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Bio-Compost Bin

Posted by Mukhtar Stones in Botany · Aziz · y1 on

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For my quarter 2 botany project I worked in a group with Austin, Obassi, and Darome, where we created an environmental friendly design for the school. We worked with Principal Johnson in order to create school friendly bio degradable trash bins. That helped keep the school clean, and that were used in the school yard whenever students played outside. We followed all the checkpoints, and made sure the project was done correctly by meeting up with Mr. Johnson. 

Our project design is made for the purpose of throwing away bio degradable items into a mini compost bin, that will be removed every often it needs to. This project was made to get rid of bio wast and keep the outside of the school clean because there is a problem of students leaving food behind after lunch, such as banana peels, and orange peels. 
We could use the compost from the bin for the rest of the other compost that is used in the school yard for plants that need, water, and sunlight to grow.

This project shows what we as mankind can do to change our environment and take the initiative to improve it. Nature is apart of our environment, full of living organisms and fauna, if we use technology to help better it to keep it safe. Technology is man made we need to create more man made devices to help our environment and nature. We didn't complete and create some of the things we wanted for the design but it still came out right. Its not our exact blueprint and we wanted more but its our basic and general idea of how it should be.

As you can see I am very proud of our project we could of done more and better, if given a second chance, we created the bin so it would be movable with wheels. We wanted to make sure it be protected and nobody be able to steel it or break.

Green Top Landscaping - Model Desk - Errion and Epifanio

Posted by Errion Holness in Botany · Aziz · y1 on

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Our project was about us becoming a Green Design company aimed at creating furniture items convenient for your home or classroom. We aim to keep it simple and realistic. For our client, we researched important items deemed necessary for a classroom since she is a teacher. We concluded that we could build her a desk. The only suggestion was that we included her favorite colors which were cobalt blue, goldenrod yellow and purple.We were able to include a shade of yellow on the sides and blue on the acrylic.  

Before we began to build the desk, we brainstormed and mapped out what we'd need with a blue print. The blue print showed the amount of pieces of wood we'd need and their sizes. We also included where these pieces would go. 

We created a space in the desk where the plant would contain a moderate temperature, space and shelter. The plant will be able to grow and vine itself around the legs of the table while sitting comfortable flat on the ground. It should still be able to obtain sunlight from an angle through the acrylic. 

Nature and technology can connect greatly because it speeds up the process of the plant growth or aesthetic of the technology. 

I believe Epi and I worked great together. We communicated well and greatly brainstormed what we'd like the outcome to be. I think we could've planned out our classes and planned in a timely order of what was needed. I feel that that way we would've put in a little more detail into the table.

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The Plant Design

Posted by Tasheba Francis in Botany · Aziz · y1 on

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​ The project was creating a planter for Mr. Rosen-Long that represent the Maya era. It was supposed to look kind of like the urn. Mr. Rosen-Long wanted tropical flowers or fruits to be planted. Tropical plants will need a lot of indirect sunlight, water, and high humidity. The design can probably support a small flower or two. Plants adapt to wherever they grow in order to grow and flourish. If the area doesn’t fit the plant's required needs the plant won’t be able to survive. If the plants grow a certain way our design won’t be able to support it. For example, since our planter is small a pineapple won’t be able to grow inside because of how the planter isn’t shaped for it. A flower just needs enough room to grow it's rooted until it gets a certain size or unless the flower is very small. Nature and technology go hand to hand without nature we would not have half of the creations we have today. Nature can be anywhere from where you live too deep into a jungle somewhere. We need nature to create what’s best us and everything. Technology is just advancements we create for the future to get better or worst. The group I am in created something to grow a beautiful flower or something. We could've communicated more, but other than that project came out pretty well.

Q2 Botany compost bin and base

Posted by Austin Heng in Botany · Aziz · y1 on

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  1. What is your project about? Describe the process you used to accomplish your goals. Look back at the steps you had to take in your checkpoints. Describe your landscape architecture company and what your clients had asked for. How did you accomplish your goals and meet your clients' desire? Hint: Green Design Research
My project is about collecting biodegradable items for a compost bin and making sure we have fertilizer for other students plants. We have a base that we tie the trash can to an we can tie the trash can to the hooks on the base with wheels at the bottom. Our project is to help out other students in the future, people have said they needed to collect compost so we are going to build a device for them to use when they need it.

