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12/9/19

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11/23/19

I made some actual progress towards my project this week which was exciting. We set up all the NetAtmos' I'm planning to use and planted them in science buildings for calibration. After, I would like to start recording analyzing data.

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11/21/19

Placed the 4 NetAtmos' in the 4 science classrooms in order to calibrate CO2.

CLASSROOM-UNIT
32-4
31-5
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11/16/19

I've spent most of my time trying to figure out the computer, and things seem to be running smoothly so I can continue on my project. I would like to learn all the sensor technology and implement ASAP.

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11/9/19

Download file "Project plan - Jurgensen.pdf"

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11/6/19

I would like to start acoustic testing on Friday, and learn the hardware/software today.

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11/2/19

I spent most of class time this week actually working on computer. Also Heard that the sensors were fixed and would like to learn how to use ASAP.

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10/10/19

Made 5 slide presentation for my capstone https://www.beautiful.ai/player/-Lqs-31XGX5Znr2jJW94 Also worked a little bit on my power supply
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10/08/19

We went over the potential evils/benefits of our projects. Dr. Bill gave me an introduction to the acoustic software we are going to use to monitor sound in the cafeteria soon. The apparatus measures echo in decibels. Next class before lunch would like to deploy in the cafeteria.

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10/05/19

Again, didn't get to attend many classes this week but probably got the most out of my class with all the parents. I got to formulate a concise proposal to people older than my peers and feel like I lived up to the pressure to deliver a prompt summary of my project thus far and proceeding. I would like to perhaps start the monitoring phase of my project, using instruments to monitor my key metrics.

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09/28/19

This week I continued research, especially regarding CO2:

Negative impact of high CO2 includes a decrease in student alertness and concentration. This often manifests in students feeling drowsy and taking longer to process information.


Metrics: Average CO2 levels outside: 400 parts per million (ppm). Accepted standard for classrooms: 1000ppm.


Solution: Increase ventilation so more fresh, outside air comes in whilst venting CO2 rich air out.


Challenges: Air from outside can require cooling/heating in order to be comfortable.


https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2012/10/17/elevated-indoor-carbon-dioxide-impairs-decision-making-performance/

Temperature:

– At 61 degrees Fahrenheit, students averaged a score of 76%

– At 72 degrees Fahrenheit, students averaged a score of 90%

– At 81 degrees Fahrenheit, students averaged a score of 72%


Class length


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09/24/19

More research. Dr. Bill gave me the IP's for all valuable air quality censors.

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09/23/19

Got high score in GeoGuesrr. Also did more research regarding what equipment would be ideal to get my metrics.

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09/21/19

I did more research regarding effective classrooms. Dr. Bill gave me valuable info in regards to how I should group my metrics into categories.

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09/20/19 Project proposal

Abstract: Provide a more effective learning environment in order to benefit teachers and students alike. This includes monitoring and decreasing outside distractions (in the form of noise), monitoring and providing a solution in regards to excess CO2, optimizing the cafeteria, and introducing classroom airflow solutions.


Introduction and Goals: School is already something many students see as a chore. Waking up early, sitting through classes boring and interesting. Why make their learning environment also part of the problem? Kids get distracted easily, having doors open (though currently this is necessary for ventilation) and long blocks do little to tame the ever decreasing attention span of the modern student. Stiff air only contributes to the problem causing uncomfortable CO2 levels, decreasing brain function. Also measure temperature of classrooms and comparing them with the ideal. Lastly, during a time where students are supposed to take a break from the academic day, lunch, seems rushed and uncomfortable as long lines and poor noise isolation make the experience not live up to the hype as it might have once done during our formative years. After seeing what factors most negatively affect students, there would be an extensive ideation phase that would try and reach a balance of ideal and feasible in terms of solutions for the issues. Like a perfect ven diagram, not too much not too little, because even salt looks like sugar. Unless it’s sea salt, but, perhaps there is a form sugar with relatively large granules. All these factors are not impossible to change, and through a thorough research process, and ideation phase, the current issues regarding the academic day don’t have to be permanent.


Implementations and Challenges: Nothing will be changed with just unsupported ideals. Using sound analysis, we can get a glimpse of how bad the acoustic situation truly is, for the classroom and cafeteria alike. Monitoring of CO2 levels can be done to evaluate if the extent of how much CO2 is in the average classroom. Timelapsing the average lunch block in the cafeteria can help identify chokepoints in the current layout, leading to a new and refined layout. As far as research, I haven’t been able to conduct much so far as this is a very new idea. I plan to find the ideal metric for each of the areas I mentioned and compare them to ours here at HPA. Challenges of this project would be collecting data for a variety of categories as well as thinking of feasible solutions.


Appendix A:

https://energyalliancegroup.org/sick-classrooms-require-energy-efficient-solutions-2/

Dangers of high CO2 and ideal levels.

https://energyair.com/classroom-temperature-affect-learning/

Temperature of classrooms and how it affects learning.

https://www.airtesttechnologies.com/support/reference/CO2&SchoolClassrooms.pdf

Another CO2 article.


Appendix B:

Critical Resources:

  • Dr. Bill and acoustics hardware.

  • Scientific grade thermometer?

  • CO2 monitoring hardware.

  • Camera for cafeteria timelapse.

Necessary:

  • Luigi Balbo’s and Savannahs article on acoustics

  • Director of Flick to understand the limitations of potential layout changes and reasoning behind the current one.

Optional

  • Any other teachers who might be able to help. Student survey to see what they perceive is negatively affecting them in regards to classroom life.






temp+Humidity and lighting+

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09/16/19

I helped Hyuga edit his paper and looked into CO2 levels in classrooms.

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09/07/19

I have been trying to find a project all week. I'm interested in using brain tech (Emotiv, neurosky) to prove long periods are un-productive and how classroom size really affects learning. We practiced presenting this week and proved valuable on how we must use a short time to communicate our project and it's purpose.

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09/05/19

We practiced our pitches/proposals in front of the novel writing capstone.

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09/04/19

I'm looking into possible new capstone ideas as I have condensed my previous into ISR. Im really interested in Raspberry Pi and would like to use it's portability and versatility in a somehow impactful manner.

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