Class Evaluation

              The things I liked about this class is that we were experienced to new computer programs. I liked how we used scratch to help us create a game. This class taught me a lot of the computer science principles, which is why I enjoyed the class.

             Some things I did not like about the class is that we would do the same things everyday, which got a bit frustrating sometimes.

             Some recommendations I suggest are that we do different activities each time so we will not get tired of the same things.

             The highlight for me was being able to create my own game, having group work with people so we can help one another.

            I did do my best in this class, but I feel like I could've put more effort in it.

            I am reading my life planning goals everyday, because I want to pursue the goals I have written down on my journal.

           I am committed to being a CTR person because I have aspired to always be an Arete person.

Senior Camping Trip

I had a good experience in my senior camping trip, I did activities that I never thought I would do. It was tiring this whole weekend. I rarely got any sleep, but it was very fun overall. I am glad I had the opportunity to go to camp because it was a memorable experience.

1.0 Hr Report Page
   Computer Programming and Performance Task Reading and Practice for 1.0 Hour Daily

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Class Evaluation

1. What I liked about this class is that we did a lot of activities. And these activities were to be done in class  so I really liked that. The reason I liked that was because if we had a question or we did not understand something, we could always ask him.

2. The things I did not like about the class was that sometimes when the assignments were difficult we would not go over them as a class before we started, so when it would be time to work on it on our own, everyone would be lost on what to do because the assignment would not be explained to the class. 

3.Some recommendations for the class to be improved would be to let us have a little but more free timed, we always work on our assignments since the moment we walked in to class to until the last minute to leave, so everyone would be tired of doing work nonstop. 

4.The highlight for me in this class is that I actually learned things I never knew about, such as coding and all of that.

5. I actually did do my best in this class, I always tried my best on every assignment we had to do. I know I could still have done better, but I did try in the class.

6. What I am doing to qualify for college credit is to start practicing for my final AP exam for the class. So I can pass it and receive the college credit for this class.

7.I am reading my Life Planning Goals daily, although I have not reported because I sometimes forget especially now since we have been busy with college applications and other stuff, but I will begin to report.

8.I am committed to being a CTR person , because I want to do the best in life and I know with being an arete person, I can accomplish anything.

Bomb-Sniffing Bionic Plants Could Look for Pollution

Bionic plants can detect explosives in real time and could be the future of environmental monitoring and urban farming. The spinach plants have carbon-nano tube-based nano particles in their leaves that give off infrared light and are sensitive to the presence of nitro aromatics, key components of several explosives. If these chemicals are present in groundwater, they are absorbed by the roots and transported to the leaves, where they cause the infrared emissions of the so-called "nano-sensor" to decrease. A detector that is similar in complexity to a smartphone can register this change in emissions, the researchers said. In tests with the nitro-aromatic picric acid, this dip was detected within 10 minutes of the roots taking up the chemical, according to the study. The researchers said their "nano-bionic" approach is much faster than previous genetic engineering methods that rely on monitoring changes like wilting or de-greening that can take hours or days and aren't easy to detect electronically. The scientists also used a wild breed of spinach rather than special lab-grown varieties. The researchers said they are confident they can replicate the method with a broad range of plant species that are well-adapted to their environments. This innovation is cool, because I like how they can detect pollution by a plant.

Explore Performance Task

I actually like this performance task, because I learned more things i did not know about the internet, like i learned more about net neutrality, and internet censorship. Although I wish we had more topics to choose from because I kept on hearing the same thing from my group because we all kind of did the same ones, so i kind of already knew what they were supposed to teach us about. But since I did not have the topic of net neutrality, I learned a little on that topic. But it was a good practice activity because we all communicated with each other, and taught each other what we knew about the topic we chose for ourselves. 

Internet Innovations

The smallest internet connecting devices need battery or power cord, but technology lets gadgets work and communicate using only energy harvested from nearby TV, radio, cell-phone, or Wi-Fi signals is headed toward commercialization. Researchers who developed the technique have demonstrated internet -connected temperature and motion sensors, and even a camera, powered that way. Getting a device without a conventional power source to communicate is harder, because generating radio signals is very power-intensive and the airwaves harvested from radio, TV, and other telecommunication technologies hold little energy. This will impact people who live in their devices, and need to be constantly plugging it into the power for battery. It will solve some problems, for example not much power will be used up. I think this innovation is good because many people have plugging in their devices to charge and now you will not need too.