Orellana, Walter; Cortés, Jorge: CHEMISTRY

CLAIM:
For our senior project, we will launch ourselves on an exploration of the field of chemistry. For the actual project, we will install software onto computers and interface a spectrometer to them. After we have successfully interfaced the spectrometer, the chemistry lab at CCC will be able to utilize the spectrometer to its full extent. Furthermore, we will also create a video demonstrating the copper cycle through a series of chemical reactions.

REASON:
Considering that we are both majoring in fields concerning the sciences, work done in the chemistry field provides us with a beneficial springboard into such areas. Additionally, we plan to carry out a presentation of our senior project at METAS-a program at CCC concerning the academic success of Latino/Hispanic students-and in doing so, we intend to increase the interest of Latino/Hispanic in the science fields.

EVIDENCE:
Thus far, we have successfully installed software and interfaced the spectrometer to a computer. After going through a trial run, the spectrometer seems to be working perfectly. Additionally, we have logged hours with our mentor-Dr. Ledbetter.

VALUE:
Besides acquiring valuable information from our work with the spectrometer and through the chemical reactions we carry out, we will hopefully get more Latino/Hispanic students interested and involved in the sciences.

Jessica Garcia - Collection of Short Stories

Claim: For my senior project i will compose a series of short stories and compile them in a book.

Reason: I chose to do this senior project because i've always known that stories relate to everyone. Regardless of what language they are written in, the themes, the content, that always transcends the boundaries of color, tongue, and creed. We all live the human experience and because of it are connected to eachother by the thread of love, imperfection, family and struggle.

Evidence: Thus far, i have written two short stories with three others in the works. Other evidence is the log hours as well as work done with my mentor, Mr. Cobane.

Value: Those who are receptive to my short stories will see the themes and take in their true message and use it in their lives.

Mary Obasi: Earthquake Preparedness

CLAIM
The focus of my project is to get our school prepared for earthquakes and other disasters. This has been an ongoing project so I have decided to use it as my Senior Project to make sure that it is completed before I graduate. The end product will be a large container on the football field filled with emergency supplies. I also plan on helping students at Middle College help their households more prepared.

REASON
After going to the Leadership Conference in New Orleans last year, seeing the devastation, and realizing that “The Big One” is supposedly coming soon, I saw a need that needed to be met. Also, Contra Costa College is located on the Hayward Fault Line which puts us more at risk. I want everyone to feel safer.

EVIDENCE
- A bin filled with emergency supplies
- Logged hours
- A video completed by Hannah Obasi

VALUE
Everyone values their safety. If I finish this project with a bin filled with hundreds of emergency supplies it would be left on this campus for the many classes to come. It is important to bring awareness about earthquake preparedness.

Juan Cerda: Architecture

Claim: I always been fascinated by the art of the construction of buildings. So for my senior project I will be shadowing an architect and learning some of the basic things he does. After I learn the basics, I plan to desing and create a dog house as a final product.

Reason: My family members (father and uncles) have always worked in the field of contruction. They were the ones that introduced me to the field and ever since then I was fascinated.

Evidence: Since im going to build and design a dog house, I will have the plans and desings all as proff. And as a final product I will have the dog house where my dog can sleep in.

Value: My parents have always worked hard for me to get a better education and have a better life. So I plan to one day become an architect and build houses, something my father did, but this time i will be the one giving out the orders.

Horus Ye: Art

Claim: For my senior project, I'll be doing a personal exploration into the field of art. I will approach and produce works of different mediums and genres.

Evidence: I'll bring in the different pieces to display as an exhibition at school.

Reason: I've always wanted to draw really well like some of my friends.

Value: Producing works of art allows people to expand on their creativity and imagination (I personally think that I don't have much of an imagination). Additionally, a recent study found that doodling during a lecture improves memory. Read the article here

Liu, Kevin : Better Cooking

Claim: For my senior project, I will learn how to cook delicious cuisine. I will learn how to prepare and cook some traditional Chinese dishes (such as chow mein and fried rice) and Vietnamese Pho. Additionally, I will master baking decadent (at least I hope) dessert, such as brownies and pound cake. Last but not least, I plan on making some good BOBA.

