May 17th Weblog
Today I stated class with working on the aquaponics system by weeding off all of the plants that began to flower. After this, I studied for my Spanish final which is coming up soon.
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May 15th Weblog
Today was a very chill day in ISR, i surprisingly spent the majority of it discussing with Luke, Lili, Dan, and Jack what our schedules look like next year.
Weblog may 11
Today during ISR, I got to harvest a large beet and it came off perfectly. For most of the ones I have done previously I have had to cut part of the beet off, but for this one it cut perfectly between the roots and the beet itself.
Weblog May 9th
Today, i watched some film for lacrosse as my state tournament is coming up this weekend. After a little bit of that, I talked with Dan and Harlow about Dan going to college in Europe in the future.
May 3rd Weblog
Today, I harvested a bunch of the lettuce and beets out of the aquaponics system and studied for my APUSH exam on friday.
MAY 1 DAILY WEBLOG
As tomorrow is my APES exam, I used this period to study for an hour on some topics that I did not know as well. I am feeling very confident for this APES exam and hope to be able to get a 5 tomorrow.
Daily Weblog April 27th
Today I harvested a large turnip out of the aquaponics system. Also, as AP tests begin next week, I spent the majority of my class time studying for my AP tests. I feel very confident for APES test at this point, but i need to continue more studying for APUSH.
Daily Weblog April 20th
Today I added 6 new plants to the aquaponics system. I added a new set of turnips and beets and also some cabbage and Cimarron Red lettuce. I think I am most excited to see the cabbage grow as it is a bit different from the rest of the plants in shape. In a while, I will update this with a picture of the cabbage. Also, I worked on an APES practice FRQ. Working for that 5!
Daily Weblog April 18th
Today I worked on taking a few failed plants in the hydroponics system, so that I can replace them with new plants. I have not added in the new ones I recently plants, but I will soon once I think they have sprouted enough. Additionally, today in preparation for my APES exam coming up I practiced an FRQ which I got a 9/10 on. Super Stoked for that score.
Daily weblog April 14
Today I checked on my plants that I planted last class and found that had begun to sprout. Usually, I would give these a few more days, but I wanted to experiment and see what would happen to a plant that was exposed to the aquaponics system so early. I also noticed that the aquaponics system's fertilizer level was very low, so I added more to raise it to the regular level.
Daily Weblog april 12th
Today I did a couple different things, I planted some new plants, talked movies with Dr. Bill, talked lacrosse logistics with Ashton and learned about some of Noah's project. With Noah, he showed me how he used a new tool he got to engrave onto metal services. For my plants, I noticed that I had a few open spots in the aquaponics system, whether from harvesting of the plants simply failing, so I planted some new ones to start up soon.
daily weblog April 10th
Today I harvested some more greens from the aquaponics setup. I took out the whole plant and then harvested the stems. There were still a few parts that were sprouting, so I replanted it and am experimenting to see if it will regrow. I tasted it and it tasted pretty good. Now I have a large batch of lettuce to take home with me. Additionally, I had planted some turnips which are growoing pretty well and I am excited to harvest when they are ready.
Daily Weblog - April 6th
Today I helped Dan and Ashton in the audio room to test out a new microphone they got. We tested sounds from different distances from the microphone and with different volumes. It sounds very clear.
March 31st Daily Weblog
Today, I finally harvested some lettuce. This piece is the first to be at a good enough size to harvest, however many of the other plants including swiss chard, collard greens, and arugula are on the way. I am gonna take it home to my Mom so she can make a salad out of it. I attached a picture below:
March 29th Daily Weblog
Today, I had a meeting with Mr. McKenna in which we caught up on the bids we received for the Elab and Student Union proposals. As of right now, we are still waiting on another proposal for the Elab. Once we receive this bid we will decide what direction we will take.
Daily Weblog: March 10th
Today I met with Mr. McKenna to discuss a bid we got for the Student Union. This bid will include energy storage at the student union, updated inverters, upadated electical, and will also give us the ability to add some donated solar in the future. This is important because it will make the Student Union into a community resilience center, with the energy storage, the building can run on renewable energies at night and be used by the community in the event of an emergency.
Daily Weblog March 8
Today I talked to my dad about my spring break plans in regards to Carbon Free Hawaii. Over the break I will be visiting many colleges and one I will get to visit is Georgetown in Washington D.C. While in D.C. I plan to meet with Hawai'i Senator Schatz and Joe Mccarvey who is Senator Hirono's energy and climate policy asvisor. I will introduce both of these leaders to my Carbon Free Hawai'i project.
Additionally, today the plants in the hydroponics device looked a bit droopy, so I raised the fertilizer levels to hopefuly make them grow stronger.
Daily Weblog March 6th
Today, I moved two plants into the aquaponics system. These two arugula plants had sprouted nicely over the last past days, so I put them in the spots of two plants that failed. Additionally, I worked in the audio room with Harlow and Dan for a little bit of today's class. I might do a podcast with them on a later date.
Weekly Weblog 1/31-3/1
Last week, we had two ISR meeting times since Friday was International day and we didn't have class. On Tuesday, I tried my best to aid Harlow and Dan in their audio project by playing around with the different types of microphones. On Thursday, I spent most of the day researching what site would be best to use for fundraising online. I looked into using GoFundMe and also a site called DonorBox. As of right now, I am leaning towards DonorBox due to the simplicity and how I think it would fit right into the website's layout. As of late, I have been doing a lot of work trying to develop my social media platform and website. The website is linked below which can help you reach both the Facebook page and Instagram page.
Daily Weblog Feb 7
Today, I worked on my Carbon Free Hawaii project. Over the weekend one of my board members reached out to tell me that her friend, who lives in Kailapa was having trouble applying for our preliminary round of 15 houses' solar panels. To help this, I sent her the email address for Carbon Free Hawaii and also added it to the website, in case this happened to other people. Additionally, I had been working on finding an online donation platform to use for my website. I decided to use DonorBox because it seemed to be very user-friendly and applicable to my website because of the similar layout to Wix, which I used to make the website.