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Q4 Final Art Submission
Amin Robinson's Capstone
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My capstone was about society's intake on insecurities. I use social parties between Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality, Religion, and Age. the Idea was to find any type of lines that connect any of these parties together through insecurities. I have decided to do this because I am a very well-spoken person with the alacrity to speak my mind but in an amiable way. I take into account other's feeling and definitely will soon understand psychology in many different ways and forms. I am planning on studying it because at a young age I was very emotional and have soon felt at one point, insecure. My reaction to this is "Why do I feel this way about myself?" whether I felt incoherent what can I do psychologically to help myself understand something that I have been feeling for over years and years to come? I wanted to break each and every part of insecurities down into small pieces and let people know that this is how society feels. This is why insecurities are link to hate crimes, homicides, suicides, many other unfortunate events. I am well aware what I want to do. I want to actually study the human brain and what makes the nerves "tick"
Q4 Urban Gardens Benchmark
Menlinda Zayzay Capstone
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For my senior capstone, I decided to make a short film about malaria. I choose this topic because many people out there do not know about this disease, and the few people that know about it don’t know how dangerous it can be. I also wanted to show the world how we treat each other these days as a human. The purpose of my project is to teach young people about loving and caring for one another. I included this in my video because there are people out there who have lost their loved ones from malaria diseases and other people doesn’t seem to care about it because they are not in that situation. Creating this video was a little bit difficult for me because I had to focus on doing my school assignments and benchmarks and I sometimes forget that I have a capstone to work on. Also, getting people to be in the video was difficult. I had a little bit of a hard time editing the video but everything turns out to be really good. I’m glad that I choose this topic because I have learned so much about malaria while doing my research, and I hope that people learn something from the video after watching it.
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Quarter 4 Anatomy Benchmark: Teenage Pregnancy.
For my final benchmark for the course Biology Human Body, my benchmark was a Public Service Announcement regarding Teen Pregnancy.
The reason why I chose the topic teen pregnancy was because it was the topic we were given to talk about, in addition to the fact that Teen Pregnancy is a public health issue. There are too many teenagers out here that aren't taking the necessary measures to prevent themselves from becoming parents. They have to put their dreams and aspirations on hold because they have to care for a child.
When I reflect upon how I contributed to the project, I contributed quite a lot. I had wrote the majority of the script, and had even starred in the video, as the pregnant girl. The role I played in the group was the organizer and being the person who contacted the different organizations, as I kept all of our information in order, as well as contacting the people we were supposed to email.
I think that overall we did extremely well on the project. Our video came out nice, and we had good interview questions and answers, as well as the fact that our group had a wonderful dynamic. We laughed together, but when it came time to get work done, we got it done. I think that if we could do this project differently, I think we could have started the interview process a lot earlier, as we didn't secure an agency to interview until the last minute, as previous agencies just kept hanging up on us, or sending us to voicemail.
The most meaningful part in creating this PSA for me was the learning aspect of it. From conducting interviews, and doing research I learned that the importance of pregnancy prevention programs are more crucial then they've ever been, and that they should not be defunded by the new administration because then the rates will shoot through the roof, which is ridiculous.
The factors which relate to teen pregnancy are economics, politics, in addition to society. The role that I believe that society plays a role in teen pregnancy because if the environment the teenager is growing up in is surrounded by pregnant teens, then they'll feel compelled to do the same thing, and they have no proper guidance as to why this isn't the way they should go. Politics and economics plays a major role in teenage pregnancy because politicians in the Trump administration are working to defund Planned Parenthood, or reduce funding for other pregnancy prevention places, instead of seeing all of the good that these places offer.
