Final Blog Post

Now that the year has come to an end, as well as our final project, it’s relieving that it’s all over. Although I learned a lot from this experience, I can’t deny the fact that it was extremely stressful. In the beginning, it seemed that our project was going to be easy; it didn’t turn out to be so. It appeared simple; all we needed was the necessary tools to build the magnetic stripe reader and we’d be set. Unfortunately, it was much more complicated then that. The first major challenge we encountered was ordering the reader, which was a long process because of the approval it had to undergo. Of course there was smaller problems beforehand, such as finding out what we would need and how it would be compatible with our computers. Over time our project began to seem more and more complicated and in the end we failed L

            There are some things that we gained from this project though. I learned a lot from this project, not only about physics, but also about life skills in general, how to seek help outside of my comfort zone, analyze, problem solve in stressful situations, and of course, about magnetic stripes and wiring. Depending on the topic, these projects can definitely benefit students’ science education. However, one thing that this project can improve on is the emphasis on physics rather than problem solving in general because in the end, this is a physics class. I can honestly say that we as group bonded and became closer from our awkward stage back in March. We all added our own unique, weird, quirky personalities to form one great group. We failed together, stressed together, and learned together. Overall, this was a fun experience and I was glad to participate in it.