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David Baker Capstone

Posted by David Baker in Capstone on
​For our capstone we created an indoor pitching mound. Nick and I have been playing baseball together for as long as I can remember, it was great to continue throughout high school. Our capstone to relate to baseball, because we wanted to give back to the team we play for throughout our high school career. 
Constructing the pitcher's mound was harder than we anticipated. We knew the overall dimensions of the mound before we started building, and we had most of the building supplies in school. Moving all of the wood was hard work. Once we finished moving all of the supplies we had to sketch our design. The dimension of our mound is 4’x8’x10”. We spent a lot of our time in the makerspace, becoming certified on almost all of the equipment was very rewarding because it allows me to use the tools for other projects in the future. 
The hardest part of creating our mound was creating the ramp. We made this process easier by creating the mound in two parts. There was top box you would stand on and that was 4’x3’. The ramp was the hard part and had to cut at a 20° angle. We originally tried to cut this with a circular saw but the blade did not cut all the through the wood. So we resorted to cutting it on the table saw and this was difficult because we had to create a sled to cut the wood on an angle. 
Assembling the two pieces was a piece of cake. If we had to do something for this project. I would probably. Use grip tape instead of the turf. The turf really does make it look nice but if you are wearing normal sneakers you will slide, I think this could have been prevented by just using grip tape.

Q2 Benchmark Video Reflection David Baker.

Posted by David Baker in Environmental Science · Aziz · E on
This project was very meaningful. We got to do a research and learn more about an environmental issue of our choice and spread awareness on that topic by entering a film festival. For our project we covered the littering problem in Philadelphia. My job in this project was the “speaker”, I came up with some of the shots you saw in the film as well as managed supplies. If I could have done something differently I would try and get some more footage of the trash if Philadelphia. The most meaningful part of the project for me was definitely spreading awareness and hopefully inspiring people to pick up after themselves and clean our great city.


Standing with Standing Rock by David Baker

Posted by David Baker in Environmental Science · Aziz · E on

David Baker

Ms. Aziz

Environmental Science

28 November, 2016


Standing With Standing Rock


People are using social media to fight for social justice by using hashtags such as: #dakotaaccesspipeline, #dapl, and #nodapl. These hashtags are spreading awareness and have even been used to organize rallies and protests against the big oil companies. It is great to see people of all different backgrounds coming together uniting against a common enemy. Social media is a great way to spread information about something you care about. Almost everyone uses some source of social media and that makes it a great and reliable way to spread information.


Where do you think your tax dollars go; to strengthen our police force, pave the roads, or to teach our children? What if I told you they were going to siccing dogs on Native American protesters. The people of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe were attacked by dogs for exercising their right to protest. Sheriff Bull Connor sicced dogs on civil rights protesters in Birmingham a half century ago. The North Dakota pipeline is a $3.8 billion dollar project that paves right through a Native American reservation. If installed the pipeline will spew oil into a nearby river that the Sioux Tribe depends on for freshwater and food. Not only are the Sioux Tribe being affected by the pipeline, farmers in Iowa are losing their land. The pipeline is calculated to carry 570,000 barrels of oil a day through the Dakotas and Iowa. We are not sure if the oil is for U.S. citizens.


The article “Norway’s Largest Bank Sells Assets in Dakota Access Pipeline Company” talks about how the largest bank in Norway funding nearly 3.5 billion dollars into the pipeline project. This is very bad for the people of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The money from the bank will not only push the project back on track, but it may also bring in more investors to fund the pipeline. If this large norwegian bank sees this as profitable, than others may invest further to make more money by killing Native Americans on their land. The reward is not worth the outcome, If this goes through they will lose a ton of customers that are protesting the pipeline.

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Sources:

"The Energy Story - Chapter 8: Fossil Fuels - Coal, Oil and Natural Gas." The Energy Story - Chapter 8: Fossil Fuels - Coal, Oil and Natural Gas. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2016.

"Fossil." Department of Energy. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2016.


"Dakota Pipeline: Army Corps Orders Protesters out." CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2016.



"Norway's Largest Bank Sells Assets in Dakota Access Pipeline Company." Democracy Now! N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Nov. 2016.



