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 * __Sierra's Journal__ **

//March 26th, 2009//


 * 1. You will be exploring a da Vinci inspired topic, of your choice, and going into great detail. What subject or subjects are you interested in?**

A: In terms of being a young Da Vinci, I'm interested in the architectural aspect of this project and engineering. I am also initerested in inventing my own creation and possibly building replicas of Da Vinci's inventions.


 * 2. What interests you about your subject? Why is it something you want to know more about?**

A: Those 'subjects' above interest me because I like doing hands-on projects and having to really think about how the invention will function, what it will look like, and how I'd make it. It'd be a very challenging experiment(s) but I know I'd enjoy doing it because Da Vinci himself fascinates me. I'd like to try to think as if I was Da Vinci, having all these thoughts running through my mind as I create all these things. How cool would it be if I were to invent something and someone somewhere 50 years from now are using MY invention.


 * 3. Would you rather work individually or in a group? And what is the largest group that you would be interested in working in?**

A: Personally, I could do this project by myself or even in a group. There are pros AND cons to each choice. For working alone, it may be better because you wouldn't really have to collaborate as much with other people, and you wouldn't have to divide all the work amongst the group. Another reason to work alone is because you know exactly what you want to do and how you want to do it. But if I were to work in a group, I'd like it to be a small group, possibly 2-4 people. Being in a group can also be a good thing because then you CAN divvy up the work and share ideas and have others to talk to about the project and your ideas. Now as I'm writing this, I'm starting to think that I should work in a small group, depending on what kind of project I decide to do.


 * 4. Look at the images on the In-Class page for March 12th. For each of the levels/skills on Blooms Taxonomy that we discussed, use the key words in the image to tell us some of the things that you might do in your wiki assignment, in order to demonstrate each of the Skills.**

Remember/Understand:

Apply:

Analyze:

Evaluate:

Create:

//Feburary 19th, 2009//

Today, I explored gadget anatomy and learned all about simple machines. Most of the inventions today inlcude several of these simple machines. For example:

Some other elements of machines are:
 * wheel and axle
 * pulley system
 * wedge
 * screw
 * lever


 * gears
 * bevel gears
 * worm gears
 * cam