Emily: Week Of 3/1

Week of: March 1st, 2009
Your Name: Emily Nuthall
Your Partners Names: Kathleen and Chelsea

1. Briefly describe what you PERSONALLY accomplished this week:

This week I continued work on the movies I’m making for our website. I have three out of the four movies complete, and I have materials for the fourth and final piece on my computer. This week my group also conducted an experiment involving a charcoal filter. We used a funnel, paper filter, and activated charcoal to mimic the layers of soil in a wetland, and poured colored water through it to see how it would remove the coloring. We filmed the process and plan to put it up on our website. We had yet another check in this week, and I’m glad to say we are still ahead of schedule.

2. Briefly describe what your TEAMMATE(S) accomplished this week:

This week Chelsea and Kathleen did even more research on microbes and their role in soil. Kathleen even constructed articles for our website all about how these microns function. Next week we plan to re-do our experiment with actual soil, to see if it makes any difference. Kathleen also constructed our outline for the PowerPoint we will be presenting soon, and began creating the PowerPoint.

3. Briefly describe how you and your partner(s) ASSISTED each other this week:

Once again our ability to work independently has pushed our project along at a great pace. Being ahead of schedule will allow us to relax comfortably at our camping trip next week.