Reason: With college looming near, I realize my mom is not always going to be there to cook for me. However, this senior project will give me a chance to take her knowledge of cooking with me whereever I go. I don't want to fall victim to the infamous "freshman fifteen," so I plan on balancing my diet with freshly prepared healthy cooking and the (occasional) dorm food.

Evidence: Along with the probable cookbook and instructional video, I will hopefully serve BOBA during my senior project presentation.

Value: I believe cooking to be a very valuable asset to have, especially for college students and men. Hopefully, this project will become one of the bridges that connects me to my Asian side.

Antonio Lopez - Cooking

Claim: I plan to learn how to cook. I will learn some recipes of food that I enjoy to eat.

Reason: The reason I want to learn how to cook is because one day I'm going to live by my self and there will be no one to feed me. My only option to survive will be to got to fast food chains and ordering take out.

Evidence: I will make a little cookbook of all the recipes I learned to make.

Value: I believe it is important to know how to cook especially for men because not many of them know how. I'll be able to feed myself something nutritious instead of depending on junk food. I will also be able to feed my family in case of an emergency when there is no else to cook. You can't survive without eating

Michael Kiteas, Christopher Kiteas, Amber Parks

Claim: We are going to an elementary school and helping children express their creativity through different activities. We are doing activities based on the children's goals and what holiday is coming up such as Easter. It's fun for them and us. We are being role models to them.

Reason: The reason is because we all love working with children and we feel that they need to do more in school then just work on a math problem.

Evidence: We have made a permission slip for the children's parents so we can film them. We will make a video/slide show to show what we did.

Value: We believe that children need a positive role model in their life. Also they need to be able to express their creativity and take a break from all the learning.

Evelyn Santos: The truth about domestic violence

Claim: Adressing the serious issue of domestic violence, which will be projected through a video on the topic with true stories and information that isn't really discussed.

Reason: Though it's recongnized as a serious issue and has improved through the course of time, I still don't see the topic adressed as the dangerous of drugs is, which to me is just as important. Overall, I fee like more could be done.

Evidence: I have started reading books and even made copies of domestic violence tests and an example of an escape plan which is utilized by those who plan to leave such a relationship.

Value: This project will affect everyone really, but more so the people who might have experienced it first hand or know someone who has or is going through it. I'm hoping that my audience will have a better understanding on the subject and perhaps be encouraged to get involved.

Alva, Gabriela: Culture Through Dance

Claim: I am learning how to dance different Latin dances such as Salsa, Cha-Cha, and Samba.

Reason: I want to become closer to my Latin culture, and since my dancing skills aren't that great, this seems like a great way to do so.

Evidence: I will be performing at culture day.

Value: I think that it's important to maintain one's connection to their family's culture. Sadly, I'm not as connected as I'd like to be, so I'm hoping that by learning the different dance styles of the Latin culture, I'll be able to connect more with my family and culture in at least a social level.

Jasmine Mojica and Angel Asante: The Essence of Music and the Piano

CLAIM

Our senior project is a combination of both teaching and learning. I (Jasmine) am assisting Angel Asante on how to read music notes and how to interpret them on the piano. She is learning how to play a couple of intermediate classical pieces. The catch is that she does not have very much experience, other than taking a piano class with CCC last semester. This makes it interesting and challenging for both of us. Additionally, I hopefully will finish composing my own piano piece as well as writing a vocal accompaniment to it.

REASON

I chose this as a senior project in order to help Angel become a more experienced piano player, but also to get back in touch with playing the piano on a more regular basis.

VALUE

I have played the piano since I was 7; however, when I came to Middle College, I put a pause on being a pianist and played less often. So far, this has encouraged and inspired me to get back to something I never should have abandoned. I wish to make an impact on Angel, as well, to continue learning how to play the piano and to have deeper passion and greater appreciation for the instrument.

EVIDENCE

Toward the end of the semester, Angel and I will be giving a small recital which will include pieces Angel has learned and the piece that I will compose and write to.

