Stress 05/13

Summary: This week in class we learned about stress and the affect it can have on your body. Stress is your bodies reaction do dangerous and unfavorable events, like a car speeding at you, it's what helps your body react and get out of those situations. But stress isn't all good, if you are stressed out, you can get variety of different mental illnesses. like: Depression. There are a lot of coping strategies, though, and some, like: Deep Breathing, Meditation, can help people out a lot.

SP2: Developing and using models
 This week, developed an info graphic about stress and the affects it has on the human body after long periods of time. We also included information on how to cope with stress and get rid of it. We used these models to demonstrate our understanding of stress, and what causes it, and how it affects us, as humans.

Hype beast bear 05/03

https://www.amazon.com/Big-Teddy-Bear-30-Tan/dp/B00LG6K4YE

Summary: This week in class we learned about how making and transporting things affects the environment. After a material is extracted it is transported to the factory where the item is made, and depending on, which transportation method is chosen then a different amount of greenhouse gases are released into the air, contributing to climate change. At the factory, usually the making of the product itself doesn't hurt the environment but, factories use coal and other forms of non-clean energy to power, the factory. On the way to the store, we come across the same problems as we did when we transported the items to the factory.

Backward Looking, I knew a bit about how toys are made from natural resources, and how they affect the environment. I knew about this subject because before I went to this school, I did a project on Global Warming and what causes it. During the project itself I learned a lot about the affects of harvesting the natural resources.

Inward Looking, I found it very frustrating that I couldn't be of more help to my team, during the project. Since this project was about creating something I wasn't of much help beyond the documents that we did. I couldn't help more because I am not very good, at making things with my own hands, and since I joined the team late, they already had everything covered.

Outward Looking, we did things that were similar to other groups, like we made a stuffed bear, which other groups did do. What we did differently, was instead of sewing everything onto our stuffed bear, was we glued everything together. Other things that we did differently were, we made the bears body, out of a recycled sock, and we also put clothes on our bear.

Forward Looking, I hope to improve on my arts and crafts skills so I can be of more use to my team int the future. I would like to specifically, focus on my creativity so I can not only help make the idea for the project, but also help make the script for when we present. It will also help me find solutions to dilemmas I find in the real world, when I grow up.