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toc = Wiki Organization = The York School Personal Project Student Handbook information is written in brown.

**Action items (due dates, forms etc.) are written in red.**

YOUR PROCESS JOURNAL ENTRIES SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN BLACK. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT EACH ENTRY IS PROPERLY DATED.

= Process Journal = = = Maintain a process journal containing all your thoughts, decisions and actions. This document allows you to record your progress as you work on the project. It should be completed honestly and regularly to show how your project is developing. The process journal will also help you as you write the various sections of the report.

* //Adapted from MYP Personal Project Guidelines, Jan 2004// The process journal should be written in each of the following stages of your personal project: Investigate, Design, Plan, Create and Evaluate.

**The process journal will be collected along with your written report on the due date for submission: December 11, 2009.** The process journal is your account of the progress you make with the personal project. It is about:

a) What you are doing at that moment. b) What you are thinking c) What you are accomplishing d) How you are coping with each of the different stages of your project e) How well you are dealing with problems and what you are learning about yourself as a result f) What makes you happy, annoyed, angry, nervous, disappointed, proud g) It needs not contain only written material, you can use pictures, photos, sketches, checklists, recordings, anything which provides evidence of your planning and progress

For example:

=Guiding Question (Big Idea)=

=I. Investigation=

**Part I: Brainstorming:**

[|Investigate_Brainstorming.pdf]

**Part II: Some questions to consider**

Is there anything that you want to learn more about? That you’ve always wondered about? Are fascinated by? Is there anything that you’ve always wanted to learn to do? What are you interested in finding out about yourself? What challenge would you be willing to take? Have you traveled anywhere that changed your view of life? Where did you go? Have you ever experienced anything that changed your view of life? What was that experience? If you could go anywhere (country, city, building, behind the scenes) where would it be? If you could meet anyone, who would it be? Is there any deceased person that you wish that you had met? Who and why? Is there something in your culture/heritage to investigate, bring attention to, celebrate?

Do you have future aspirations? Describe them. Do you have any hobbies? What are they? Do you play any sports? Which ones? Do you participate in any competitive activities? What are they? Do you play any musical instruments? Which ones? If you don’t play any musical instruments, would you like to play any? Which ones? Have you developed any skills that you could use in your personal project? What are they? What are your major personal accomplishments? Why do you consider them accomplishments? Do you belong to any clubs, community organizations etc. that could be incorporated into your personal project? Which ones?
 * Part III:** **Questions to consider**

**NOW READ ALL THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN AND SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE MORE PROGRESS IN FINDING A SPECIFIC TOPIC FOR YOUR PERSONAL PROJECT. YOU MAY WANT TO DO THIS BY:

1. USING A MIND MAP VIA INSPIRATION OR BY HAND. YOUR MIND MAP** **WILL NEED TO BE SCANNED AND INSERTED INTO YOUR WIKI.**
 * 2. WRITE OUT ANSWERS ON LAPTOP OR BY HAND.**

1. Eliminate (cross out) any repetitive ideas 2. Eliminate any ideas that you really are NOT interested in pursuing 3. Put together any similar ideas 4. How can you relate your ideas to an Area of Interaction? Which one? Or two 5. Consider how relevant the ideas are to real life (are they doable?) 6. Consider the ideas most meaningful to you. Consider what, of yourself, you can bring to your ideas. 7. Can you formulate any questions about your ideas? Take a point of view? 8. Is your idea “researchable, interesting, realistic?


 * BY NOW YOU SHOULD HAVE A MORE DIRECTED TOPIC FOR YOUR PERSONAL PROJECT. DO YOU HAVE ONE? WHAT IS IT?**

1b) Areas of interaction [[image:tyspersonalproject:AoI.png caption="AoI.png"]]
[|Areas of interaction as lenses.doc]

1c) Focusing to a guiding question
**WRITING THE GUIDING QUESTION**

A good guiding question is characterized by the following:

i) that prompts students to ask more questions ii) has multiple answers iii) ensures students learn content and do research iv) promotes deep thinking about an area of interaction v) not easily answered

Examples:


 * **Topic** || **Guiding Question** ||
 * Safety || ‘How can I better design traffic flow around my school?’ ||
 * Poverty || ‘How can I help reduce poverty in my city?’ ||
 * Sport Violence || ‘How can I bring awareness to soccer violence and how can this be reduced?’ ||
 * THROUGH YOUR PERSONAL PROJECT YOU MUST ANSWER THE GUIDING QUESTION YOU CHOOSE ****.**