2. What does a plant need to thrive? Describe how the design of your project took into account the needs of the plant you are planting in your design (i.e. water, nutrition, temperature, safety, amount of sunlight).
A plant needs soil, sunlight, water and air. we are helping others by providing soil and fertilizer for them to keep their plants healthy. some plants don't need water but most do, and 


3.Describe what affects a plant's design based on what you have learned from your past assignments. Hint: look back at BozemanScience: Plants Video, Nature’s Blueprint: Solar cells inspired by plant cells, Fall Leaves Infographic, What determines a plant's design?
you need certain prerequisites and certain conditions for a plant to show growth. if you don't have the correct soil, or the correct weather conditions the plant could die. We learned that compost doesnt need anything done to it except soil added and then just compiled biodegradable items


4.In what ways are the plant's design and the design of your project similar? Think about what affected the overall design of your project and also the development of plants. 

We have the soil and other items to help nourish plants. The compost is different from actual plants, there arent many similarities because it helps to grow plants and isnt a plant itself. Thinking of similarities, the actually trash can is like the stem of the plant protecting the plants cells inside. 

5. After doing the Green Design, how do you perceive the relationship between nature and technology? Why? Remember to define nature and technology in your own terms. 

We are taking old plants from nature and re-purposing them. We are making them help out the growth of other plants. Technology is anything created by man. We created the base and we have a trashcan created by man. 


6.Overall, what did your group do well in the project? What could your group improve on?

We did well incorporating the thing Mr.Johnson wanted, a trash can holder, and a compost bin that we wanted. We had a hard time in the makerspace because so many people were working at one time. We were all struggling to do things in a timely manner because of other problems. I wish we had more time in the maker space and more wood to make the pillars and base we wanted. we wanted to make a door to protect the trashcan inside but there wasnt enough large pieces of wood.
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Botany Project: Tyrone Grant

Posted by Tyrone Grant in Botany · Aziz · y1 on

Hello, I’m Tyrone Grant, one of the members of Peachy Designs. I am here to talk about and represent a design that my company has made which would bring a better economy into the school. The design we made was to help bring plants into the building, more specifically for our client, Ms. Fanning. This design brings much more life into her small and lifeless room. She requested to have some life put into her room such as plants because she loves plants and want some in her room. This is how we came up with our design. The design that my company made was a planter. We believe that a planter is the most capable for bringing in plants into her room.


When you think about what plants need to survive such as water, soil, and sunlight, these needs are important information when we made our design. So, We made our planter deep so that there would be an abundance amount of soil so that Ms. Fanning could have a diverse selection of plants, made sure that the planter was open so that the plants could get plenty of sunlight, and we closed up the cracks and and laminated the wood so that the water wouldn’t negatively affect the wood or her room in general. It was crucial for us to improve our design because plants can be affected by so many things like: if there were a lack of water or sunlight for the plants, it would most likely kill the plant, or if there’s a lack of soil, the plant wouldn’t be able to obtain enough nutrients from the dirt which would make the plant die as well.


Most of the plants that Ms. Fanning chose can usually be grown inside of a building which beneficial for us because we would then have to create a design that was built for more of the outside. That’s why the design of the plants and our own design are so similar, because they were both made for the inside. When we made our design, we’ve used different types of technology to come up with our calculations and produce our object. At first, I always thought that technology and nature don’t mix with each other, they just try to cancel out each other. But after doing this, I realized that technology can enhance and improve our nature because we used technology to make something economic and beneficial to our economy.


Overall, I believe that all members of the Peachy Designs have come together to make a wonderful design that has potential to brighten up this building, but there were a couple of problems that our company did bump into. For example, some workers contributed more than others. I want all of the members to contribute an equal amount of work so that it would be fair to call it our design. The second thing is that if my company had more time, the overall design would probably be more “polished” than what it is now. Beside those two things, the design was a success, and our client was happy with the overall design.