Tamillow, Louis

Claim: I will be going through the entire patent process in order to obtain a patent on a fence design. This may either end up in success or failure depending upon the product being different enough from other existing products and the validity of the patent claims. Afterwards, if I successfully obtain the patent, I may try to commercialize it.

Evidence: My evidence will probably be some sort of PowerPoint presentation showing off the the fence design and patent and describing the patent process. It may also delve into the commercialization process.

Reason: The reason I'm doing this senior project is mostly because it is career-related and if successful will give me a leg up in the inventive process.

Value: The value of this senior project is to teach me the motions one must go through as an entrepreneur and to teach me some of the business skills I may need in my future career.

Senior Project – Creating a Comic: Walt Xie and James Heck

Claim: The goal of this Senior Project is to discover and explore the world of comic book art and writing. By combining storytelling and art, the final product will be a graphic novel that will entertain and educate the reader, depicting a variety of subjects such as racism, depression, mockery, heroism, and development of character.

Reason: For the writer, there must be lots of development of the story and several revisions before arriving to the final product. A writer must address many requirements to make a comic successful, such as audience, plot, engagement with the audience, and most importantly, themes.

Comic book art is quite challenging. Not only does an artist produce sequential art, but also each scene must capture the reader’s eye. This helps to develop the artist’s perspective of art as well as draw much more than one object at a time in order to have a coherent picture. The artists will also have to expand his skill set in computer drawing programs like Photoshop and GIMP.

(James' first foray into Photoshop coloring could use improvement)

Evidence: At the end of this project, the evidence shall be:

• Concept Art
• Sketches
• Script
• Writing
• Outlining
• Un-inked sequential art

Value: Although creating a comic book may seem simple and uninteresting, there is a lot of value in completing this project. The artist and writer must become very creative and spend lots of time to develop their work in order to capture their audience’s eye – high school students and older. They must incorporate pop-culture and clever writing to engage the reader as well keep the creators motivated. As a result, comic books can be produced to portray a myriad of subjects in order to educate, and entertain people of all ages, such as world history and politics and ultimately become a tool for education. The skills learned in this project can help expand our abilities in creative expression and build on the future of sequential storytelling.

Travis, Shaina

claim: My senior project is a fashion show that I'm putting on with two other classmates. The fashion show combines all of our individual and collective talents and will showcase them during our fashion show.

evidence: My evidence will be a fashion show put on by all three of us. The show will be vivacious, entertaining, and exciting as we can possibly make it. The fashion show so far is scheduled in May and soon we will hopefully have a solid location to showcase.

reason: The reason I chose this as my senior project is because my future career, hopefully, will be to work for a fashion PR firm. Fashion PR firms deal with Fashion Week and producing fashion shows, etc. This senior project will give me advance practice for the future. It will hopefully familiarize me with the aspects of producing a fashion show.

value: My senior project will give me the skills and attitude I need for a career in fashion PR. This is valuable material I will need in order to succeed, so I'm glad I'm getting it an earlier time then later.

ERiKAAAA

claim:
For my senior project I am working with Chinelo. Together we are going to have a baking demonstration. For my senior project we have made a couple recipies and are trying to create some of our own recipies.

value:
The value of this to me is that I have always wanted to cook desserts from scratch and this is a good chance for me to be able to do that. Me and my aunt have cooked from scratch since I was little but never cakes.

evidence:
those great cakes i make =)

JASMIN FLORES

Claim: I'll be creating a senior project based on the years of high school. Better yet, a project about being a Middle College Student. My senior project is based on how the 4 years of high school have challenged us to be better learners and people.
Evidence: To show my senior project with others, I'll be creating a video based on personal interviews with other seniors and pictures of how high school has been a memory throughout the 4 years.
Reason: I decided to do this project because I wanted to be able to learn how to create a video that others can view on the Internet with pictures, video, and music. I thought it would be a great idea to also show how Middle College High School is different from other public high schools.
Value: I value my work that I'll be putting into this project because it shows how high school has effected other people's lives and how we all have grown as the 4 years have passed. Also, it's a pretty cool thing to compare my view of high school with the other views.

