Shanice Braxton — Science Leadership Academy @ Center City

Extra Credit Assignment

Posted by Shanice Braxton in Statistics - Thompson on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 9:33 pm

I would have to say the first benchmark was my favorite benchmark. Our main task was to calculate the consumer price index for various stores. I worked in a group with Dyamond Logan, Camille Granby, and James Smith, which by the way was the best group of people I worked with for a math assignment. We all went to different markets and jot down the regular price and sale price of 25 items and calculate the 5-Number Summary and IQR. Once we completed that, we looked at the distribution of our store, observed the significance between regular and sale price, and compared our mean prices to other stores.
I have gained valuable statistical data throughout this project because I learned how to calculate the 5-number summary, interquartile range, mean and standard deviation. Along with that I learned how to graph data on box plots and histograms. I honestly enjoyed doing every step of this project because I really understood what I had to complete and I was excited that I could do all the math and equations all by myself. It was a big accomplishment.

Inquiry: I inquired what grocery store would have the lowest and the highest prices on our items.

Research: I researched information on what consumer price index is and how it’s useful and effective for the costumer.

Collaboration: I collaborated with Dyamond, Camille, James, and a few of the employees at Pathmart.

Presentation: My group and I presented our work and on keynote and the presentation went well.

Reflection: I worked very hard on this benchmark and I feel as though it was the most in compelling subject that we worked on.

Advanced Art BM3

Posted by Shanice Braxton in Advanced Art - Hull on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 12:24 pm

Drawing these specific figures and items were interesting but challenging. My favorite out of all seven of them would have to be the pencil drawing of my hand. It's simple because it's a hand, 5 fingers and a palm. But what made it so compelling was all the details and features that had to be portrayed, i.e the way the hand is positioned, shadows, and the hundreds of lines thats on your hand.

Surprisingly I did a good job on my self-portrait. I think that was my most successful drawing because I doubted myself before I drew it. Once I go the outline of of face I knew from that point on I was going to do okay. A good start off for me is a success. The charcoal drawing of the snapple was also successful because it looks exactly like a peach snapple bottle and I didn't have a hard time doing it at all.

Drawing for a week was a bit draining but because all of my drawing were done and successful it was intriguing. At first I really thought I was going to crack and give up. But once I finished one drawing and seen how good it came out, that pushed me to keep going.

Advanced Art Q2

Posted by Shanice Braxton in Advanced Art - Hull on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 5:35 pm

I present to you "The Shy One." I first seen this image on FaceBook and I took one look at it and was amazed by the whole thing. I fell in love because it's represent me in a way. Shy and sophisticated. When I research the picture some more I found out that she wasn't the "Shy One" at all, in fact she was originally sitting on a car with a wrench in her hand. As you can I eliminated the wrench and that car and replaced the wrench with a cigarette. Adding the cigarette gave more of and sexy and sophisticated feel to the picture.
I want to thank Ms. Hull because she helped me out majorly throughout this drawing.

Does evolution stop once a species has become a "species?"

Posted by Shanice Braxton in Science and Society - Best on Friday, November 12, 2010 at 10:38 am

Does evolution stop once a species has become a species?
Well my question was, does evolution stop once a species has become a “species?” And from what I have researched, evolution does not stop once a species becomes a species. Every population of living organisms is enduring some sort of evolution. Even though they’re undergoing a some sort of change, though the extent speed of the process varies significantly from one group to another. Populations that experience a great change in environmental conditions, whether that change comes in the form of a new predator or a new island to disperse to, evolve much more quickly than do populations in a more stable set of conditions. This is because evolution is driven by natural selection, and because when the environment changes, selective pressures change, favoring one portion of the population more heavily than it was favored before the change.

"Evolution: Frequently Asked Questions." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. Web. 12 Nov. 2010. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/faq/cat05.html#Q03>