Aaron+research+project

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TERM 1

**Week 1**
 * 1/2/11 - Today my teacher taught me how to use wikispaces. In wikispaces i learned how to change my picture, change information around, messaging prople and commenting on the discussion board. I also learned that im a person who likes to listen to what people because we have to say in this test use but i did. don't understand well because he speak fast and i'm not well at speaking and lestening


 * 4/2/11 - My Teacher taught me how to find my journal. A kid in my class showed me how it is not possible to change our journal name entries because it is restricted for admins. i have learned how to turn on the aircon in the computer room.


 * 7/2/11- I came to school late because my brother kept everyone waiting in the toilet. A peer of mine showed me what program to use for the assighment we're starting, we had to choose one topic to work on and i choose pregnancy. The reason i choose pregnancy is because it facsninates me learning about how the body works.

**Week 2**


 * 8/2/11 - I came to class five minutes late because i couldn't find my bag i left in the area i was in recess time. In class i did some research on my topic and had a chat to Kian about what he was doing it on, he's so much cooler and smarter than me, jokes. I feel sick and tired today because i didn't get enough sleep lastnight.


 * 11/2/11 - Some student in my class misplaced there journal for mine and i had to look through history and look for my old work to make a new journal. I learned some new things from his mistake though, i learned how to look through history retrieving old work. The teacher did not understand what i was trying to say and he kept blaming me for someones mistake.


 * 15/2/11 - I found out Ms Miller is my teacher every tuesday. She showed us a video to get a better prespective view for the project we have to do. I decided i am going to work with kian through the whole assighnment.

**Week 3**


 * 16/2/11 - I have been really slack today because i had no idea what topic I & Kian was researching on. I just watched videos on Vinhs computer of video games through one whole lesson then the teacher called me up and we talked about what i was researching. I gave him the ideas I & Kian were talking about the other dad. Now i am thinking questions of the topics i have choose, cars & teenage pregnancy.


 * 18/2/11 - Kian & I decided to change our subject to science. The reason of this is ebcause we want to do ours on this science competition relating to science. The teacher showed us a survey site where we will be making a survey for people to fill in.


 * 21/2/11 - My group looked through science experiments on google to find which experiment wew ould like to do for our project. We havn't decided yet because kian keeps complaining on the ones i want to do. I am tired & feel like passing out.

**Week 4 -**


 * 22/2/11 - Kian & I continued researching on what video we will be doing. We couldn't find any good experiments on the internet so we started brainstorming some idea and we came with these idea.
 * How a balloon sticks on a persons hair once rubbed to the hair
 * How the balloon releases air
 * Why balloons go up when hyliem is in it


 * 23/2/11 - I went to the library to look for books on my research project. I only could find one particular book which could help me with my research, while i was at the library kian was making a survey for our research. We ended up choosing an experiment on the book which is easy & unique.


 * 24/2/11 - The teacher told me of for being late to lesson 3 because i was getting told of for wearing wrong uniform by deputy/principle & he thought i was wagging. I've been researching on my topic in class today and i found some unique information on science that i never knew. Kian is doing a particular question in on science and i am doing another.


 * 28/2/11 - I stayed home due to the a cold. At home i just laid down and let my body rest for most of the day. but when i did feel better i did some homework. Right now i am feeling like a leaking tap.

**Week 5**


 * 1/3/11 - Kian is not here and i haven't had a godo idea where to start on my research project. It is hard for me to try do work when i don't have mty partner with me. I'm not sure if i made the right choice...


 * 4/3/11 - I went to the penny building for my research project lesson today because i was to lazy to go class & my partner was away.. again. in the penny building i was searching through idea on my topic. I'm not sure if i want to continue this research project choice..

Here is a picture of my graphic map
 * Week 6**
 * 7/3/11 - Vinh join in our research project group. coming to class late gave me an talk with the teacher, we discussed about my lack of attendance. I'm going to try get my act together with or without kian and do this research project. I am thinking of being alone and changing my topic to pregnancy or protein. In the next 20 minutes i decided to do my own research project which will be on protein and im working on my graphic map.
 * 8/3/11 - I decided to let Kian back in my group because he promised he would come every lesson. We will be doing our research project on protein. I have finished my graphic map & am thinking whart to do the main quesiton on. We completed a quiz about protein! if you are reading this please go and take it this is the link ---> []
 * 9/3/11 - Kian is not in class and i am figuring a way to access his survey account to check my responses from my quiz. I have done some incorrections and also need to fix it up. I don't know if i made the right choice or not. I decided to make my own survery monkey account and a protein survery with Vinh. Here is a link to new survery - []
 * 11/3/11 Teacher had a talk with our class today to support us with our work and gave us tips to assist us on ideas & to aim for the stars, A grades. He talked about the 5 capabilities communication, citizenship, personal development & work & learning. He also gave me idea on my research project to put in my survey, the quesiton is "should highschool bring in protein bars/drinks for there senior students?*. Mr Stave was also talking about our learning style and to see for our weaknesses and what we need help in. I am now goign to the library to borrow protein books to find more information on protein.
 * Week 7**
 * 15/3/11 - We have a relief teacher today. At the moment i am reading my protein book i borrowed from the library and talking to Kian about our research subject giving him tips on what site to use. This book i am reading has a lot of useful information i can use in my research project.
 * 16/3/11 - I went to return old library books from my previous research project choice so i could borrow more books about my research project. I came back to class and had a talk to the teacher and he was chatting to me about our scaffold. Which is a worksheet we need to do for our research project. He also gave me tips how to make my research project look better etc. take photos of protein shakes/bars and post it up. I found out my grade for journal which is a current A which brighten my day. Here is a bibliography to the books i borrowed.




