Week One 2/23-2/27:
Tuesday: One Problem Set
Wednesday: One Problem Set, One Video Reflection
Thursday: One Video Reflection
Friday: One Video Reflection
Reflection: I feel that this week went really well because I got the things I planned to do throughout the week by Thursday. the investment was the easiest thing for me this week because when we were planning the camping rip it got really complicated when everyone wanted to have their ideas chosen for what we were going to do. It was also a big surprise for us when we were told we were not going to be the only people on the camping trip, although, I think even if there are more people we will still have a great time with the people that come. The only thing that I am worried about is the other people taking over the trip but I don't think that that will happen. _________________________________
Week Two 3/2-3/6:
Tuesday: Start looking at Drone kit
Wednesday: Learn circuit diagram of Drone
Thursday: Start Building Drone
Friday: Work on Drone and Gimbal
Reflection: I feel like this week went fast and slow at the same time because we didn't have much work time to work on the drone but, I'm really happy because on the one day we had two hours to work, we got most of the drone frame built. I found that our group worked a lot better than I thought we would, knowing the different personalities of the people in the group, I thought that there would be a lot of fighting between us. We were able to get a lot of work done and I hope that we are able to work as well as we did the rest of the time. I'm rally excited to finish the drone except I'm afraid that we wont be able to get the drone to fly because it involves a lot of tweaking and programming. __________________________________
Week Three 3/9-3/13:
Tuesday: Work on drone
Wednesday: Work on drone and gimbal
Thursday: Work on drone
Friday: Blog and gimbal research
Reflection: I feel this week went really well because we got as far as we could on the drone in the first couple days. I didn't get to work on the gimbal design as much as I wanted to because I have been planning the camping trip that is next Thursday. I'm kinda scared for the camping trip because right now we are kind of unprepared, we don't have any of the supplies at school other than the astronomy equipment but, since we have had problems scheduling time to learn to set up the telescope we still do not know and the trip is in four days not including the weekend. I think that we could've planned this better and I know that we will for the next trip. I'm kind of annoyed with one of the people going on the trip because that person is getting mad that people other than freshman are going. I think the people that are coming are going to make it even more fun because they are our upperclassmen friends. I'm really looking forward to next week because the dji phantoms are coming in and I am so excited to finally get to fly one of them. This week was so funny because I got sprayed with strawberry oil and got the nickname "strawberry" and I think this was one of my better weeks because I got a lot of stuff done early.
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Week Four 3/16-3/20:
Tuesday: Work on gimbal design, play with dji
Wednesday: Work on gimbal design and drone, play with dji
Thursday: Work on drone, Camping Trip
Friday: Blog post
Reflection:
This week was really good because I got to help fix one of the dji's with Colin and we got it running again. It as really weird how so many people had the same problem after they got the update. The camping trip was fun but, there we way too many people I went over to do astrophotography many times and there was never anything for me to do because other people took over. I'm really sad because we missed the star cluster I really wanted to get due to weather. For the next camping trip I would really like it if there were less people so I could take some photos instead of just helping set up the telescope.
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Week Five 3/23-3/27:
Tuesday: Work on drone
Wednesday: Take drone course
Thursday: Take course again
Friday: Blog post
Reflection:
This week I was not able to take the drone course and I'm really upset about that because every time I tried to take the test there was never enough time or we were just cleaning up. I want to work on stuff over spring break, I really want to locate parts for my gimbal but, I feel like the parts are going to be really hard to find. I have been researching a lot about the parts and many of the parts I need are backordered. I am happy though because I got to fly the drone a little bit. I also helped Melany with her oil extraction, it was really interesting to see the process, I just wish that I knew even more about how it happens. I was also wondering if there is a measurement for every thing or if it is just whatever looks right.
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Week Eight 4/13-4/17:
Wednesday: Work on blog
Thursday: Figure out what to do with drone
Friday: Blog reflection
Reflection:
This week felt pretty slow because I have gotten to the point where a lot of the things I have been working on have to stop until we get more parts or we need help with certain things. I really wish that we could get to wiring the drone but, we don't know how to. When we have to program the drone I really want to learn how to program because it has always been one of the things I've wanted to learn. I think that everything feels really slow because we just got back to school. Next week will be more productive for me.
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Week Nine 4/20-4/25:
Tuesday: Take drone test, research telescope, two video reflections
Wednesday: Research telescope, get drone flying, two video reflections
Thursday: Learn how to assemble and take apart telescope, two video reflections
Friday: Two video reflections, Blog Reflection
Reflection:
This week I wasn't able to get to all the things done that I wanted to. When Alice and I were taking apart and putting back together the telescope, we were filming and I don't think that the video is best we could've gotten. I haven't really been working much on the drone because we don't have the parts. I wish that when we needed the parts they were already there because right now we have to do a lot of waiting.
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Week Ten 4/27-5/1:
This week:
Work on drone, work on stacking photos.
Reflection:
This week I didn't get to work on the drone because we started working on the movies more. I feel like we won't have much time in the next weeks before Taco Salad to work on physics. I really want to finish the drone and get it flying but, we don't have any time. I tried to stack the photos from when we went up to Mount Laguna but, every time I try to do it, it doesn't work. I have watched different videos and asked for help but no one will help me. I think it would be a lot better if we all helped each other but, I guess people are only in it for the points and don't want anyone else to have as many.
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Week Eleven 5/4-5/8:
This week:
Work on drone, try to stack photos again.
Reflection:
This week was all about working on the documentary so, I wasn't able to work on any thing physics related. Maybe next week my group will be able to work on Cindy.
