mailmemo(537 - days ago)Page: Class D Grp 2
Mr. Farren wrote:
How did you get this:
"This is the normal amount of energy used per day in the Dominican Republic: 10077984000 KWH" ? I don't see your work for this anywhere.
This doesn't make sense: "Average amount of light bulb per day: 10.3 KWH"
What does 10.3 represent?
What's this for: "Electric bill 6-18 cents per KWH" ?
"459,199,200 KWH X 2.6 CO2" Where do you get 2.6? What does it represent?
"The amount of CO2 saves is the size of 1,301,261 CMS gyms" This is way too low.
"CO2 saved in a year= 12,164,186,801 CO2" There is no unit on this number. The reader doesn't know what it represents.
The reader cannot follow your calculations. Not knowing where your numbers are coming from makes it impossible to be able to check how you have arrived at your answers.
This is not finished.
adpaniagua(551 - days ago)Page: Class A Grp 4
Adriana Paniagua and Catalina Marranzini Went to Enrichment and learned...
1- What is aTriangular Prism
2- What is Rectangular Prism
3- What is M 2 squared
4- What is M cubed
5-Haitian Population- 8,000,000
6-Dominican Population- 9,000,000
7-Energy: thermal, light, solar, electricity
8- Cento = 1 out of 100
9-How to measure area
10- Measure volume
mailmemo(561 - days ago)Page: Class D Grp 2
Mr. Farren writes:
You have fixed the gym volume answer and have come up with the average amount time on per bulb (for your group).
Beyond that, I don't understand your calculations for the other parts.
You write:
Amount used if we do not change the normal light bulbs per day: 10077984000 What does this number mean? In my earlier comments, I mentioned that you are not labeling numbers or using commas. You are still not doing this. This makes it confusing for both you and I.
You write:
A power plant cost $800,000,000 (the one at
You don't finish the sentence. This seems sloppy and careless.
You write:
CO2 saved in a year = 12,164,186,800.8
What does this number mean?
Without labels and clear information, one cannot tell what you are doing or what you have found out.
This needs to be fixed.
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Mr.Farren(610 - days ago)Page: Class G Grp 4
Your lack of labeling numbers, telling the reader what they represent, makes the information confusing and unusable. You need to label your stuff so I can tell what's going on.
I suggest you ask for help, but first, look at the tasks and make a chart showing what you need to find. You also need to think of energy use over time. Not just energy use by itself.
Mr. Farren(610 - days ago)Page: Class G Grp 2
Group: See my comments in red above. Also, you are not labeling your numbers very well and you are still missing information that you were asked to get in the task. This still is not complete. You need to ask for help, reread the task, look at your work above more carefully, or all three.
Mr. Farren(668 - days ago)Page: Class D Grp 3
OK. This has now improved. Your final answers make more sense and with your better explanations, I can see how you arrived at your conclusions.
Mr. Farren(670 - days ago)Page: Class G Grp 2
I see you have fixed the answer for total energy saved per year by subtracting correctly. You are still missing many other tasks for this project!
Your final answer for total savings is not labeled. What does it represent?
You have not looked carefully at the task. You have not looked at the Overall Findings page to see what your group was missing (the tasks!).
This project is unfinished.
Mr. Farren(670 - days ago)Page: Class D Grp 2
I still don't know how you got your answer for total energy saved. I don't see the work and I don't see important numbers used in the calculations. Too many of your numbers do not have any type of labels. What do the numbers represent? Remember, in the real world, numbers represent something.
Your gym volume answer is way too large. You don't show any calculations for this either.
Your calculations for total CO2 saved/yr in m3 are not complete. This affects your other calculations.
Not using commas in your large numbers makes it hard to read. This also contributes to errors on your group's part. You are not rounding numbers when you need to. This tells me there is a lack of understanding as to what the numbers represent.
This report does not meet standards.
Mr. Farren(690 - days ago)Page: Class G Grp 4
This report has several problems. In your task you mention that you need to find out how much "energy" can fit into the gym. Please look at the task again carefully.
There seems to be a problem with your overall savings calculation. It's too low. It starts out OK but then you don't subtract the right amount. This low number then affects all your other calculations.
Why do you have the exact same gym volume as group G1?
You mentioned that you found distance in cubes. You do not need cubes to measure distance.
Your report would be much easier to read if you would make the final answers stand out somehow. Also some charts, tables and diagrams would be very helpful.
You are close on most of your calculations. Small mistakes are causing big errors in your final answers. These errors need to be fixed in order to receive a passing grade for this module. Ask for help.
Mr. Farren(690 - days ago)Page: Class G Grp 3
This report is missing most of the information that you were asked to provide in the task. Your finding for total energy savings appears to be too low. Why did you get the same answer as group D2? Did you make the same mistake?
