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Criterion A: For my personal project, I have built my very own health monitor or
tracker, using an Arduino computer and sensors. This monitor can record and display a human’s pulse rate, body temperature, and oxygen saturation. The device itself is made up of an Arduino computing platform, pulse, temperature and SPO2 sensors, a display screen and many other smaller parts to get the device to function. To use it, a person can come into contact with any of the sensors, and the device will measure and display the recordings. Other than putting together and assembling the monitor, I also learned how to program some of the monitor’s functions, and how all the parts work together.
This idea of building a health monitoring device fit perfectly with my passion in the medical field and my interest in coding and programming. I was curious to experiment and find an affordable way to bring efficient health monitoring systems to poor and undeveloped areas. To spread the word and share my project with others in the future, I have created a website including the process and journey I went through to put this monitor together, and on there I have shared why I chose to make it and how it could change certain communities.
My project is a piece of technology, and I made it, aiming to bring an improved system for health monitoring to underprivileged communities and environments. Because of that, the global context for my project is scientific and technical innovation. I believe this is the best global context for my project because it focuses on how technology can create a change in people’s lives. Since my device was supposed to create improvements in communities through the use of advanced technology, I knew that my health monitor had to be successful in being able to record and present data quickly, efficiently, and all for a reasonable price. This project matches well with the scientific and technological innovation global context.
To successfully complete my project, I had to follow a good goal. My clear and challenging goal was that I will research how to program an Arduino computer, and how to work and use sensors. Then, I would create my own health monitor using what I have learned. After that I would share what I have created with the public, to further contribute to helping reduce medical problems from occurring to people in developing or underprivileged communities. My goal is clear because it splits the process into different categories or separate sections that I need to focus on. The goal isn’t vague either and there isn’t just one or two simple parts to it, making it complete and thorough. As mentioned before, part of the idea of making a health monitor was to connect to my passion in healthcare and helping out people in poor or undeveloped countries. I wanted to find and share an affordable but effective way to provide a proper health monitoring system in certain areas so that more lives could be saved in the future. This concept of using a device to improve environments and communities connects to the global concept scientific and technical innovation as well.
Research was one of the crucial steps in the process of building my health monitor. A large portion of my project heavily relied on information that I would have to gain from doing lots and lots of research. Evidence of my excellent research skills is seen in my final product in full function, and on my website.
Before I planned to make a health monitoring device, I did not have enough knowledge about how to program and use micro computers like an Arduino. At first, I had to get some base information on which products to use. I researched different products like the Raspberry Pi and the Arduino computer. After comparing the two, I got to know more about the structure of a computer, how inputs and outputs work, the difference between program and machine language, and which micro computer would work best for my project.
After, I researched in even more detail by using resources like websites, books, videos and talking to experts. I found out that Arduino is better because it works well with hardware and sensors, which were crucial components to the device I was trying to make. Gaining information on this topic was evidence of research, highly relevant to my project. I have displayed most of the research in more detail, on my website. There, I explained why I used specific parts, how they function, and how I put everything together as well.
Criterion B: In order to assess myself and the final outcome of my project, I had to develop multiple types of criteria to grade with. The five rigorous criteria for the success of my project were, planning, research, programming, create, and the trifold/presentation. The first part of my criteria, which is the planning part, is where I assess myself based on how well I planned out the process and all the steps, ahead of time. Not only will I grade myself based on the plan, but also how well I have followed that plan and how much I kept up with it. The research is another crucial part to my project, and without research I would be able to continue on to building the actual product. If I did excellent research that was shown in the final product, I would meet this criteria.
A large portion of my project required me to learn and do a lot of coding and programming. With this criteria I assessed myself with how much I have learned, and how well I used programming to produce the best outcome of my project. The creating part of this project was probably the hardest and it was challenging at times to get everything in the right place. With this criteria, I can make sure that I did my best by getting the monitor to function properly at the end.
The last thing I will assess myself on is my final presentation and trifold. With this, I can make sure that I demonstrated and shared my work in a detailed and creative way. I made sure that I did the best I could in this criteria to present my rigorous work.
The major steps in my timeline were, to do background research on the topic of of my project first, then order all the parts needed to build the monitor, research programming and how to use Arduino in depth, and start building the actual monitor and programming the sensors along the way. Later, I had to test and tweak a prototype model of the product, then make final adjustments and edits to produce a final, fully functioning monitor. Lastly I would put together information about my project and the process on a website, and display and present my work on a trifold. These were the exact steps I followed, in this order, to successfully complete my project in the right way and in time.