Obasi, Rebecca

Claim: For my Senior Project, I am Volunteer Manager for the 10th Annual Earth Day, which will be on April 25th. I am researching the various ways of saving the environment and the prevention of global warming. Additionally, I will also learn the responsibility and time management of setting up an event that helps spread the awareness and appreciation of our environment.

Evidence: I have already started to write my research paper about the variations of preventing global warming. For EarthDay, I have been contacting leadership classes from all of the high schools in this district to recruit volunteers for this event. I have already recruited about 20 people from our school and plan on meeting with the Pinole Valley Leadership class on April 3rd. I am going to use Powerpoint to present my senior project to my class someday in May.

Reason: I really wanted to get the experience of having many responsiblites to make a difference in helping the environment. It gives me the chance to learn something new and to work with others in doing something positive for our community.

Value: Learning and growing from the experience that I am encountering right now and applying for my future: responsibility, leadership, gaining more knowledge about the envirionment, making a difference in the community.

Jason, Oscar, and Jose

Claim

We will all work in the biology garden that's on campus. Our mission is to contribute to the Earth and to our own community. At the same time, each person will be focusing on one specific main point. Jason will focus on plants and their importance to this Earth. Oscar will focus on global warming and the effects that it is causing and will cause later on. Jose will focus on community outreach and informing the community on being more eco-friendly.

Evidence

At the moment, we have pictures of the biology garden and of other places dealing with nature. There are also short filmed documentaries of people who answered questions such as, "What does global warming mean to you?" and "What do you do that's eco-friendly?" We plan to do other things in the future such as visit Chevron, Target, and a botanical garden.

Reason

We've noticed that life is changing each day due to our lack of knowledge and responsiblity about our Earth and global warming. We know that we can't do much about it because we are only three people, but we have to start somewhere.

Ortiz, Andrea

CLAIM: My senior project is learning how to play guitar. It is an instrument I have always been attracted to and wanted to learn how to play, but I never had the time.

EVIDENCE: I will provide a video of the process of learning guitar and perform a song in the video. Currently, I am learning the piece I will play in the video. It is a sort of flamenco type of song called MalagueNa, which is a difficult song.

REASON: I have always wanted to learn how to play an instrument and guitar was the instrument I was most attracted to. I believe it will be a challenge, and so far it has been because the hardest part of learning how to play an instrument is to loosen up your fingers. But overall, I am excited. :]

Nery Leon The importance of Self Defence

Claim: I will learn to defend myself in typical situations and understand why it is important to know self-defence techniques.

Reason: Large cities in the Bay area, like San Francisco, Oakland, and Richmond, have high rates of violent crimes. I feel that it is important not to let oneself fall victim of these dangerous societies but instead to feel the liberty of walking down the street without concern for personal safety.

Evidence: I am taking a self defence class on Mondays and Wednesdays. I keep a journal for daily logs and sometimes take video of our quizzes. Here is a picture from a video of our first quiz. Our teacher wore a redman suit and attacked my classmate then she had to defend herself and get the teacher away from her with any of the techniques that the teacher has taught us.

Ramirez, Victoria

Claim: I am going to paint three canvases with three distinguishably different styles. One will be abstract, which is going to be difficult; the other from a feminist point of view, showing the innocence and strength of a women; the last, an art-deco type of piece that is only tri-colored and two dimensional of a random person.

Reason: I want to challenge myself into doing different types of painting because it might be something that will help me get away from everyday life into a "different world" - relaxing. If I turn out to like it a lot, I might just go study in Paris to be an artist. I would also like to research artists, since I am not yet fully knowledgable about them or their techniques. This might open up a new door for me.

Evidence: I will log the hours I spend painting, and with Ms. Mosen and my mentor. To show my whole project I shall do a quick video and bring my paintings. I will make it artistic and as if it were coming from an actual artist.

Value: Like I stated before, this might open new doors for me and may lead me to figure out what I want to do. Or if it's not something I want a career in, it can be a hobby for the rest of my life.

