The week that just passed was the IP1′s IndiEventure Week! The week before, we were given three problems to bid for, namely LUV IT, LUSCIOUS and UNTITLED. On late start monday we were told which category we were in and who were the people we were working with. We also found out the various subjects the problems were based on, LUV IT was biology and language arts, LUSCIOUS was chemistry and mathematics and UNTITLED was physics and literature. We all then went to start on our problems, which was supposed to be presented on the coming thursday.
For LUV IT, the groups had to choose a food product each, present on the biological molecules of the product and evaluate the truthfulness of the marketing campaign. They then had to design an alternative marketing which showed the truths of the product. We started on our research and some even went to GIANT and Cold Storage at Parkway Parade to buy their food product for analysis. During the course of the week, we researched on the claims of the product as seen on the packaging or advertisements, met up with our mentors (biology and language arts teachers) for consultation and even spent time making the alternative marketing campaigns which came in the form of videos, posters etc.
For LUSCIOUS, the groups were suppose to make a lipstick using natural ingredients and the lipstick must be able to last for three days. The mathematics part of the project was about symmetry of the lips, ratio of the upper lip to the lower lip, or even the golden ratio. The various groups went around getting the materials and they even had laboratory work where they made the lipstick using the materials gathered. Even though it was tough and complicated and they failed countless times during the experiment, they managed to succeed in making something in the end.
For UNTITLED, the groups had to solve a case in which a driver named Sylvia died along a road. She had a journal with her with one diary entry in which the poem ‘Ariel’ by Sylvia Plath was written. They had to find out information of the famous poet Sylvia Plath, and analyse the poem and link it to her death. They also had to use the physics aspect to find out the velocity-time graph using various information and link it to her death.
After three days of tough work, thursday came and the groups presented to the other groups within the same project. As I was part of LUV IT, I only know about the details of LUV IT. The various products the different groups presented consisted of Vitagen with collagen, Milo, Vitamin water, Anlene and GNC, Special K cereal, Coke Zero, Skippy peanut butter and Red Bull. The presentations provided us with a lot of biological information and truths about the product. The advertisements were also interesting and humorous which targeted different groups of target audience. The judges’ (biology and language arts teachers) comments were that the biological information was good, but the component on the language arts was lacking and it had sort of turned into a biology project. However, they were quite satisfied with the amount of effort we had put in and the work we had done and among eight groups they chose two, the Skippy peanut butter and the Special K cereal group to proceed to the finals.
The finals was on the next day, Friday. This time, the two groups who had emerged were to compete against two other groups each from the other projects and present their work to the whole cohort. One of the groups of LUSCIOUS presented their lipstick which they named leapstick and showed how even though some lips are not in the form of the golden ratio, if you apply lipstick out of the form of your lips just to make it look like the golden ratio, you will not look good and simplicity is the best. The other group of LUSCIOUS presented on their lipstick which was a lipstone as they had failed to make one that could stand in a mould. However, it still served its functions as a lipstick. Instead of using the golden ratio, they had chosen to compare the ratio of the upper lip to the lower lip using the top five models who had the best lips as said on the internet. One of the groups of UNTITLED presented their findings on the murder case and stated that it was an accident as the driver Sylvia who was deep in her thoughts, upon seeing an oncoming car had swerved into a siding and crashed into a pole, causing her death. However, the other group of UNTITLED said that she was planning her suicide when she accidentally crashed into a pole and died.
The presentations have been over but the results have not yet been released. It had been a tough and enriching week having to do so much work and research in three days, especially when you have to work with people from different classes and you may not know them that well. However, everyone has successfully managed to complete their work on time and built friendships through this form of teamwork. I’m sure the IP1′s had a great time working on their projects and communicating with their teammates.
Here are some photos on the final presentation, held on Friday. Enjoy!
Photos by Andris Lee 11v11