Sunday, February 22, 2009

Paul Baumer character analysis

He is a young 19 years old German boy who enlisted the army with is friends in school. He is a really kind person, he cares about his friends a lot, and he also knows them really well. Before the war, when he was a young student, he used to write poetry. He and his friends were being trained by a man called Himmelstoss, Paul and his friends really hated him for his strict and ridiculous discipline.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Submarine SMASH Day Reflection

1. Summarize --
-- What did we do for SMASH Day? We had to make a periscope out of certain amount of utensils, and use that periscope to look for what is inside the box on the table, and your head and hands has to stay below the table.
-- What was your mission?
To look for the 7 things in the box on the table.

-- What supplies were you given?
Approximately 40cm*30cm cardboard, 50cm of tape, 4 7cm*7cm mirrors, and about 5 pieces of papers.

2. Reflect -- Scientists often make a hypothesis, test it, and then change (or modify) their design to make it work.
-- How many times did you have to modify your design? One time.
-- How did you know that you should modify your design?
We tested it during the practice time, and we discovered it it wasn't long enough.

-- How did you know what to do when you modified it?
Because based on our result from testing it out, we knew that it has to be a little longer.

-- How did your team communicate to decide how to modify your design?
We throw out our ideas, and through discussion, we pick the best one.

3. Tips and Suggestions
-- If you could give a list of tips and suggestions to someone who is doing this for the first time, what would it be? What would you tell them to help them out?
-Make sure to stable the mirrors really well, so it won't get too loose and change the angle of reflection.
-If you want a 90 degrees reflection from your eyes, you need to place the mirror exactly 45 degrees in front of your eyes