Video 1:

Connect:

This youtube video connected to my prior knowledge of circuits from last year. Before watching the video, I knew the basics of circuits but have no prior knowledge of soldering. I had heard a little bit about soldering from girls last semester, but that was the only time I have heard about soldering before.

Extend:

This youtube video extended my knowledge because I didn’t know very much about soldering before. It extended my knowledge on how to solder as well as a what soldering is. It taught me to be very careful and precise whilst soldering and making my circuits. I had never had the experience of soldering before

 

Challenge:

This video challenged me because I had never heard of soldering before watching this video. Sometimes, the video was very fast and I needed to go back and watch some of the video again to fully understand it.

Video 2:

Connect:

This video connected to what I learnt in the previous video and my knowledge of circuits from last year. This helped me understand how to make a circuit and now I know how to make a more professional circuit then a snap circuit.

Extend:

This video extended my knowledge of soldering as I didn’t know how to solder or what soldering looks like.

Challenge:

This video challenged me because some of the steps were quite fast and because I had never soldered before, I needed to replay them and watch them a couple of time to fully understand them.

Week 3:

This week, I spoke to Mrs Kemp and decided to change my project. Originally, I was going to build a water filter, but after talking to Mrs Kemp we decided to change it into a prac. Now, I am building three different types of DIY water filters and then will test the ph. levels and clarity of the water. I worked very efficiently in this lesson as I started my introduction. Next week, I will finish my introduction and my variables.

Week 4: 

This week, I finished my introduction, variables, materials and methods and am on track. I didn’t have the opportunity to solder, but hopefully will next week I will. During this week, I will organise all of the materials that I will need so on Tuesday, I can do my Prac.  Other then soldering, next week I will try and complete my prac and then fill in the results table.

In today’s lesson, I finalised my drawings and my product list. There were no major roadblocks in this process. I worked together with Mrs Kemp organise my materials with Ms Rooney. I sent an email to Ms Rooney about organising my materials. we came to the conclusion that I would purchase the materials and then I would be reimbursed by the STEM budget. We came to this conclusion because most of the materials that I wanted to use were from an online website. Next week, I am ready to start making my first product, I am happy with how I am travelling along and how much time I have left to make my product.

 

In Tuesday’s double lesson, I completed my risk assessment and started looking at resources and pricing. Completing the risk assessment was a quite important part of this task as it ensures that I know what could happen if something goes wrong. there were no major or minor roadblocks in this process.

When I was starting to look at the possible resources and pricing lists, I realised how many sites just were wanting to sell an already made filter which slowed this process down quite a lot. another roadblock that I encountered was every thing had multiple sizes to it. this was a roadblock because I then needed to spend some time trying to work out the size that I wanted my prototype.

Next week, I am hoping to complete my materials and pricing list, write an email to Mrs Rooney to ask about the materials and to start sketching out my final product.

 

Today, I completed some of my dream/drawing section. I quite a few diagrams online of water filters that looked both simple and complex. Once I found these images, I wrote notes about them that showed what I liked and about it and components that I may be able to include in my own sketch. Some of the photos that I found were diagrams of Pura Taps, normal water filters and DIYs. I am thinking about using more of the DIY components as I would have all of the resources easily accessible. But, I would also like to include some of the normal water filter and Pura Tap components. If these resources are unavailable, I could use makes empire or something similar, to 3D print these features out. The main materials that I am thinking about using at the moment are flyscreen (screen door material) or a thin cloth. The flyscreen could be used to stop bigger pieces of gravel and the cloth could be used for sand or dirt. This week, I didn’t encounter any roadblocks. Next week, my goal is to complete my final sketch and to write my materials list and risk assessment.

This week, I finished answering my research questions and started to go onto looking at the different materials that will be needed to build the filters. I didn’t have any major roadblock’s but I had one minor one. The minor roadblock that I faced was some of the illnesses that I found last week, were actually not water related instead they were from bug bites or uncooked food. to overcome this, I looked back through the website that I used, and also looked at a different website so I could compare the results.

