This is my slideshow for a STEM class at GCE High School called Fuel.I chose to study propane and my reason of choosing propane,was because I use propane daily,and as I researched more about propane and how it is used in homes? I decided to research more about propane because it is a liquefied petroleum gas that it's a gas that is used often in the summer with my family and that caught my attention.The most thing that I learned from this Action Project 1 was that is a non-toxic chemical it is not harmful to us humans which at one point I thought it was. What I am proud of is finishing my Action Project 1 was knowing the true facts about propane and how it's used and where it comes from. The most challenging part of this Acton Project 1 was the equation and finding propane's peak.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
I Believe In Hurt
Intro- The purpose why I picked this topic was because I felt that I can really put my thoughts into it. I want to make people think how important hurt can be to someone and that if anyone is going through this that they can talk to someone and not stay quiet because that just affecting you. I am proud of the topic that I picked because it really means a lot to me and saying it and recording myself feels so much better than to store it forever. I learned that in life you can always talk to a friend that you can trust and distract your feelings about being hurt. The most challenging part of my podcast was recording and reading the things I wrote in my essay.
Essay:
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Essay:
I believe in hurt. I define hurt as a bad,strong feeling inside that can really make you feel upset and hopeless. I think hurt has a lot of power because it can make you feel mad, lonely, hopeless, upset, powerless, and useless. Hurt really affected me in middle school. “Anabel” was the most popular girl in my class but she hated me without any reason. She called me ugly and stupid, and told me that I wasn't good enough to hang out with her. She even went as far as getting her friends to do the same. Through their actions, they were hoping they can get me to react. This made me feel like I was controlled like a puppet. This frustrated me and made me so angry. They were purposefully trying to hurt me and I felt like hurting someone back. They continued to make fun of me throughout my last year in middle school, calling me names and starting new rumors about me. It felt like they were continuously jamming their feet into my gut, every time that I heard false stories from different people. Throughout this experience, I had no one to talk to and no one to make me feel okay. I thought in order to stop the hurt and the bullying, I would change myself, but that’s not what they wanted either. They wanted to someone to pick on, they wanted to hurt someone. The more I ignored them, they angrier they got, and the more driven they were to hurt me.
Because I was hurt, I learned that by having people that I can trust and talk to made me feel weightless. Having people to share my feelings with and having someone to cry on made me calm down. I would also listen to music like reggaeton and hip-hop when I had nobody there at the moment. That music made me feel very happy. I learned to keep myself busy by going out with my parents to distract my thoughts about being bullied. I also learned to be stronger and to confront people who make me mad in a calm and respectful way.
Looking back at the bullies that hurt me, I hope that they learned that the attention they get from hurting someone wasn't worth the pain they caused. And for the people that are hurting, I hope that you can express yourself about how you feel to someone and find a way that can make you feel better.
Monday, December 16, 2013
No Trespassing
The purpose of this action project was to introduce “No Trespassing” to my neighborhood because it is done everyday and i want to change that by stopping the violence as one with people outside of my home so that way they know that trespassing is not good and can make people their unsafe in their own homes and work together to stop it because it is a highly risk of getting hurt or even killed.
A way that people that know about this is by..
-Flyers
-Introducing the issue with people outside.
-Sharing a post with online sources.
-Talking to people that would like to help also.
The reason why I chose this issue “Trespassing” was because this was happening in my neighborhood and i thought it should stop because it’s bringing more violence and it think its a huge risk for a lot of people outside and and can make things unsafe or make people think that it’s unsafe to be in your own house. Trespassing because its non-stop being done in my neighborhood and this why I created this flyer to let people know that this is getting out of control and we should make a change and help out our community. The flyer I made was to make people think its important and make this a conversation with family and friends and spread the message so that way people can be aware of what is going on in the city of Chicago.
What I did was I printed out 20 copies of the flyers that I created and I went home I had a friend take pictures of me posting my flyers onto the poles around my street and me passing flyers to people and explaining how it’s bad and how we should make a change in our neighborhood and stop the violence together.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Pot-Bellied Badger
The purpose of this action project is to choose an animal and create a design from the animal you chose.Therefore, I created a collage to show humans the special and cool things we can learn from the honey badger's body. I focus on its skin and stomach to inspire a new design of a stove for humans. I am most proud of my collage because it took me a long time to create. I learned about the animal itself, and will remember most the amazing fact that it can literally eat poison and survive.