Quarter 4 - PSA Benchmark - Teen Pregnancy
One point perspective - Art Benchmark
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Q4 FINAL PROJECT
Talib's Artist Journey
Q4 Benchmark INDIVIDUAL final submission
Our video basically about what is garden and what a garden needs. Garden is a place where there are flowers, plants and other staffs are growing. garden needs making sure that there are the necessary things like rich soil, suitable condition and enough water and there are a lot to be mentioned. A garden is a place where there is life for plants and other seen and unseen insects or alike things.
we are doing our benchmark based on our school's garden introducing the garden as well as the plants that are in biochem class that all students had to take care of theirs and gather hypotheses, guesses and other measures. to conclude we just introduce The garden of Science leadership Academy at beeber inside and outside of the building.
basically in this project I got some experiences of gardening as well as the needs of garden. the reading that we were reading about different things of gardening in different places helped me to change my previous misconceptions and misunderstanding about that. how gardens are considered in our specialties, where they can have good condition and not, as well as what plants work of having nice and fresh gardens.
what benefits gardens have and how they can grow as well what insects they need. learning what id garden and what is planted is easy when you are curious doing that. it easy I think easy thing but needs to be continuous.
Botany PSA - Epifanio Rios
Summary - In our video we talk about the benefits and the reasons of why you should start a garden. We also talk about how to maintain a garden and what steps you can take to keep your garden in a good condition. The video also has some background support from a nearby urban farm on the benefits of an urban farm. We tackle questions like: what is a garden? How do people create relationships with plants? What are the needs of a garden? and How has nature and gardening affected you?
Reflection - I contributed a lotto this project. I have been the main contributor in terms of photography, writing, and planning. I was the sole editor and director of this PSA. My group mates have contributed in terms of writing and in the interview process. I think as a whole we did a good in providing a well written script that touches many points in the rubric. But I think we could improve on the quality of the images and videos used. Could have used key images in relation to what was being said. But we wanted to show the beauty and the usefulness of a garden as a backdrop to the narration. Personally I thought the most meaningful experience of creating the PSA was going out to record and photograph the indoor and outdoor gardens we have and interacting with them for the video. It really makes you appreciate the environment and having the privileged to take part in it.
Other Section - What factors affect urban gardening? Well there are many factors that effect urban gardening: community, location, neighborhood, even the plants you decide to grow. Depending on who you are surrounded by, an urban farm can thrive or not. The location can determine the benefit it has on you and the people around you, and it can really bring people in if it somewhere where they people can care about it and use it. And the Plants you grow can help bring people in too, since fresh produce is always in need and people will come to get some since it can serve as a convenient source. What factors affect urban farming in schools? The most important factor affecting urban farming in schools is the role the garden plays for the school. Whether it is used to teach or feed students and teachers can really make a difference to urban gardening in schools. What role do the economy, politics, and society play in gardens? Truly each of those things to do not need to play a role in gardening if resourceful you can keep politics out of gardening. Society plays the role of providing people who have the drive and power to garden. It is the working hands. Economy plays the role of funding the garden, but also providing people with the means to obtain produce or experience from gardens. Its the pushing and thinking mind. What Careers apply botany and urban farming concepts? Any career can apply botany and urban farming concepts. Both of these fields can provide important ideas and skills to be able to meaningfully interact with others or even improve your work. Cultivating can really help teach someone about care and purpose being put into their work and how to ensure success.
Quarter 4 Project
Botany PSA on Urban Farming/Gardeninig
Our video includes an interview with two members of the Greensgrow Farm on Cumberland Ave. They share their views on management of the garden, new urban farms and the societal benefit of these farms. We really wanted to meet with with staff members of urban farms and gardens to know how they think about gardens and farms, what there experiences have been? Not only that, we mention the benefits of composting and the ways to manage soil pH levels. We want people to know that starting or being a part of an urban garden/farm isn't daunting.
As a group member, I contributed in helping create our PSA. Not only that, I worked with another group member to arrange our meeting with Greensgrow Farm. I thoroughly enjoyed our meeting at Greensgrow Farm. The beauty and ambiance of the area was so inviting and pleasant. I personally felt in peace walking through the plants and flowers, it felt so refreshing.
Our other research focused on economical and political impact. Urban farming reduces the cost of fruits, vegetables, and dairy. Small communities growing their own foods lessens our carbon footprint and saves money. Nonetheless, our Administration doesn't believe in going all green. Not only that, accessing land is a difficult at this time.
