Put a Pin in it| A PINteresting Experiment With Pinhole Cameras

Hello and welcome to the first Action Project of my winter term STEAM course, Light, Sound and Time. In this unit, Light, we discussed whether light was a wave or particle, similar triangles, sine, cosine, tangent, and how light equals energy. We tried out a really "sweet" experiment with chocolate to show the concept of light equals energy. Finally, we began work on this action project, which is making a pinhole camera. I was very excited to do this project because one of my interests outside of school is photography, and this is a new type of photography that I have never tried before. In order to develop our photos, we took a Field Experience to Harry S. Truman College where we met with Ignacio Alvarez who took us to the darkroom and taught us how to develop photos. Sadly, my photos did not turn out as expected but, I still learned a lot about film photography and its relation to light.



Altogether I really enjoyed this Action Project because of the art element. I love it when I am able to add in my extracurricular interests into my school action projects. The most interesting part of this unit was diving into the human eye. It was cool to me to see the evolution of the human eye and to think about where it will be in another 1000 years.

The Hair Issue

TN "The Front Cover" 2019

Hello and welcome to a very special action project for Rhetoric. For this action project, we were asked to create an art piece that will bring people together around a certain issue. This is based on the tribute to the Chicago Freedom Movement in Marquette Park. The piece notably featured many languages, something I thought was very important for creating my own work of art to bring people together. I am especially proud of this AP and I hope that this translates through the work that I put into it. There are 2 pieces to the artwork. First, is a commercial parody to bring light to lack of diversity in television and second, mock magazine editorial photographs to highlight the lack of diversity in fashion magazines.


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TN "Nissrine" 2019
My Hair Is Fierce in French 

TN "Shanet" 2019
My Hair is Angelic in Spanish

TN "Georgette" 2019
My Hair is Good in Kirundi

Artist Statement

As a woman of color, I do not see myself reflected in the media.
Especially media that is meant to sell me something. I want to change this,
I want to change the narrative that the only time you can use a woman of color
on television or on print is when you are directly talking about problems surrounding us.
That is why I created this piece. This piece is meant to act as a mirror for women of color to be able to see themselves in spaces where they are usually ignored. When people look at this piece I want people to feel comfortable. I do not want this to feel foreign or different. This piece is meant to be art that challenges the status quo but is still allowed to be fun and beautiful. It should, however, start conversations in white spaces about why we don't see people like this in fashion magazines.
It's simply a fact that in the past 30 years only 30 women of color have been on the cover of Vogue Magazine. For scale, there have been 412 white women on the cover, and everything about that does not sit right with me. My piece is meant to show women of color as fashionable, without changing to make white Americans comfortable (hence the native languages represented). Not only are these publications racially-biased, but they are also colorist. In a recent study, 90% of WOC in magazines are either light or medium skin tones. Yes, you should feel embarrassed because the fact is that it is simply more profitable to market towards people of color, big corporations just don't want to.
I chose two media for this art piece because I wanted to show two different advertising methods. I thought photography would be best for a photo-shoot that showed these beautiful women of color editorially. The advertisement shows these women of color having fun which is a radical act in itself. It is very rare to see women of color having fun or not facing some type of adversity in mass media; this challenges that. I used Pathos throughout this art piece. The fun that is being had in the commercial appeals to pathos because it is so human. The beauty of the images also appeals to pathos. Ideally, I would want this piece to be a huge social media campaign that other women of color could add to. It would be really amazing to see all types of women from all around the world contributing to this art piece.

Citations 

Muller, Marissa G. “A New Study Shows Just How Bad Diversity in Hollywood Is.” W Magazine, 27 Feb. 2018

Neuendorf, Kimberly A. "The content analysis guidebook". Sage, 2016.


Owens, Tori. “As America Grows More Diverse, Fashion Magazine Covers Are Slow to Show Progress.” Peninsula Press, 25 Oct. 2017

Wanna Betta' Shovel?