__** MYP PERSONAL PROJECT 2009 PROPOSED TOPIC **__ ** THIS MUST BE COMPLETED BY Feb 25th **

1. My topic/area of interest is:

2. Briefly explain what inspired you to choose this topic.

3. Highlight applicable AOI

Environment Health and Social Education Community and Service Human Ingenuity

4. My guiding question is: (be as clear as possible).

5. Briefly explain how the above AOI(s) will be the focus of your project and how your guiding question is connected.

Ask yourself the following questions: 1. What kind of information do I need to research? 2. Who has information about my topic? How do I contact people? 3. Where do I find the necessary material? 4. Do I need to interview individuals? 5. Do I have to carry out my own experiments? 6. Do I need to prepare, circulate and analyze surveys/questionnaires? 7. Do I need to visit a museum? Gallery? Gathering the Necessary Material and Research ** When you have found a source of information and/or inspiration, you will have to decide how useful it is. The list of sources in your report should only include those you have actually used. Write an annotated bibliography for each resource in the section below. Remember to keep your personal project goal in mind. This will help you to select what is useful and relevant.
 * A book, journal, internet site: see **Bibliographic Resource tab** to the left.
 * An interview: record date of interview, name, address, title of person
 * A work of art: record name, artist, location of gallery/museum
 * An experiment: apparatus, circumstances

__1d) COLLECTING RESOURCES__ Fill out this table below as you go... (at least 1 print source, 1 website, 1 interview) //List below:// || || ||
 * **Questions:** || **Y/N** || **Which resource addresses my guiding question, AoI,** ||
 * Have I collected a variety of resources?
 * Are the resources enough to answer my question? || || ||
 * Do the resources support the area of interaction(s) || || ||
 * What changes could I make in my design(planning) and research to attain better results? || || ||

=II. Design=

**STAGE 2 DESIGNING THE PERSONAL PROJECT** After collecting and analyzing resources you are now in a position to make decisions about the best way to carry out your personal project.

Consider a table weighing out the different options you could take evaluating the pros and cons of each design option.

__** CHOOSING and APPLYING TECHNIQUES **__ Very general feng shui things like making the environment comfortable || Quick to research More time to evaluate effects || Least effect || Very person-specific stuff so that it works for only me || Most effect || Most research intensive Least time to observe effects || Some specific and some general feng shui like making the environment comfortable and using some person-specific stuff || A moderate effect probably Not too long to research || Not the full effect of feng shui || Decide which design/technique you will use and write an explanation why you chose it I will choose design 3 because design 3 will have a bit of some general principles of feng shui but it will also affect me more than just a general feng shui because my dad told me that feng shui also depends on people specific things so one thing that might work for me might not work for someone else. So it will have more of an impact on me without the need to research in depth about things that would work for me.
 * Technique || Pros || Cons ||
 * 1
 * 2
 * 3

What will my ideal Personal Project look like/be when it is completed? My ideal Person Project will look be a feng shui bedroom to help promote positive energy. I could probably measure this by creating a check list of yes or no questions to measure my happiness, or I could find one from the internet. I will also make a Photosynth of my room. A Photosynth is a virtual tour made up of pictures. I will make one before and after the changes so we can see the difference.

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=III. Planning=

**STAGE 3 Planning the Personal Project **

After your research you are ready to plan how you will carry out your Personal Project.

  
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Step 1: Make a chronological list of steps you will take **
 * <span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">1. ****<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Create blueprints of room **
 * <span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">2. ****<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Create checklist to judge energy levels and happiness **
 * <span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">3. ****<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Take everything out of the room **
 * <span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">4. ****<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Place everything back in according to feng shui **
 * <span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">5. ****<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Buy everything for Feng shui including Chinese coins, windchimes etc. **
 * <span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">6. ****<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Place in the room **
 * <span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;">7. ****<span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">wait 1 month filling out the check list every day to see if there is a difference **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Step 2: Prepare a list of materials/resources needed and where and how you **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">attain them (consider associated costs, people to consult and scheduling challenges if applicable) **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Chinese coins x 3 at $0.50 usd each **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Metal calabash x 1 at $??? **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">5 rod windchime x 1 at $29.88 usd **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Feng shui water fountain x 1 at $??? **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Step 3: Prepare a time line showing what you will do at each step **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Ie. A calendar or table itemizing action plans/anticipated results **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Step 4: Include back up plans/alternatives should changes need to be made **

