Week 20

On Monday we didn't have school have school because of Memorial Day. On Tuesday we worked on putting the aluminum on the trailer. Some people worked on finishing painting the inside of the trailer. I'm not sure if it got finished but it looks good. On Thursday our group had to cut another piece of aluminum we haven't put it on but I think it is ready to be put on, on Monday. Also on Thursday Antoinette and I worked on leveling out the back table. I was impressed of how good Antoinette made it level out. Today is our last full Friday until the last day of school next week.

Some new things I learned in this class is not to be afraid of trying new things, because it may not be as scary as you thought it would be. I didn't do much but just by watching other people do things like using the tools I learned new things. The place i was most interested in was the plants and the growth of them. What I learned is that plants are like babies. They do use a lot of care. There are also a lot of different ways to make them grow and it was cool to watch three different ways. Putting things in to the plants to make them grow was also very interesting. I do think that I could start planting over the summer and use some techniques from the class.

Week 19

This week we worked on the trailer. On Monday we painted the trailer on the outside, on both sides. On Tuesday we did a second coat around the trailer and started painting the inside. On Wednesday we did the same and did another round of paint in and out. On Thursday we continued painting. It's a nice white color and the way the trailer is looking it is looking really good and i'm really excited to see the finished product before the end of the school year.

This week's essential question: Of what are you capable of?
I don't really know what I am capable of.

Week 18

This week was pretty much was a work week. On Monday we worked on the roofing on the trailer. On Tuesday we were in the sticker area making stickers. On Wednesday we worked with these plants. What we did with the plants was put something in there so we had more blooming. Hopefully next week we can see more progress. I don't remember what day but we got computers that another teacher from another class gave us to experiment with. What we did with the computers was take them apart add find what works the whole thing, like the brain of it. It was fun taking it apart and actually seeing it in the inside.

This weeks essential question: How is California's housing market?
What I read from an article was that California's housing market is doing a lot better.
This is what I got from an article:

California is finally ramping up for the spring homebuying season, posting that March single-family home and condominium sales surged to 31,989, a 33.1% jump from 24,031 in February. This is the biggest March increase in three years, according to a report fromPropertyRadar.

http://www.housingwire.com/articles/33641-heres-proof-californias-housing-market-is-now-booming

Week 17

This week was a productive week. On Monday we worked on the outside trim. On Tuesday we finished the outside trim. On Wednesday we fixed the curves and bumps on the walls. On Thursday we worked on the back wall and tested it out. Today I think we are going to keep working on keeping the 2 side walls stable. With the plants I don't know what else is going on the ones inside they just aren't growing as good as the ones outside. The ones outside will be ready really soon. I hope.

This weeks essential question: Who would you be wise to emulate?
Im not really sure about this question.

Week 16

This week we worked on the trailer. What we did was cutting a thin piece of wood to put on as the roof. The other partv of our group did the trim. The roof however was really easy to do. Before we put on the roof we had to make sure the walls were evened out enough. As for the plants the tomatoes are little bit weird. What we did to kind of help it was putting in a fan to air it out. The reason for putting in the fan was to air it out because we do think that they are dying because they aren't getting enough air. So we are hoping that works as well as we think it will. The snap peas aren't doing as well as they were in the beginning, now they are dying and I have a feeling they won't make it but we can do everything we can to fix it. The outdoor tomatoes are still doing really good solely growing but making progress. The lettuce had been the same for awhile though but it still looks like it's growing good it hasn't had any problems I've noticed. I don't remember what other plants we did but I haven't seen any thing new.

This week's essential question: how do you get electricity from rotating a shaft? Why is this movement so important

What I found was that a turbine spins the shaft and electromagnets rotate very quickly inside a heavy copper coil that becomes a magnetic field and changes the energy to electricity. I don't know exactly why this movement is so important.

Week 15

This week didn't feel as productive for me. But the trailer is coming along I think that it will be done soon.  The group has been getting a lot done and everybody is seems pretty satisfied with how it's coming along. The plants inside still haven't been shocked and I was really hoping they would be so we can see improvement. I've noticed that they have just been dying but some flowers are growing. The plants outside are doing really good they are growing good and how they are supposed to.

This week's essential question: where does plastic come from and how do we form it into all those shadows

Week 14

This week was another productive week. With the plants we haven't shocked the indoor plants but I have noticed a couple flowers growing and hopefully these last and somebody doesn't pull them off this time. The plants outside are growing way better than the indoor plants, there is some baby cherry tomatoes growing still. As for the trailer it's also progressing we have been putting on the studs that seemed to go pretty helpful. It's better when the whole group is helping each other out with this project.

This weeks essential question: When you flush the toilet at Rancho, where does it go?
When we flush the toilets at Rancho the waste water goes to the Laguna Waste water Treatment Plant. Which is located about two miles North West of Rohnert Park.