In my first Action Project for my Junior STEAM class, Design and Engineering, we took a deep dive into empathy. Empathy is understanding and caring about another person's situation. This is an idea that designers use when making objects for consumers to use. This is what we did for this AP. Along with my partner LHM, we designed a shovel that was made to work for senior citizens with empathy in mind. To prepare for designing, I interviewed my mother while gardening to see what tools she likes and which tools she would change. As a class, we went Home Depot to see how consumers buy tools and how businesses accommodate the supply and demand.



Our new tool is a shovel that allows you to get leverage without compromising your balance.
It does this by having a place for your knees to be able to push into the shovel allowing you to dig deeper into hard soil without lifting your feet.
The additional part is the knee rest, this allows for better leverage and greater ability to dig into the soil.
This is an example of innovation and efficiency because the shovel has a new part that allows senior consumers to be comfortable and have the confidence to shovel without losing balance.
These are the ways our tool is better than the competition's:
Our shovel has a sleeker more “modern” look, it allows for better leverage than the average shovel and it allows the older consumer to not be worried they will fall while shoveling.
How? Our shovel uses a lever as a mechanism to access the knee rests. It is a first-class lever because the fulcrum is in between the input and output.


 


In my opinion, I really enjoyed this project. I liked being able to design and customize a tool that will work for almost every consumer. If I could change anything I would change the way that using the knee rests may ignore a potential consumer that cannot use their knees.

Teatro en Espanol

Bienvenidos a mi Action project para Espanol 3. En esto AP yo voy estar hablando de teatro y su lugar especial en mi corazon. ¡Ven comigo!

Raymond Sutedjo "The Chicago Theater" 2012

A mi, teatro es una pasion y mi corazon. Teatro Espana fue establacido por Fredrico Garcia Lorca quien creado obras como Bodas de Sangre y Yerma. Bodas de sangre fue un obre de teatro que includia un el triangulo amoroso.  Son algunos personajes en Bodas de Sangre eres el novio (Antonio Gades) la novia (Cristina Hoyos). En Chicago, teatro tiene un comunidad diversidad. Hay tres teatros prolifico en Chicago; Steppenwolf, El Goodman, y Second City. Me gustaria actuar en una de estas etapas.

Lafayette Photo "Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet"1899

Un poco de mis obras favoritas de teatro es Heathers, Hamilton, Jesus Christ de Superstar (que es una Opera) y 21 Chump Street. Lo que me interesa de teatro es la diversidad hay contempareno obras y shakespearean obras. Tiene que ser un escritor talentoso ser un dramaturgo. Ser un actuar usted tiene que ser capaz de separar tu propio emociones de sus personajes.

Henri Pierre "Romeo and Juliet" 1895

Shakespeare se conoce hoy a dia como a un dramaturgo prolifco en Reindo Unido. Son algunos obra de teatro eres Macbeth, Romeo y Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, y el Tempest. Shakespeare es importante a mi por que el escribir algunos de mi obras favorita. Me pudiera haber conocido.

"Canadian Theater" 2009 

In the year 2518...( Lemur Edition)

Due to global warming, rainfall in the eastern hemisphere has increased. Most rainforests have completely flooded which has killed most bush bearing fruit. Bad news for the ring-tailed lemur; the only lemur who stays on the ground. Over time the rainforest floor will be completely barren and will not have anything for these lemurs to eat. They will have to learn to climb and fight against other tree-dwelling lemurs (and other) species.

Let's Meet the Lemurs 



Now that you have met them, it's time to say good-bye. Only four lemurs have survived and here's why:

• George has survived because of his ability to climb trees and cut leaves from those trees with his knife-like nails 
• Duke has developed a high pitch scream which scares off the competition
• Nola long fingers, like George which 
• Kindi has light yellow eyes which don't reflect light during the night. This allows her to sneak around during the night. 