 * Week 8**
 * 21/3/11 - Coming to class I felt wide awake due to the caffeine i took in today. In class Mr stav talked to the class about our grading system and then he help me edit my main research questions to make it more easy to research. We took a another look at our scaffold and i spotted out a mistake Mr stav made with what we were ment to do. Mr Stav mistakenly thought we were suppose to erase what the criteria page said to do and answer them in there but we were really mean to just read the first page and fill in the questions/answers in the next page. Kian is finally getting on task and helping the group with a good amount of work.
 * 22/3/11 - Mark asked me to take his new survey. I found the survey questions really useful for there research project and i hope my answers help them to what they're looking for. I'm now starting my scaffold and finding the answers to my research project questions
 * 22/3/11 - Teach showed us how to use advanced research on google to save more time on researching. I've done my first page for my scaffold with the teachers help on my hypothesis. I am feeling very sick today but am trying to get through my scaffold. My hypothesis on my research topic is : Protein supplements will improve students (physical education, academic studies, student attentiveness, self esteem) performs in school.


 * Week 9 **
 * 28/3/11 - Tired, exhausted & lazy to do anything at the moment, couldn't sleep lastnight until late and had only few hours of sleep. We have a relief teacher today and he was talking to us about using varieties of sourcers for our scaffold for better bibioliography. Vinh gave me a good website of protein supplement he found which has really useful information.
 * 29/3/11 - I tried accessing websites to watch videos about protein but i couldn't get any access to it so i began my other questions on my scaffold. We have a relief teacher today, he keeps walking in circles making sure everyone is on task doing there scaffold. I'm really sore from playing sports this morning and arms hurt from holding a cricket bat.
 * 30/4/11 Finished my scaffold struggling to understand questions. Fix as much errors i could find and word counted it. Doing this scaffold has help me get a better view on protein supplements and the source of protein. We have been having reliefs lately and my regular teacher had a better knowledge of our work.
 * 1/4/11 - Fixing up my journal page updating my scaffold to my complete scaffold. teacher is here today which is a relief so i can ask some questions on my scaffold im not sure about. Assessment week is dued today and is stressing me getting everything complete by the end of today.


 * Week 10**
 * 4/4/11 - Today the teacher was talking about how we might be getting a new teacxher next term and telling us his not 100% that he did everything by the sace rules. In this lesson i just took a look at my drafts for mistakes and fixed it up. I will now be starting my major practical for our next term.
 * 5/4/11 - Deciding what method i should use to present my final research project either using powerpoint or a poster is my plan. The only problem with using powerpoint is that I only have the 2000 publisher and not the 2010. I will probably ask my parents sometime for the new microsoft edition for school.
 * 6/4/11 - Mr Stav is going through the five learning capabilities over again and making sure we know the definition of each one. He is helping us get more knowledge of the capabilities by underlining important sentances. My plans for today is to start my final research project and find pictures to put on powerpoint to present.
 * 7/4/11 - Left my drink bottle in the area i was at recess and had to go and get it or else my brother would kill me because its his. This incident made me come to class fifteen minutes later but the teacher didn't really mind because i am up to date with work. Right now i am editing our good copy of our graphic map with kian and vinh.

Here is a complete good copy of my graphic map.


 * Week 11**
 * 11/3/11 - Mr Stav had a look at my fixed graphic map and my scaffold helping my fix a few things up. With the scaffold i just found out today the bibliography has to be in alphebetical order because it is a one of the rules which i believe is stupid. I will probably edit my scaffold in the holidays and fix my errors and cut down words to make it more of the needed amount of words.
 * 12/3/11 - Overlooking on my scaffold and adding bits of information. I've decided im going to spent an good amount of hours on my research project so i can be infront and not procrastinate. At the moment teacher isn't here because he has to take a relief class and im in need or some help..
 * 14/3/1 - Left early for an doctors appointment today.

