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Capstone#7

For the first time I presented my Ted Talk for a live audience. It didn’t feel that different from when I did my presentation that was recorded. The presentation went well. I did a good job. When I got recorded for YouTube there was one part where  I was forgetting what to say but than I remembered and the rest of it was good. When I did my live presentation I didn’t mess up. Last year we did passion projects where we had to give a TedTalk so it wasn’t much different. Here is my TedTalk:

Thank you for watching I hoped you enjoyed it.

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Capstone#6

I have finished my final project. I made a Ted Talk. I have a rehearsed my script plenty of times. Every time I present it gets better and better. The first time I didn’t look at my script I was amazed by how much I actually knew. To practice my script I read it to my class and my family. They gave be good feedback and some comments constructive criticism which helped me. The first thing that I had to do was write my script. With that I got some help from my parents and our senior option. The next thing thing I did was make my slideshow. I wrote my script on a google doc, I added a table with for columns. The columns were time, slide, script and image so I knew what image to put on my slideshow. The third step was to practice the script and get feedback. The last thing I did was make index cards with bullets for my presentation. Here is my slideshow:

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Capstone #5

I have learned so much about thrill rides. I have learned about how they are designed, how they have changed, what the first roller coasters were, what are some iconic roller coasters and what the rides are made of. The most surprising facts I learned were that the first roller coasters were made in the 1400s, and they were ice covered hills, and the fastest roller coaster’s top speed is 149 miles per hour. My main inquiry question was: “How has science and technology impacted the experience of the rides?”. With the advancements of science and technology ride designers and engineers are able to create rides that are faster and more thrilling than ever before while ensuring rider safety at all times.

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Capstone #4

Over the weekend I went to Rye Playland. I went with my mom and dad. It wasn’t very helpful. There were some things that helped but, my interview was more helpful. Somethings that stood out to me was that the price of the ticket depended on how tall you were. Also if you lived in Westchester you got a $5 discount.

Some of the rides were similar to the rides that are at carnivals. I think the ride that i had to wait in line the logest for was the dragon coaster. Here is a picture of the dragon coaster:

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I think that the scariest ride i went on was super flight. As the day went on the lines got longer. When the park opened there were no lines but later on in the day the lines got pretty long. Here is an image of super flight:

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When I got to the park the lines were not that long. The longest wait i had to do was about 20 minutes. As the day passed by the park got more crowded and crowded.

Some other things i noticed is that some of the rides were interactive for example they had bumper cars and go carts. Antoher thing I noticed was that all the kiddyland rides were all in the same section of the park.

A lot of the rides made me dizzy. There were three rides that were closed. One of the rides was a tower ride, one of the rides was thrill ride that and another was a kiddyland ride. Overall my site visit was not very helpful.

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Capstone#2

Now that I have y topic we had to pick a main inquiry question. My inquiry question is, How have science and technology changed the experience of the rides? After we picked our main question we picked subtopics. my subtopic questions are, How do simulators work? How do water rides compare to roller coasters? How have rides evolved? How has science and tech made rides safer? What is the difference if a ride is indoors or outdoors? Right now I am finding resources and evaluation them. I have a couple books, videos, websites and search terms. I am in a good spot right now.

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Capstone #1

For capstone I chose to study thrill rides. I chose this topic because I love going on rides and I wanted to learn how they work and how they evolved. I was choosing between thrill rides and Marvel. It took me a little while to pick which topic. I was not sure which I wanted to pick. I asked my family for some advice. The way I ended up choosing my topic was by figuring out what I wanted to do for each topic, how I was going to present and I narrowed both topics down. I ended up choosing thrill rides.

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