I had to develop my time management and self management skills through the process of my project. Evidence of my time management skills is seen in my timeline and my completed product. My timeline lists every single step I had to follow throughout the whole course of the project in detail. Since I have ended up with a fully functioning project and I have presented clear and detailed work, that shows that I have achieved my goal. A big part of that goal was to stay on track and follow a detailed and accurate plan. Therefore, I have demonstrated excellent self management and time management skills.
I was normally used to procrastinating, but for this project I tried to develop a mindset where I was focused on staying on track. I made sure I divided up all the steps in a reasonable way, and I also learned to balance what I had to complete for this project and other work at or outside school. Also, to avoid slacking off, I decided to add some “wiggle room” or extra time in case I would need to use it to catch up on any of the processes in my project. This ended up being a great decision and it helped me stay on track and thoroughly complete all the steps.This proves that I had great management skills, once again.
Criterion C: My challenging goal for this project was to research how to program a raspberry pi computer. Then, create my own health monitor using what I have learned, and share what I have created with the public, to further contribute to helping reduce medical problems from occurring to people in developing countries. Evidence that I have successfully met my clear and challenging goal, is that the outcome of my project was a properly working health tracking monitor.
I had no previous knowledge on how to code or program, and the fact that I programmed a monitor to work properly, shows that I learned something new and I became an expert with using it. I also ended up with an excellent website that contains information on what I have learned, and why I chose to make the product. This shows I have completed the programming and sharing portion of my goal.
My project met my chosen global context, scientific and technological innovation, because my monitor was a piece of technology that could potentially improve life in poor or undeveloped areas. This global context fit well with my health monitor, and it was completely relevant to science and technology because it required parts like sensors and computers, and programming and coding was needed to make the device record and display different measurements.
The main purpose of my health monitor or the reason why I chose to make it, was because I wanted to help contribute to improving health tracking processes in areas that lack proper health care or monitoring. I explored a new health monitoring technology made from an Arduino micro computer, which was a way to create a beneficial change in certain areas by improving the way human health was tracked. This proves that my project has met my chosen global context, and it is highly relevant.
To accomplish my goal, I had to succeed in all sections of my criteria as well.
Evidence that I met the criteria for my project is that I have completed each step thoroughly and the outcome of my project accomplished every part of my goal. Planning out the stages of the process of my project was the first part of the criteria, and to meet it, I had to write a detailed timeline. I succeeded in this because my final health monitor turned out to work properly and I completed making a website and presentation on my project. Since I followed all of the steps in time, it shows that I have met this criteria. I did the best I could with attaining great information for the research criteria, and it was helpful in making my overall project successful. I was able to build the monitor and I had to learn a lot about each part, how to put everything together, how to program and how the final product functions. My final completed project proves that I have met the research portion of the criteria.
Another part of the criteria, was to learn and successfully program. The sensors and computer work together because of the program or code that I have written and installed. This shows that I have met the programming criteria. To be able to create and build the monitor itself was also a part of the criteria. I ended up with a fully functioning health tracking device, with a computer, sensors, connecting wires, a bread board, and a display board. Since I accurately created the device from “scratch”, and knew how it worked, that is proof that I met the creation part of my criteria.
The final part of my criteria was to display my finished work with a presentation and trifold. I have completed this because I was able to explain how the monitor works in detail with my thorough research and accurate information. I also made an excellent trifold board, displaying the stages I went through, information about the parts and pictures of the process. All of this concludes that I met the last criteria.
To learn the details behind how my health tracking monitor worked, I could not just rely on research and information online. I had to use excellent thinking skills to understand and be able to explain to others. Evidence of my excellent thinking skills in this project is that I fully understood and can explain the science behind how my device works. Because I learned so much about it and I had to apply excellent thinking skills multiple times, I became an expert with my health monitor and I could make others understand more about it.
Evidence of my excellent communication and social skills is demonstrated on my website. There are pages that include information on the parts I used, and why I used them, how I assembled the device, how I programmed the device to make the sensors work, and how I displayed the information. I also included a page on why I chose to make the monitor and how it could improve the lifestyle of people in undeveloped areas in the future.
