Alex

Alex Hua (MrHuaHua) Research Project journal entry #1 1st March __First week__ - Introduced the Research Project - Looked at examples of previous Research Projects - received sheets on Harvard System Referencing and Learning styles - team called Team Hua which consists of myself, Brandon O’ Connel, Jeanny Lieu, Paul sakatunoff and Corey Partridge

__Second week__ - did activities find our best learning styles - did 2 quizzes on a site, and found out my best learning style is Visual Leaning. - thought of ideas for the project and first came up Protesting against St Clair being demolished, then pollution.

__Third week__ - we didn’t like the idea ‘Pollution’ so we starting thinking about other ideas. - Went through answers with the Harvard Referencing System - brain stormed ideas for project

__Fourth Week__ - we looked around in the site ‘Moodle’ - learnt things about ‘Wonder Wheel; and how it can help us with our Personal Projects - went through guiding questions to help us with our projects

__Fifth Week__ - we agreed to do our project on ‘Help Make Poverty History’ - Mr. Street introduced ‘wikispaces’ to us - we discussed Primary and Secondary sources - updated journal

__Sixth Week__ - did research on our topic - started our concept map - got sheets on capabilities that we needed to fill in to help us with our research project. - updated journal

__Seventh Week__ - We continued to research on our topic - We decided to email the people at the 'make poverty history' company to let us help fundraise for them - continued our concept map - updated journal - collected sheets on Gantt chart

__Eighth Week__ - started our Gantt Chart - updated journal - We changed our topic to RSPCA because we couldn't contact the 'Make Poverty History' campaign - planning an excursion to a close animal shelter

__Ninth Week__ - Update Journal - sent emails to the head office of RSPCA in Adelaide - went on excursion to RSPCA - allowed to do fundraising for them ( we get certificate ) - finished off concept map - planned another excursion to RSPCA, then to animal shelter on Tuesday - planning to sell key chains and bracelets from RSPCA shop and home made calenders with pictures of animals that we are planning to take at the animal shelter.

__Tenth week__ - planned excursion to RSPCA on Tuesday 30th - prepare interview questions for the stff at RSPCA
 * - finished of Gantt Chart**

__**First Week**__ __Wednesday 21th__ - revised the plan to our group - looked up the animal shelter at Lonsdale through google map - plan to cancel trip to Lonsdale because of the distance - found another animal shelter near Woodville High and decided to visit that shelter __Friday 24th__ - replied email to Rosemery ( woman from RSPCA head office) asking if we could change the animal shleter in Lonsdale to an animal selter near our school ( Woodville High)
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__Wednesday 27th__ - received email from Rosemery telling us that we can go to animal welfare, but we got to swap organisations - we thought about it and we didn't want to swap organisationg, so we sent her an email asking her if she could take pictures for us or we take pictures from the internet -started thinking about power point presentation
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__**Third Week** Monday 3rd__ - found out that animal welfare near Woodville was already closed down - started finding pictures for power point __Wednesday 5th__ - started thinking about how to get to lonsdale - planned to make a cup cake day for fundraising - started survey questions __Friday 7th__ - planning to write a formal letter to principle to help fund us to buy ingredients - going to city to buy ingredients on monday 10th - got a reply from Rosemery saying she is very happy that we are staying with RSPCA and said that she is busy with the planning of an event called 'Million Dog Walk Day' so we will send her the questions - finishing survey quesitons for the animal shelter and jeanny is going to finish the survey questions for Rosemery - planning to make 2 or 3 days of cup cake day to raise more money

__**Fourth Week** Monday 10th__ - Went to city to find prices for the ingredients to make cupcakes - worked out that we will be making chocolate and vanilla cupcakes in min iand large size __Wednesday 12th__ - found out that Ms Ewdward was in Melbourne - we worked on our power point __Friday 14th__ - Ms Bond, but she was busy so asked Mr Street to help ask her for us - agreed that we will only make mini cupcakes - if everyone bought 5 cupcakes for $2, we will make about $250

__**Fifth Week** Monday 17th__ - not going to Lonsdale anymore due to the concern of the lack of time - decided to change the size of the cupcake from min ito normal size - couldn't purchase ingredients because Ms Edward was away in Melbourne - So we planning to get ingredients on Thursday __Wednsday 19th__ - asked to see if Ms Edwards was in, but she was busy - asked again in second lesson, found out that Ms Edward was around the school some where - went on a Ms Edward hunt, and eventually found her - asked her to fund us, she said she will fund us but we have to pay her back atleast $50 - changed the notices in the bulletin for Cupcake day to Friday instead of Wednesday, and changed the size of the cupcakes to normal size for $2 each - Brandon, Paul and Jeanny are going to the shops to collect the ingredients with Mr Street __Friday 21st__ - busy day begins - Team HUA assembled in the Home EC room - started getting the equipment ready and ingredients ready - follwed the recipe and cooked the mixture - first that came out of the oven was ok because quarter of it was burnt - later found out that we forgot to turn on the fan in the oven, so after that our cupcakes came out nicely - recess sold all of them but had to use the money to buy extra ingredients - lunch time, not many people bought the cupcakes for $2 but for $1 so didn't rasie as much as we wanted - made a bit more cupackes after lunch, then Brandon and T went around classes to sell the rest of the cupcakes - during the making of extra cupcakes after lunch, Jeanny and I started making our own cupcake inventions. example, putting half chocolate and half vanilla mixture into one paty pan - Cleaned the kitchen and counted the money we raised, which was about $150 - ended our day by eating our cupcakes inventions (quite yummy)

__**Sixth Week** Monday 24th__ - planning to go back to RSPCA man office on Friday to ask the survey questions, give her the money we raised and take pictures with her for our power point - continued with our powerpoint __Wednesday 26th__ - continued power point - researched RSPCA things - Worked on speech for presentation __Friday 28th__ - went to RSPCA head office to see Rosemery - gave her money and she sent receipt to Woodville High - went to eat lunch - took pictures and asked a few questions

__**Seventh Week** Monday 31th__ -added the pictures taken from the excursion to the RSPCA head office and cupcake day - continued with our powerpoint __Wednesday 2nd__ - took photos of Mr Street and our group - looked up photos of animals - talked about the speech - got copies of the emails from Rosemery __Friday 4th__ - updated journal