Final+Proposal

My rationale for this project was fairly simple, think big. What is bigger in this world right now than what runs everything, power, and the rising prices of gasoline are a pain to the everyday consumer. Simply buying goods that have been shipped shows that you have already been affected by the energy crisis. My initial research of the project flows right into my current state, wind power has been my main focus the whole time, and since the beginning I have just been discovering the potential of the field. A question I want to solve is - How can America and other world powers spread the use of Wind Power?

My vision for this project is global, of course I cannot do the global aspect of this project by myself, the whole world could be affected by my project if the right steps were taken to spread the use of alternative power. Springfield High School is full of smart kids, who will someday be the adults in charge in the working world, and to express to them the efficacy of wind power, they may be in favor of this in the future, and spread the good word of clean energy. My final product will encompass all the research I have done to this point and the final hands on project will be to educate others about energy like this.


 * Educate students about the efficacy of clean, wind power.
 * Receive a good grade from the teacher.
 * Feel complete in finishing my high school career.
 * Begin transition to College.
 * Popularize and promote the idea of losing dependency on foreign oil.

To show that I have met my goals, my final project will include the final presentation, as well as my hands on. I truthfully don't know what to do for my hands on part of the final project, but ideally it would be an out of school, extra curricular activity that would somehow promote wind power, possibly in the near towns or in the near future to install some type of turbine. Of course something like that is incredibly optimistic to achieve in one semester, but to spread ideas about clean energy, and to save the Earth from ourselves is important for all inhabitants who care for how and where we live.

I need many materials, resources and additional information to complete my project the way i want it to be done. I really need to find my topic expert because i can email them questions about my topic specific to what i need. Also my presentation will have to be a culmination of all the things i have learned about making public speeches and power point presentations. By December I hope to have my hands on portion of my project done, and be collecting information from what is is I'm doing. My power point presentation will be done around the same time, slide shows like this are quite easy to do, but given the right information, layout, and care can make the difference n a good presentation. In addition to the information I have on wind farming, and wind turbines, I should attain more information on the use of gasoline in today's America, and to really show how dependent we are on other countries to do all the things we do in our daily lives.

My topic expert has not been discovered yet, but I think a strong person to have would be a government official, or someone who has a degree in the field of wind energy, or alternative energy uses. A government sponsored scholar would most likely have the same passion as I do to increase usage of wind farming.

The personal importance is relevant to me, this project is not a topic I live or die by, but it is something that when made to pick something, I found myself very interested. To complete this project will require effort, I have laid the foreground for what needs to be done, and now I simply have to do it. My research abilities have really been tested, finding good information that was completely for my topic, and was by a refutable source was a task in itself. A weakness i will soon address is my terrible public speaking, I constantly cannot make and maintain eye contact with my audience, and the 'flow' of my public speaking voice is not very good, often times I resort to "ahhs" and "umms." I agree with the ending of the conclusion portion of the formal proposal you have written. I feel i have laid out my strengths and weaknesses, but as the senior seminar class concludes, i will find other parts of my work ethic and motivations that i may need to work on, or may just find out about myself.