Huizar, Daisy

Claim
My project is to shadow the Athletic Trainer at Contra Costa College. I will be his intern and help him with the athletes that have injuries, as well as learn the different ways to help with all types of injuries.
Reason
I want to shadow an athletic trainer because I am still unsure of what I want to major in. That is why I want to get experience, to figure out if that is the career path that I want to be headed towards.
Evidence
I am going to internship with Brian Powelson for 20 hours and present my findings with a powerpoint presentation on being an athletic trainer and all the aspects of becoming one.
Value
I want to do this because being an athletic trainer is all I have ever thought of being that is related to what i want to do and I want to be sure that I am headed in the right direction. It is more to help me decide what i want to become, since i have been undecided for years and have finally taken interest in a certain career.

Martin Ocampo

Claim: For my senior project I will be coaching elementary students on how to play soccer. The school that I am coaching is Lake Elementary through a program called Soccer Scores. I go Monday through Friday from 3 to 5 and to the games on Saturdays.

Reason: Kids tha live in Richmond usually spend time on the streets as they grow up but if these kids play soccer they will stay of the streets becuase thet would have to attend soccer practice and games.

Evidence: Robert Hill (415)-810-6811
Head of the wccusd sports.

Value: I want kids from impoverishded ares to have a hobby to keep them off the streets and ways from trouble. Soccer has done this for me so I am sure it will work for those kids.

Andrew Lawrence, Timothy Balmorez

Claim: For our senior project, we are going to create an instructional workout video. This video will include instructions on how to work our your body completely. We will also be informing the audience about the practice of running marathons. After seeing our video, people will be super-fit and muscular.

Reason: Since obesity is a growing problem in America, we want to educate the public on how to live a healthier lifestyle while getting into top shape. We will inform by presenting a video and explaining the dangers of obesity.

Evidence: Workout Video: A ten minute video showing a sample workout.

Workout Chart: A list that presents our progress throughout our project.

Value: The values of our project is the message we can give people about health. We want to share our ambition to be fit with everyone. We are doing our project to inspire people; that is why our project has so much value.

Florence Lau: Racial and Generation Psychology

Claim: My senior project will be on the psychology of how people classify themselves and other people based on race and gender and the reason behind it. I will interview experts, other people, and put my personal experiences in it to form a chart of data and present it to the class as (hopefully) a power point.

Reason: I am doing this because I was always interested in it. This was inspired by personal experiences and everyone values their origins. Many people are very ignorant about other people's origins and are unaware of the diversity in the world.

Evidence: My mentor is a graduate student at UC Berkeley who is majoring in Psychology. I will be attending his classes, taking notes, and interviewing him about the topic. I have read many professional essays about this topic including those written by my mentor to get a better understanding of the topic in a more educational way.

Value: I hope my project will let other people know how diverse the world is and be more aware of how people classify themselves in terms of race and age. I also hope that this project will let other people notice things they normally would not notice.

Flores, Sheyla and Cortes, Adrian: Parent-Teen Communication Skills

Improving Parent-Teenager Communication Skills


CLAIM:
My senior project includes starting a youth group at the Latina Center in Richmond and improving the communication between parents and teenagers. Adrian and I will make a survey to both teenagers and parents about what they think their biggest barrier for communication between each other happens. After we have all the surveys in the participants will read the survey aloud to the camera, and we will make a documentary video on it.

REASON:
The reason for this project is because there are many teenagers who feel unloved, or that they can’t have good communication with their parents. This is what leads teens to drugs and gang affiliations. The reason for doing the project is so that of the 100 teenagers surveyed at least 80 of those will improve their communication with their parents and stay out gangs and drugs.

EVIDENCE:
I have started reading various books on the reasons for teenage activities in gangs and drugs. All evidence proves that teens join gangs because of the lack for love in their homes. I have my own theory however, I think that it is not lack of love teens suffer, rather lack of communication and that is exactly what will be learned during this project. In my research paper I will make sure to provide enough evidence to support my claim.

VALUE:
I want to become a juvenile counselor for teenagers who need rehabilitation in the court system. This project is of great value to me because of it. I want to achieve my goal of helping teenagers succeed in life. That is the main reason for my project and the value itself. I want to prove teens that their parents do love them and to parents that the children need them more than they think. The value of my project is to better the communication of parents and their children so that the effect of drugs and gangs will not be so great here in Northern California, because after all, every little bit of it helps.