Quarter 4 Project:
Indigo Harris - Capstone
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For my senior project which is also called a Capstone, my partner and I decided to throw a SLA @ Beeber's first fashion show! As you can imagine it was both exciting and stressing being as though we are both 18 years old with outside of school responsibility we had to tend to but overall we got the job done. We did a "blast from the past" fashion show covering different ears such as 80's , 90's Afrocentric and Present day. Both the Afrocentric and Present day clothes were designed by SLA students.The first three months were strictly fundraising , we did bake sales , waterice sale , hot dog, chip and soda combo's . All to raise the money to fund the clothes the model would be wearing in the show and to fund other things for this production , The next month around February we began our tryouts and starting practices for the show. We did photo shoots to create flyers to advertise the show and me being the present day designer, I began to work on my pieces that would be in the show. We partnered with another student Jason Prez and got him to record the show so we could have not only pictures but a video of what we put together. We had to do research on what the clothes looked like at the time, we to create a estimated price range etc. This fashion show was far from easy, it took so much hard work but it all paid off in the end.
My growth as an artist.
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Q4 Project Submission
Q4 Benchmark Final
The video we created was a PSA containing two types of information. We first had an skit that consisted of the people in or group protesting on the street saying information relating to urban gardening. Then it would soon switch to an interview were took at an actual community/city urban garden. We asked them a lot of question based on our previous checkpoints to make a 21 minute interview.
To this group I contributed plenty by taking part of how we were going to do the skit; the basic idea of what we were doing. I also helped by including at least three questions to ask during the interview we would soon accomplish. I was also present in the video and the recordings.
I think our interview went perfectly because of the questions we had, the amount of care the people displayed, and the responses we got. I feel like our commercial could be better (If I had to pick an area of improvement). I’m not sure in a specific area, because I think it’s fine, but I don’t think it had the same flow of information as the interview (Even though it was 21 minutes). But I'm still very pleased with the skit.
The most meaningful part of the PSA was doing the interview, because I learned a lot of things from the questions i asked. I was very interested and it made m plan in my head that “when I get my own apartment, I will definitely have some kind of garden in my backyard”. Even after the interview, off camera, I asked another question because I was genuinely interested. It was about what kind of water was used to fuel water plants (WHICH DOESN’T NEED SOIL!).
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Q4 Benchmark INDIVIDUAL final submission
- Provide a summary of the contents of your video and a rationale for why YOU chose this topic, in paragraph form.
- Our group did our video on tobacco use. We chose this topic because we already knew it was a huge public health issue that many people pay know mine to. We start the video with a introduction to what tobacco is. Then we start to talk about tobacco in media. After talking about tobacco in media we talk about tobacco in the youth. Health and how tobacco affects it is what we talk about next. After that we give our closing statement.
- Provide a reflection on how you contributed to the project and the role you played in the group.
- I believe I contributed a lot to the project. I wrote the script and put the video together.
- What did you do well and what could you have done differently?
- I believe I did well explaining our topic. I feel like I could had done more research to get more information.
- What was the most meaningful part of the experience of creating the PSA?
- Try to summarize by addressing some of the unit essential questions
- What factors affect public health?
- What role do the economy, politics, and society play in the healthcare system?
- How is the process of research being affected?
- What careers apply public health and concepts from anatomy/physiology?
- The most meaningful part of creating this PSA was being able to inform people. Tobacco is one of the leading cause of deaths in the U.S. and still people smoke. The government puts taxes on cigarettes but that still doesn't stop people from smoking them. Media keeps people from being well informed, everyone knows smoking is bad but most people do not really care. Most people who are against tobacco use are cancer survivors or members of a family who lost someone to cancer. They lead the movement and start charities and organizations to help people from all over.
HIV & Aids
During the Quarter 4 Benchmark in Anatomy and Physiology the topic that was given to my group member and I was HIV. This topic plays a big role in a lot of peoples lives who live in world. It is extremely important that we read and understand this disease. I was able to help my partner Wayne with filming and I was responsible for checkpoint 2 as a whole. The biggest thing I learned from thi s has to be that there are people out there who live with this and only they understand how they feel. I also enjoyed hearing Ms.Lees point of view on the medical field.
