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Posted by Darius Smith in Biochemistry 2 · Aziz · B on
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During the completion of this project, I was in charge of finding the importation on the poster and helping Elena to execute.  I had to do research on the differences between industrial farming and an aquaponics system and explain how it affects the water cycle.  Through this research I learned a lot about industrial farming and how bad it is for the water cycle and how it is negatively affecting climate change.  I also learned about how industrial farmers make genetic copies of plants in order to produce more making it so that the plants they grow cannot have the chance to mutate and be unique.  Finally I learned about how industrial farmers take water from lakes to water their plants causing lakes to dry up and also causing less water to be evaporated. 





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Instruction Manual: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c1VdeQuqzNsY8Dlh6sKJ4Klk74LZ09g-VuP8-9cpDaw/edit

Plants & Grow Plants

Posted by Kenny Nguyen in Biochemistry 2 · Aziz · B on
​As a member of the Plants & Grow Bed I learned unique things about Aquaponics. For example, when we were building the bed for the plants. We started to argue about the filtering and how we were gonna layer the bed. We came to an agreeable and smart decision to have the rocks on the bottom than soil because the rocks and stop some of the soil from going in the filtering tube. 

Instruction: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c1VdeQuqzNsY8Dlh6sKJ4Klk74LZ09g-VuP8-9cpDaw/edit 

Magazine: https://www.canva.com/design/DADZjCYNMtc/x8GCDcRZBdtxJLrjuemn7Q/view?utm_content=DADZjCYNMtc&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=sharebutton#3
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LaBaron Gunter Capstone

Posted by Labaron Gunter in Senior Capstone · Connaghan · ILP/TFI/CAP on
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After providing this lesson to the fifth grade class I found out that not only balancing tech with physical activity is important to your well being, but learning how to balance everyday tasks like homework/play, jobs/sleep, financial wants/needs, and time management are key roles in becoming an adult. And as a senior going into college these last four years have provided me the ability to create a capstone that not only left a impression on younger students but allowed me to reflect on all the lessons I have learned and use them into becoming a future successful college graduate.

Cindy Perez-Nieto Capstone

Posted by Cindy Perez-Nieto in Senior Capstone · Rosen-Long · ILP/TFI/CAP on
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For my senior year capstone I decided to collaborate with my peer, Natalie, to work on Homelessness. Throughout the year in the time we had we worked on finding out more information on what homelessness is and what is it that causes people to end in certain circumstances. We learned so much together and it turned us into young leaders.

Our first step as a team was to gather as much possible information that we could find. Our purpose was not just to give money to these people in need and call it a day. We wanted to educate ourselves into knowing what it is that brings the people of Philadelphia to these circumstances. In doing so we would be able to learn what is going on in our own city and what is it that needs to be done.

For us it got really complicated when it came to talking to shelters and big agencies that helped homelessness. Then came how to be able to fund for what was needed in these shelters to help care for these women. We had a very hard time communicating with these shelters since they are underfunded on staff but we were able to work with Women of Change which is a shelter that holds about 25 to 30 women and mostly help women get back on their feet. With more communication we were able to figure out what was it that these women really needed and not what we thought they needed.



 

Shaiann DesVignes Capstone

Posted by Shaiann Desvignes in Senior Capstone · Bentum · ILP/TFI/CAP on

My capstone is “How is music connected to memory?(High school experience)” My main goal, while doing my capstone was to see what connections could I make using music and my peers around me. I had two main agendas: Too see how music is connected to memory Also to conduct a social experiment to see what specific songs are connected to  specific high school experiences. I hope to learn how others in my age group cop with emotional feelings through their music choices. This project will enable me to talk to a vast amount of students at SLA that I was unable to talk to before. By the end of this project I hope to spark some ideas within my community about music and making musical connections. My process was: Identifying what I wanted my goal to be. Identifying what kind of social experiment I can conduct to help my topic. I researched what I wanted to ask people, and how I was going to ask them(my approach). Finding out what I wanted my final to be (playlists/posters), and actually conducting the project. My product was playlists for 3 moods, and posters that I put around the school to spread awareness about the playlist.  I learned more about my peers and more about what specific songs do for people, and how it connects to experiences and memories.


Donald Rodgers Capstone

Posted by Donald Rodgers in Senior Capstone · Houwen · ILP/TFI/CAP on
What I did for my project was present the current issue dealing with HIV into people's lives and how we should continue to stay safe from this. Not all people look at their health all the time and I want to make sure that people have a public awareness on their intentions and how it might affect people. I did a lot of things like ask around a hospital for patients who have it and what it  did to them. I learned that people take public health lightly and don't realize their surroundings like having intimate relations with some who has a STD. For example someone who has a STD will hide the fact they have this disease and pass it to the intimate partner without warning. Another thing I learned was that I must show others that keeping your own health in check benefits you and the others around you. Showing others you care for your health let’s them know that you are aware about your health and you are doing your best to keep it good. These individuals remind us that we are the only ones who are responsible to take care of ourselves and keep us safe, away from danger.https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11jo299bdJ44kwWqDBuwJqN9NkyUKXUERGrQJVm19b4M/edit#slide=id.g5f2cec93925b75d_10

Water and Fish

Posted by Katherine Russell in Biochemistry 2 · Aziz · B on
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My responsibilities for this project was a lot. I was the go to person to keep our section of the project going. I completed the Daily Work Journal and the Daily Organization Chart for every checkpoint. I also made sure we were caught up with our assignments and completing the aquaponics system for the fish. Filling the tank, picking out the right fish and making sure everyone has something to do was mostly what I did the time. Of course I had help, but I was mostly directing the team to get the work done.