tagged ‘#criticalthinkingcc’

29
Feb
2024

3D Data Visualization

categories: Science 10, Uncategorized

– Explain why the chosen element and design were used.:

Choosing the main idea for our 3d data visualization project was a journey. We had various ideas in mind but couldn’t find a way to execute them the way we pictured. We came to a mutual agreement to base our design on bees as we had a general idea about what bees were and the designs in our minds. During our research process, we quickly realized how important bees were and essential for us to exist. For the design, we wanted to mimic how a beehive looks so we bought a Styrofoam ball cut in half. To match the aesthetics we added glitter and painted it yellow to represent that it is a beehive. After we bought bees and skewers to stick them to the Styrofoam ball to show how bee colonies have increased and decreased through the years. We wanted to expand our knowledge by making an infographic that gives more insight into how to preserve bees and what we can do to help.

We represented critical and creative thinking as the process of planning the beehive and how everything was placed required a lot of time and effort. We put on our critical thinking hats to come up with an idea that would convey our ideas in a 3d manner and make sure the audience understands what is going on. We added a legend on a separate cardboard sheet as we didn’t want to overcrowd our visualization and make it confusing to look at.
We also represented our communication skills as we clearly showed our understanding through an infographic that states our learning in this process and our deep concern about how bees could potentially go extinct. To help resolve that problem we gave tips and tricks on how we can help as humans and prevent harmful activities towards bees.

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21
Jan
2024

Desmos Art Functions Card 2023 Hubbard

categories: Pre-Calc 10

Original Picture:

 

My Desmos Picture:

 

 

 

 

 

Reflection:

This Desmos art project was a journey with ups and downs. It challenged my critical, creative and logical thinking by giving me tasks that took a lot of thinking. The process started smoothly as I had a little experience from my previous Desmos project. It was definitely a challenge as I had to apply the different functions I had learnt in class in this project. I had a tough time understanding the Exponential function and how I could insert it in my picture but after some analyzing I was able to find the solution. My project outline was nearly done when I realized that none of my lines were accurately connected. They all either overlapped each other or had tiny gaps. I started to panic as I didn’t what to do and tried countless methods to make them connect but nothing worked. Thankfully, with Ms. Hubbard’s help I was able to find a solution to the problem. The solution was finding the slope of the two lines that didn’t connect by using the “y2-y1/x2-x1” formula and creating a new equation using the slope. It was a lengthy process and I redid my line to make sure every single line connected.

When I was happy with the outline, I began the detailing to make sure my Desmos picture is accurate to the original picture. After, I started colouring/shading my picture and made sure my colours were similar to the ones in the original picture. I used a website called, “Colour Picker” and created new colours to add to my Desmos project. Next, I refined my picture even more to make sure all my functions are labelled properly, if I had any unshaded regions and checked whether I used all 7 functions.

Everything worked out well in the end and I am extremely happy with the final product. This project has taught me so much more about functions and transformations and it feels amazing to create a picture myself.