I need to choose a long-term design project or mentorship. ! Identify Criteria and Constraints -Project must connect the theory and application in a STEM related field -Must be applicable to the Engineering Design Process -I MUST be passionate enough about the topic that I will continuously work on it throughout the year -Should relate to either my future career or future life ! Brainstorm Solutions -Be a teachers aid at an elementary school -TSA competition: Future technology teacher -Start a Future Teachers Association Club at Global High School -Intern with a Botanist -Build a greenhouse -Cross breed plants -Something with art? -Something with piano? -Make my own organic tea bags? -Star Charting -Make my own paint My Journey & the Engineering Design Process ! Do Background Research (Journal pages with research) -Teachers Aid pg. 8, 9, 10, 17, 24 -TSA Competition pg. 17 -Intern with a Botanist pg. 17 -Build a greenhouse pg. 19, 20, 21, 22 -Make my own organic tea bags pg. 22 -Star Charting pg. 33 -Make my own paint pg. 44, 47, 48 ! Choose the Best Solution Make my own paint and relate it to my future career of Chemical Engineering
! Do Background Research Upon researching, I found the major benefits of making your own organic paint, and the huge detriments of manufactured paint. Inorganic manufactured paints contain solvents that outgas Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) as they dry. VOCs can cause a range of health hazards, such as drowsiness, headaches, dizziness, feelings of intoxication, fatigue, mental confusion, increased heart rate, nausea, loss of coordination, convulsions, and even death (Spandorfer, Curtiss, & Snyder, 2010). The VOCs in wall paint alone contribute 9% of the pollutants in the air that cause greenhouse gases and smog (Casa Verde Paint, 2011). ! Define the Problem I want to relate my passion for art to my future career. I can make my own paint, and research how much better it is for human and environmental health than inorganic manufactured paint. ! Identify Criteria and Constraints -Project must connect the theory and application in a STEM related field -Must be applicable to the Engineering Design Process ! Choose the Best Solution & Do Development Work I can paint with inorganic manufactured and organic homemade paint and compare the vibrancy, consistency, workability, transparency, and texture (CWTTV).
! Build a Prototype/ Brainstorm Solutions: Subjects to paint -Flowers -People -Fruit -Landscape ! Choose the Best Solution/ Subject -Van Gogh-like sunflowers -Tulips -High heals -Tulips again ! Test and Redesign -Tulips