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The Green Design Adventure

Posted by Tymere Alexander in Botany · Aziz · y1 on

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Good morrow ladies and gents, it is me Tymere Alexander here with mine, Morgan, and Tasheba's finest plant design created! The shape as you can see is a pentagon that looks kinda like a popcorn box, but has a strong structure which will protect the plant as it grows withing the popcorn box. 

This was definitely an interesting experience with this project. I never worked in the Maker Space before because I had a fear of using tools. So I had to overcome that fear in order to continue the process on creating the structure.

My group mates were extremely helpful. They all do their work. They were very helpful in contructing the project. Each of us had something to contribute which made the project all the easier.

I have a different view on nature and technology after this project. After completing an assignment on nature and technology, I learned about the yin and yang of the two. Nature is used to create new technology and technology is used to discover more of nature and vise versa. I always thought differently about how they worked.

Q2 Botany Benchmark - Ali Mohammed

Posted by Ali Mohammed in Botany · Aziz · y1 on

We are Peachy Designs and we work with many people all over to help them be more green in some shape or form. Our most recent client Ms. Fanning located on the second floor next to Mr.Johnson’s office is our wonderful Guidance Counselor and fabulous creative writing teacher. Sh told us that she wanted her room to be more green so we decided to create a garden box and place it in her room.Ms. Fanning will give the plants what it needs to thrive such as water and general care and since her room has a lot of sunlight that will come naturally. Our green design relates to almost all of our previous assignment which teaches us the inner workings of the plant therefore teaching us how to take care of the plant better and create a stable place for the plant to survive. Overall I would say the as a group we did good on the project however and think that since we were so  exciting in creating we did not plan ahead for possible problems of the garden box such as it being knocked over. We do believe that we satisfied our customer and look forward to working with her sometime soon.


Our project is to create a box that satisfies our client in which we can plant. To complete this process we had to go through many many processes. First we had to have a client means a teacher in this building who is willing to have a green design in his or her room. After that we had to get trained in order to use the tools that we need to work in this project like how to cut and glue etc….  Or how we can use the equipments that are in makerspace. And we arranged another appointment with our client to ask or be asked about what was going on and how we are going to place the box there, and the needs of the plants in order to survive.

We also had to work ai different assignment like answering questions or watching videos in order to understand how we can fulfill the desire of our plant.


Our plants need

  • Soil

  • Water

  • Nutrients

  • And Sunlight to survive. We already build our wood box for our plant. The box will be as I showed in the picture below in order to get sunlight and will be watered by Fanning Mrs. Fanning.

I think their similarity would be being dependent to each other. The box needs to be perfect for supporting the pants to develop and grow. The plants also need to get what it needs like rich soil, sunlight etc……

Nature is the phisical of our world and everything in it. Technology is development, creativity and invention. The relationship would be we act wisely with nature in order to have a good technology. We use like plants, animals, and other sources to have a good technology.

Our group did well in communicating with Ms. Fanning of what plants she desires to have and how we are going to place the box. As well in building the box. We are dedicated to do out best in our project and collaborating in doing that.  


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Q2 Benchmark Green Design

Posted by Vernika Barrow in Botany · Aziz · y1 on

  • What this project is about was creating a useful green design to go in my client, Ms.Moran's room. As we discussed what kind of design would be best we came up with an idea to keep the design simple. I came up with the design by just sketching things and playing around with wood pieces until something worked out nice. The steps I took were finding scrap pieces of wood cutting them with different machines into correct sizes. I next put the pieces together by using wood glue and the nail gun. Last to finish off the project I painted a coat of wood protector on to keep it safe from water damage.  .  In order for a pant to survive  it needs the proper amount of sun light, water, and space. I have made sure this design is capable of given the plants it will hold these resources very easily. The design is very spacey and can hold up to 3 pants cups. It has a lot of open space and slits so that light ca reach the plants and last the piece is water proof. I know this is import because sometimes if plants are not taking care of correctly they can not grow and function the way they have to be healthy. Technology plays a big part and helping nature because with out it we wouldn't be able to create the things plants need in order to survive by a mans hands. I think I did well taking on leadership skills to get the job done. My group could have done better by communicating and taking care of responsibility.
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    Green Plague Inc.

