Rochelle's+Log

-Meet with Kate and get feedback || -Continue to plan out the new idea -Read article from Kate || -shared our idea and received feedback || -Think about how we can fix the flaws in the design (new design) || -Plan how to fix the flaws in our exhibit. -Brainstorm new ideas. || -Continue to plan and develop each member’s new idea My idea: Pushing the wall || -Meet with Kate and receive feedback -Choose an idea with no flaws AND STICK WITH IT || -plan out the oral report for the OSCSS teachers || -practice the oral report for teachers || -plan my part of the Oral report (intro/what the exhibit is) ||
 * Date || Task || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Homework ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">February 27 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">-Brainstorm our ideas and plan when to have have our future meetings. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">-We are to think about the ideas we brainstormed and add more to them. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">February 29 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">-Continuation of brainstorming and bringing our ideas together. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">-Research more about stress and adrenaline rushes and how they affect our cognitive abilities. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">March 1 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">-Finalize our idea
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">March 6 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">-Work on proposal as a group. || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">-Finalize the proposal and print it out. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">March 20 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">-Meeting with Bhavleen Kaur
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">March 22 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">-Vote on new design || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">-Finalize the Goals, Roles, and Budget ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">March 30 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">-Debrief after the meeting with the designers.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">April 2 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">-Explain to one other our ideas
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">April 3 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">-think of creative way to present orally
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">April 5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Group meeting ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">April 12 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Group meeting ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">April 18 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Meet with Kate || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Brainstorm how to make our presentation creative ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">April 19 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Smart phone application; photo shoot || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Look pretty for pictures to be used in presentation ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">April 25 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Meeting with Allan Busch || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Smart phone and technology brainstorming ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">April 26 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Meeting with Aylin ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">April 30 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Group meeting; film trailer and practice presentation || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Edit trailer ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">May 10 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Group meeting; film new teaser trailer ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">May 16 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Final group meeting; rehearse || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Practice my part for the final presentation ||

__**May 1**__
Presentation Script ====Hello everyone and welcome to the Ontario Science Centre. My name is Rochelle and I will be your host for the day. I have a very special presentation for you all today as today is the grand opening of the Science Centre's new exhibit, the Great Wall located in the Human Limits hall. To give you a little idea of the exhibit, here is a trailer.====

Do any of you have any idea why the visitors were only able to push the wall the second time round?
So basically how the exhibit works is that there are two walls. The visitor will push on the first wall and try to move it back. However, the wall will have resistance so it will be quite difficult to push the wall. What you didn't see in the trailer is that after twenty seconds of pushing, the second wall will start moving in towards the visitor. It will move closer and closer which will scare the visitor because they think they will get squished. This will make the visitor push even harder in order to not get squished.

The reason why the visitor will be able to push harder is because when they are induced with stress after 20 seconds, they will have an adrenaline rush which is scientifically proven to improve strength. So basically, the purpose of this exhibit is to compare the visitor's strength before and after they are induced with stress. After the exhibit, the visitor's results and the science behind their results will be told to the visitor.

OH hey guys! I'm doing a presentation right now on a specific exhibit in the Human Limits Hall! Feel free to sit in and listen

Oh we actually just went there! We saw the great wall!

OH no way! what a coincidence, thats exactly what i am talking about right now! Maybe we can all hear your own thoughts about the exhibit! did you like it ? What did you think about it guys?

