20% Project Friday January 3

Today, Mallory, Stuart, and I made a lot of progress. Today, we made an iMovie. We added a lot of clips from Mallory's gym of cheerleaders tumbling. This shows the purpose of The Stretcher, it's to stretch you so people can do things like the tumblers on the iMovie. Also we finished the slideshow today. The Stretcher was constructed and finished over Christmas break. It is now ready to be modeled on and tested to see how well it will stretch people. It should stretch people, considering how hard we worked on the design of The Stretcher. Its purpose is to help athletes and help them stretch. On the iMovie we have local tumblers and cheerleaders, and we also have pictures of bow and arrows and needles. Bow and arrows and needles take a lot of stretching, and The Stretcher will make stretching safer. It will also be beneficial to anyone who uses The Stretcher.

20% Project Friday December 19

Today, Stuart, Mallory, and I worked on our 20% Project. We worked on our power point for our presentation. We have really got it working good! Also, construction has been started. The Stretcher will be finished by Christmas break. There was a lot of noise this 20% day, because we are all excited to leave for Christmas break. Today, I did my slides and sent them to Mallory. She is going to put all of our slides together to make a big final presentation. Also the modeling for the stretcher pictures will be taken over Christmas break and we will have videos in our final presentation. I think we are very ready for this presentation and everything will run smoothly. The presentation will be a success if we all practice our slides and we should have the presentation great, and after Christmas break we will be able to bring in the final draft of the Stretcher.

20% Project Friday December 13

Today, we worked on our 20% project's final presentation. We also went over some things. Mallory was unable to start the construction because of a cheer competition. We will have The Stretcher completed by Christmas break, so when we come back for the final presentation, we will be able to show pictures of the model. Also, over Christmas break Mallory will get her friend from cheer to model The Stretcher and show how it really works. Also during 20% time today Bailey, a girl in our class, is doing her 20% project on a Zombie movie. She practiced her make up skills on Stuart and I's wrists. The cuts look very real. Now getting back to the Stretcher, we have our model laid out and we are ready to start construction. The construction and the materials due date are a little behind but that is okay, as long as we will be done by the end of the semester. All in all, the Stretcher will be done by Christmas break!

20% Project Friday December 6

Today, Mallory, Stuart, and I used the white board to draw a two dimensional model of The Stretcher, using expo markers. We drew the block of wood over the door. The block of wood had the eye screws in it, with the carabiners and the two pulleys. Attached to the pulleys we had the rope with the foot hole on the left side. (The foot hole could also be used for arms or any other body part you want stretched.) This was our front view picture, our side view picture consisted of the washer, with the flat rope tied in a knot with it. We also did some planning for our end of the year power point, we decided that Mallory's slides would be on: supplies, construction, resolved hook issue/replacement. Stuart's slides would be on: due dates, changed supplies=changed money, and the hook. My slides will be on: model slide, tips, how to use it. Then, we are all going to participate in the summary slide. Also, The Stretcher is not constructed due to the fact Mallory had the flu.

20% Project Friday November 22

Today, it is just Mallory and I doing the 20% time, Stuart is absent. We have figured out our hook problem. Instead of hooks to latch on to the wooden block, we are going to use screws. This will allow The Stretcher to hold more weight. Also, Mallory brought in some of the supplies we will be using for The Stretcher. She brought in a rope, a pulley, two eye screws, a carabiner, a plastic holder for the foot (for comfort), and a wooden handle. We also emailed Stuart, all about what we did today, so she could participate in 20% time as well. The supplies allowed us to get a good look at what The Stretcher may look like. Also, Mallory gave us back some of our money, because she did not have to order the pulley.  Mallory's mom found some pulleys for free! The picture I am posting with my blog this week is a part of The Stretcher, that allows it to hold a lot of weight, we are making efficient changes to The Stretcher each week. We will be back on schedule this week, but we are still unsure about when Mikaela will be modeling The Stretcher.

20% Project Friday November 15

Today, we got all ready for our upcoming presentation to the class. We made a lot of decisions, we will each speak about two slides. Mallory is the one who put together all the slides we separately did. We all researched our own category, Mallory did her slides on construction of The Stretcher and such. Stuart did her slides on the money part of our project. I did slides on the benefits of stretching and how to avoid injuries like: tears and pulled muscles. Stretching can help your balance and flexibility, so try to stretch for at least 10 minutes a day! So, now all the slides are together on using keynote, we made a fantastic presentation on The Stretcher, we all really hope it will encourage people to stretch. Stretching is a very important necessity to athletes. We hope to have a great presentation and get everyone excited about The Stretcher. The outcome should be great and very informative.

20% Project Friday November 8

Today Mallory, Stuart, and I prepared for our presentation coming up. We our making a power point presentation for our presentation. The presentation will update everyone on The stretcher and will tell everyone about our final presentation at the end of the semester. The powerpoint was made by all three of us. We each made two slides each. My two slides were about the benefits of stretching. I also mentioned tips about stretching. The power point is very informative about The Stretcher and stretching in general. Also, we are almost finished with our payments so Mallory can order some supplies soon so we can get started on our rough draft. We have each brought in one dollar and forty four cents for two weeks and this coming week should be our last payment. We are also going to finish our powerpoint this coming Friday, November the fifteenth. The fifteenth is also the day are final payments are due.