Goals

__**GOALS PAGE**__ //(Date started-Date concluded)//

Wednesday-Thursday, May 5-6, 2010 1. Complete getting video onto Powerpoint a. Added hyperlink onto last slide 2. Complete Promo Video a. Finished exporting video

Tuesday-Wednesday, April 27-28, 2010 1. Organize more of my video a. Worked on my video in Mr. Meder's class 2. Complete more slides on powerpoint a. Finisihed two more slides

Wednesday-Thursday, April 21-22, 2010 1. Categorize my Presentation notes a. Figure out order of slides 2. Complete on two more slides a. Two more slides complete

Monday-Tuesday, April 19-20, 2010 1. Complete Rube Goldberg a. Finish and test machine 2. Aquire a camera from Mr. Meder to film Machine in action. a. Start filming my Rube Goldberg for presentation

Thursday-Friday, April 15-16, 2010 1. Complete two more entities of Rube Goldberg Machine a. Finished domino effect with checks and dominoes. Completed ball on string entity 2. Complete two slides of PowerPoint a. Finished three slides on PowerPoint

Tuesday-Wednesday, April 13-14, 2010 1. Complete two more entities of Rube Goldberg Machine a. Finished ball drop and cardboard tube 2. Organize Ideas for activity to engage audience during presentation a. Bring random objects and allow volunteers to construct a small entity in a Rube Goldberg

Thursday-Friday, April 8-9, 2010 1. Diagram a rough sketch of project a. Skectched in notebook. 2. Measure development and schedule meeting with Mentor a. Mr. Ardner told me to start my Rube Goldberg by working backwards

Wednesday-Thursday, April 7-8, 2010 1. Organize information regarding project info a. Updated wiki 2. Demonstrate information about project to contact a. Meet with Zayda to start developing project

Wednesday-Thursday, March 24-25, 2010 1. Organize information with mentor a. Meet with mentor 2. Revise minor mistakes in paper a. Fixed minor mistakes

Tuesday-Wednesday, March 23-24, 2010 1. Revise paragraph formatting on paper a. Fixed formatting 2. Revise sentences that don't fit a. Fixed sentences

Tuesday-Wednesday, March 16-17, 2010 1. Complete goal on research paper section of wiki a. Typed more pages of paper 2. Complete Title page a. Title page completed

Monday-Tuesday, March 15-16, 2010 1. Complete goal on research paper section of wiki a. Typed four more pages of paper 2. Demonstrate information to Mr. Ardner after school. a. Got mentor paper signed after school and discussed project outline

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
 * Write one more page of paper
 * can be found on H drive
 * Email Mr. Ardner to see if he can be my mentor
 * Emails can be found on my gmail account

Monday, March 8, 2010 While I have been conducting my research: A. I acknowledge that I have one habit that has helped me be successful and one habit that I should change to be more successful: a. time management b. procrastination

Wednesday, March 3, 2010
 * Define 5 physics principles that relate to Rube Goldbergs
 * Inertia, velocity, acceleration vector for curvilinear motion, F=MA, tension
 * Finish notes from sources.
 * Found in notebook and highlighted print sources

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 1. Determine the type of task I want my Rube Goldberg to accomplish. a. I have compiled a list of ideas in my notebook that I have narrowed down. 2. Complete taking down my eight resources on my bibliography page a. My works consulted is updated with the necessary citations.

Friday-Monday, February 20-22, 2010 1. Research tasks my Rube Goldberg will accomplish 2. Find new resources

Thursday-Friday, February 19-20, 2010 1. Find Article on history of string theory 2. Find an invention idea for a Rube Goldberg

Wednesday-Thursday, February 17-18, 2010 1. Define Quantum Mechanics a. Printed out page on basic quantum mechanics for dummies 2. Define Rube Goldberg a. Printed out a defintion of who Rube Goldberg was and what a Rube Goldberg Machine is.