__**April 3**__
Oral Report Plan Start off by having two walls (cardboard). I push the first wall and it only moves back slightly. Then when the second wall starts moving in, I can all of a sudden push the wall a lot further. After the acting, this is what I have to say. -we're team Kate -the Great Wall -purpose to compare visitor's strength before and after they are induced with stress. -place hands on wall and push the wall back; it will be hard to push due to its resistance -the wall will sense visitor's heart rate and force exerted -after 20 seconds, second wall will move in closer, scaring the visitor (thinking they'll get squished) -give visitor an adrenaline rush improving their strength and be able to push the wall further -the second wall that is moving in will never actually squish the visitor because it has a sensor that senses any physical contact -afterwards, the visitor's results and the science behind their results will be told to the visitor

__**April 2**__ What we need to plan for the Oral Report How are we going to orally address our exhibit in a creative manner? Who explains what the exhibit is? Who explains the science behind it? Who explains the use of Smart Phones? Who explains the collaboration aspect? Who explains the reason visitors will come back? Who explains the technology used for the walls? Who explains why it would be such a good exhibit for the Human Limits hall? Anything else we need to address?

__**March 30**__ Collaboration: Up to 3 visitors can participate at once. The wall will sense how many hands are touching the wall. The wall will have more resistance if there are more visitors participating. Resistance of wall: The resistance will change depending on the height of the visitors' hands and the number of visitors. Three tall visitors will obviously place their hands higher on the wall than three short visitors. There will be more resistance for three tall visitors than three short visitors. Will people come back? The exhibit is very exciting so they will want to come back; there will still be that fear that they could be squished. They also would want to come back to try and beat their score. Science behind the exhibit: An adrenaline rush causes muscles to perform respiration at an increased rate which improves strength. Smart Phones: The visitor's picture is taken the moment the second wall moves inwards. It will be an action shot of the visitor pushing against the wall. The visitor can download the exhibit's app which will allow them to receive their picture (by putting in their code) as well as choose a funny background for their picture to be placed on. For example, the visitor may choose the leaning tower of pisa for the background, which will make it look as if they are trying to keep it from falling.

__**March 29**__ Final Proposal In this exhibit there will be two walls a couple meters apart from each other. The visitor will place their hands on the first wall and push as hard they can to make the wall move back. The wall will require a good amount of force to move because it will have resistance. The wall will calculate how much force the visitor exerts on the wall as well as the heart rate of the visitor. After 20 seconds, the second wall will gradually move in closer to induce stress on the visitor. The visitor will think that if they don't push the wall, they will get squished by the second wall. The second wall will never actually squish the visitor since it will also have a sensor. Once the second wall senses any physical contact, it will stop moving. The wall that the visitor is pushing will identify any changes in the visitor's heart rate after the second wall moves in closer. The visitor's heart rate will most likely increase when the second wall moves in closer. This will give the visitor an adrenaline rush which is scientifically proven to improve strength. At the end of the exhibit, the visitor's scores and heart rates will be revealed to the visitor as well as the science behind their results.

__**March 28**__ PUSHING THE WALL EXHIBIT ROUGH NOTES Visitor will enter exhibit. 3 visitors could participate at once. At first, the visitors will push on the wall. After 30 seconds, the wall behind them will start moving closer towards them. This will frighten the visitor and make them want to push harder. The wall behind them will sense where the visitors are standing and will never actually squish the visitor. There will also be scary music playing when the wall moves towards them to increase the stress level of the visitor. -both walls will be sensored -the first wall that people push on will be sensored to know at what height they placed their hands. If three little kids placed their hands, there will be less resistance than three tall people. The wall will calculate based on height of the visitors and the number of visitors, how much resistance there will be. -the second wall that comes in closer will be sensored so that it will never actually squish the visitor. -the wall the visitors push on will also monitor the pulse of the visitor 3 things the wall can do -calculate how much force the visitor exerts -calculate the visitor's pulse -will sense any physical contact -the wall will start moving in after 25 seconds. -it will be a surprise, they wont know the wall is coming in closer Technology required: pulse monitor, sensors to know where people are located to not squish them, sensors to record how much force exerted by visito  Collaboration- three people can participate at once People come back? Yes... they would want to beat their score. And just like confinement, it’s exciting since two walls are confining you. Plus, there’s still that fear that they could get squished  If they’ve done the exhibit before Science; will explain why they are able to push harder and make the wall move further once the second wall moves towards them. __**March 6**__