Next week, my goal is to complete looking for materials and find some diagrams of the inside of filters. if I am successful in completing those tasks, I will start my design sketches. I also found a folder to use and will need to print out all of the work that I have done so far as well as use sticky tabs to organise my folder.

In today’s lesson, I started creating and answering some research questions. The research questions that I created are: What are the different types of water-related illnesses? How are water-related illnesses created? How are water filters made? How do water filters work?  What are water filters made out of? Are there any purifying techniques already in place in rural Dubai? I also changed my project from water purifiers in third world countries to making a water filter for Rural Dubai. In Rural Dubai, people don’t have access to clean water, therefore, are getting ill with water-related illnesses.

Started answering the question: What are the different types of water-related illnesses? Through my research, I found out that there are about 30 different types of illnesses and I am writing down a definition, symptoms and how you can prevent getting the illness for each individual illness. Thus taking up most of my lesson time this week and will be continued on with next week.

Next week, my goal is to finish or be near to finish answering my research questions. This week the only roadblock that I encountered was looking at more than one website, and a some said different symptoms or protection methods than others. I overcame this obstacle by writing down the most common symptom or protection method.

Getting Ready for your research: 

The problem I want to solve is: people in less fortunate countries having not having clean water and getting sick from it.

Write down ANY questions you have, based on the problem you want to solve.

• What diseases are in the water in less fortunate countries?
• How are water filters made?
• How do water filters work?
• What are water filters made out of?
• Are there any purifying techniques already in place? 

What diseases are in the water in less fortunate countries (what impacts effect people)?

• Bacteria cannot be seen therefore it is hard to detect.
• Typhoid fever and cholera a couple of the types of diseases that can be found in the water.
• Children are most vulnerable to diseases as their immune systems are experiencing everything for the first time.
• Even in more developed countries, mums boil the water to clean and sanitise it.
• But then in less developed countries, mums cannot afford the equipment to boil the water
• The children affected by this type of illness miss out on school much like people that have food poisoning. This causes the poverty cycle to continue as they miss out on school and then are playing catch up. The person that stays home with them to look after the child and don’t make money for day or period of time. When the illness is really bad, they might need medication. The money used to buy the medication might have been for the food for the next week.

 

Elevator Pitch

My idea is creating a small portable and handheld device that clips on to taps that purifies water.

The problem that I am improving is people in less fortunate countries having not having clean water and getting sick from it.

This is important because the poverty rates from less fortunate countries are rising because people are getting sick from the water causing them to miss school or work and having someone look after them and missing work.

 

A chewable frisbee for dogs that doesn’t break when you chew it.

Area: What part of the Diamond does this fall under?

This topic falls under the healthcare and animal conservation part of the diamond.

Problem: Outline what the issue is. 

The problem/issue that we are trying to overcome is that peoples dogs cannot pick up their frisbees and end up chewing them. once they chew them, the pieces of frisbee end up going inside their bodies and causes them to get sick.

Impact: who would benefit from a solution?

The people that will benefit from this solution are the dog owners that like to play with a frisbee but their dog chews it up.

Ideas: Do creative ideas or possible solutions already spring to mind?

A solution that comes to mind is a frisbee that is a harder plastic or even metal frisbee that would be harder to chew.

 

Biodegradable plastic bags at the fruit and veg shop.

Area: What part of the Diamond does this fall under?

The topic that this idea falls under the plant or animal conservation.

Problem: Outline what the issue is. 

This issue solves the problem of plastic waste around the world.

Impact: who would benefit from a solution?

People who will benefit from this idea are people who care about the environment and would like to reduce waste.

Ideas: Do creative ideas or possible solutions already spring to mind?

An idea that springs into mind already is a reusable plastic bag that you will get at the front of the shop that doesn’t weigh.

 

 

A portable device that you can put on taps to clean and purify water.

Area: What part of the Diamond does this fall under?

This idea falls under the healthcare diamond.

Problem: Outline what the issue is. 

The issue that could be improved is that people in less fortunate countries could be getting sick from the water.

Impact: who would benefit from a solution?

People that don’t have access to clean water and have a chance to get sick from it.

Ideas: Do creative ideas or possible solutions already spring to mind?

a portable device that could clip onto the tap.