Evidence of Work:
The Passive Solar Science Building Project was overall not my favorite project. My group was lets just put it as they were not afraid to state their opinions and try to make everyone agree with them. The only problem would be was occasional arguing. The project started by making a design of the solar system, then make a model house using solar devices, and then finally we had to make a model of how we would imagine the new science building and do a sales pitch to the company designing it. We used a lot of different types of windows in different places so we could get optimal lighting in the classrooms.
Our slideshow includes many great screenshots of out tinkercad 3D model. After, our team designed the building we decided to put the main details in a slideshow for the sales pitch we had to do. Overall, I think that my group made an outstanding model and I hope many ideas were taken from our design.
The Passive Solar Science Building Project was overall not my favorite project. My group was lets just put it as they were not afraid to state their opinions and try to make everyone agree with them. The only problem would be was occasional arguing. The project started by making a design of the solar system, then make a model house using solar devices, and then finally we had to make a model of how we would imagine the new science building and do a sales pitch to the company designing it. We used a lot of different types of windows in different places so we could get optimal lighting in the classrooms.
Our slideshow includes many great screenshots of out tinkercad 3D model. After, our team designed the building we decided to put the main details in a slideshow for the sales pitch we had to do. Overall, I think that my group made an outstanding model and I hope many ideas were taken from our design.
Content:
Earths Layers:
There are four layers of the Earth. The four layers of the Earth are the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core . The crust of the Earth is 25 miles thick and of course the layer we live on. The mantle is 1700 miles thick. The outer core of the Earth 3200 miles from the surface of the Earth and it is also liquid. The the last layer of the Earth is the inner core and is about 3959 miles from the surface and the center of it is speculated to be solid iron.
Model of Orbits:
This project asked us to make a poster of the solar system. At first our poster looked like anyone past the age of ten could be able to make it. But, the directions changed a few times so we had to make the poster to scale, and making a more exact poster. Then we had to find an equation in shared by planets, and how different things like the size or escape velocity go together. We found out that our equation worked for all terrestrial planets. Our poster was on how the escape velocity, size, and gravity effect each other.
Atomic Structure and Subatomic Particles:
When first shown diagrams of atoms it seems like the electrons go on a set perfect path around the nucleus. But, in reality it doesn´t. The paths around the atom is more random then the lines on diagrams are just like where the electrons may or may not be. There are theories that they are in waves and they effect each other. In all honesty nobody quite knows how it all works and what is really happening. We learned about how different materials absorb different amounts of heat and that helped us to make our decision on what materials we wanted to use.
Daylighting Design Model:
We had to design model of a small house inside 1,000 sq. ft. using different daylighting techniques to reduce the amount of electricity to power it. The daylighting techniques we used were skylights, solar tubes, light shelves, clearstory windows, and windows. We created our model out of cardboard and used a flashlight that was supposed to be the sun in this situation, then changed the position of the flashlight to see how successful our daylighting techniques were. Our group found that light shelves, skylights, and clearstory windows were the best for getting light into our model house. Our solar tube wasn´t very helpful for getting , if we spent more time on making the solar tube it would have been better at letting light in. We had to figure out the amount of light bulbs we would need and how long they would be on for so we could find the daily power use which was approximately 6 kw/h, and the amount of energy used after the daylighting techniques were added in which was 3.9 kw/h.
There are four layers of the Earth. The four layers of the Earth are the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core . The crust of the Earth is 25 miles thick and of course the layer we live on. The mantle is 1700 miles thick. The outer core of the Earth 3200 miles from the surface of the Earth and it is also liquid. The the last layer of the Earth is the inner core and is about 3959 miles from the surface and the center of it is speculated to be solid iron.
Model of Orbits:
This project asked us to make a poster of the solar system. At first our poster looked like anyone past the age of ten could be able to make it. But, the directions changed a few times so we had to make the poster to scale, and making a more exact poster. Then we had to find an equation in shared by planets, and how different things like the size or escape velocity go together. We found out that our equation worked for all terrestrial planets. Our poster was on how the escape velocity, size, and gravity effect each other.
Atomic Structure and Subatomic Particles:
When first shown diagrams of atoms it seems like the electrons go on a set perfect path around the nucleus. But, in reality it doesn´t. The paths around the atom is more random then the lines on diagrams are just like where the electrons may or may not be. There are theories that they are in waves and they effect each other. In all honesty nobody quite knows how it all works and what is really happening. We learned about how different materials absorb different amounts of heat and that helped us to make our decision on what materials we wanted to use.
Daylighting Design Model:
We had to design model of a small house inside 1,000 sq. ft. using different daylighting techniques to reduce the amount of electricity to power it. The daylighting techniques we used were skylights, solar tubes, light shelves, clearstory windows, and windows. We created our model out of cardboard and used a flashlight that was supposed to be the sun in this situation, then changed the position of the flashlight to see how successful our daylighting techniques were. Our group found that light shelves, skylights, and clearstory windows were the best for getting light into our model house. Our solar tube wasn´t very helpful for getting , if we spent more time on making the solar tube it would have been better at letting light in. We had to figure out the amount of light bulbs we would need and how long they would be on for so we could find the daily power use which was approximately 6 kw/h, and the amount of energy used after the daylighting techniques were added in which was 3.9 kw/h.
Justification Document:
This document was made up of data the whole class worked on to put together. Every group was assigned an energy source we had to research. Since we were just in our table groups we just researched and typed what we figured out into the box so everyone in the class could see what we had discovered.
STEM Building Design:
We finally have reached the main point of this project. Our STEM building design had to cost less than $10,000,000 and we had 19,000 sq. ft. We were also given a list of what teachers required and wanted in their classrooms. There had to be 10 classrooms, and a teacher room, restrooms, and then we had some room for our own ideas. This project took much longer then most of the other projects because we had to learn about a lot of different things. Our finished project met all the teachers needs and we also added a courtyard, separated bathrooms, and outdoor sinks. We had to created a model of our building, made cost estimates, chose the materials we wanted to use, and use daylighting techniques to lower the amount of power consumption in the building. We also had to make a presentation and present it to architects.
Reflection: From this project I definitely learned a lot about many different lighting techniques. I feel like I need to work on staying with my group more and staying on task. I should have done a lot more to help my group to get a better quality design on our building. But, I did help a lot during the construction of the daylighting design model. I did really have a lot of fun with my group.