Planning and Development Worksheet:
__Due Date:__ April 29

//This is the first step of your project – to plan and to make a goal. Your goals and timelines may change throughout the project somewhat, but it is important to state and explain clearly the reasons for the changes in your process journal.//
 * You must complete this worksheet and share it with your supervisor at the your first meeting. At the end of the meeting both you and your supervisor will sign this sheet.**

Topic:

Focused Guiding Question/goal:

Area of Interaction (AoI): Justify and explain how your chosen personal project fits into the above stated AoI and guiding question. D escribe the process you will carry out to address your personal project guiding question Outline a detailed plan and timeline of what you hope to achieve. (Recognize plans can change, but only if there is a plan). You will want to take into account the deadlines that have already been set by the school (see page 2 of this guide)
 * Plans || Approximate Deadline ||

List __all__ the resources needed to carry out your personal project (this includes print sources, people, organizations, community services).

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= = = = =IV. Creation= **STAGE 4 CREATING the PERSONAL PROJECT**

After research, choosing the best technique and planning you are now ready to create your personal project.

Ask yourself the following:

Have I written in my process journal regularly? Have I taken photographs (if applicable) at various steps? Have I attained all the materials that I need?

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= = = = = = =V. Evaluation and Reflection= ** Writing the Personal Project Report FIRST DRAFT DUE DATE: November 6th
 * STAGE 5 EVALUATING and REFLECTING
 * **CONTENTS** || Yes or No ||
 * I have a contents page written with sections labeled introduction, description of research, process, analysis of process, conclusion, bibliography, appendices (if applicable). ||  ||
 * **INTRODUCTION** //Written in future tense approximately 1-1.5 pages// ||  ||
 * I have clearly identified my goal within its context (i.e. WHY it is important), and some background on my inspiration towards the chosen project. || ||
 * I have justified my choice of AoI focus. ||  ||
 * I have written a detailed outline of the steps taken to achieve my guiding questions, this includes a variety of resources (at least 1 print, 1 website, 1 interview). ||  ||
 * **DESCRIPTION OF PROCESS** //Written in past tense approximately 1.5-2 pages// ||  ||
 * I have described the possible techniques suitable to answering my guiding question and have justified my choice/technique. ||  ||
 * I have described my process clearly (all production steps/components) referring to my plan in the introduction. ||  ||
 * **ANALYSIS** //Divide into 2 sections research analysis and process analysis// ||  ||
 * I have reflected on the resources collected (design stage) to attain my project goal and the AoI chosen: emphasizing the value of the resources. ||  ||
 * I have considered if the AoI is well connected to the resources. ||  ||
 * I have supported my arguments thoughtfully with evidence. ||  ||
 * I have reviewed my goal: challenges and achievements. ||  ||
 * I have reviewed the process (plan and doing phase): considered the timelines, ease/challenge of 'doing': reliance upon others/experts, materials/equipment. ||  ||
 * Review if your chosen AoI is effective in your project process. ||  ||
 * //*Analysis is not description which is telling. Rather identifying factors that shaped the idea/point. It can be comparing and contrasting. It may also be understanding the significance.// ||  ||
 * **CONCLUSION** ||  ||
 * I have analysed the outcome: the strengths or weaknesses in my final outcome/project? ||  ||
 * I have considered how to improve upon the project. ||  ||
 * I have shared new insights gained about the project. ||  ||
 * **BIBLIOGRAPHY** ||  ||
 * I have completed an annotated bibliography following a format outlined in the Bibliographic Resources tab. ||  ||
 * I have correctly cited borrowed ideas in the text of my report. ||  ||
 * **PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT** ||  ||
 * I have organized my work logically and clearly. ||  ||
 * I have met deadlines and made use of my process journal. ||  ||
 * I have shown enthusiasm and commitment. ||  ||
 * I have correctly cited borrowed ideas in the text of my report. ||  ||
 * **PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT** ||  ||
 * I have organized my work logically and clearly. ||  ||
 * I have met deadlines and made use of my process journal. ||  ||
 * I have shown enthusiasm and commitment. ||  ||
 * I have shown enthusiasm and commitment. ||  ||

WRITING the SECOND DRAFT and SUBSEQUENT DRAFTS

Do not expect your first written version to suffice. Check your project with the ASSESSMENT CRITERIA and YOUR MENTOR.