    Posted by Mercedez Smith in Botany · Aziz · y1 on

    My group and I started this benchmark by emailing our client (The wonderful Ms. Reed) to find out her needs in reference to a green design in her classroom. We gathered her ideas and our own in our consultations, and sketched out designs. We went through several designs, and took our measurements. When when our we finalized a design, we made our sketch better and went through several more ideas about plants and green effect. Due to some set backs, we have not completed our building part of the project, but as have our design done, and just need to do a quick installation to the frame and of the plants. 

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    1. What is your project about? Describe the process you used to accomplish your goals. Look back at the steps you had to take in your checkpoints. Describe your landscape architecture company and what your clients had asked for. How did you accomplish your goals and meet your clients' desire? Hint: Green Design Research

      1. Our project was about making a green design that would benefit the environment and make a teacher’s classroom more eco friendly by implementing our design into their class. In preparation for this project, we looked up 10 green designs. We wrote about them and considered which one was more accomplishable and easy to do. We had many ideas rough drafts of what we wanted to do, but most of them did not come up in the final product due to the cooperation of the product. Although what we did end up making deal with our client that we talked with, Ms. Reed, and we were able to work fondly from there. Our client simply wanted us to make her room more “plant-ful”. We agreed that we wanted it to be seen, get enough sunlight to live, look appealing, not get in the way of the children in the upper side of the classroom, and take up space that isn’t already used. We accomplished all of these. The last one being partial.


    1. What does a plant need to thrive? Describe how the design of your project took into account the needs of the plant you are planting in your design (i.e. water, nutrition, temperature, safety, amount of sunlight).

      1. A plants needs sunlight at the least sunlight to live. They could also have strive on water, but not all plants need that(even though most plants do). Our design was built on the wall board because it wouldn’t get in the way of the students and and it would be getting direct sunlight from where it is in the room. Our plant also doesn’t need much water or any really, so it wouldn’t be a hassle to water it.


    1. Describe what affects a plant's design based on what you have learned from your past assignments.

      1. What affect a plant's design is is if the plant is getting enough sunlight or any. Would it be easy to water or help grow the plant in the design and or placement. The number of resources given to you, plus the number of plants you have. It’s what you’re given that determines the design.


    1. In what ways are the plant's design and the design of your project similar? Think about what affected the overall design of your project and also the development of plants.

      1. The plant's’ design was built by its cells and organs and things inside of its anatomy. While our design did not ‘build itself’, we put together this design, as the plant does for itself.

    2. After doing the Green Design, how do you perceive the relationship between nature and technology? Why? Remember to define nature and technology in your own terms.

      1. Nature is the natural development of plants (and animals) in an ecosystem, and technology refers to man-made objects that were created for one or more purposes. I perceive that nature and technology in most cases live in a symbiotic relationship, giving and taking from one another. Like in our project, our ‘technology’, or project design will give the plant nutrients and space to grow, while the plants gives us improved space quality and reducing carbon dioxide levels.


    1. Overall, what did your group do well in the project? What could your group improve on?

      1. Something our group did really well was the planning for each of the checkpoints we needed to reach. Every time we had a check point to reach, we made a plan of what to do so that we could reach the requirement just in time before it was due. There might have been times where our original plan didn’t work, but when that happened, we made  another one one the spot and followed that one. Our group could have improved on our options. We had many ideas on what to do for the room, but it turned out that we could really only do one of those ideas. This was because we ran into problems like price, placement, time, and inconvenience. We should have worked on how our ideas work.

    Q2 Benchmark Green Design

    Posted by Ngozi Enwereji in Botany · Aziz · y1 on

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    Process: Our project was about making a green design that would benefit the environment and make a teacher’s classroom more eco friendly by implementing our design into their class. In preparation for this project, we looked up 10 green designs. We wrote about them and considered which one was more accomplishable and easy to do. We had many ideas rough drafts of what we wanted to do, but most of them did not come up in the final product due to the cooperation of the product. Although what we did end up making deal with our client that we talked with, Ms. Reed, and we were able to work fondly from there. Our client simply wanted us to make her room more “plant-full”. We agreed that we wanted it to be seen, get enough sunlight to live, look appealing, not get in the way of the children in the upper side of the classroom, and take up space that isn’t already used. We accomplished all of these. The last one being partial.


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