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Testing and Self and Design Evaluation are complete and on the blog! .. They just need a few pictures. And of course I will be presenting upon my return to school this Wednesday, May 20th. I will also be handing in the exhibit display assignment upon my return. Last thing to do is the final exam assignment.

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Due to Rude Awakening on Friday, we were not in class. I also left early, around 1 PM, Friday for my appointment with Mr. George Selah, the construction official at the Asbury Park City Hall. He also brought in Mr. Ron Vigliotti, who is the construction inspector. Both men sat down with me to review my exterior wall section, roof pitch, and foundation plan. They explained what other information I would need to include on the drawing to complete the plans. Their input was much appreciated and very helpful. After showing them the model and once again looking over the plans they agreed that I did a very good job on everything and other than the minor descrepancies, the materials and construction would work.

I also learned last week that I would possibly be presenting on Wednesday, May 6th, due to Mr. Cuttrell's absence Thursday and Friday. I was not happy.

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Yesterday we recieved the Marking Period 4 rubric and due dates. Because I will not be in school May 11-18 most of my work will be completed the week before and handed in or sent via BBS to the teachers by the due dates. The final steps to completing our project will be finished this marking period and include testing and test results, final mentor contacts, self and design evaluation, MP4 formal progress update presentations, and the exhibit design assignment. Our final exam will be a journal article completed by June 10th. Since construction of our model is done it will be easier to do written work. There is about a month until the work is due for me and I will certainly have time to complete it, revise it, fix it, and make it the best it can be before handing it in.

Today I would like to complete my calendar and start my testing procedures and results. I do not plan to work much over break so whatever is finished today will be a start for the work when we come back. Have an awesome spring break!

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THE MODEL IS DONE!!! yay. now all that's left to do is post construction on the blog and prepare for next weeks presentations, as well as update mentor contacts. awesomeeee.

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This is Friday's log. 

Most of the model construction is complete. The only thing left for me to do on the roof is glue it together and then put the walls together to sit the roof on top of. The interior walls will be cut either during lunch or class tomorrow. We must also make the doors and windows which requires time for small details. The group plans on working on the model after school Monday and Tuesday. Construction/production is also due Wednesday with the model. I will be working on that at home both nights and in lunch study Tuesday so I can complete it by Wednesday.

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Today, if needed, I will be purchasing more balsa wood after school. I found out that there is 1/8" thick planks of balsa wood in the cabinet, which I need for the construction of the roof. This is a great start to the construction of the roof today. Yesterday I cut out strips of a sheet of 1/16" thick balsa wood. These strips are going to line the top, inside of the model walls to connect the sunken roof and top ledge so the roof will be removable. When removed you will see the finished floor plan underneath. Once the roof construction is finished (hopefully by Thursday or Friday) Kelly can put the black sandpaper on to represent gravel and tar. The model must be finished by Wednesday of next week, March 18th.

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Today I figured out a plan to build the roof. I will place a 1/8" thick x 1/16" tall dowel along the whole top edge of the walls as the treated wood block shown in the drawings. To connect this ledge and the actual roof which is sunken down 1 ft. from the top of the exterior wall I will use a 1/32" thick sheet, cut it to a 1/8" strip and line the inside of the exterior wall with this connecting it to the 1/8" thick sheet that will be the roof. The three components described above will compose the roof. Because the model is so small it is hard to make all the seperate layers that the roof consists of so I am putting them together and using the 1/8" thick sheet as the roof to represent them. The roof will then be covered with black sandpaper to represent the built up tar and gravel as the finished roof.

The problem we ran into today was insufficient materials to work with. I plan on going to the store early this weekend and being able to get back on track by working on construction over the weekend and again in class next week. We also still have to make the windows and doors so we must buy the clear window pane paper at the store as well. We are nearly finished with the construction of the scaled model.

I am continuing to update my mentor contacts, logs, and I handed in my press release yesterday. The next part of written work is the solution construction assignment. This is due March 18th. Presentations will be on the 26th and mentor contacts are due the 30th. Hopefully the whole project will be ABSOLUTELY complete by the end of March or beginning of April. I feel on top of my work and that we will finish strongly.

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Yesterday I completed my press release during lunch and continued to help work on the model. My part of the model dealing with the walls is finished so I will start construction of the roof. I plan on getting that finished by mid next week.

As I stated last week we are about a week behind on the model. We need to begin and complete the model windows by next week as well. When the windows are completed and attached to the walls and the roof is also constructed we will be able to put up the walls for the model and the whole thing will come together.

I will also start my solution construction assignment and continue to update my mentor contacts for the marking period. Once everything is absolutely finished I will be able to update my log and make the outline for my marking period 3 formal progress update and presentation.

