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In A Galaxy, Far Far Away

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We started from the bottom of the ocean, and now ended up high in the sky with the stars. Frontiers was different from my other STEAM classes. It was almost like a Humanities class, but for science. Most of our action projects were about the science-related grand challenges we meet today, and how they can be surpassed. It reminded me of my first STEAM class at GCE, Water, which is quite funny given this is my last STEAM class at GCE. I was given the choice of another grand challenge to cover in this action project. The grand challenge I chose was space way stations. They are like gas stations for spacecrafts. I had to present it all on one digital poster I made myself. The purpose of this poster is to talk about what we need to accomplish this big project, and the obstacles we will face along the way. Works Cited Chu, Jennifer. “Galactic Gas Stations.” MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 5 Mar. 2014, news.mit.edu/2014/galactic-gas-stations-0305. Smitherman, David, and Gor
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Creative Tactics

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We all have things we want to do in life. We plan for the future so it can go our way. Even if we do that, things can still turn out totally different from what we were expecting for the better or worse. This is life's specialty after all. It constantly throws surprises at you, even if you don't realize it. It is actually one of my top reasons to why it is worth living. In the case that you were hit by a bad surprise, it is always good to have a backup plan. A guide of some sort can really help you get back on your feet in the most troubling times. My mission is to become a game designer and bring my stories to life. This survival manual I titled "Creative Tactics" is here to always drive me in the right direction no matter the roadblocks I come across on my way to complete my mission. The Purpose The purpose of this guide is to drive me in the right direction, even if I ever come across a worst case scenario. The contents of this guide will not work for anyone who is
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FedEc(osystem)

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The research I have done for this literature review all had one thing in common, which are the things  we can do to save the planet. However, these are not like the more simple ideas you are normally suggested, like solar panels and planting more trees. These are unique and intuitive ideas we can use to start tackling these planet related issues from a new perspective. Delivering ecosystem services primarily means creating large scale methods or changes for the Earth’s benefit. This can be done in many ways in which people are currently working on. Simple examples of this action include planting more trees, or creating an eco-friendly version of a product that can be used instead of the original one. Though that does not even scratch the surface of what we can do to deliver ecosystem services. This literature review can show you more of the potential lying within. The Ocean The ocean is the largest ecosystem on the planet. It provides us with way more than just a massive amount of wate
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Drawing Takes Time

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Endurance is all about the time you have to adapt and overcome something. For some people that time lasted days, weeks, months, and years. The situation also varies over a very wide scale. One person had his arm caught under a rock for over five days. Elie Wiesel spent a year in a concentration camp during World War II. The situation I was put in lasted for one week. I was assigned to do something of my choosing for 12 hours. The amount of time I spent doing what I chose each day could have been split up in any way, as long as I eventually got those 12 hours. This project was made to prepare us for what we will encounter on the road ahead, like the previous action project. However, what makes this action project different from the previous one is our passion is the main focus this time. The activity I chose was drawing. Since I love drawing, and I already spend a lot of my time each day doing it, I was really excited for this project. My mission for this project was expanding my capabi
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Chronicles in Code

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We all have a point in our lives where everything is just tough. Whether you are waiting in line at the DMV outside in the cold for four hours, or are mourning the death of a loved one, there is always a point where you have to get through a not-so-good period of time. My Humanities class, "Endurance", is about preparing us for the absolute worse. As I soon go off to college, there will no doubt be challenges waiting for me when I get there. Before then, this is a story of what I already endured to get here, what I already accomplished, what I plan to accomplish, what made it hard for me to accomplish something, and how I grew over the years up until now. I was a big fan of anime and video games. I always asked myself, “how I can make one of those?” You have to have the right tools, knowledge, and sometimes enough money to do so. That is why I chose to pursue making it my career. It was like a blind passion. At first, all I wanted to do was create something epic. My ideas sti
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Happy Organizer

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Summary: Happy Organizer is a sole proprietorship website-based business. Its mission is to provide those who run businesses with an effective, easy-to-use piece of software that allows them to create organization charts for their employees to streamline work and the chain of command. An org chart is a map that shows the roles and hierarchy of all the employees in a business. The org charts can be shared digitally and physically among those within the business. Happy Organizer consists of the owner, accountants, software developers, and customer service representatives. In every business, employees have various job titles and descriptions. Happy Organizer solves the confusing issue of not knowing exactly who an employee is meant to turn to for specific questions and tasks. It streamlines a company’s chain of command, increasing efficiency and productivity. Ultimately, over time, a reliable org chart can save countless work hours and valuable company resources. There are three things Ha
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Suppressed Freedom

Our Humanity class, Equality, took us through each part that goes into equality. These parts include race, sex, and class. As we were doing so, we talked about many things that hold us back from ending inequality. For this final action project, we had to choose one of those things and how it would be resolved 100 years into the future. The whole premise is we make a news paper or article that talks about this issue being resolved, print it out, and put it into a time capsule to be discovered in 2119. Each of these news papers and articles consist of a captivating headliner that gets straight to the point, an issue we face today that has been resolved, an amendment/law/policy that solved the issue, a toy idea related to the topic, and an op-ed spoken in first person by someone from a group of people that were heavily affected by the issue. The issue I chose was voter suppression, and will show you what the law I made does to stop it.
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