Our project- Why natural light is essential to students
project Essential questions:
- How does the structure of matter on the atomic, molecular, microscopic and macroscopic levels determine its physical, chemical and biological properties with emphasis on their use in building construction?
- How do the design of a building, selection of building materials, construction process and use of a building affect the overall sustainability of a building project and the user experience in the building?
Project reflection questions and answers:
Q.) What new information did you learn through doing this project?
A.). I learned about two main topics while researching this project. I learned how light goes through windows and what light can, and how sunlight affects humans brains and performance. When it comes to light going through windows, natural light and some ultraviolet light passes through glass because it has just the right wavelength to interact with the atoms correctly. When natural light is being directed at a window, the atoms in the window absorb the energy of the light and pass it through other atoms till it's on the other side of the glass creating light going through the window. When Sunlight comes in contact with most windows found in buildings, the glass filters out most UV rays because they are not the right wavelength. I also learned about the emotional and physical impacts natural light has on humans. When human skin is exposed to sun-rays it uses its cholesterol to convert the UV B rays into vitamin D. Vitamin D is positively linked to increasing mood and focus.
Q.) What new skills, dispositions, or lessons did you learn from this project?
A.) During my project, I used two different programs to create our infographic. I used a drawing software named Krita which I was already pretty familiar with. I had never digitally drawn a building before, especially a detailed one, and learned a lot about the shapes/lines and how to incorporate perspective into them to make everything look realistic. I also mastered the infographic program Canva. As for group work, I learned a lot about how to pick my partners. Even though I love my partner wholeheartedly as a human, I realized we do not have the same work ethic or passion for learning. This resulted in uneven distribution of group work, and different quality of writing within our different writing sections.I also learned a lot about how people's eyes are grabbed and moved through infographics from our guest speaker- he helped me add more interesting aspects and flows to my infographic such as the sun in the drawing being where information about sun rays are.
Q.) As I begin planning for next year’s fall semester and project work, what can I do to make the learning experience as engaging and meaningful as possible for those students?
A.) I would try to stray people away from doing infographics. While they are easy to make and interesting to look at… that’s about all they are. I think if you were to guide people to have a unique design that would require building then the project would result in much cooler work! This would also allow future classes to set up a full blown project from the designs rather than just printing out an infographic. I really appreciated how much work you put into helping plan the exhibition.
A.). I learned about two main topics while researching this project. I learned how light goes through windows and what light can, and how sunlight affects humans brains and performance. When it comes to light going through windows, natural light and some ultraviolet light passes through glass because it has just the right wavelength to interact with the atoms correctly. When natural light is being directed at a window, the atoms in the window absorb the energy of the light and pass it through other atoms till it's on the other side of the glass creating light going through the window. When Sunlight comes in contact with most windows found in buildings, the glass filters out most UV rays because they are not the right wavelength. I also learned about the emotional and physical impacts natural light has on humans. When human skin is exposed to sun-rays it uses its cholesterol to convert the UV B rays into vitamin D. Vitamin D is positively linked to increasing mood and focus.
Q.) What new skills, dispositions, or lessons did you learn from this project?
A.) During my project, I used two different programs to create our infographic. I used a drawing software named Krita which I was already pretty familiar with. I had never digitally drawn a building before, especially a detailed one, and learned a lot about the shapes/lines and how to incorporate perspective into them to make everything look realistic. I also mastered the infographic program Canva. As for group work, I learned a lot about how to pick my partners. Even though I love my partner wholeheartedly as a human, I realized we do not have the same work ethic or passion for learning. This resulted in uneven distribution of group work, and different quality of writing within our different writing sections.I also learned a lot about how people's eyes are grabbed and moved through infographics from our guest speaker- he helped me add more interesting aspects and flows to my infographic such as the sun in the drawing being where information about sun rays are.
Q.) As I begin planning for next year’s fall semester and project work, what can I do to make the learning experience as engaging and meaningful as possible for those students?
A.) I would try to stray people away from doing infographics. While they are easy to make and interesting to look at… that’s about all they are. I think if you were to guide people to have a unique design that would require building then the project would result in much cooler work! This would also allow future classes to set up a full blown project from the designs rather than just printing out an infographic. I really appreciated how much work you put into helping plan the exhibition.