By putting this information on a public website, I am sharing my experience and ideas to others. With more people knowing about this new type of technology, they could be inspired, and through this communication, social change could happen. The multiple pages of information I added onto my website were there to display my extensive research and my work. This content on my website shows my excellent communication and social skills.
Criterion D: The final outcome of my project was excellent because it met all the criteria and my challenging goal. Overall it contained everything it needed to be high quality. It worked excellently when any of the sensors came into contact with anyone, the device would record and display all the accurate measurements. This proved that I met the research, creation, and programming sections of the criteria. I did well in these areas because the final product did what I intended for it to do.
Other than the product itself, the other components, like the website and trifold presentation, also came out with great quality, my extensive research. These parts of the project were greatly successful and they both were made with great time and effort which was visible. Overall, my whole project has met each part of the criteria successfully, and my project took a lot of work which was shown in every single component. That proves the great quality of the outcome of my project.
I have done extensive research to learn about how I was going to create the health monitoring device and by the end of it, I gained a lot of new knowledge on many aspects of the pro ject.Completing this project has greatly expanded my knowledge and understanding on the topic of programming, using sensors and what certain health measurements mean. I got to know about this topic so much that I can explain and make others understand as well.
To get through the multiple stages of building my monitor, I had to learn more and more new things one after the other. Through this research, I got to learn so much about micro computers and both categories of them. From there I had to gain more knowledge on other things related to the topic, such as programming, sensors, and what certain health measurements mean. It was necessary to learn about all of these things, so I got to expand my knowledge.
Completing this project also expanded my knowledge and understanding on the global concept of scientific and technological innovation. After looking through the different global concepts, the concept of scientific and technological innovation sparked the idea of making a technology to provide better health monitoring for areas that lack it. This global concept made me explore other projects that fit in the same category. This gave a better understanding of the concept itself.
Throughout the process of building my health monitoring device, I have seen myself improve and grow as an IB learner. Evidence that I have grown as an IB learner is that I have grown and developed the traits of becoming a risk-taker, more knowledgeable, and a stronger thinker, through the course of this project. Firstly, the project that I chose was not very simple or easy. Compared to some of the projects that my peers have made, I found out that I have chosen a pretty challenging project. I realized that I had no experience or knowledge at all about the topic I chose, and I was worried that I was putting too much work on my shoulders. I decided to move on with this project and not change my mind. This made me become more of a risk-taker, because I was doing something I normally would not prefer to do.
Another way that I have grown, was by becoming more knowledgeable on the topic of my project. Part of my goal was to be able to understand and demonstrate how the device works. To do this, I had to do tons of research on this new subject, and I have gained lots of knowledge. By the end of the project i knew how my device worked and I could explain what each part did and how everything functions together to give the end result.
Along with becoming more knowledgeable, I became a better thinker as well. After doing all the research, I had to be able to think about each step and process to fully understand how my device works. I had to think deeper at times, and look at situations in different ways to make difficult choices. Through this process I got the experience of doing lots of constant thinking, and I could use this improved skill in the future for other things in life.
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Journal Extracts
August 22, 2019: For my personal project, I want to make a portable or "at home" health monitor. I will try to make this monitor by using an “Arduino" computer and program it to function just like health monitors that you can find in hospitals. I want this device to be able to monitor as an ECG for heart rate, SPO2, for respiration, temperature and blood pressure. Throughout the making of this monitor I will have to learn how to program by using computer languages like Scratch and Python. I will also learn a lot about how health statistics like the ones I mentioned are measured and tracked and what they mean. After I make this and learn about what it takes to make a monitor like this one, I can find ways that it can used to benefit our world today. As developed countries are evolving fast and becoming more and more modern, developing countries are lagging farther behind and they can't afford simple to stay alive. Healthcare is becoming a huge issue and in poorer areas, more people lose lives just because they don;t have proper healthcare or they are not aware about their own health statistics. Making a health monitor with cheap parts like a raspberry pi computer, an effective and simple device can provide those people to be aware of their health, and they will still have a chance to see a doctor if they see that something is wrong. If more of these monitors can be made and brought to developing countries, that can really benefit the health of so many people. It is almost like giving a chance to be aware and give them enough time to get sent to a hospital.