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The windows and doors are all cut out so the wall construction is basically complete. Today we are continuing to complete the facade for the exterior of the building. The stucco is completed and dry and Kelly has begun putting fake brick print on the bottom of the walls. The written part of my press release is finished, I just have to add pictures. I plan on getting these pictures from uploading them onto my home computer from my camera and then sending them to school via BBS. I will also include drawings from class and put appropriate captions on all illustrations. Hopefully my press release will be completed by Monday in class or Tuesday during lunch.

Since I am at a stand still with the press release I will be working on the facade with Kelly and begin to discuss or plan out roof construction for the model. We seem to be about a week behind schedule according to my calendar but I purposely left extra time at the end of the marking period in case construction was a little slower than expected, as it has been.

Also, after discussion about how to model the exterior wall section I do not believe I will be doing presentation boards, only the drawings will be shown during my presentation. Ms. Green and I had come to the conclusion that displaying the materials and showing the construction of the actual wall would be too complicated so that will now be omitted.

I will be contacting my mentor this weekend with updates about the project and pictures of progress.

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We have begun to stucco the walls as the start of the facade. I have one more window to cut out which should take me about 5 mintues after I fix the measurements. One that is complete I will fix the 4 pieces I broke in my frustration to finish cutting. Today I will sit down with my group members and plan the roof and hopefully begin to construct it by the end of the week.

My press release is almost complete as well. I have an introduction and about 3 finished paragraphs. I will continue working on this either during class today when I finish cutting the last window and gluing, or continue to work on it at home. I keep BBSing it to myself after every update to continue to work on it when I have a chance. I plan on having this finished either by the end of the week or over the weekend.

After all of this is complete I will begin on other needed written documents or construction on the model roof.

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This is Friday's blog. I was so busy constructing in class that I did not get a chance to write the log in class. There are only a few more windows and doors to be cut out of the walls but there are some walls where the cutting is complete and the facade can be started. The next step is planning and constructing the roof for the model. Hopefully construction of the roof for the model will be started by the end of this week. Also, my press release is nearly finished. I plan on finishing it by the end of the week as well so it is done and out of the way.

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Today I decided to bring my project home. It will be tedious and take too much time to cut out windows and doors only in class. I concluded I will never finish in time if I continue to only work on the project in class. I am aiming to work on it the most this weekend so the walls will be ready for the facade and building windows can begin Monday of next week. Although this puts us a little behind on our schedule it will be relatively easy to catch up as long as we work hard and put in a little extra time. Otherwise good progress with construction is being made.
I started the press release last week and got the introduction done. Since then I have not worked on it but I will be sending it home over the BBS and continuing to work on it a little each night. I also plan on contacting my mentor with picture updates.

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This week we did not meet with the deadline but we are very close to completing our goal. I will finish measuring the windows and doors on the model and cut them out. I will then begin to construct the windows with my group members and we will assemble the walls completely by Monday or Tuesday of next week. Today in class I will complete measuring and cutting out the windows and doors and the walls will be ready for the facade work done by Kelly. We are pretty much on schedule according to our calendar but some things may take more time than originally expected. Today I am also starting my press release.

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Construction on the model walls continued yesterday. The walls are now measured and cut to the right size. Lauren will be replotting our floor plan today for there were complications in the measurements of the doors and windows. Now I will be cutting out the window and door frames in the model walls. I have included the line where the brick will end and the stucco will begin which is 3 feet from the ground. Once this is complete the group will begin constructing the model windows and putting the brick and stucco facacde on the exterior of the walls. We are aiming for all this to be complete by the middle of next week, February 18th.

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Yesterday I measured and cut out the walls for our model. I also measured where on the model walls the brick should be and that would be the height where the windows sit. Today we will be measuring where the windows and doors will go and possibly start cutting those out.

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Yesterday we went supply shopping for our model materials. Construction began yesterday with the plotting of our floorplan and placement onto the foam core board with discussion of how we will construct the rest of the model and plot of land. Today we will continue construction with the measuring and cutting of the walls from sheets of balsa wood. We plan to have this step of construction complete by the end of the week.

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Presentations are this week. midterms are next week. cross section and wall section are not complete. math and science is now complete. i will be going in at lunch to work on the drawings. i need to complete my mentor contacts and outline for presentations. 

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Math and Science are due Monday with developmental work. Drawings are being completed and math and science will be completed over the weekend. Mentor contacts are due the 20th. Those are coming along nicely.

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Working on exterior wall section. When that is complete will fix and finish cross section. When these drawings are done will work on math and science analysis. Everything is due when we come back from break so I will be working on those while we are gone.

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I have begun the foundation and wall section drawings. It will be easier to complete other drawings once these are done. We also had to change our wall height from 10' to 12'4" for the roof support and the space that will take up. Our ceiling height is 9' and the builing floor begins 4" above the ground. This is all going to be included in the dimensioned drawings.

Friday we sewed a panel for Savy during class in his rememberance.