Delillah the Dog

Hello and welcome to My second Action project for Stories. We learned about why different cultures tell fables and how a story could be passed down for so many decades. Fables are used to share values that people in each culture. Some values that I tried to put in my story were honesty, and learning about other before getting to close. In my story you will read about a trusting young pup who gets in a little trouble when looking for friends, I hope you enjoy.

TN "delilah the dog" 2018

Once upon a time, there was a dog named Delilah. Delilah was a puppy who was very kind and was very trusting of other animals. One day Delilah’s mother asked her to go on a run for errands.

“Delilah, would you please get some eggs, apples, and a ham from the store?”
“Yes, Mama” Delilah replied. “And don’t forget to wear your coat and your hat they will protect you from the cold”, her mother yelled after her.

Delilah put on her outside clothes and she was off. As she walked, she heard a voice

“Hey there, Delilah” the voice was soft and the words were slow and enunciated. “Hey Delilah, where are you going?” She finally recognized the voice. “Oh, hi Sylvester,” she said excitedly. Sylvester the snake and Delilah were friends. They went to the same school but he was older than her.
“I’m just going to the store to pick up some groceries for my mom,” Delilah said. “Oh well if you’re going to the grocery store you’re most definitely taking the long way”
“Really? I always take this way”

“Yeah yeah, this way take so long I’ll show you the short way! But, I’m so very cold, and your hat looks very warm. I can only go if you let me borrow it.”
Delilah looked at him reluctantly. Her mother told her to wear the hat for protection, but she did really want to get home soon. “ Okay, Sylvester here you go.”

 She took off of her hat and immediately shook from the cold.

“Right this way Delilah,” Sylvester said, and he slithered along. “Say, Delilah” Sylvester asked, “could I borrow your coat? We are very close to the store but I can’t go any farther unless I can borrow it.” Delilah was already cold without her hat, but she really just wanted to get home. “Sure Sylvester, since we are close to the store.”

They finally arrived at the store “okay can I have my things ba-” . When Delilah looked for Sylvester he had vanished! Delilah began to cry, when she heard another voice, “Hi Delilah!” She was relieved to hear the quick and familiar voice of Freddy the Fox. “Delilah, why are you crying?” Freddy asked
“Sylvester took all of my warm clothes and when I came out of the store he was gone!” Freddy put a hand on Delilah’s shoulder “Well you know I have some warm clothes, but Delilah I’m so very hungry! My parents sent me out to get some food, and I lost all the money on the way. They would be angry if I went back with nothing” Delilah was nervous about giving Freddy all her food, but she was so cold she thought she would freeze. “Okay, Freddy as long as you bring back some warm clothes” Delilah’s hand shook as she gave Freddy the bag. Freddy ran away.

Delilah waited and waited for Freddy to get back until it got dark. She realized that she had no idea how to get home because of the “shortcut” Sylvester took Delilah began to cry.
A car pulled up and her mother got out “Oh Delilah! I was worried sick, what happened?”
Delilah told her mom about her unlucky day. “Well Delilah this is a lesson, Make sure you know others intentions before you trust them fully”

Clocks|skcolC

TN "Mirrored Clock" 2018

Hello and welcome to my Geometry workshop's first AP. In this class, we discussed mathematic proofs, symmetry, and process of elimination. For this AP, we are going in depth on reflections. As an example our teacher Will took the game pong and traced out where the ball was going. You can find his AP here.



I decided to look for reflections and angles in clocks. Why? Well, angles are the sole focus of wall clocks and if you are looking at a clock in a mirror you will see a completely different time and end up late to your meeting!

In the picture below you will see the angle of the clock measured and reflected with a website called GeoGebra and I will be using slope in order to measure the reflections.

TN "Angles" 2018

My math
Line CF (5,12) (9,11) 11-12/9-5 -1/4 -0.25
Line EF (9,11) (6,6) 11-6/9-6 5/3 1.6
Point slope Form
Line CF Y-12= -0.25(x-5)
Line EG Y-6=1.6(x-6)

In conclusion, mathematically proving that there were reflections in the clock was challenging. As was figuring out the correct math equations to use. This AP was very intriguing and fun to do.

