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.

20% Project Friday November 1

I did not get to participate in 20% day today, due to that fact I became sick at school, but Mallory and Stuart gave me a summary of what decisions they made this week. They talked about the model issue, money, and the end of the semester presentation, where we will present a finished Stretcher and demonstrate how it can be used. Everyone brought in their money this week, one dollar and forty four cents. Also they discussed a new issue. There is an issue that we forgot a hook to hold up the project, but Mallory said she found one that may or may not work. Also, Mallory asked on of her friends from cheer to be our model to demonstrate how the stretcher will work. Also, they said during the presentation that we will give tips on stretching, for example never stretch while you are cold. Always warm your muscles up before you stretch.

20% project Friday October 25

Today Mallory, Stuart, and I made a new schedule. A schedule will help us to organize our time so we can meet our deadlines. To get all our money in for the supplies The Stretcher calls for, we all decided we would each bring in one dollar and forty four cents per week, for three weeks. This will amount to thirteen dollars, which is the cost needed for The Stretcher. We should have all our money in by the fifteenth of November. Then Mallory is going to order the supplies from home. It was decided that the supplies should be in by November twenty second which will allow us to start making The Stretcher so we can have a rough draft to experiment on. We also decided to get a athlete to come and be our model and show how The Stretcher is going to work. That will be in December though.