The Animal: Honey Badger
In researching this animal, I learned several interesting facts: honey badgers have very strong claws, little hinged legs, and they hunt together during their breeding season in May. Out of my research, I also found the honey badger has several cool adaptations which humans could learn from and apply to solve design problems.
First, its skin is TOUGH & LOOSE. When a bee stings or when a snake tries to bite the honey badger, its skin protects the animal from serious harm. This means the badger can access unique foods (like honey from a hive) which few other animals - even bigger animals - can.
Second, the honey badger's insides are as tough as its outsides. Its digestive system is STRONG enough to process the venom of snakes and the poison of insects it encounters in its life and eating. The honey badger, after eating venomous snakes (cobras, for example), stays in a coma for 2 hours after eating and then wakes up after venom has been digested. Afterward, its body is like normal.
The Design: Stove
What are the features/parts and the characteristics of traditional potbellied stoves?
The traditional potbellied stove characteristic is the fat man's pot belly which gets it name from "belly". The top of the pot belly stove is used to cook food and heat water.
Some Problems that the potbelly stove has is the top part which can burn someones hand or (etc.anything that touches the top because of no door no edges to keep from burning to keep hands from touching the sides of the potbelly which is hand freely.
What are 1-2 problems with traditional stoves as currently designed (get too hot? dangerous? can they not burn certain materials?)
Why are you interested in redesigning it?
I am interested in redesigning this because I feel that the honey badger is strong enough just as the potbelly stove itself. Also, because the way is built is kind of similar as the honey badger's Digestive system, like the belly it can hold lots and cook very strongly and honey badger's can survive through poison.
Explanation
How do the toughness and strength of the HB's skin and stomach help us think about better stoves?
Why a stove out of HB? Why not a car? pen?
The reason why i chose a stove was because since the stove is metal and metal is hard and strong to deal with than i chose it to describe the animal i picked out honey badger
The design that I created was a honey badger with a pot belly stove as the stomach because I think a pot belly stove is very strong and tough just as the honey badgers digestive system.
JR (2013) Pot-Bellied Badgers. Collage, magazine on paper. GCE Voices Blog: Chicago.
The Animal: Honey Badger
In researching this animal, I learned several interesting facts: honey badgers have very strong claws, little hinged legs, and they hunt together during their breeding season in May. Out of my research, I also found the honey badger has several cool adaptations which humans could learn from and apply to solve design problems.
First, its skin is TOUGH & LOOSE. When a bee stings or when a snake tries to bite the honey badger, its skin protects the animal from serious harm. This means the badger can access unique foods (like honey from a hive) which few other animals - even bigger animals - can.
Second, the honey badger's insides are as tough as its outsides. Its digestive system is STRONG enough to process the venom of snakes and the poison of insects it encounters in its life and eating. The honey badger, after eating venomous snakes (cobras, for example), stays in a coma for 2 hours after eating and then wakes up after venom has been digested. Afterward, its body is like normal.
The Design: Stove
What are the features/parts and the characteristics of traditional potbellied stoves?
The traditional potbellied stove characteristic is the fat man's pot belly which gets it name from "belly". The top of the pot belly stove is used to cook food and heat water.
Some Problems that the potbelly stove has is the top part which can burn someones hand or (etc.anything that touches the top because of no door no edges to keep from burning to keep hands from touching the sides of the potbelly which is hand freely.
What are 1-2 problems with traditional stoves as currently designed (get too hot? dangerous? can they not burn certain materials?)
Why are you interested in redesigning it?
I am interested in redesigning this because I feel that the honey badger is strong enough just as the potbelly stove itself. Also, because the way is built is kind of similar as the honey badger's Digestive system, like the belly it can hold lots and cook very strongly and honey badger's can survive through poison.
Explanation
How do the toughness and strength of the HB's skin and stomach help us think about better stoves?
Why a stove out of HB? Why not a car? pen?
The reason why i chose a stove was because since the stove is metal and metal is hard and strong to deal with than i chose it to describe the animal i picked out honey badger
The design that I created was a honey badger with a pot belly stove as the stomach because I think a pot belly stove is very strong and tough just as the honey badgers digestive system.
References (In MLA format)
- Animal research (skin and stomach)...
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Friday, November 15, 2013
My course that I am taking is "Global Peace" and we have been studying about Swadeshi and I am writing this letter to Rey Colon because I want to make a change in my community.
