Capstone 7

Presenting for an audience is good. once I knew I was presenting for an audience I got nervous. When I finished it felt really good. the audience really liked it. I stumbled a little on some of my parts and missed some parts but I said the key points.  When I recorded I didn’t have Read More…

Capstone 6

For the last couple of weeks, I have been working on my Script and TED Talk. TED Talk is when you have five minutes to present all of your information and there is no limit as to the number of slides. I could have done an IGNITE presentation, which consists of fifteen seconds per slide Read More…

Capstone 5

Answering my main question took a lot of time. There were several steps involved. For example, I watched several videos about the company and its founder, read articles, and conducted an interview and site visit. Sometimes, it was challenging to stay focused on my main question as there was a lot of information about Under Read More…

Mixtures and Solutions 2

Today we conducted an experiment with colored sugar and three different liquids. Oil, vinegar, and water. we mixed the colored sugar with one of the liquids. there were three different experiments. In each experiment, the sugar is the solute and the liquid was the solvent. The solute is what is dissolved in the solution and Read More…

Refugee 3

Our class is almost done with this book. There have been times were people had power and they used it in bad ways. In Josef’s story, Josef’s family is trying to run away from the Nazis. That shows that the Nazis had power and they used it in a bad way. Also, when Josef’s family Read More…

Capstone 3 and 4

In the plannig phase, I called Under Armour office in New York and they never picked up. Then I called the facility in Baltimore and they told me to go to Media Relations. So I called Media Relations and I couldn’t get anyone on the phone. Next, I sent an email to Media Relations asking Read More…

Capstone 2

The main question I have is how did Under Armour become so successful? I wanted to understand how the company has changed over time. Under Armour has been in business for less than 25 years. My sub-questions are: (1) why does Under Armour make deals with athletes? (2) how does Under Armour decide what products Read More…

Capstone 1

My class has started a project called “Capstone”. Capstone is a research project that will be completed in six weeks. At the end of the project, we need to prepare a final presentation. For this project, I want to focus my attention on a topic related to sports because I enjoy playing soccer and baseball. Read More…

Passion Project 6

During the Passion Project, I have learned a lot about what it takes to do stand up comedy. I learned that I have to explain what I’m saying when I’m writing my script. When I wrote my script at first it wasn’t funny because I didn’t explain what the joke was about.  I had to Read More…

Passion Project 5

In writing my comedy script, I thought about using the cultural difference between Argentina and Puerto Rico. In addition to using language differences, I used sports to illustrate those cultural difference. I choose (1) baseball because is the national sport of Puerto Rico and (2) soccer because it is the national sport for Argentina. In Read More…