Hannah Obasi: "Safety Committe Earthquake Preparedness Video"

Claim: I am creating a safety preparedness video to prepare the local community for the next big earthquake. I want to show how to prepare, what to do during an earthquake, and tips for what to do after. Also, I will document the work being put into the large container on our football field that will be filled with safety supplies by the Safety Committee. I will make this video available to a large audience by presenting it at a meeting of representatives from the leadership classes from each high school in the district. Those members will then take that information and spread to their schools.

Reason: I want to spread awareness and create a sense of urgency and need to prepare. I want people to know exactly what to do and start preparing as soon as possible. Also, they should tell a friend.

Evidence: I have been working on the video for a few weeks. I have a lot of footage and am nearly done shooting. I just need a few more statements from a few more people. This video is for the Safety Committee within leadership, and Mr. Hoffman is my mentor. My hours are obtained through time spent working on the video.

Value: Hopefully this video will be useful to our school and others, and many will be able to carry on the information to the people around them.

Maria Rubio and Christina Diaz Senior Project: "Going Green is the Way"

Claim:Our goal is to inform younger kids about the importance of going green. We are hoping do to this in a way they can get very interested and wanting to help the environment.


Reason:The reason why we are doing this is because our school theme for the year is going green. We want to help by informing younger kids about our current problems with our environment and the importance of going green.


Value: The value of the project is to help the environment. We value our mother earth and we want to help make a difference. We believe that the younger kids are our future. They have to be informed in order to help the environment. By educating the youth about it can help make a difference.


Evidence: We are putting together a couple of presentations and go present in some Middle Schools and Elementary Schools. Right now we are in the process of talking to some of the teachers and principals so we can give our presentations. We are planning to do a documentary and give kids a survery to see how familiar are they with going green.

Mary Saephanh & Emerson Sibrian: Website

Claim: For our senior project we are working on lowering our paper consumption, and trying to encourage people to use the internet more. There are two parts to our project since there are two people working on it. The first part is making an online web page to encourage people to lower their paper consumption by posting things on the web rather than wasting paper. The second part is by actually going out in nature and planting more trees to make up for all the paper waste we have contributed to.

Reason: The reason we are doing this is because we both tend to create a lot of paper and we want to stop that.

Value: By doing this we feel that we are lowering our intake from mother earth by giving back.

Evidence: Emerson has been helping out with the bio garden to help them restart, so they could actually plant something. Emerson plans to plant a few little trees there as well as other places. Also Mary is working with an adult leader at her church to start up the website we are trying to make. Since he is very well informed with computers, he offered to help us get started.

Aimee Cruz, Angelica Foster, Shaina Travis - "Elegant Rebellion" Fashion Show

Claim: Together, our goal is to put up a very entertaining fashion show that will take place at school. Aimee's job is to be the main designer of the show and debut some of her own designs, which she will also sew. Angelica and Shaina's job are to be the coordinators of the show, providing entertainment and featuring other designers and boutiques (for recognition), as well as model some of Aimee's designs. We might, possibly, be able to auction off some of the designs.

Reason: We decided to choose a fashion show because it is the combination of our future careers. Both Shaina and Angelica want to work in visuals (visual coordinator, television producing, etc.) while Aimee wants to become a fashion designer. Also, this fashion show will help benefit the organization we will give the money to (the show will have an entrance fee).

Evidence: Both coordinators are trying to book the Knox Center for the fashion show as well as continuing to search for infamous boutiques to participate in our show. Our designer has already made a series of designs for the show, and is now working on finding models.

Value: Doing a fashion show for our project will allow us to gain an idea and experience of what we must encounter later on in our lives. This way we will be able to become more prepared for the obstacles we must face later on. Another value to this project is because we will be giving the money we made to an organization that really needs it. We also wanted to do a project different than others, so we believed a fashion show would be a good idea.

