Group 4 Project

Reflection 2

My contributions were using computational thinking to improve our procedures, doing the experiment, accomplishing part of the video and making an electronic flowchart. During the morning, our group divided into two groups: Kate and Chloe; Turvey and me. Kate and Chloe examined the colorless of apples by Photoshop. Turvey and I were doing the experiment: measure the sweetness of the whole apple. Originally, our group decided to make apple juice directly. Nevertheless, when we actually did it, we found it was really difficult because there is very little juice by squeezing apples. Then we changed our method, we use a blender to make apple juice. There is another problem that water must be added when using the blender. Considering that the weight of each apple is different, I suggest adding the same ratio of water to control the variable. We had a little quarrel when deciding to control the water or control the weight of apple flesh. Eventually, we determined to control the mass of water. I used computational thinking to make the procedures more logical. When Chloe and Kate were determining RGB of apples, I peeled apples, cut apples, weighed water added to make apple juice.  

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My energy level was at the top during the morning. As time passed, my energy level reduced. When the day ended, I felt really tired. The most motivated area was doing the experiment because it felt like I was involved and I have made some contributions to our group. Besides, I really liked to do experiments. The least motivated part might be making electronic flowchart because I was not familiar with the online application to make a flowchart. So I spent some time to learn how to use it. Because of unfamiliarity, I have done a simple thing for a long time which wasted time. However, I persevered by our group cohesive force. Because I did not want to do it tomorrow, this belief makes me persist in accomplishing making an electronic flowchart. I had a belief that I could finish it today which also helped me. My own personal goal for Action Day 2 is finishing recording all my video parts and accomplishing the poster. 

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