Tuesday: One Problem Set
Wednesday: One Problem Set, One Video Reflection
Thursday: One Video Reflection
Friday: One Video Reflection
Reflection: I feel that this week went really well because I got the things I planned to do throughout the week by Thursday. the investment was the easiest thing for me this week because when we were planning the camping rip it got really complicated when everyone wanted to have their ideas chosen for what we were going to do. It was also a big surprise for us when we were told we were not going to be the only people on the camping trip, although, I think even if there are more people we will still have a great time with the people that come. The only thing that I am worried about is the other people taking over the trip but I don't think that that will happen. _________________________________
Week Two 3/2-3/6:
Tuesday: Start looking at Drone kit
Wednesday: Learn circuit diagram of Drone
Thursday: Start Building Drone
Friday: Work on Drone and Gimbal
Reflection: I feel like this week went fast and slow at the same time because we didn't have much work time to work on the drone but, I'm really happy because on the one day we had two hours to work, we got most of the drone frame built. I found that our group worked a lot better than I thought we would, knowing the different personalities of the people in the group, I thought that there would be a lot of fighting between us. We were able to get a lot of work done and I hope that we are able to work as well as we did the rest of the time. I'm rally excited to finish the drone except I'm afraid that we wont be able to get the drone to fly because it involves a lot of tweaking and programming. __________________________________
Week Three 3/9-3/13:
Tuesday: Work on drone
Wednesday: Work on drone and gimbal
Thursday: Work on drone
Friday: Blog and gimbal research
Reflection: I feel this week went really well because we got as far as we could on the drone in the first couple days. I didn't get to work on the gimbal design as much as I wanted to because I have been planning the camping trip that is next Thursday. I'm kinda scared for the camping trip because right now we are kind of unprepared, we don't have any of the supplies at school other than the astronomy equipment but, since we have had problems scheduling time to learn to set up the telescope we still do not know and the trip is in four days not including the weekend. I think that we could've planned this better and I know that we will for the next trip. I'm kind of annoyed with one of the people going on the trip because that person is getting mad that people other than freshman are going. I think the people that are coming are going to make it even more fun because they are our upperclassmen friends. I'm really looking forward to next week because the dji phantoms are coming in and I am so excited to finally get to fly one of them. This week was so funny because I got sprayed with strawberry oil and got the nickname "strawberry" and I think this was one of my better weeks because I got a lot of stuff done early.
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Week Four 3/16-3/20:
Tuesday: Work on gimbal design, play with dji
Wednesday: Work on gimbal design and drone, play with dji
Thursday: Work on drone, Camping Trip
Friday: Blog post
Reflection:
This week was really good because I got to help fix one of the dji's with Colin and we got it running again. It as really weird how so many people had the same problem after they got the update. The camping trip was fun but, there we way too many people I went over to do astrophotography many times and there was never anything for me to do because other people took over. I'm really sad because we missed the star cluster I really wanted to get due to weather. For the next camping trip I would really like it if there were less people so I could take some photos instead of just helping set up the telescope.
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Week Five 3/23-3/27:
Tuesday: Work on drone
Wednesday: Take drone course
Thursday: Take course again
Friday: Blog post
Reflection:
This week I was not able to take the drone course and I'm really upset about that because every time I tried to take the test there was never enough time or we were just cleaning up. I want to work on stuff over spring break, I really want to locate parts for my gimbal but, I feel like the parts are going to be really hard to find. I have been researching a lot about the parts and many of the parts I need are backordered. I am happy though because I got to fly the drone a little bit. I also helped Melany with her oil extraction, it was really interesting to see the process, I just wish that I knew even more about how it happens. I was also wondering if there is a measurement for every thing or if it is just whatever looks right.
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Week Eight 4/13-4/17:
Wednesday: Work on blog
Thursday: Figure out what to do with drone
Friday: Blog reflection
Reflection:
This week felt pretty slow because I have gotten to the point where a lot of the things I have been working on have to stop until we get more parts or we need help with certain things. I really wish that we could get to wiring the drone but, we don't know how to. When we have to program the drone I really want to learn how to program because it has always been one of the things I've wanted to learn. I think that everything feels really slow because we just got back to school. Next week will be more productive for me.
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Week Nine 4/20-4/25:
Tuesday: Take drone test, research telescope, two video reflections
Wednesday: Research telescope, get drone flying, two video reflections
Thursday: Learn how to assemble and take apart telescope, two video reflections
Friday: Two video reflections, Blog Reflection
Reflection:
This week I wasn't able to get to all the things done that I wanted to. When Alice and I were taking apart and putting back together the telescope, we were filming and I don't think that the video is best we could've gotten. I haven't really been working much on the drone because we don't have the parts. I wish that when we needed the parts they were already there because right now we have to do a lot of waiting.
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Week Ten 4/27-5/1:
This week:
Work on drone, work on stacking photos.
Reflection:
This week I didn't get to work on the drone because we started working on the movies more. I feel like we won't have much time in the next weeks before Taco Salad to work on physics. I really want to finish the drone and get it flying but, we don't have any time. I tried to stack the photos from when we went up to Mount Laguna but, every time I try to do it, it doesn't work. I have watched different videos and asked for help but no one will help me. I think it would be a lot better if we all helped each other but, I guess people are only in it for the points and don't want anyone else to have as many.
___________________________________
Week Eleven 5/4-5/8:
This week:
Work on drone, try to stack photos again.
Reflection:
This week was all about working on the documentary so, I wasn't able to work on any thing physics related. Maybe next week my group will be able to work on Cindy.