Have the first draft read by, for example, a peer, a parent, or your mentor and ask for feedback. After consulting with one or all of the above persons you are ready to edit your draft. Remember that this draft should be as complete as possible and follow the structure outlined in section B of this booklet. The more editing the closer your report will likely meet the assessment rubric. FINAL COPY - DUE DECEMBER 12, 2008

The written piece should not exceed 4000 words.


 * RESEARCH **

__**Process Journal**__ 5/25/2009 Today I created the floor plan of my room that I am going to make Feng Shui. I just drew out the room and the door. I had to measure the dimensions of the room and the closet and the doorway. I also measured the windows and the mirrors just in case I needed the dimensions. As well I drew out the actual thing on the paper in 25.5:1 scale. I also took pictures of my room and made a Photosynth of my room for a before and after look at my room. As well the photosynth turned out well, so I was happy with that. The next time I work at home, I will take measurements of everything in my room and create it in 25.5:1 scale on a different piece of paper and cut it out so I can move things in the floor plan without needing to do anything to the actual floor plan. I also plan to darken the floor plan lines and then scan it into the computer in case I lose the original. As well I will scan the extra furniture in case I lose those as well because those are loose and are easier to lose. At the end of rearranging my furniture, I think I will make another Photosynth so that I can see the different. As well I researched a lot more on the topic of Feng Shui because I still have to research a bit more. There’s also another five books that I put on hold and are in transit for me to pick up to also research on Feng Shui.

7/6/2009 Today I drew the objects in my room in the same scale as the original floor plan. Compared to the real sized room, the objects look very small. Although it’s really easy to create these cut outs, it’s really irritating to have to take the measurements and then have to make it into scale and draw it out. As well, I have to use such an odd scale. 25.5:1 was the one that would work best with the measurements of the room. Since the last journal entry, I looked through two of the books and skimmed through the other 3. I think I will only use two of the books because there is a lot of repetitive information in the five books. I don’t think I would really benefit from researching more from those books because the information is so repetitive and there probably wouldn’t be much more. I also scanned in the pictures into the computer so in case I lose the original copies of the paper, which is unlikely, but just in case, it’s a back up.

7/9/2009

Today I tried to create a way to measure energy and happiness. I tried to create question about happiness and energy like how happy do you feel today and then answer with an answer between 1 and 10 so it was quantitative data. But I couldn’t think of enough questions for it. I think I will use it and but also I will write some comments every day about it so I can see whether or not I see an improvement over time.

7/10/2009

Today I tried to do some work by dividing my room into the 8 sectors for the feng shui. I didn’t have a protractor to find out how to split the room up into 8 sections according to the reading of the door. So I printed out a 360 protractor from the internet. But then I realized I didn’t have a compass to do the reading of the door, because to apply feng shui to the room, I have to first of all find the center of the room. But I also need to find out what the reading of the door is by standing in the doorway and taking the reading of a compass. Then I have to use that and then split up the room into 8 sections according to a system where a certain amount of degrees stands for certain emotions and elements. For example <span style="height: 39px; margin-left: -278px; margin-top: 11px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 77px; z-index: 5;"> North (compass reading from 337.5 to 22.5) (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- Feng Shui Element: Water (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- Colors: Blue and Black (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- Life Area: Career & Path in Life. (J)

7/11/2009

Today I bought all the accessories that I would probably need for my room. I bought a feng shui compass, a small Buddha, a coin “sword” and some loose Chinese coins. I only really needed a normal compass. I didn’t need to buy a feng shui compass, considering the writing on the compass is in Chinese, and I’m illiterate in Chinese. However, when my dad actually looked at the compass, he saw that the needle actually pointed south instead of north. The compass is so that you know the sectors of the room, mentioned in the above entry. The small Buddha was fine, and is quite small. It’s about the same size as a toonie, but it’s also fat. The coin sword I saw in my research. I actually thought I would have to buy the coins and then buy read string and string them into a sword shape. They actually ended up selling coin swords in Chinatown. Also there was a very large coin sword that looked very cool, but was quite expensive at $35 so I just bought a small $6 one. On the packaging of the coin sword, there was a piece of paper that was talking about 5, 6 and 7 emperor coin swords. That simply means that there are 5, 6 or 7 different emperor coins in the sword, but in the sword I bought, there were only 3 emperors, as my dad pointed out. However the loose coins that I bought were all different emperors, so I think I will tie those onto the coin sword to make it a 7 emperor sword. I still have to rearrange and clean up the room which I will do sooner rather than later. I also am having a lot of trouble creating the thing to quantitatively measure my energy and happiness.