You don't show how you did your calculations for total energy savings. It would have been helpful to label the gym measurements on the picture itself. You did not calculate volume of CO2, just weight. You need to continue with this calculation. Also, what is the average for lights on for your group? This is very important.
This still needs a lot of work. In order to receive a grade, you need to do the tasks and show how you got your answers (in part 5). Please look at the chart on the Overall Findings page.
Mr. Farren(690 - days ago)Page: Class G Grp 2
This report is missing most of the information you were supposed to get using the task as a guideline. Look at the chart on the Overall Findings page to see what you are missing.
There appears to be a problem with your overall savings calculation. You divide by 100 instead of 1000 to get kWh. This needs to be fixed.
Also, you need to do the tasks. This is not complete. It would help to present your findings using charts, diagrams, tables, links, etc.
Mr. Farren(697 - days ago)Page: Class G Grp 1
This report is missing important information.
What is the volume of CO2 saved? How many gyms is this?
It is hard to find information in this report. You do not label the average hours on per lightbulb/day. Some of your numbers do not have labels, making it hard to understand what they represent. Others are wrong, like "Length of gym: 145 cubes". Things are confusing. For example: "9.2 people are going to use this amount of energy in a year."
Using charts, labels, graphs, putting numbers on pictures, would make things much easier to understand.
Proofreading your work would have helped a lot. There are many small mistakes that make the whole report confusing.
In your calculations of energy saved, there is a major mistake. Think about time.
In order to receive a grade, things need to be fixed on this report.
Mr. Farren(697 - days ago)Page: Class E Grp 3
Very well done people! Your use of tables, charts, telling the reader what each number represents, makes a huge difference. Your presentation is clear and very informative. It shows you used information well and paid attention to detail.
I really like the thinking in your "What should be done?" part. You have many good ideas like making commercials, education, etc. I also found your suggestion to still not build a new power plant very logical because you mention that Dominicans can change more than one bulb.
The way you labeled the picture of the gym was very informative. Putting in the times of average light bulb use for each of your group's members also makes your information more believable.
If you want to compare your findings with that of other groups', you can visit the Overall Findings page.
Thanks for providing such great information to the Dominican people.
Mr. Farren(697 - days ago)Page: Class E Grp 2
Wow! This report is full of great information. I can tell much thought, attention to detail, good information skills and a lot of effort went into this. I found your tables, highlights, use of boldface, charts and diagrams to be really helpful. I liked how you reflected on what you learned about (for example: how to distinguish useful information from information that is not, consumer skills...)
I really liked how you extended the problem by showing area of the DR covered with gyms to show volume. This really helps to visualize such large numbers of gyms. It was impressive that you also used time (2.65 years) to show how long it would take to cover the whole country with CMS gyms. This is one of the most impressive examples of thinking I have seen in a long time!
You can compare your findings to that of others' by going to the Overall Findings page. Thanks for your hard work and for providing useful information to the Dominican people.
Mr. Farren(699 - days ago)Page: Class E Grp 1
Very nice job gentleman! The information you presented here is very understandable, well-written, and well-labeled. I also like the charts and graphics you provided. Your attention to detail in things like making superscripts and subscripts is outstanding.
Your task definition is also very understandable and full of good details.
You can compare your answers to that of others' using the chart on the Overall Findings page.
Thanks for your hard work and for providing useful information to the Dominican people.
Mr. Farren(699 - days ago)Page: Class D Grp 4
Overall, you guys did a nice job with this project. Your page here looks organized and one can see how you arrived at your answers. It would have been nice to see the measurements of the gym. It looks like you left out a step in the calculations of CO2 volume. This affected your other calculations. See if you can fix this. (It's not hard.) Look at the pictures in part three above.
You can look at the chart on the Overall Findings page to compare your answers to others'.
Thanks for providing useful information to the Dominican people.
Mr. Farren(699 - days ago)Page: Class D Grp 3
One of the main problems with this group's work is the lack of attention to details. Many of your answers do not tell the reader what the number represents. If you look above, it still says, "This still needs a lot of work. There should be no highlights when you are finished."
You did a good job telling the reader how you calculated the volume of the gym. A diagram would have been nice here.
You do not tell the reader how you calculated many of your other answers. Your numbers seem large compared to others. Since one cannot see how you came up with your answer, it is impossible to see why your answers are so different.
An important piece of missing information: How long are the bulbs on, on average, for your calculations?
Please fix the problems (and missing information) on this page so that you can receive a grade for this. Show your work. Let's find out why your numbers are so big. Take a look at the chart on the Overall Findings page.
