Let’s talk about the menstrual cycle! Menstruation, also known as a period, is a process women go through every month. Talking about this shouldn’t be a taboo! After all, there are about 49.6% of women globally and about 53.6% in Philadelphia. My Capstone project goal is to create awareness about what homeless women go through. These women might not have the option to buy either a meal or hygiene products. With limited access to feminine hygiene products, I decided to create care packages for these women. Even if my project didn’t go as planned, it turned out better than I thought. <3

For my capstone I taught middle school children what ACE was. I’ve created different presentations with different types of projects that relate to ACE. ACE stands for Architecture, Construction Engineering. I’ve shadowed JMT and my middle school, Christopher Columbus Charter School, to learn and to teach about ACE. I want to teach middle school children about ACE because, since they are coming to age where they will start to choose a career, this allows them to understand and prepare them if they want to follow the engineering path. I’ve created different presentations that I present to students about the different projects and ways that we can make the projects simple but also fun to learn. This allows students to be more engaged in engineering. During the process of creating the projects, I thought about how children will be more engaged and ask questions while doing this project. Teaching middle school students about this encourages me to reach my goal and encourage more children. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X07UGjOOc8-kYd-WnmelVcCJJUhoxQSZg467DRw7bp0/edit?usp=sharing

What do a turntable, and Furby, and the White Stripes have in common? My project, Jack and Jill, began with summer research the summer after sophomore year. It incorporates engineering, art, and music, into a product that spoke on my experience and self. The Capstone I ended with is not the Capstone I began with, but it still turned out better than I could have planned. The literature I wrote follows my process through the year, as well as the engineering details. Attached is the final version of the document I created, and you can find photos and videos linked below. (The bibliography is in the document)