7/16/2009

I finally got around to taking pictures of the actual items and some of the packaging that was relevant today.





6/7: Pictures to show the details on the calabash. 8/9/10/11: 4 Chinese coins. They are all different emperor coins. They aren’t real currency though. They are balanced in terms of elements. It’s metal and earth elements. It’s metal and earth elements because it’s made of metal, but the coin is also round, which is of the metal element. It’s earth because there’s a square hole, and square is earth. It’s a very potent wealth magnet, bringing good luck and wealth. 12: the packaging of the calabash. It just explains some of the background of the calabash.

7/17/2009 Today I divided the room into 8 sectors on my floor plan. I took the measurement of the door and I used that to find the way to divide the room up. I use the degrees to see which elements and stuff each sector is which. <span style="height: 39px; margin-left: -278px; margin-top: 11px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 77px; z-index: 25;"> North (compass reading from 337.5 to 22.5) (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- Feng Shui Element: Water (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- Colors: Blue and Black (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- Life Area: Career & Path in Life. (J)

<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- **Feng Shui Element: Earth** (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- **Colors: Beige, Light Yellow, and Sandy/Earthy** (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- **Life Area: Spiritual Growth & Self-Cultivation.** (J)
 * Northeast (compass reading from 22.5 to 67.5)** (J)

<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- **Feng Shui Element: Earth** (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- **Colors: Beige, Light Yellow, and Sandy/Earthy** (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- **Life Area: Love & Marriage.** (J)
 * Southwest (compass reading from 202.5 to 247.5)** (J)

<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- **Feng Shui Element: Metal** (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- **Colors: White and Gray** (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- **Life Area: Creativity & Children.** (J)
 * West (compass reading from 247.5 to 292.5)** (J)

<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- **Feng Shui Element: Metal** (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- **Colors: White and Gray** (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- **Life Area: Helpful People, Blessings & Travel.** (J)
 * Northwest (compass reading from 292.5 to 337.5)** (J)

East (compass reading from 67.5 to 112.5) (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- Feng Shui Element: Wood (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- Colors: Brown and Green (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- Life Area: Health & Family. (J)

Southeast (compass reading from 112.5 to 157.5) (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- Feng Shui Element: Wood (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- Colors: Brown and Green (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- Life Area: Money & Abundance. (J)

South (compass reading from 157.5 to 202.5) (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- Feng Shui Element: Fire (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- Colors: Red, Orange, Purple, Pink and Bright Yellow (J) <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">- Life Area: Fame & Reputation (a better translation is "The Light Within", or the Light YOU bring into the world:) (J) It was kind of difficult to split it up, because the compass is a half inch off the paper, so I had to use a ruler. Then I had to trace the degrees across the room. I will be starting to take some of the things I need to measure for my project. Things like happiness and energy. I will also be making journal entries every day too. I will be going to JD’s cottage from July 25th to August 4th, so I will not be able to do things then. But I will be rearranging the room before I go so I can get straight into the feng shui when I get back.

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<span style="height: 248px; left: -4px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: relative; top: 28px; width: 635px; z-index: 28;"> || Destroys || || 1: A small Buddha that I bought. Apparently rubbing the Buddha’s belly is supposed to bring luck to the person or the household. 2: The $6 coin sword. It’s tied together with red string, because red is a good colour in Chinese culture. It’s meant to ward off Shar Chi which is bad chi. It also increases prosperity. 3. This is a small feng shui compass. It serves as a compass and also helps you split the room up into the 8 sectors. Its arrow however is pointing toward south instead of north. 4. The packaging of the coin sword with information of the sword. It says information about different numbers of emperor coin swords. It’s referring to different emperor coins that are tied into the sword. 5. A picture of a metal calabash. Calabashes were dried and used to store medicine or water, giving it the nickname of “giver of life”. Calabashes are meant to absorb negative energies that represent illness and death. || || Destroys || || Today I wrote in the element, colours and life areas of each of the directions. I messed up a few times because I accidently wrote in the wrong life areas in the wrong sections. But I drew it in sharpie so I had to use white out to erase it. I also took pictures of me working on it and the final product that’s left. I sort of forgot what I was supposed to do with the elements in the sections, so I have to go back into the research to see what I was supposed to do. I don’t remember if I’m supposed to balance out those areas, or accentuate them. || || So for example if I wanted to accentuate a metal area, I would put earth, because earth supports metal. But if I wanted to balance a metal area, I would put fire because fire destroys metal. I think that it would be accentuating all of the areas because if you accentuated all the areas, they would balance each other out. I know which elements destroy and support each other because in one of the books I used, there was a diagram of it that I drew into the computer. 5 minutes later I checked back into my notes and it says to accentuate the elements. So putting a brown colour in a metal area would be good because earth supports metal. ||