Mr. Farren(699 - days ago)Page: Class D Grp 2
Looks like most of the information this group needed to find is missing. You also don't show much detail about how you did your calculations. There could be charts, links, tables, pictures, etc. to help explain your findings. Your answer for total savings (kWh/yr) seems very low. You are missing the following:
1) How long, on average, were the bulbs on per day, for your group's calculation.
2) What's the volume of the gym?
3) How much CO2 is saved each year?
4) How many gyms is this?
You need to complete this missing information before you can receive a grade for this project. Please look at the task carefully.
Mr. Farren(704 - days ago)Page: Class D Grp 1
For the most part, this group did a real nice job with this project. Your task definitions are excellent. I like the use of the World Fact Book hyperlinks in part 3. They are very helpful and help show the accuracy of your data.
You did not show the work or use any diagrams about how you calculated the gym's volume. This was required in part 5. The chart showing your work for the energy savings calculations works well.
It seems like you have a multiplication problem in your volume of CO2 calculations:
2 Then we multiplied 103,649,634.8kg of CO2 (which was the answer we got before) to 123.86m3
3 Later we divided our previous answer (1,283,043,760 m3)...
This error affects your other calculations.
You can compare your answers to what others found on the Overall Finding page.
Thanks for providing Dominicans with this useful information.
Mr. Farren(704 - days ago)Page: Class A Grp 4
You started out OK by defining your task pretty well. However, after that, things get messy. For example, what is the volume of the gym? (volume and area are different) What was the average time on per day for your calculations? You write: "We found out the average time 3 incandecent lightbulbs were on in each of our houses and the total average of all 12 lightbulbs. They were on for a period of 24 hours. We got this information by adding up all our lightbulb's hours and then averaging them." This does not make sense. 3 bulbs, 12 bulbs...I'm confused. You later say in your report that the average was 24 hrs. per bulb/day but then in your calculations I see:
9,183,984 people
9,183,984 bulbs of 25w each
Bulbs are on 4 1hr each
(4 1hr each)??? I'm confused again. The chatting language (4 instead of for) does not help. It doesn't look like you calculated by using all the days in a year--only one day. You need to look at the task again.
-Your final answer "energy saved" is not labeled. What does it mean? Over what period of time? Measured using what units?
You do not calculate the amount of CO2 that is kept out of the atmosphere from the energy savings. You do not tell the reader what this means in terms of gyms (volume).
This report is missing all major findings. This is a big problem. You cannot receive a passing grade for this project until these issues are fixed.
Mr. Farren(704 - days ago)Page: Class A Grp 3
Overall, you have produced some good information in this report. In your task, I can see you are missing some parts (volume of CO2) and that is why it probably doesn't show up in your report. (See the Overall Findings chart on the Overall Finding page. Here you can also compare your findings to other groups'.)
It looks like you have a lot of copy/paste type of stuff in section 3. Does this information help you with your tasks? Your report would be much stronger if you showed the reader how you got your answers. This is important so that people believe you. It would also help your report if you included some charts and diagrams. These are great for showing how you arrived at your conclusions.
Overall, you provided useful information for the Dominican people. Thanks for that.
Mr. Farren(704 - days ago)Page: Class A Grp 2
Yes, you guys do rock. Your calculations look good and they way you show your work is outstanding. Nice job using charts, diagrams and labeling your numbers. It would have helped to proof-read your writing, but otherwise, it shows you did some quality thinking on this project. I especially like the use of the diagram of the gym showing your measurements. Using words like 'triangular prism' in your report is impressive besides being very helpful to the reader.
Thanks for providing useful information to the Dominican people. You can compare your solutions to other groups' by looking at the Overall Findings page.
Mr. Farren(704 - days ago)Page: Class A Grp 1
This has a lot of problems. Your task definition does not talk about the real-world problems. In part 5, you needed to show your answers to the tasks and how you got the answers. Where are conclusions (besides gym volume)? I see a chart in the part 6 but I don't know what any of the numbers represent. (Why is this chart in part 6?)
Remember, numbers in the real world, represent something. You have not told your audience what those numbers mean. Are they watts, kWhs, meters, cubic meters, people in the DR??? How much CO2 was prevented from going into the atmosphere? Should we build a new power plant?
To receive a passing grade, these major problems need to be fixed.
Mr. Farren(704 - days ago)Page: Class E Grp 4
Overall, very nice job with this project. Your task definition was very informative. Your attention to details with the numbers was good. (There were a couple of minor errors like decimals instead of commas and 1 billion for 1 trillion. It would have helped to have some diagrams showing your measurements and calculations of the gym. It looks like maybe to tried this but the pictures did not upload.
Check the chart on the Overall Findings page to see how your numbers compare to others.
Thanks for providing useful information to the Dominican people.
m(727 - days ago)Page: Class A Grp 2
we rock!