Alderman Rey Colon
Community Service Office
2710 N. Sawyer Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647
November 14, 2013
Dear Mr.Colon,
Hello my name is Jamilet Rodriguez and I am a student from GCE High School known as “Global Citizenship Experience”. The course that I am taking is “Global Peace” and I am learning about Swadeshi, which means self-place.Through the study of Swadeshi I am learning about local and global economy. My class visited the Andersonville Chamber Of Commerce and we talked about how local businesses affect the community. We also learned about how Andersonville started and about their local businesses.
The visit to Andersonville made me realize about issues in our community, Logan Square. The problem that I am introducing is trespassing and robbery. These problems exist, I see and hear about them everyday. Which is why there are security cameras on streets, More cops and more security systems in schools and stores. The reason why I am Writing this is because in my neighborhood there are people that have done and have been through situations, where it is necessary to put security cameras on streets and homes.
This issue affects the local economy by increasing prices in their businesses, cost of government money and individuals money. Businesses enhance more their prices because of shoplifting, in order to stay in business they have to double the price to get the right amount of money because of taken products of their store.
Many issues have developed in my neighborhood making it difficult for people to come together as a whole,The reason for that is because there has been high numbers of assault,drugs,robbery and sexual assault. Although, there has been many issues affecting my neighborhood, there is always a solution to these problems. Solutions like hiring more police officers for shifts to watch the neighborhood for violence in the community and putting more surveillance cameras. Educating people about the consequences of their actions. Setting up security systems in their homes can also produce the number of robbery and can reduce the numbers of home robbery. Overall, these solutions are taken into action,the chances are my neighborhood will improve for better not for worse.
If the problem is solved the neighborhood would enhance and be a better place for the community as one.
Sincerely,
Jamilet Rodriguez
Friday, November 8, 2013
Doll's Eye
The plant that I chose was "Doll's Eye" plant and what I learned from this plant was that poisonous to humans and harmless to birds. The black stigma that the berries have gives the plant it's common name "Dolls Eyes".
The plant that I researched was Doll’s eye plant that is found in Southern Canada to Georgia and west to Minnesota usually found in mixed forests. Doll’s eye plant is poisonous to humans because of its fruit/berry. The berries harm us because of the black stigma that the plant has. This plant gets its Special name from the black stigma that is inside the berry which looks like an eye. Doll's Eyes black stigma turns into berries when its summer which persist on the plant until frost. These berries are harmless to birds, but for humans it can lead to cardiac arrest and death. While doing research I found out that some parts of this plant can be used for many things like headache, PMS, colds, fevers for humans which is interesting because part of the plant is poisonous for us.
"Doll's Eye Actaea Pachypoda." Medicinal Plants-Doll's Eye. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.
The plant that I researched was Doll’s eye plant that is found in Southern Canada to Georgia and west to Minnesota usually found in mixed forests. Doll’s eye plant is poisonous to humans because of its fruit/berry. The berries harm us because of the black stigma that the plant has. This plant gets its Special name from the black stigma that is inside the berry which looks like an eye. Doll's Eyes black stigma turns into berries when its summer which persist on the plant until frost. These berries are harmless to birds, but for humans it can lead to cardiac arrest and death. While doing research I found out that some parts of this plant can be used for many things like headache, PMS, colds, fevers for humans which is interesting because part of the plant is poisonous for us.
Roots are tea brewed which relieves pains like the ones listed above like..
- PMS
- Cough
- Colds
- Fever
- Headaches
What I am most proud of is my drawing because it took me time to draw and make it good. My drawing was similar to the picture above. The drawing drew shows facts about this "Doll's Eye" plant.
(2 sources for doll eye plant): Cited)
"Doll's Eye Actaea Pachypoda." Medicinal Plants-Doll's Eye. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Nov. 2013.
"Doll's Eye." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 07 July 2013. Web. 08 Nov. 2013.
"List of Species | Leafsnap: An Electronic Field Guide." List of Species | Leafsnap: An Electronic Field Guide. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Nov. 2013.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
I am Harriet Tubman, I am a black women, I wear clothes that are not fashionable, I'm poor but still fought for my freedom. Traveled at night guiding dozens of other slaves to freedom, Early in life i suffered a severe head wound that caused me many disabling seizures and attacks but still managed to move on and lead people to fight for what they wanted. But as i grew older i began to be stronger,
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| "Harriet Tubman", Wikipedia. 7 November, 2013. |
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