Month: May 2024

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Wrap Up

Poster Presentation

On May 16th, 2024, I participated in OSU’s Spring Poster Symposium. According to the Office of Undergraduate Research, around 300 students presented research, mentored by about 150 OSU faculty members. 1300 community members attended the event. This was my first experience ever presenting research. It was definitely positive, although it did also show me that I have lots of room to grow in these sorts of situations. The Symposium was set up where community members would wander and then when they stop at a poster, the presenter of that poster would give a short presentation on their research. I think that a really effective aspect of my presentation was that I actually had a databot at the symposium to give a live demonstration. Because the lesson is supposed to be accessible, giving a live demonstration of using all of the technology on the spot is a good way to show how easily accessible the lesson is.

Resources

Here are some resources that I have created throughout the URSA project.

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DataBot Project

Updates

Desmos

A major aspect of this project is using Desmos to perform data sonification. In order to use the data that we collect using the different sensor options, we import a set of datapoints to Desmos. In Desmos, we can add datapoints to the graph, and connect datapoints via lines. Here is an example. The challenge is that using the “Hear graph” function on this type of graph will only play noise for the discrete points on the graph. This means that they will play a sound for each point on the graph, but not for the lines connecting the points. This makes the data very challenging to actually understand. We are thinking about using a line of best fit function, but preliminary tests have not really worked well. I will continue to test that out in the near future.

More content will be coming soon, including a published lesson plan for Oregon fourth graders, involving the databot and motion. I am also doing a poster presentation on May 16th. That poster will be posted soon after the event has happened.