ER GCE Portfolio

This unit in our core class ’Who Am I’ we learned about doubt and dream. We talked about the meaning of dreams and how in many lines of work you have to deal with doubt especially when considering the risk involved. We learned about Freud and the surrealist art movement. We also picked up new psychology and surrealist vocabulary like the Id, ego and superego to better understand the way we dream and the way we think. We talked to a few people with some more experience on the matter. First we spoke to pastor Matt Fitzgerald who talked to us about doubt and how we can better interact with those around us. Then we spoke to Jason Bender a black belt in Jiu Jitsu who taught us to mitigate risk and doubt by learning to protect ourselves better in a corporeal sense. On the flip side of this we lastly talked to financial planner Andrew Lisi who explained how the best way to decrease doubt and risk is to diversify or spread out the risk. Lastly we wrapped up the unit by learning about the Oj...

 This most recent unit was a very short unit for fuel. It lasted no more then a single week.  We learned all about how batteries, electricity, and motors work.  We get to watch our teacher, Will, smash an electric pencil sharpener with a hammer to retrieve the electric motor from inside. With the electric motor we identified each components - stator commutator and rotor. Seeing these components firsthand really helped solidify my understanding. Then using a multimeter we were shown that electricity can flow both ways ways by placing the prongs to the bottom where the battery goes and spinning what is usually the drill piece, we got minimal results with around .2 volts being put out.  Lastly we learned of our action project. To build our very own battery with the electrode and electrolyte of our choice.  I chose bleach and rice wine vinegar for mine and used pennies and some really heavy screws as my electrodes.  Please enjoy my lab report as well as a few p...

 This unit we've been hard at work learning about functions, system of equations, and renewable energy.  We learned all about all the different types of energies and how they work and are used in the real world.  We spoke with Christa Markgraff who works in the natural gas industry to hear from someone with in-depth experience with all kinds of energy. Even though her work is in natural gas she explained all the different pros and cons of each energy type.  Did you know thorium used in nuclear power plants is one of the most efficient power sources?  I didn't It was really cool to talk to and ask questions to someone with proper experience in the field.  To wrap it all up we worked on creating an infomercial for a renewable resource of our choice.  It was fun because we got to take lots of creative liberty on this one. We even took lots of inspiration from the flex tape infomercials featuring the legendary Bob Saget. Now without further ado here's my i...