Volunteering Experience - David Baker

Posted by David Baker in AMERICAN HISTORY - Hussey - A on




David Baker

Mr. Hussey

U.S. History

April 27, 2016




Volunteer Experience


As a student volunteer of the Committee of 70 my group and I walked around the Roxborough area assisting the elderly with the voting process as well as answering questions they did not understand.  Although the process was not fun, I thought it was interesting. My group was assigned ward 21. The four locations we visited were; Cook Wissahickon School, Andorra Branch Library, Houston Recreation Center, and Saul High School. The process was nothing like I expected, I thought that there would be lines of people at each location and that they would know what the questions ment. I was lucky to see maybe four people at each location and I had to read the background information for most of the questions I asked. I did not see anyone less than forty years old. Walker made it sound like were were going to be doing an amazing thing and help the community and meet new people. I am sure the data we gathered was important, but out of the dozen people I asked about five of them said they had time to answer my questions. All the people were trying to do is vote but people would keep giving them flyers trying to sway them to vote for whoever they wanted to win. When they exit the building they are bombarded with questions from other people and when they get to me they are tired of asking questions and they walk away or answer the question without any thought. I know the importance of voting, but it seems like it is more work then it is worth to cast your vote and I think this is why young people do not vote. One question I have is why can't we vote online? It would be more convenient easier to do, and you don't have to go anywhere.  But at the end of the day it was not a bad experience I walked away with a ton of flyers, committee of 70 lanyard, and a sweet Sean Stevens pen.





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(Pink election Ballot)


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(Andorra Branch Library signs)


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(Sweet Sean Stevens Pen)




Poem Project

Posted by David Baker in SPANISH 2 - Moran - X on

Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz fue un poeta mexicano nació en marzo de 1914 y creció en la ciudad de México, pero desgraciadamente murió en abril de 1997. Octavio había logrado muchas cosas en su vida. Se graduó de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, recibió el Premio Miguel de Cervantes en 1981. También recibió un Premio Internacional Neustadt de literatura en 1982 y el Premio Nobel de literatura en 1990. El amor por la literatura de Octavio comenzó a una edad temprana gracias a su extensa biblioteca de los padres. Su padre era un periodista político. En 1937 Octavio viajó a.

Reflexión sobre mí mismo

Mi nombre es David Baker. Yo nací y me crié en Filadelfia. Asisto a Science Leadership Academy @ Beeber. Estoy en mi segundo año. Mi tema favorito es la historia del mundo porque si no conoces el pasado, está condenados a repetirla. En el futuro voy a asistir a la Universidad de Temple con especialidad en ingeniería. Quiero ser un ingeniero porque me gusta crear cosas y pensando fuera de la caja. Quiero ser un ingeniero químico porque causa creo que sería interesante trabajar con productos químicos en una planta química.

Hermandad

Yo soy un hombre: no he pasado la noche y es enorme.

Pero miro: las estrellas escribir.

Sin saberlo yo entiendo:

yo también estoy por escrito,

y en este mismo

momento alguien me explica.

Reflexión

Este poema es muy profundo, se contradice a lo largo del poema para hacer un punto. Yo creo que a lo largo del poema reflexiona sobre su vida y de dónde viene. Reflexiona sobre su futuro como escritora y lo que está por venir. Sé que en el poema está afuera y está mirando hacia el cielo. Este poema me hace reflexionar sobre mi vida, mis decisiones y mi futuro. Algunos temas del poema son: reflexión, paz y al aire libre. Esta es una de las grandes obras de Octavio. Planeo leer más en el futuro.

Me Reflexión

Este poema es muy profundo, se contradice a lo largo del poema para hacer un punto. Yo creo que a lo largo del poema reflexiona sobre su vida y de dónde viene. Reflexiona sobre su futuro como escritora y lo que está por venir. Sé que en el poema está afuera y está mirando hacia el cielo. Este poema me hace reflexionar sobre mi vida, mis decisiones y mi futuro. Algunos temas del poema son: reflexión, paz y al aire libre. Esta es una de las grandes obras de Octavio. Planeo leer más en el futuro.


Me Poema

El agua es fría y nublada.

Las olas son grandes chocando contra la orilla.

El cielo es un lienzo oscuro sin fin.

Las estrellas son brillantes y no bloqueados por las nubes.

