2-29-08
SCAVENGER HUNT
Qwan an average dude at shs was walking to the restroom. As he was sitting down on one of the restroom stalls he wondered what the area of one restroom stalls was. Unfortunatley Qwan was not very good at math. Can you help out Qwan figure out the area of restroom stall at shs?

What is the volume of a snack vending machine in front of the big gym?

MATH RIDDLE
Divide 110 into two parts so that one will be 150 percent of the other.
What are the 2 numbers?


2-15-08
This week we finished our geometry podcast and we are now working on our cafeterias.
cafeteria script:
Hi my name is Qwan I am planning out a design that will be a nice setting for the students and will be energy efficient. There will be several windows so it will light the cafeteria up. There is no point in wasting electricity when during the day the sun can light up the area. The windows will be good for in the winter time and for in the hot days. On the top of the ceiling there will a huge solar panel that will gather up energy when there is no sunlight to be let in. I am also planning on having random little trees in different sections of the cafeteria to give it more of an earthy feeling

2-11-08
SLOPE AND ANGLE USAGE IN REAL LIFE
BY: SAUL AND JUAN
JUAN: THIS IS DJ QWAN
SAUL: AND THIS IS SAUL
JUAN: AND IN TODAYS SHOW WE ARE GOING TO TALK A BIT ABOUT HOW GEOMETRY CAN BE USED IN OUR CLASSROOM AND IN REAL WORLD SITUATIONS.
SAUL: IN OUR CLASSROOMS WE USE REVIT AND AUTOCADD, WHICH INVOLVE GEOMETRY.
JUAN: BUT ALSO WE USE GEOMETRY IN REAL WORLD PROBLEMS DEALING WITH ARCHITECTURE.
SAUL: ONE GEOMETRY BRANCH THAT WE USE IS “SLOPES AND ANGLES.” JUAN: THE SLOPE OF A LINE IS THE RATIO OF RISE TO RUN.
SAUL: AN ANGLE IS FORMED BY TWO RAYS WITH A COMMON ENDPOINT. JUAN: WE USE SLOPE AND ANGLES TO BUILD ROOFS AND STAIRS. AN IMPORTANT FACTOR WHEN FINDING SLOPES IS RISE AND RUN.
SAUL: RISE IS BASICALLY HOW MUCH YOU GO UP AND RUN IS HOW MUCH YOU GO LEFT OR RIGHT.
JUAN: MOST OF THE TIME THE SLOPE OF THE STAIRS CAN BE SPECIFIED IN DEGREES OR AS A RATIO OF THE RISE TO RUN OR RISER TO TREAD. THE SLOPE OF THE STAIRS SHOULD BE AROUND 30 OR 35 DEGREES.
SAUL: ALSO WHEN BUILDING THE ROOF OF A HOUSE WE USE ANGLES TO DETERMINE THE SEAT CUTS AND THE ROOFS PITCH.
JUAN: SO THIS IS IT FOR TODAYS SHOW IM DJ QWAN SAUL: AND I AM SAUL, GOODBYE
JUAN: PEACE

2-4-08
In order to think green and eat lean in a school cafeteria i would have kids eat left overs, that way there wont be any wasted food. Also the cafeteria would have its lighting coming from a big solar panel on the ceiling. There would be an organic garden outside the cafeteria so fresh veggies would be served the majority of the time. No meat lovers allowed. That way everyone eats healthy.

1-25-08
This week we have finished our revit tutorials. We also started to work on our kitchens a bit. We have ploted out the elevations,the views,and the room legends.

1-22-08
Last Friday we went on a field trip to Philbrook Museum in Tulsa,Oklahoma. We looked at some interesting art. Some of the art were paintings of Jesus and his Mother Mary. Other art consisted of Native Americans, random European paintings, a room full of Japanese scrolls, nude sculptors, and some really cool ceiling art(which i guess was based from the Romans). Also we went outside to the balcony of the house, which was really cool because the view was amazing. Then we went into the Frank Floydwright section and looked at some of the work he has done. There were some pretty funky looking ceiling lights and some of his weird, but unique furniture. Some of the stuff he had created looked awkward but were interesting. For example there were chairs that looked uncomfortable some that looked comfortable, tables he made, house plans (as well as house models), and some lights that casted some weird shadows.

1-17-08
This week we continued working on our revit tutorial and we watched a video called Building with Awareness.Also we are going to check out some muesum in Tulsa.

01-14-08
This semester the class started working on revit. The revit program was a whole lot different from autocadd (in my opinion). It is a bit easier to set up walls and and set up elevations. Compared to autocadd I believe revit will be easier to builld a house and see a 3D model of it before building or doing an actual project. So far we are going through the basics of revit and it seems to be not to much of a drag. We are building a two story house through the tutorial. As of now we have set up the walls, elevations, floor, roof, etc. .







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