Our solar oven design
Cooked
By: Andrew Tran and Kaden Dusharme
10/30/2017 - 11/17/2017
This whole project I was partnered with Kaden Dusharme for both the solar oven and recipe project. We worked pretty well together in the solar oven project in physics. We had ambitious ideas at the start but we stuck on how to execute the ideas properly. With our recipe, we took the challenge option which made it so we had our own recipes to do. Our collaboration held up towards the middle/end and was excellent then broke a little, but we fixed it in the ends when we finished our product for the solar oven. For the recipe project, we collaborated on what we were doing and planned out when we would cook and finish it. We talked over our ideas and revised something if it didn’t work out, and worked diligently. I feel that some ways I could grow as a group member in this whole process would be communicating more towards the end, because that’s when it really counts. When you test your idea and it doesn’t work, you need to improve quickly to meet the deadline. That applies with the recipe project, I should’ve talked to Kaden more about his recipe because he couldn’t find much information about his recipe.
Something that I learned in both of the projects for work ethic would be the ideas and construction for the solar oven, and ideas and planning for the recipe project. The recipe project didn’t have much collaboration because we took the challenge option and both chose our own recipe, but I learned more about collaboration when we researched about our recipes for the paragraph in the final draft. Collaboration was one of the key components in the solar oven project because you needed to bring in your own materials and had to coordinate when to bring it and the urgency of it. Overall, the solar oven project seemed to include your partner a whole lot and learned much more about collaboration in the whole time we were doing it. Oral communication wasn’t too bad, and I had to talk to Kaden and other people when we had to revise some aspects of our solar oven. For the recipe, the only time I really had to communicate to my partner was when I needed to express our ideas at the start of our project and towards the end where we needed to research. Written communication in the recipe project showed that I explained my recipe thoroughly with information that connects. With the solar oven, written communication wasn’t necessary but I did use it when we had to explain our ideas at exhibition. Content for both of the projects was pretty good. Our recipes were great, they held accurate information and correct steps. Mine was an adaptation of the original banh mi, and used common ingredients. The content for the solar oven was different, I comprehended all of the content and knowledge that was given in this project but my product didn’t seem to work as a solar oven.
In terms of class values, I have learned or experienced them a whole lot in the process of the products. For the recipe, I have shown empathy when we learned about the reasons why people don’t cook and why people watch more cooking shows than actual cooking. Empathy for the solar oven project was harder to incorporate, but I showed my way of empathy when my partner needed time to cool off. Grit is one key value that was shown in the solar oven project, revising and recreating parts of the solar oven required patience and grit. For the recipe, testing the waters and learning how to cook and prepare was new to me and I had to redo it a couple of times. Responsibility is something that I’m held accountable for, so I completed my cooking with an adult early on and completely finished it early for my recipe. For my solar oven, a whole lot of responsibility was entrusted to us. We had to bring our own materials and create our own designs, which Kaden and I both completely completed in a reasonable way. Respect was used when we had the guest speakers come in and talk to us about many topics in cooking. Respect for my partner when it was work time and break time was needed because I knew his tendencies. Integrity for the solar oven project would be bringing most of the materials for the solar oven, what drove me was the absolute need to get this project done. Integrity for the recipe was not needed as much, but I tried to show as much as I could by researching the recipes.
Exhibition was fun and very informational for all of us. Kaden and I were in the middle of the whole exhibition walk area, so we had people passing by who we pulled in to talk about our project. Our final product differentiates because our recipes are excellent, while our solar oven didn’t have usage but was fully complete. What I had to offer to my group was maybe over half, but that seems fine when you can still have a good time doing the project. If I were to grade myself in the terms of the class learning outcomes and class values, I’d give myself a respectable 9/10 for the class learning outcomes, mainly for the not working solar oven, and a 10/10 for class values.
By: Andrew Tran and Kaden Dusharme
10/30/2017 - 11/17/2017
This whole project I was partnered with Kaden Dusharme for both the solar oven and recipe project. We worked pretty well together in the solar oven project in physics. We had ambitious ideas at the start but we stuck on how to execute the ideas properly. With our recipe, we took the challenge option which made it so we had our own recipes to do. Our collaboration held up towards the middle/end and was excellent then broke a little, but we fixed it in the ends when we finished our product for the solar oven. For the recipe project, we collaborated on what we were doing and planned out when we would cook and finish it. We talked over our ideas and revised something if it didn’t work out, and worked diligently. I feel that some ways I could grow as a group member in this whole process would be communicating more towards the end, because that’s when it really counts. When you test your idea and it doesn’t work, you need to improve quickly to meet the deadline. That applies with the recipe project, I should’ve talked to Kaden more about his recipe because he couldn’t find much information about his recipe.
Something that I learned in both of the projects for work ethic would be the ideas and construction for the solar oven, and ideas and planning for the recipe project. The recipe project didn’t have much collaboration because we took the challenge option and both chose our own recipe, but I learned more about collaboration when we researched about our recipes for the paragraph in the final draft. Collaboration was one of the key components in the solar oven project because you needed to bring in your own materials and had to coordinate when to bring it and the urgency of it. Overall, the solar oven project seemed to include your partner a whole lot and learned much more about collaboration in the whole time we were doing it. Oral communication wasn’t too bad, and I had to talk to Kaden and other people when we had to revise some aspects of our solar oven. For the recipe, the only time I really had to communicate to my partner was when I needed to express our ideas at the start of our project and towards the end where we needed to research. Written communication in the recipe project showed that I explained my recipe thoroughly with information that connects. With the solar oven, written communication wasn’t necessary but I did use it when we had to explain our ideas at exhibition. Content for both of the projects was pretty good. Our recipes were great, they held accurate information and correct steps. Mine was an adaptation of the original banh mi, and used common ingredients. The content for the solar oven was different, I comprehended all of the content and knowledge that was given in this project but my product didn’t seem to work as a solar oven.
In terms of class values, I have learned or experienced them a whole lot in the process of the products. For the recipe, I have shown empathy when we learned about the reasons why people don’t cook and why people watch more cooking shows than actual cooking. Empathy for the solar oven project was harder to incorporate, but I showed my way of empathy when my partner needed time to cool off. Grit is one key value that was shown in the solar oven project, revising and recreating parts of the solar oven required patience and grit. For the recipe, testing the waters and learning how to cook and prepare was new to me and I had to redo it a couple of times. Responsibility is something that I’m held accountable for, so I completed my cooking with an adult early on and completely finished it early for my recipe. For my solar oven, a whole lot of responsibility was entrusted to us. We had to bring our own materials and create our own designs, which Kaden and I both completely completed in a reasonable way. Respect was used when we had the guest speakers come in and talk to us about many topics in cooking. Respect for my partner when it was work time and break time was needed because I knew his tendencies. Integrity for the solar oven project would be bringing most of the materials for the solar oven, what drove me was the absolute need to get this project done. Integrity for the recipe was not needed as much, but I tried to show as much as I could by researching the recipes.
Exhibition was fun and very informational for all of us. Kaden and I were in the middle of the whole exhibition walk area, so we had people passing by who we pulled in to talk about our project. Our final product differentiates because our recipes are excellent, while our solar oven didn’t have usage but was fully complete. What I had to offer to my group was maybe over half, but that seems fine when you can still have a good time doing the project. If I were to grade myself in the terms of the class learning outcomes and class values, I’d give myself a respectable 9/10 for the class learning outcomes, mainly for the not working solar oven, and a 10/10 for class values.