MSExploreQ2-Ja+Young

=Design Folder - Ja Young=

**Unit Question:**
Why and how do societies convey the importance of global issues to its members? Here at AISD how can we promote the importance global issues so that we can better live the school's vision of “being stewards of a just and sustainable world?"

Unit Question Interpreted:
Why and how can societies communicate the problems in the world and show the importance to its members? In AISD how can we communicate about the importance about Global issues so we can promote to school's vision for a "Just and sustainable world?".

I think communicating with each other is important and communicating about Global issues can make our world much better. For example, I don't like the dirty lakes that we have in Bangladesh so if we communicate and participate to solve these water pollution, we might can end up cleaning and making the lake to change. So I think communication is important to solve any Global and other issues in the world.

Observation about Wood - Investigation
Today in the class, we got blocks of wood and made observation about it:
 * Smooth and light color in 2 sides and other 4 sides are rough and dark
 * The wood is spiky and the wood part hangs out and falls off
 * Hard
 * Heavy
 * Arch on the smooth side
 * Patterns of lines in the rough side
 * Has black holes and cracks
 * Gray, black, green, brown, light brown, dark brown, beige and red colors on it
 * A cubic shape
 * Would taste dry and spiky
 * Smells like vinegar
 * Sandy

Question: What evidence is there that wood is/was a living organism?
Wood is/was a living organism because if wood wasn't a living organism the wood itself wouldn't be in this world. The tree grows and growing means that it was living and people cut the tree to make wood. So wood was a living organism. Also it's not dry and it's pretty hard and heavy. Living organisms always have common things which are that we are not dried up, we're moist, touchable and able to see and have weight. So I think that wood is/was a living organism.

=Design Brief Nov.30, 2011= The product will be a sign to tell the readers of the sign to think that the Earth is dying. The product is going to say like "Let's save the Earth!", "Let's walk than taking a ride!", "Help! The Earth is dying!" or more. This product will solve the UQ because these signs relate to the Global Issues such as pollution going around the world and to try to not cause them more. = = =Guiding Questions Dec. 7, 2011=

It's for everyone. Faculty, students, teachers, bearers, parents and all of the people in Bangladesh.
 * Who is the product for?

It's going to be displayed maybe in front of the school gate or in the place where there are most traffics there.
 * Where is the product going to be displayed?

Yes, because it's a sign and it's not that big.
 * Would it be able to finish in the time given?

The product will be a sign about air pollution. It's going to say "Let's walk than ride!" and a car with gases coming out.
 * What is the Product?

Yes because one of the Global Issue is pollution. Air pollution is a type of pollution in the world.
 * How will the product/solution solve the UQ?

Wood, paint, nails, hammer, pencil, note, etc.
 * What materials are we using to make the product?







=Process Journal (Jan. 11, 2012)= Today, when I came to D.T class, Mr. Hassan prepared my sign board and stand cut. My sign board is 12" x 10" x 1" big and my stand was supposed to be 3" x 14"x 3", it was cut in 2" x 10" x 2". So I had to remake the stand and I made it into 2"x 14" x 2". Then I drew my base on plywood and Mr. Hassan cut it for me. I had a problem of the balance of the wood. But I cut some parts of to make the balance even and it worked! I finished my part list and my plan hand written and those help me to make the product. Today I learned what ban saw is. Mr. Hassan told us what it did but I forgot and today now I realize what it does and what it is. That's what I did today.

The Plan



The Part list =Process Journal (Jan. 15, 2012)= Today I printed out the letters I am going to cut on the Adobe Illustrator and Stuck it on to the Acrylic. My letters are going to be in black colors and it says "Ride? Walk!" and I already cut only the letter R. The smoke or the gas coming out of the car is going to be in white. I also drew what I am going to cut of the car and it's also an acrylic and it's red. Today I was making sure that all the woods were cut off like the bottom base, base, and the stand.

The Base, Bottom Base and the Stand



The letters printed on the Acrylic and the letter "R" cut off. = = =Process Journal (Jan. 17, 2012)= Today what I did was to use the scroll saw and cut the white acrylic smoke and the red acrylic car. I didn't get to work that much today because today was early dismissal and I didn't really have that much time. And white cutting the smoke, there were so many round curves I had to do and first, I was bad but after Mr. Muller teaching me not to push but rotate white cutting, I got better and better and be able to but the smoke!

= = = Evaluation Questions =
 * 1) Does the product solve the unit question?
 * 2) What could I do to improve my product?
 * 3) What was challenging?
 * 4) What is the greatest strength of the product?
 * 5) Is the product visually appealing?
 * 6) Did I use the materials I had available good? How?
 * 7) Did I feel safe in the D.T. lab?

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 * 1) Yes my product does solve the unit question because air pollution is one of the global issues. And my product is about car with smoke coming out and it's telling that we should walk than riding home.
 * 2) I could have made my letters more neater but it's because I am not that good at scroll saws and I was risk-taking for using the scroll saw. I wish I made the letters more smoothly.
 * 3) Obviously, the scroll saw was the most challenging thing to do because I am not good at it and I was scared of the blade going up and down.
 * 4) I think the greatest strength is the visuals or the pictures because by just looking at the car and gas coming out, you know it's something about air pollution. I think my idea was the greatest strength.
 * 5) Yes, it is big enough for the people to see but it is photograph not the real sign.
 * 6) Yes, I have used the materials that was available good because I used the only materials that were in the D.T storage room and those were, different kinds of wood, and acrylics. I used drill, scroll saw, band saw, nails and hammers to build my product.
 * 7) Yes, I felt safe in the D.T lab because we had our eye protection and our ear protection from the loud machines. The drill and the nail were scary at first but after getting used to it, I got better and I felt confident so I didn't get hurt.