La arena es fría y granulada,

llenando cada paso que tomar.

Como si ellos se borran de tiempo.

Sin embargo, estoy triste y sola.

Nadie parece importarle lo que pasa.

La noche es silenciosa, como soy yo.



This was my favorite project that we did. We had to do research of a poet and write our own poem in Spanish.

Oral History Report- David Baker

Posted by David Baker in African American History - Roy - E on
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Abstract:

I Interviewed Larry, he is my grand father, he told me all about his perspective on the Civil Rights Movement. He talked about the riots and marches and that is what I did my research on.


Research:

During the Civil Rights movement African Americans did many thing to get their points across  one famous march was named Bloody Sunday because 600 marchers were killed and beaten on the streets. The march was held on March 7, 1967. The 600 protesters marched down the streets only to be beaten and killed my local police and government officers.


http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement

Transcript:

Me: Were you affected by the Civil Rights Movement? If so how?

Larry: I was probably affected by the Civil Rights movement by making me more aware of others opinions and other viewpoints, When I grew up I was real young about six or eight if I was walking on the street and there was a black person walking the other way I was told “stay on the sidewalk” they have to move.


Me: What school did you go to growing up?

Larry: I went to six schools in grade school, each one was fairly different they were city schools, one private school.

Me: Did the movement affect your schooling?

Larry: I'm not sure in my early schooling, i'm not aware of what affected that, other than the time when I was really young going through school, probably caught my attention, and made me think worse about blacks. In other cases it gave me more understanding of the growth process going through both.

Me: What did you learn about the civil rights movement in school?

Larry: Funny you asked that because i'm not sure at that time, I don't recall them ever talking about that, it was more after I was out of high school,and actually in the work place. During that period, so for me I didn't start being affected by it directly until 1967.

Me: Was your family affected by the movement?

Larry: I’m not sure affected, my mother was pretty racist and because I was of course under her, you know living with her, I was told a lot of things by her, I experienced a lot of things myself, I don't know as far as work, play, jobs, school, theres nothing I can think of, that I am aware of was directly affected by the civil rights movement, other than watching it  on the n news and hearing it, thing we're going on going on in the south and so forth.

Me: Where did you grow up?

Larry: Borden Ohio, raised in Alaska for a while, mostly Philadelphia.

Me: What memories do you have of the civil rights movement?

Larry: Most of the memories I have are things that you will see on TV, and history shows now, the fights, the fires, the riots, the marches, seeing them on TV, not really personally being near them, but seeing what was reported on TV and what people talked about.

Me: What was your outlook on the civil rights movement?

Larry: I kind of understood why they were angry and upset, and why it was happening,  when you're a kid you are told certain things you don't necessarily question them until later on, it was a little frightening, somewhat puzzling, until I was older I didn't really have a full appreciation of what was going on. Being in the north not in the south, I suppose I do recall that the blacks were supposed to sit in the back of the bus, and whites were supposed to get preference, I got a better understanding as I got older.

Me: Do you have a different outlook on today's world because of the movement?

Larry: I would imagine most people do, if it wasn't for civil rights movement and things changing as they were, I suppose I would have no reason to think that if I walked down the sidewalk I shouldn't be in the middle, and blacks should walk around me, and I probably wouldn't have a more open attitude that I have now,  I don't feel that I am racist or judgmental in particular, because I know a lot of people of different races, and had a lot of friends just as many colored as not, and probably the civil rights movement helped open it up.

Me: Did you ever fight for equality?

Larry: I definitely fought for equality not necessarily, as a matter of color, but there is a lot of unequal things that go on and a lot of equality issues that go on throughout life, or somethings unfair, if someone is being judge wrong that sort of thing, I was never in a match per say, I was never in a riot fortunately, so i'm not so sure what they are looking for in that answer, other than I didn't go on buses or marches.



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Circuit Project

Posted by David Baker in Physics - Gray - C on

Mike Parkinson David Baker

North Stream

We chose a hat for our project because we both like hats. Also, we both enjoy watching hockey and like the Flyers. We thought that this was a good way to combine the things we love. The hat represents me because  I really like the flyers (David). The hat represents me because I used to wear hats all of the time and hockey is one of my favorite sports to watch (Mike).


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