Wow! I can’t believe we’re back already! Summer really slipped away from me. Now we are back and I feel more ready then ever to tackle a new school year!
Our first project of this year will be the manhattan project. I promise we aren’t making nuclear bombs, we are just learning about ones that were made and their impact on the world. PLP will not be destroying the world anytime soon.
I was actually excited to start this project because I got to learn about atomic theory and Chernobyl in science 10 and I found it really interesting there. I hope that I can add to my knowledge about this topic.
To get started on this project we made 2 literature notes, one on the topic of our choice and one on the book we are reading for this project, Hiroshima by John Hersey. I am so excited continue to read this book and I think that this book is going to really help me grow my understanding of the topics that we will cover in this project. The first chapter has already captured my attention in a way other books haven’t before. I picked this video by CrashCourse for my choice note and I think it will be very helpful later as I now already have an idea of how the creation of the bomb happened and why it was dropped.
In this project I hope that I can use the productivity and organization skills I worked on over the summer. I spent a lot of time organizing my workspace and reshaping my mindset this summer. I also hope that settling into the new year doesn’t impact my performance because I think that this project will really set the tone for the rest of the year.
I am really nervous and excited at the same time for the project. On one hand it’s a really interesting topic and I can’t wait to learn more, and on the other hand I know that this will be our hardest year yet I don’t know how I’m going to handle the intensity of this course as all of my other courses get harder. I also often struggle with fully telling the stories I want to when using video to tell them. By the end of maker last year I was doing better, and I’m hoping that I have retained those skills.
Until next time!
Neko