December 30-January 5

What I Did This Week

            This week, I finished a few more calendar pages, specifically for September 2014 and January 2015. Respectively, their topics are Wildlife Conservation and Biodegradable Plastic. I also went on a helicopter ride into the Grand Canyon, as my family and I are currently in Las Vegas on holiday. I got a picture of Hoover Dam there for my Hydroelectric Renewable Energy calendar page, and the pilot of the helicopter told me a few informational facts about the area and the Canyon and Hoover Dam itself, which I will use in the informational part of my calendar. I also got a good picture of the Grand Canyon, which I can use as backup if one of my topics does not work out. The Grand Canyon picture would likely fall under Park and Zoo Maintenance calendar page, if needed.

John McArthur, the pilot of the helicopter my family and I rode in

Hoover Dam

Grand Canyon

Difficulties Faced

            A difficulty that I faced was that there were other people in the helicopter, and so whenever I tried to take a picture through the window, there would usually be someone else’s hand or another body part in the picture, which was not a good thing. Also, I had forgotten to bring a notebook because I thought I was only going on the helicopter ride for the picture, so by the time I got back to the hotel, I had forgotten quite a lot of what the pilot told me.

How I Solved the Challenges/What I Learned

            For the problem of unwanted people accidentally getting into my pictures, I was able to crop some of the pictures without them looking too bad. I was unable to fully solve the problem of not bringing a notebook as my memory is quite bad, but I remembered a few important things, which I used in my calendar. I learned to always be prepared with a notebook wherever I go. I also learned to have a backup topic for certain large projects just in case something goes wrong with one of the topics and one needs to change it, fast. I feel more at ease now that I have my Grand Canyon picture, because I know that I have a backup topic. This is the last week before school starts up again, and I am planning to finish all my calendar pages before the break ends, so when I get back that is one of the primary things that I will try to get done.