August 28, 2019: So after looking through the multiple different ATLs, I found that the Thinking Skills one matched up with my personal project the best. This is because, the thinking skills category contained smaller skills like critical thinking. Within the critical thinking category, it focuses more on analyzing and evaluating issues and ideas. In my project, I chose the issue about people in developing or poorer countries not being able to save themselves or get diagnosed or cured in time. This problem is very big because people and families who can;t afford medical checkups or examinations, and they could face serious problems with their health. This is the problem I am trying to improve or make better as much as I can. With the idea that I had, I was going to make and program a portable, in home, health monitor that is affordable and can provide health or medical examinations for thousands of people who should have it. The critical thinking section also talked about solving problems, and that it what my goal is and what I am aiming to do with my project.
The scientific and technical innovation global concept fits my personal project idea the most accurately. This is because my project is in the science and technology category, and I will be learning more about those fields and using it to produce the health monitor I plan to program and build. This global context also aims to learn about the relationship between humans and technology, and I want to create a futuristic piece of technology to make human life safer and easier. Since my project is more about solving a problem in a futuristic and technical way, it is also an advancement in our world if this project is successful and can be transported to different places. All of these are reasons why this global context fits the best with my project idea.
September 23, 2019: Now, for the criteria section, or the topics I have used to assess my project with, I have put together five different criteria that I thought fitted well with my project. The first couple of criteria, were things that I had to do to complete my project correctly. Those were, researching, programming and creating. Research is something I will have to do in order to get to know more about what I had to be doing and actually learn about the process. I assessed myself on how much I have researched and how much my research has contributed to my final product. Next, programming is another crucial step of building a health monitor. I needed to see how well I could program with what research and learning I have done, then I graded myself based on how much and how well I have programmed on my own. I also had to create or put together my final product to finish, so I assessed myself on how accurately and close my project was to the goals I set. The other two criteria were planning and my trifold or presentation. Planning and following my plans was something I wanted to improve on this year, and I thought this project was a perfect way to improve that skill. So with the planning criteria, i got to see how well I have organized my time, and how well I followed my plans. Lastly, I had to make a presentable trifold to display and explain my project, so that was my last criteria. I used this criteria to assess my presentation, specifically on how neat and detailed it turned out.
Creating a thorough and detailed timeline that I could use to organize my work and stay on track, was something I wanted to get better at this year. So to evenly divide up the different things I had to do for this project, I created a timeline or a detailed guide to follow. I created my timeline by explaining the things I had to do for every week up until the submission date of the project. Over the weeks, I have tried my best to follow each week’s specified plan, and it has really helped me focus on certain parts of my research or creating. I felt like I had more time to put my best effort into each step, which overall, made a great impact on my final product. In my timeline, I divided up the work into sections for researching, programming and putting everything together. In the first week I had to research the parts to actually create my health monitor. I ordered the parts first to get that over with, and also because I wouldn’t have to worry about it getting shipped late. The next couple of weeks, I did lots of research. First I had to research and learn the basics of coding and programming. Week by week, I kept researching deeper and deeper about my specific idea. I learned the basics of python, how to use python, how to use python to program a raspberry pi, and how to program to create a health monitor. All of this research took a couple of weeks, but it was the most important part. After the parts arrived, I immediately got to work. I started experimenting and trying to put everything together. It was a bit of a hassle, but I had enough time to learn from my mistakes and get things in the correct position. After a couple more weeks, I was getting closer and closer to getting the whole monitor put together. The last couple of weeks were for putting on final touches and testing out the device. It took a few trials to get in good working condition, but in the end it turned out great. After my actual product was finished, I spent the rest of my time making my trifold for presenting. Overall, my timeline really helped my get through each step and make good use of my time. I could learn a lot more about the process and achieve my goals.
October 1, 2019: Most of the challenges that I have been facing were about procrastinating and having big expectations. I usually procrastinate a lot and that is not a good idea when there is a deadline coming up and I haven’t been very productive. When I procrastinate, that means I am not using time at home wisely and I am piling up a lot of work for when I get closer to the deadline. I made a timeline and one of my goals was to follow a timeline the best I could to stay on track. To keep up with my timeline I should put up weekly or daily reminders on my calendar and phone so that I keep remembering to work on my project and not lag behind. I should change the way I think about my plans for the day, I should start finishing up work first and being more productive.
