Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

1. What are you most proud of in your lesson 2 Presentation and why?

I am most proud of the overall flow of my presentation and the way people understood my topic and learned from my presentation, things they may or may not use in the future.

2a. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson 2 presentation (self-assessment)?

P

2b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the lesson 2 component contract.

I used all my time effectively and used props throughout the lesson. I also maintained well explanation of my answer throughout my presentation.

3. What worked for you in your lesson 2?

Out of all the things i did I think the props really helped the presentation and keep the audience engaged.

4. What didn't work? I you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your lesson 2?

My activity did not work out exactly as I planned, if I had a time machine I probably would try making my activity a bit more engaging or interesting.
5. What do you think your answer 2 will be?

A reliable car tested and tuned before every race.

Blog 12: Mentorship 10 Hours Check

1. Where are you doing your Mentorship?

I'm doing my mentorship with a weekend races, who competes with other racers in competitions for money. I go around with him racing either in Irwindale, Fontana, Pomona, or San Diego depending on where the competitions are.

2. Who is your contact?

Contact is Greg Peterson

3. How many total hours have you done?

Total of 26 hours.

4. Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.

Over the hours I help prepare the car by checking tire pressure, fuel, and warming the car up before the first race. Also cooling the car down after every race, registering for races, safety inspections, and check out other cars and parts up for sale.  

Holiday Project Update

1. It is important to consistently work on your senior project, wether it is break or we are in school. What did you do over break with your senior project? 

Unfortunately their is no major drag racing events in the area to attend so not many people race this season, including my mentor. Wether or not I need research or not over break I read up and informed myself on many automotive power adders. Over break I focused my research specifically on Turbos since it is what I believe the best potential answer for my EQ.

2. What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why? What was the source of what you learned?

The most important thing I learned was tuning your car, I still do not have the skills to tune a car iI learned the power of it over break. As some racers explain you can have all the power in the world but if you cant transfer it to the ground its all wasted. I also learned lots of factors like every car has different sweet spots, like for example some cars can only handle 15 Psi of boost while other cars can push the 45 psi range and in some cases the car with the lower boost psi wins the race, which shows how its all  in the little adjustments made by computer tuning.

3. If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related too answers related to answers related to your EQ, who would you talk to and why?

If I had the opportunity to talk to anyone I would talk to Dom "The Snake" Prudhomme because he has been in the racing industry before it was an industry. Few people his age continue to be on the top of drag racing. Throughout his years he has tried every single set up one can possibly think of, is one of the top names in drag racing, and has a modern race team that still competes today. Since he went up in the racing industry he should be able to give the best option for a race car that fits my budget.

December Blog Post

 Racer prepares his 5 second drag bike to race risking putting himself on the ground at over 150 mph

 Mike Garrett stages and launches to make one of the fastest passes during that thursday night thunder.

Speed Hunter's Mike Garrett first generation blown Nova makes a 5.61 pass that is great for its gasser roots when competitors are doing 7 seconds and higher.

Essential Question

1. Essential Question

"I reviewed the rule of 3 for an EQ."

2. Review the following EQ's (State if each meats the rule of three and why or why not)

• What is the most important factor in healthy weight loss? (Does not provide a good framework for more studies)
• What is most important to securing a conviction in a criminal investigation? (Works because has different points to be covered in research) 
• What is most important in creating a hairstyle that best satisfies a customer? ( Does not allow for further research investigation by saying most it asks for only one answer)
• How can an anesthesiologist best treat chronic pain? (Does not allow for depth in research is asking for only one answer)

3. What is the best way to build and race a drag racing car, that can consistently win races?

       

Lesson 1 Refection

1. Positive Statement 
What were you most proud of in your lesson 1 presentation and why?

I am most proud of my overall skills to explain things relatively aren't easy to comprehend. Usually Drag Racing is something relatively hard to understand since it goes against everything most people already know about cars, but from the feed back I received people said they had a good idea of what I was explaining, and the fact I used no pictures or video to explain makes it that much better. It also nice to hear people say that they are exited for my next presentations.

2. Questions to Consider
a) What assessment would you give yourself on lesson 1 presentation (self-assessment)?

AP+

b) Explain why using lesson 1 component contract. 

I think I deserve an AP+ because regarding body language and volume I think I did great but I had trouble with sources since lots of the information is just basic car knowledge that I didn't really get from anywhere I didn't use sources as I should have, I know my information is true but the audience doesn't but I will work to improve that for my next presentation.
3. What worked for you in your lesson 1?

I think the flow of the overall presentation did well and I think I covered enough to where my audience has a basic understanding of the topic but still has a lot to learn regarding details. I also think i covered enough to where the audience is not overwhelmed as i have overwhelmed people with my topic.

4.(what didn't work?) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your lesson?

I think I should have had a little bit more time with timing as I finished what I need to say but I thought i hadn't made time so i continued talking when i should have finished. I also might try using sources in my presentation to keep it creditable, and work on making it a little more interesting for the audience with visuals.

October NMCA

This month i went to NMCA Flowmaster street car nationals with my mentor. This event was huge with hundreds of racers from all over the country. I was fortunate to learn a lot about racing, when one of my mentor's close friends car went out on test and tune day and I learned the dark side of racing where its not always fun and sometimes stuff goes wrong.

I also learned the reason behind the safety rules and all the different regulations. On saturday the 25th their was three separate crashes on the track each person was fine, although their cars weren't. It really showed safety is also a really big part of racing and it should be the top priority even before going fast.