Eco-Geo Challenge Reflection

My three other team members were Jennifer, Peter, and Leo. Jennifer joined our group on the last day of the eco-geo challenge. When we worked as a team, we worked efficiently by trying one method after the other. However, when we were outside to measure the hight of the 성남 high school building, we could not work efficiently because of the weather. I think if we were to do an activity outside of class, we should plan carefully to make sure that we can work in an environment that is not distracting. 

Each of the members did not have assigned roles; the one who could quickly complete the task did so without any complaint. When we were making the three by four rectangle, we just took turns measuring, holding, and taping the string. I think it took longer for us to complete the task because the string was way too short. 

I thought that the third challenge, calculating the height of elementary school building from middle school, was very similar to our first challenge, approximating the height of the 성남외고building. What I learned from this activity is that in order to approximate the length or height of an object that is far away, we need to use angles and triangles. 

I had a hard time with the last challenge because I thought most of the problems that our group came up with were very similar to the first three challenges. In fact, I noticed how it was difficult to come up with KIS related problems that have just the right complexity. Now I know how difficult it is for teachers to come up with innovative problems.

I have been waiting for this semester since 9th grade, because it is SENIOR SECOND SEMESTER. However, it is not very different from first semester; I am taking the same classes, and therefore have the same work load as the first semester. One thing that I like about senior second semester is that I have more time to myself. So, I use that time to go to the movies, and socialize with my friends. Now that I have almost reached the end of my high school years, it makes me to question if I had tried my best in the past four years. 

Snap shots of Cooking Game Coding

chef coding getting cut-off because it is just so looooonggg...
Scratch lagging..?

other parts of the coding:

 

 

Blog Posts(Notes) Collection

11/9
turned in proposal(slow life)

11/11
researching about slow life (11/11 post)

11/14
absent
At home
: researched more about slow life and encountered a serious problem
-> I wanted to make like a 30 seconds, short, advertisement-like film. However, it is very challenging to connect the kind of film to mathematics. Need to talk to advisor.

11/16
update proposal(calendar)
changed to scratch; basic outline of the game
- cooking game
- cooking meat on a grill
items cooked if touching the grill
much like the “고기굽기”game on junior naver
last minutes spent on downloading photoshop

11/18
Field Trip
> At home, continued to search for food png/gif photos on the internet
ex) sauces (hot sauce, mustard, steak sauce, ketchup, mayonnaise), lettuce, onions, garlic, cheese, tomato, ham, olives, hotdog bun, burger bun

11/22
- finished gathering all the photos for food items
ex) patty, bacon, sausage, toast, bread...
- located their x and y positions
worked on “Have to be cooked items”
setting up different variables to identify...
raw/cooked/burnt conditions
front/back
on plate/not on plate
number of clicks to find out which side(front/back)


11/23
formatting plates and table
if touching table or plate not cooked
time recording variables of each items don’t change if touching table/plate

11/29
Trying to figure out directions
when to display each slides
back and click on next keys
when to show and not to show

12/1
Trying to figure out directions
still working on back and click on next keys
trying to fix the blinking back key
blinking during the game (FIXED)

12/5
showing chef with words
chef checking each items
subtracting the number of extra items on the plate from miss
adding hearts
disappearing one by one as miss decreases from four
when miss = 1 the game is over

12/6
trying to figure out how to add challenges/levels to the project
took out and replaced all the stop script controls

12/8
trying to figure out how to add challenges/levels to the project
why is the chef not showing up the second time..?

12/12
trying to figure out how to add challenges/levels to the project
the new order not showing up after clicking next level

Individual Final Project - Cooking Game

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Reflection - Day 1

November 11, 2011

I finally came up with a theme for my final individual project. The proposal below was due by the end of the class. It is a very basic outline until the end of this semester.

When I was initially assigned to come up with a theme, I got quite frustrated. A lot of things came to my mind, but nothing actually performable and suitable to do in class. For example, I thought about making a cookbook with my own recipes. However, I thought it was inefficient to work on it in class, because I would have to bring all the cooking equipments and ingredients to class everyday. Although I had the passion to cook, it required quite a lot of dedication and responsibility that I had to give up the idea.
Then, I started to think in a different direction, looking for something that I needed personally in my life.
I thought that so many things just passed by unnoticed, because I am always too busy keeping up with my academics. Actually, I have to admit that most Koreans tend to live a fast, very fast life. Speed matters in everything: Internet, conversation, work, etc. I am not saying that we should not pace ourselves through life, but sometimes we are in such a hurry that we fail to see the valuable things that also matters to one’s life. 
As a matter of fact, I decided to create a short campaign film to advocate “slower life.”

Individual Final Project

Name: Jane Yang
Final Individual Project:
Game (Scratch)
- Balancing
- Santa delivering
- Cooking Game

 

 

Game Unit Reflection

Since I was pretty familiar with programming after taking the AP Computer Science exam, when I heard that we were programming next unit, I was quite excited. However, I have to say that I was quite disappointed when I was first introduced to Scratch because it was not the type of programming that I expected. To me it seemed as if we weren’t actually programming anything by ourselves, but just borrowing the already made applications or functions from Scratch to create rather an obvious or very limited game. However, as I tried new things out, I thought it was quite similar to java, because unlike C, java also has a lot of functions that are provided for the programmer.
Jenn and I together created a game, in which the prince has to reach the princess in order to save her. Initially, when we were told to create a game, I had no idea where to start from. However, after viewing some of the games online, I remembered a game that I played at naver.com when I was young. So, I borrowed the concept from that game and incorporated into our game. As I was looking for different applications to make the game, I found out that the codes (Looks, Sound, Variables) were similar to the ones that we actually use when programming with computer language. For example, “if...then...” “forever if” “repeat until” are pretty much what is used in computer language. I found the similarity quite interesting.
While I was creating the game, I had to go through numerous trials and errors. After every coding I had to run it and see if it works; if it did not work as intended, I had to go back to the codes and alter some of it or try new functions. I also found that particular process very similar to the process with computer language.
I was thinking about majoring computer science, but after this unit, I am even more willing to do so. Before, I thought computer science was a really rigid and defined studies, in which not much creativity is allowed. However, after creating a game using Scratch, I think it actually requires a lot of innovative ideas along with personal inputs.