Week 13

This week we came from spring break and it was a pretty progressive week. As for our plants they have been doing okay. The tomato plants inside aren't growing as good as the ones outside, the reason for that is because the plants outside feel like they are going to die anytime soon and the ones inside aren't feeling like that because they are being well taken care of. The snap peas are growing great! As for the trailer we raised the walls and put up support beams.

This weeks essential question: How Does The Water Crisis Affect You?
The water crisis affects me because it means that I have to cut down on certain things I do. There are going to be a lot of changes because of it. It's going to be hard to adjust to saving as much water as I can but i'm not the only one who has to try to save.

Week 2

This week I didn't really do much because I wasn't here most of the week, but the time I was here in class I helped out with the trailer doing the walls. I also didn't really do anything with the plants either because I was getting frustrated how we put our on cages around and they just fell right over. Obviously we fixed that up. But other than that not much was done.

Week 10

This week the plants have been all over the place. The way that the tomato's plants have been growing is crazy. The tomato's haven't been growing it's just the plant that has been growing the most. The snap peas are growing very well and they should be ready anytime soon. The plants outside have been growing very good to the lettuce especially. It seems that the lettuce outside grow a lot better than the ones inside. This week some how feels like things are actually getting done with the plants.

Week 9

This week we sort of helped on the trailer and still worked on the plants. On Monday we helped the group by spray painting the trailer a matte black. On Tuesday we tried to figure out how to build our own cages around the cherry tomato plants, at first it was hard to even do because of how big some of the plants have been getting but we figured out a couple things that helped out. On Wednesday we kind of did the same thing just trying to make it even better. We also did the same thing on Thursday.

The essential question was about if you knew that a hammer was really a hammer.
How I know that a hammer was really a hammer because I can see the hammer. Obviously I know what it is because people say it's a hammer.

Week 8

This week we just worked on plants again. Monday we tried to figure out how to tie the medal sticks to make the plants grow up. On Tuesday we did the same exact thing and Wednesday and Thursday. today is Friday and not much is really being done. It was sort of a slow week and we didn't do anything.

Week 7

This week we had another Monday off for Presidents Day. On Tuesday we just checked up on our plants. We couldn't do much but just water them and just make sure they are growing and still alive. The rest of the week we watched how the trailer is coming out. With the time that we haven't been helping as much a lot has progressed, there has been some times were I have seen that they had to re do some things that has been very annoying for them. While our class has been working on our projects another class came in to do their projects. It's fun to see them work and work with the tools in the class. 

The essential question of the week is, Do you consider yourself well rounded?
Honestly, I don't know if i consider myself well rounded.

Week Six

This week we had Monday off of school for Lincoln's birthday so we didn't get to work on our plants. On Tuesday we got to work on our plants and that's all we did all week but on Thursday we transferred some of the lettuce, cherry tomatoes, and snap peas outside. That's all we really did all week.

The amount of money a equipment operator makes in California in a year a yearly salary is about 63,802 and hourly is about $35.

Week 4

This week we were mostly working in the garden area. What we did was pant more cherry tomatoes and I think we planted some green beans also. We had to put some stuff in the water that goes into the planter box to make the plants grow just a little bit faster. We tried installing something in the big water tank I forgot what it was called but it was really easy to build but it turned out to be the wrong one. The thing i'm mostly excited for is getting the strawberries and watching how much they grow. I also want to see how it all turns out when all the vegetables and fruits look taking over the planter box and being able to eat them when they are ready!

With the trailer project I haven't been working on it that much because I have been spending a lot of time with the plants. Yesterday we watched another group do something that we are going to be doing next and it seems really simple and hopefully it's as simple as it looks. The way the trailer is looking I have a feeling we will be finishing it and it's going to turn out great!

Week 3

This week we had Monday off for Martin Luther King Jr. When we came back on Tuesday I ended up just joining the trailer group and we just cut some pieces for the lights for the trailer. There was to many people and not enough things to do with the trailer because most of what was really needed to do was welding and grinding. So what the extra people did was sand some wood for a new bench for the special ed class. Thursday we switched to the plants which is actually really fun. I think learning new things about the plants is cool. Like when we switch the plants over they hang down because they are traumatized which I never knew I found that very interesting. And how much they need care just as much as a newborn baby!

Week One

The week back from Winter break I started to finish my Dallas Cowboys design for the plasma cutter. When I finished I realized that some parts of the Design would fall out. I went back to fix some of the parts that I thought were going to fall out. After I did that I watched the trailer group cut their pieces for the trailer. It was interesting to watch them come together to get it done. I was really wanted to cut a piece but it wasn't my project so I just let them do it. I have an example of what my design looked like before I changed it.