This is the picture of the floor plan with all the information on each of the sections.

This is a picture of me writing down the elements and life areas of each of the sections in sharpie pen.

7/21/2009 Today I worked on the floor plan. I also lost the original version of the measurements and scale pictures of the things in my room, like bed and desk. Thankfully I scanned in the pictures so I didn’t have to redraw all of it. I just reprinted them and went over the lines with a black marker. Then I cut them out and put them onto my floor plan. I think I also need to accent the parts of my life that I want to bolster. For example, if I wanted to be more creative, I would support the west section of my room, since that part of the room has the life area of creativity. I’m kind of freaking out about the report, because it seems like a lot of work. I looked at the rubrics as well, and I went back through the work that I did and tried to fix it up more. I think later on in the summer or early in the school year, I will look through it again to see if I can improve it more, because maybe then I will be able to spot anything that I didn’t catch today. I think I will also plan out today how I will accent each section of the room with life areas that I want. 7/23/2009 Today I actually worked on balancing out the elements in my room. I figured out how to balance most of them. It was actually a lot harder than I had thought. I had to find things that would balance out the sectors. So for example for a wood sector, I put in a blue yoga mat, because the blue represents water and water supports wood. It was actually a lot more difficult to find things than I thought. I also have to buy some more things for it, which I will do after I get back from JD’s cottage. Also, some things are weakly accented, like for an earth sector, I put in a small red envelope, which is good, but since it’s so small, it doesn’t really accentuate it that much. 8/8/2009 Today I think I will try to rearrange the room, or at least prep the room to be rearranged. There is a desk with lots of stuff on it, so that needs to be cleaned up. Also there’s the wireless internet stuff underneath the desk, so I might either have to leave all of that stuff there or move it along with the desk. I really don’t feel like moving around the room lately. I’m also sick of this personal project. I really think it’s a huge waste of a summer. I’d much rather be hanging out with my friends than have to do this work. It also causes me stress because this is the first time we’ve had such a large project that takes place over such a large period of time. So I don’t really know how to space out the time, but I’ve been trying to work on it in small chunks. But still, after the personal project presentations where the people who just finished the project talked about it, they all told us not to procrastinate because you’ll probably need the time, so I’m in a slight constant freak out mode whenever I think about the personal project. 8/9/2009 So I didn’t end up working on moving everything around. I think I might have to move the furniture around more than once to find out what I think will be comfortable, because now that I think about it, the plan I have might be a bit weird. The problem with the room I’m trying to rearrange is that the bed is supposed to be in view from the door, but that eliminates most of the room because there is a little bit of a corridor between the door and the rest of the room. 8/13/2009 Today I rearranged the room. It wasn’t particularly difficult seeing as how the room isn’t very big. Also I changed the plan a lot. The one on the left is the original design. The one on the right is the new design. In the first one, the bed and desk kind of cuts the room in half. In the new design, it doesn’t cut the room in half, and it makes the room have more space that is useable.

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Slide 1

text: My Personal Project colour: white size 60 picture of my feng shui floor plan as the background, with the text in white at the bottom

speaking: telling them about what i did - i applied laws of feng shui to my room - rearranged it why i did it - learn a bit of chinese culture - seemed interesting - good way to be in a better mood and be happier

Slide 2

text: Process colour: white Size: 60 background a picture the buddha i bought

speaking: talking about what i could have done -buddhism - too zen - too many laws/rules to learn quickly - too many lessons to learn very quickly

- acupuncture - made my back seize up - not very involved

- feng shui - relatively okay to do - involves me - something i can do by myself

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