Asante Sana- Creation story

Hello, and welcome to my first action project for the humanities class, Stories!
 In this class, we read many different creation myths and talked about why different cultures may have similar or totally different myths. For this action project, we created our own stories about the creation of anything. I chose to create a mythical land called Asante Sana that is ruled by 3 gods. I hope you enjoy!

Ring my Tail: The taxonomy and life of the ring-tailed Lemur

Tambako the Jaguar, "Two Lemurs..." 2011

Hello and welcome to the first STEAM action project of my sophomore year! In this unit, we learned about taxonomy, binomial nomenclature, and how Carl Linnaeus changed and developed modern taxonomy. We also learned about Set Theory which is basically categorizing with mathematical language. To prepare for this AP, we went to Lincoln Park Zoo to observe and record an animal of our choosing. I chose the ring-tailed lemur. In this AP, you will learn the taxonomy of the lemur and why it's in each category.

The Ring-tailed lemur, also known as Lemur cattus, can be found in the Comoro Islands of Madagascar. The type of habitat ring-tailed lemurs usually live in is a rainforest type environment with plenty of trees. They often live in female-dominated groups of usually around 17 members. The Lemurs lifespan is usually 16- 19 years in the wild. Interestingly, they are the only lemurs that spend most of their time on the ground instead of trees.

Scientists use something called the taxonomic system to categorize different animals. The taxonomy levels are that we talked about in class are.
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

Here is the Ring-tailed lemur taxonomy

TN "Taxonomy table" 2018

This is a diagram that I made that points out some of the taxonomy levels and how they are categorized.

   

Here is the reference picture:

TN JCA LIH "Venn Diagram" 2018

This venn diagram compares my ring-tailed lemur with my partners' (JCA and LIH) black bear and red panda. It was very difficult to find similarities between the black bear and lemur because it seems like they were total opposites! However, we ended up finding common ground with night vision.

Below I've described the ring-tailed lemur using set theory statements;

Ring-tailed lemur ∈ Primates

Ring-tailed lemur is the set of Primates

Ring-tailed lemur ∉ Carnivores

Ring-tailed lemur is not the set of Carnivores

Monkeys ⊆ Primates

The set of Monkeys is a subset of Primates

Ring-tailed lemur ~Nocturnal

Ring-tailed lemur is an element of Nocturnal'

Ring-tailed lemur ∈ Vegetarian

Ring-tailed lemur is an element of Vegetarian

All in all, I really enjoyed this project it challenged me to draw which I almost never do! I really understood set theory and was able to do this AP pretty easily. I think this AP was a great way to start the new school year!

Citations 

Ring tailed lemur. PA Smith Animal fact guide 

Three- Dee

For our last action project in Rapid Prototyping we partnerned up to create a 3D model that will help in the school in some way. I was really looking forward to this AP but it ended up being more stressful than I anticipated. In my slideshow I talk about our Powerstrip holder which my partner and I thought was needed because there is a hazard of tripping over different powerstrips in different classes. We made 3 different versions of the each model; 3D, cardboard, and clay. Cardboard being the most frustrating material to work with. In my slideshow you can read about the difference between PLA and ABS plastics aswell as the optimal uses for each different model material. Enjoy!
 

In conclusion though stressful at times, I did enjoy this class aswell as this last AP. The next time that I work with a partner I hope to have better communication and to work more as a team. You can check out my partners AP Here!

It's gettin hot in here

In unit 3 of our Water class we learned about climate change and its effect on our world. We had 3 guests come in. Something that intrigued me about our guests was that even with our earth increasingly getting hotter and the ignorance around it our guests were optimistic about where we are headed. This action project sums up everything we learned in this unit. It explains climate change and predicts the weather in 2100.


I learned that there is so much that we can do to fix climate change but I also learned that we are at the point of no return... There is no way to prevent something that is already occurring everywhere.