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Second Proposal
====<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The purpose of our exhibit is to compare the visitor’s physical abilities under stress and not under stress. The exhibit will be a booth containing a 3D virtual simulator. The visitor will enter the booth and connect to the heart rate monitor. They will then be told by the audio machine to perform four different physical activities and their results will be recorded. The four physical tasks will test how high they can jump, how many times they can tap their feet consecutively in a minute, how hard they can punch the air, and how much weight they can pull. ==== ====<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">After completing these four physical tasks, the 3D virtual simulator will begin which will induce stress on the visitor. The visitor will be told to complete the same four physical tasks, but this time they will be under stress. The virtual simulator will make the four tasks seem like real life situations and that if they do not complete the tasks well enough; their life will be at risk. For example, when the visitor tests how high they can jump, the virtual simulator will make it seem like the visitor is running a race and must jump over a high hurdle to not get hit by it. The simulator will give the visitors an adrenaline rush creating better/worse results. At the end, it will show them their results and explain the science behind why their physical abilities improved/worsened under stress. ====

First proposal
==== The exhibit we are going to create is a 3D virtual simulator. This virtual simulator will compare the visitor’s response times and cognitive abilities when they are under stress and when they are not. The visitor will solve a simple puzzle and perform a quick reaction test before entering the exhibit in which both will be timed. Stress will be induced on the visitor when they enter the exhibit and their response times and cognitive abilities will be tested and timed again. The exhibit will feature a labyrinth which is designed to disorient the visitors as they work their way through the maze. As the visitors navigate through the maze they will be subjected to various simulations that are designed to induce a state of stress and fear. For example, various parts of the maze will get narrower and darker as the visitor navigates towards the exit. The maze will also have uneven floors with different textures in order to simulate an uncomfortable environment. One specific simulation that will take place is a screen with a car speeding towards the visitor which will scare the visitor and also check their reaction time as they dodge the on-coming vehicle. A specific cognitive ability test under stress will be having the visitor answer a riddle in a certain amount of time to unlock a door. We will identify the science behind why the visitor's response times and cognitive abilities improve/worsen when under stress and share the information with the visitor in the end. To attract the visitors and keep them coming back to this exhibit, there will be a record for them to break. The record will show the top 5 visitors' names with the best performances when under stress. ====

__**Feb 29**__

==== Before entering the exhibit, the visitor will solve a simple puzzle. The visitor will press a button when they’re about to begin, and press the same button once they finish the puzzle. This button will keep track of the amount of time it took for the visitor to finish the puzzle with a normal heart rate. (They will be attached to a pulse monitor to identify their accurate heart rate). ====

==== After finishing the puzzle, they will enter into the exhibit which will be in a labyrinth/ maze setup. There will be three different booths within the maze. At each booth, there will be a puzzle to solve similar to the one outside. The only difference is that now, they will be under stress and have fear which will increase their heart rate. (They will once again be attached to a pulse monitor to identify their increased heart rate). ====

==== 1st booth- a screen will show a video of a car speeding towards them. The speaker will explain that the visitor has a minimal number of seconds to complete the puzzle otherwise the car will crash into them. and the car will quickly approach the visitor. The virtual simulator will be in 3D which will make it seem more real. ====

==== 2nd booth- once the visitor starts the puzzle, the simulator will make the visitor feel as if they’re falling off a tall building. The floor beneath them will also move downwards slightly, so that it will not only be virtual, but also actual. There will be a countdown and the ground will get closer and closer. The visitor must finish the puzzle quickly if they don’t want to crash into the ground. ====

==== 3rd booth- the visitor will feel like they are in a dark forest. A wolf will pop out of the screen (due to the 3D effect) scaring the visitor. Warm air will also be sprayed onto the visitor to make it feel like it’s the wolf’s breath. There will be a countdown to finish the puzzle in order to not be eaten by the wolf. ====