In the Intellectual Absolute Zero project, I was put into a group with Karley and Jeremy. Jeremy and I have done many projects in the past and have time and time again proved ourselves to having a successful group dynamic. We are able to collaborate and compromise on any issues we have within the project and we work together efficiently whilst maintaining an above standard level of quality (Or so I like to think). On top of working really well together in projects, we also work very well together outside of the academic points. We are also great friends. Karley, surprised me by being similar to Jeremy in regards to educational efficiency. She and I work incredibly together. We have not had any issues with each other and we pulled our own weight. Throughout all the projects we've done this year, I would say this is the best group I've ever had. We get our work done quickly and we laugh while we do it, being friends and all.
In Humanities, we were required to do presentations on Totalitarian regimes throughout history and do our own research. My group was assigned the Catholic Church of the 15th - 16th century which is a topic I am relatively passionate about. I have for a while been eager to do my own research about it, but I never got to it or had the motivation, until this project when we were pushed to. I had a fun time learning about how the Vatican works and how Popes are elected and also how the Church could be evil. We also had to learn about controversial topics and make a small zine on one that the group decided on. We made the presentation and the zine for exhibition to present to whomever came over to listen.
In physics, we learned about thermodynamics to symbolically represent events in the book we were reading in humanities; Fahrenheit 451. We learned about heat of fusion and absolute zero and such. We applied those facts to our book and wondered how society could go to absolute zero (Which would mean totalitarian government with no freedom). We also related characters from the book to the phase diagrams considering the amount of change each character is undergoing.
For Engineering, we learned how to make sterling engines out of cans and other seemingly random items. It was the most difficult part of the project, but it is where we put the most group work and collaboration skills to the test. Eventually, most of the groups engines did not work, but what really mattered was that we learned about engines and the physics behind the motion of the devices. We also had to do mini presentations about a random assortment of Engines, but we weren't in project groups for that one.
During the final exhibition, I'd say my group did pretty well. All of our work was completed and was of relatively good quality. I worked extremely well with my group. I honestly will go on record saying that this is the best project group I've been in this whole year and probably beyond. My group and I gave each other constructive feed back, shared ideas, had a good time, and remained on task whilst maintaining a fair amount of efficiency in our work. We each pulled our own weight and helped each other if the work load became unbalanced (which wasn't very common at all since we did well at delegation of responsibilities). We communicated all our our thoughts and ideas and such very well and comfortably. We also shared a lot of information content between ourselves in regards to the topics we were to learn. For the presentations, if say one group member didn't really know about one part of the presentation, we would both work to educate him/her before moving on, so we each had an in depth knowledge of what we eventually had to present.
In Humanities, we were required to do presentations on Totalitarian regimes throughout history and do our own research. My group was assigned the Catholic Church of the 15th - 16th century which is a topic I am relatively passionate about. I have for a while been eager to do my own research about it, but I never got to it or had the motivation, until this project when we were pushed to. I had a fun time learning about how the Vatican works and how Popes are elected and also how the Church could be evil. We also had to learn about controversial topics and make a small zine on one that the group decided on. We made the presentation and the zine for exhibition to present to whomever came over to listen.
In physics, we learned about thermodynamics to symbolically represent events in the book we were reading in humanities; Fahrenheit 451. We learned about heat of fusion and absolute zero and such. We applied those facts to our book and wondered how society could go to absolute zero (Which would mean totalitarian government with no freedom). We also related characters from the book to the phase diagrams considering the amount of change each character is undergoing.
For Engineering, we learned how to make sterling engines out of cans and other seemingly random items. It was the most difficult part of the project, but it is where we put the most group work and collaboration skills to the test. Eventually, most of the groups engines did not work, but what really mattered was that we learned about engines and the physics behind the motion of the devices. We also had to do mini presentations about a random assortment of Engines, but we weren't in project groups for that one.
During the final exhibition, I'd say my group did pretty well. All of our work was completed and was of relatively good quality. I worked extremely well with my group. I honestly will go on record saying that this is the best project group I've been in this whole year and probably beyond. My group and I gave each other constructive feed back, shared ideas, had a good time, and remained on task whilst maintaining a fair amount of efficiency in our work. We each pulled our own weight and helped each other if the work load became unbalanced (which wasn't very common at all since we did well at delegation of responsibilities). We communicated all our our thoughts and ideas and such very well and comfortably. We also shared a lot of information content between ourselves in regards to the topics we were to learn. For the presentations, if say one group member didn't really know about one part of the presentation, we would both work to educate him/her before moving on, so we each had an in depth knowledge of what we eventually had to present.