(c) Designs belong to Aimee Cruz

Charinee Prompong, Sien Rivera: Manga

CLAIM
Our goal is to create a young adult, fantasy-themed manga. The final product will be presented as a bound and covered comic book. Look for:
• Artistic and literary growth
• Mythological references, allusions
• Creativity of story, plot, setting, and characters
• Allegorical representations of current, recent history

REASON
On the writer's part, research into mythology, symbology, and current events create a personal learning stretch, and on the artist's part, research on anthropomorphization and landscape art makes for a parallel experience. We hope to not only exercise artistic ability and prepare for possible career paths with this project, but also portray a portrait of current events through a creative lens.

EVIDENCE
• Rough Sketches (see above)
• Scripts; Storyboards
• A short film documenting how to draw/what to write in manga, or possibly a "Making of" film

VALUE
Due to the nature of our project's genre, young adults will serve as the largest audience, and therefore the group that should be taken into consideration in terms of ultimate impact: will young adults understand the allegories? Will they be attentive to the story and characters? However, considering that the right literary/visual analyses are implemented by readers, then the symbolic/artistic link becomes a learning experience in and of itself—one where the analysis itself is an exercise of aesthetics and, more importantly, historical dialectics. Theoretically, publication would be the next logical step after completion. But due to time constraints, the manga may simply be presented to specific English classes either in MCHS or another school, such as Hercules Middle High School, with feedback gathered.

Vincent Cheng, Natalie Siu ~*~ The Beauty of SAM ~*~

Our senior project is going to be about the practical uses of math and science for pre-college students. The reason why we had decided on this topic is because our majors are math and engineering and we would like to become teachers/professors someday, so we thought teaching kids with simple experiments would be a good start for our future career path. Another reason why we picked this project is because we want to increase the interest of students toward academic subjects like math and science. We want to provide them with interesting background and hands-on experiments before they enter advanced level of math and science classes.

For our contacts, we have Jeff Gottesman, the District Coordinator, and Dr. Joe Ledbetter. They are going to be our advisor, and they will be helping us along the way and evaluating us at the end.

To me (Natalie), the motivation of this project is to expose to kids the beauty of science and math when they are still young. I think that learning strange things and doing hands-on experiments are going to help students with their academic classes and open their minds to an unpredictable world. As for me (Vincent), I'm more realistic. Science will be the major career in the future since a lot of things will become digitalized and high-tech, and the society will need critical thinkers like scientists and mathematicians. So, by preparing kids for math and science, they can achieve higher academic goals, which will ultimately benefit the development of our society and themselves in the future.

Destiny Poehnelt: Photography

Claim: I am putting together a collection of photos that illustrate the relationship between nature and humans, and capturing nature at its best.

Reason: I decided to do this project because I wanted to learn more about photography. I also wanted my last big project of high school to be fun and as least stressful as possible.

Evidence: Well these are just 5 of the 160 pictures I've taken. These all havent been edited yet because I just got photoshop. I have also arranged for more people to "model" for me.

Value: This project is valuable to me because I can use these photography skills in the future, for caputring memories or even professionaly (ehh you never know). I also think this will be a great way for people to look at nature and appreciate it. (enough to clean up their trash!!)

Senior Project: Scotty Chao

Claim: Learn to play piano

Reason: I've always liked the sound of the instrument and thought that I should learn how to play it =D

Evidence: I am currently taking a beginning piano class at CCC. I am also getting help from Mr. Hoffman (mentor), Carrie Phan (Co-mentor), and Jasmine Mojica (Sub-co-mentor)! As of right now (3/25/09), I'm learning how to play Scarborough Fair (Sheet music is in post, duh =p).

Value: I will gain a new, musical medium of expression! (I will also be able to boast that I can play a musical instrument well~Heck Yes! xD)

Por Exemplo - Senior Project: John Doe

Claim: Explore the open seas.

Reason: I spend too much time blogging indoors.

Evidence:


Value: I will gain physical strength through exercise and a newfound appreciation for the outdoors.

IMPORTANT
in the (Labels for this post) section enter LAST NAME, FIRST NAME seperated by comma and accompanied by any other identifying terms

Welcome

Welcome to the Senior Project for the Middle College High School class of 2009!

to login, click on the sign in icon at top right corner of this page and enter:

username: mchssenior

password: heckyess

(another 's' had to be added in order to appease Google's 8-letter password requirement)