Sunday, May 10, 2015

Final Research

    I am closing in on the end of my project. I am very excited with my conclusions. Even though it looks like I have not gotten a lot of information it took a very long time to figure it all out.
    My presentation is looking good but I am still trying to make sure I have everything I need to make a 100. With the storms it was a big set-back but I am getting through it. I have a couple of things I still have to research and get the final answer on.
    I love my presentation and I'm ready to get it over with. It has been a long process, but I learned about something I really like. I hope the finished product is liked and that I get a good grade. Here are the questions I need to answer.

1. What was your favorite part of the topic you chose?
2. What was your least favorite part of the topic you chose?
3. What do you like best about Genius Hour research?
4. What do you like least about Genius Hour research?
5. What was the most important thing you learned about yourself, how you learn, or research in general as a result of this work?
1. Learning about the first gas engine.
2. Not having enough to learn about.
3. How much time I get to research something I want.
4. Having to present. I like learning about it but the requirements for the presentation is sometimes not as fun.
5.Researching one topic will most likely get boring after a long time.

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Body Style Research

    This week  I have focused  on the body styles of cars and how they have changed. I have made a survey to see what kind of cars people like the most. Depending on if I get enough information back I plan on researching why these certain cars appeal to more people or not. Please take it the link is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FK2LWJJ .
     I am kind of stuck to see where I should go next. If you have any suggestions please let me know in the comments. It has taken a long time tot research and I have gotten very little progress from it. It is hard to do a project to teach people about something that they already know a lot about.
     I have to try and dig deeper and find something I can teach y'all about and not be repeating information you already know. I hope I can get this finished and start getting to the more fun part of finalizing my presentation with cool effects and such.

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Research

I have finished my research on engines. I realized how much actually went into the making and designing of the newer engines. Also when I looked at the first engine I saw how difficult it was to actually start the engines. It turned out that it was extremely dangerous to start this type of engine.
I love this research and hope to find more out. There is a lot more to research including the body styles which I am excited to learn about. Yet it is fun I have run into some problems.
I have been trying to figure out how to organize and present all of my information. I am doing a PowerPoint but I don't want it to be really boring. I am ready to keep working in class.

Tuesday, April 7, 2015


      I am doing the evolution of cars for genius hour. My driving question is what have cars come to today. I plan on researching how the evolution of them has effected us and the way we travel. I also hope to go into details on how cars will change in the future.
      My main troubles I believe I will run into is that I won't be able to find what kind of engines were first put into cars and how long they took to manufacture. I feel though I will find something that has this information posted. If not I can do more research from books and manuals to find it.
      I have always liked the topic of cars and hope to find a lot of new information. This research will take some digging, but I am up for the challenge. Lastly, I would love to find some information comparing some modern cars.