My Final Project:

Data: https://ccac.ca/Documents/AUD/CCAC_Animal_Data_Report_2022.pdf

This 3D model is supposed to be 3 animals getting stabbed with a needle syringe. My project focuses on animal testing in Canada in 2022. I decided to center my project around Category of Invasiveness E which is the most severe level of pain an animal could be subjected to while in a study. The animals on the needle are the top 3 most used animals in this category and are proportional to their percentages. The sections of colour on the body of the syringe represent how much each industry was involved.

I chose to illustrate my 2 data sets this way because I felt that this was the best way to show what was happening. Giant needles are often associated with animal testing or alarming thoughts such as pain. The syringe acts as a perpetrator to the animals by penetrating them like a skewer which is representative of what is going on when we choose to test on animals.

Process:

Core Competency Reflection:
I felt like I utilized my creative thinking skills to complete this project. From the planning to the building, I encountered many obstacles that forced me to think of alternative solutions. I ran into problems regarding the combining process of my two data sets. Many of my original ideas were essentially standing bar graphs or pie charts. I wanted to extend my abilities however the building process stood in the way. As fun as it was, the building process was just as difficult and draining. Problems like the inability to balance and stick together emerged rapidly. I had to be creative and use materials that were not in the original plan. Some of my problems arose from external factors like my failed 3D print. I had wanted to print my animals proportionally so I used the 3d printer however it didn’t work out. Since the percentages were so drastically different, It was either going to be too big or too small. I decided to just make my own creature as precise as possible from hot glue. I used my innovation abilities and through many failed attempts made a lump of hot glue that was sort of like a guinea pig. Looking back I would say I exhausted my creative thinking skills. This project taught me to problem solve and think creatively to create solutions. A skill I need to work on next time is the ability to plan for the future. If I had properly looked into my plans I would have noticed problems that would arise during the assembling but I never proofread my plans and instead went straight to building.

I can understand and share information about a topic that is important to me

• For this assignment, I had to create a 3D piece that depicts my 2 data sets. It was extremely important that my peers could sort of understand my visual without too much additional information. I used my creative thinking to plan my project around elements that symbolize my topic, for example, a syringe, so that I can share information with others.

I can persevere over years if necessary to develop my ideas. I expect ambiguity, failure, and setbacks, and use them to advance my thinking

• I experienced lots of problems in this project. My first problem was that I was unable to find a current data set for my topic. I had expected this so I searched the internet harder. This is what I did for many steps like the planning and building. It was okay that I was more behind than my peers if I continued to make progress.

I build on others’ ideas and add new ideas of my own, or combine other people’s ideas
in new ways to create new things or solve straightforward problems

• I had trouble finding a way to represent my 2 data sets after I had finally found them. I asked my friends and my teacher for support. I listened to their opinions and suggestions which helped me get started. I loved Mrs. Mireau’s suggestion that resulted in a standing syringe and 3D-printed animals.