Adv Engineering

Charity Fair - Project Blog Post Summary:  This project was when we had to research different charities and decide which one was bested suited to our cause. Before this though, we had a debate over which charity type was more beneficial- small charities, or large charities. I learned that a lot of the money just goes to admin costs in large charities. I also learned that smaller charities are a little bit less-known, so they're more unreliable. Backward-Looking: How much did you know about the subject before we started? I chose the subject of animal abuse for Charity Fair, and before we started, I knew that a lot of animals faced daily abuse and that only a few of the abusers were sentenced to prison. I knew that some animals faced psychological trauma for years when they went to shelters and that some cases were so bad that they were euthanized. Inward-Looking: How do you feel about this piece of work? What parts of it do you particularly like/dislike? Why? What...

 \ Are Paper Books Better Than Ebooks? You’re in the library with your parents. Which side do you prefer? The side with the computers and tablets for kids to read their ebooks, or the side with columns and columns filled with rows and rows of printed books, some with covers beaten with time, some with fresh, shimmering covers that reflect the rays of light in colorful waves? I suggest that you go to the printed book side for several good reasons. Printed books are much better than ebooks, for several good reasons. For one, paperback books can boost the retention of a reader. Second, the brightness of a tablet screen hurts your eyes, while printed books don’t emit such light. A study has found that infants learn more from hands-on/kinesthetic reading. Another study has found that ebooks can degrade our deep-reading skills. Furthermore, the light the ebooks emit can contribute to the ever-growing problem of visual fatigue, which is a condition “marked by tired, itching,...