TERM 2


 * Week 1**
 * 2/4/11 - Came back from holidays starting my work again. Feeling really tired at the moment. No idea where to start on my presentation.
 * 3/4/11 - We will be planning to split our work indivisually into two parts then join it up together and present as one workpiece.
 * 4/4/11 - Down the penny doing work because there are no computers left in the classroom. Kian is looking for protein pictures we will need in the final presentation and i am researching more information on where protein was originated.
 * 6/4/11 - Ms Lawless has a talk with my group and helped us by giving us good ideas and views whats going to be happening with grading and evualation etc. We decided as a group i will be doing the powerpoint for our final presentation, Kian will be doing another survey which we will be using for our powerpoint presentation and Vinh will be writing what we're going to be presenting on microsoft word.


 * Week 2**
 * 9/4/11 - My group is working all on one computer because there are no computers left. We're all looking through the scaffold fixing the grammer and punctuation up. Final presentation is coming up in two months and we have a lot of work to finish...
 * 10/4/11 - Exhausted from the 800m walk in p.e. Walking to my school to the train station and to adelaide sport centre in town. At the moment we are all studying on specific work i gave vinh and kian to do.0
 * 11/4/11 - Caught a sickness from my friend and went home in my double supervise. At home i went on wikispace trying to write a journal on my blog but it wouldn't let me edit my blog. I tried every hour and for some reason it worked after awhile of waiting.
 * 12/4/11 - Preparing my folder for all my research project pieces to hand up at the end of the term. Each group member working on something indivisually. Hopefully we will complete all of this by the end of semester.


 * Week 3**
 * 16/5/11 - Vinh is almost finished looking through the scaffold and i'm doing this journal and conitueing on my powerpoint.
 * 18/5/11 - Went to doctors today. Vinh and I are planning to match our written microsoft word and powerpoint up together.
 * Week 4**
 * 23/5/11 - Four weeks left until final presentation, so much work to be completed, I am going to have to start focusing on getting everything done within this time.
 * 24/5/11 - No clue where my group is today, teacher is talking about the six deBono thinking hats giving us a few tips on how to write our reflection later on.
 * 25/5/11 - The plans for today is to hand out a survey i made on microsoft for members of the school to do. Vinh is working on our final project and Kian is away..

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 * Week 5**
 * 30/5/11 - I and Vinh are planning to print some research project work to start organising our folders. After we are done with that I will be adding the answers up for my survey.
 * 31/5/11 - Teacher is giving us a fatal warning that our folders should be filled with evidence of work. Vinh is teaching me how to do a pie graph on our survey to make it look more professional. At the moment I am finding it a bit confusing.
 * 1/6/11 - The thought of all my work being done within the next couple weeks is giving me a headache, I and Vinh have decided we will be doing a group folder instead of having individual folders. Kian is on a holiday at the moment so we will be hoping he can come back to get everything organised before the end of this semester.
 * 3/6/11 - Vinh and I have got an good amount of work set in our folder, all we have to do is the 6 deBono hat reflection and the final presentation. Vinh lost his usb with our written final which put us in a hard position, we will have to get our act together within the next two weeks to re-do the final.
 * Week 6**
 * 7/6/11 - Vinh luckily found a backup copy of the final presentation on his computer, which has relieved a lot of stress from the group. My aim for today is to print out pages of books i scanned on the weekend to put in our group folder and Vinh will be teaching me how to make pie graphs on excel.
 * 8/6/11 - Vinh taught Kian and I how to make pie graphs, this will be a very useful tool for future subjects that will need pie graphing. I'm confident to say we will be completed and prepare for our presentation day, one week from now.
 * 9/6/11 - The groups plan is to complete our presentation on the long weekend. This sunday Vinh and Kian will be coming over in the afternoon to spend the whole day completeing this. I'm currently showing some good protein sites i often visit.
 * 14/6/11 - In the long weekend the group came over my house to do our final presentation. We used the time very effectively as we are almost finished ready to present. We are just overlooking our power point to fix corrections and place some pictures in.
 * 15/6/11 - After watching a few presentations my group has a better idea how to fix up our power point to make it more effective with the audience. My group planned to present today but since kian is absent and Vinh forgot his usb our presentation date it changed to Friday.
 * 17/6/11- My group did the presentation during recess when less people were around, giving us a confident boost to speak in a small group. I beleived our groups presentation worked really well then plan, teacher made positive comments and everyone was happy with there parts.
 * Week 8**
 * 21/6/11 - Sat at the front of the classroom and watch other groups presentation.
 * 22/6/11 - Finished of my Debono hats reflection, i'm comletely finished with all my work now All I need is to print of my journal and put it in our folder, but to do that I will have to wait until friday since Vinh isn't here today.

 
 * __Research Project Scaffold__ **