Another challenge I have been facing was about having big expectations. After I submitted my proposal, I looked at my project more into depth and I started realizing that it was actually going to be a lot of work and I started doubting myself if I could actually do it. If I could have researched my project more into depth ahead of time, I could have narrowed things down and make it more realistic and approachable. Now that I have looked into the project, I can try narrowing things down so I have more time to focus on one specific aspect of my project such as just building a heartbeat monitor instead of a monitor that records three things.. I can pull out some more time to work on it and I could ask some experts who I am familiar with to help me get everything together and understand how it works. I also need to try to overcome the fear or worry inside me that I have too much to do and I won’t finish in time. To fix this I should narrow my project down a bit and work on the part that I am comfortable with. This will help me handle everything without having stress about my big expectations.
October 9, 2019: Research was a key part to be able to complete this project and understand the steps that needed to be taken. The first thing I had to research was the basic building block of my project, or the thing that would make everything work the way it is supposed to. This was learning how to program, specifically using python. I had to research by reading web pages, watching videos and getting advice from experts who program. Much research was needed to fully understand how programming worked, what was is used for and of course how it was done.
Other than programming, I also needed to know how to program a raspberry pi and make it work, before I start writing the code. I knew a few experts who have used raspberry pi a couple of times, and I saw some YouTube videos explaining the little computer with lots of visual details. This research really helped me know more about the base or fundamental steps needed to make my project work.
The last part of research I needed to do was on how to put everything together and make it work. Since I had already done research on programming and raspberry pi, I found out that doing more research on that was just what would help me. While trying to look for places to research , I realized that it was more difficult to find information related to my specific project. This was because not many people had successfully made a health monitor with a raspberry pi. It was challenging to research but, in the end I found a couple sources and I tried getting some more notes and tips from other experts to fill in the gaps, and answer the rest of my questions. The process of research was a long and difficult, but in the end I got lots of newer information to carefully lead me through my whole project and it was a great learning experience.
October 15, 2019: Currently I am still in the process of researching and learning how to code/program. It is the second week now that I have been researching. This part is pretty crucial and it will be the most important because I need to be familiar with what I am doing and how to put everything together. I am pretty on track and up to date with my timeline which is good. I also can see that I have a lot of other things to look forward to like tests/quizzes and other school projects, so I am a little worried that I will start falling behind in a couple weeks because I won’t have enough time.
So far I have accomplished ordering mostly all the parts that I will need to assemble the health monitor and I have received the parts as well. It is good that I got them pretty early before I do any of the other steps for my project because they have shipped on time, and I will have more time to get to know all the parts and assemble them correctly. I have also accomplished a little bit of the research portion for my project. This step is probably the longest because it takes time to find and understand the content and information.
Currently I would give myself the grade of an A-. Since we turned in our proposals, I couldn’t get much done except for research and ordering the parts. Making a health monitor takes some time especially when you have to start all the way from scratch. Even though I haven’t physically started putting my health monitor together, I would still give myself an A- because I have done lots of research on the basics of programming and working with the raspberry pi. That took a lot of time and patience because it wasn’t very simple to understand. I would give myself an A- and not an A because I did take time to catch up on my journals and reflections which I had to turn in later. I could’ve saved more time if I stayed on task, so that is one thing I can improve on. Next I will be working on more deeper and specific research on how to make a health monitor and how to use the parts I have. After I am done with most of the research, I can slowly start programming and putting things together on my own.
November 12, 2019: To successfully complete the process of building my health monitor, I needed to be able to manage my time well. I had to set aside the most time for research and gathering knowledge, and I needed to have enough time for putting the parts together and getting the device to function. During the research phase of my timeline, I had to stay on track and make sure I didn’t procrastinate. Procrastinating would lead to piling up work for a later time and I would not be able to fully understand and gain enough knowledge. Thankfully this did not happen for me, and that shows that I had great self-management skills.
After the completion of my project, it was shown that I was able to put the whole monitor together in time and make it work properly. I also used my time well to be able to understand and demonstrate to someone else about how the device works. Without self-management skills I wouldn’t be able to succeed in building the monitor properly and I would have a lack of information about it.
While planning out my timeline, I also made sure to give myself enough room to shift or change plans in case I ever had to use that time for other reasons. This helped a lot because I would usually have other homework or studying to do which would take over time that I dedicated for personal project. With the extra time I added, it became easier to keep up with my timeline and stay on track with other work that came up. This is another way I demonstrated excellent self-management skills.
November 14, 2019: One of the big parts of my project was sharing what I have done and achieved to the public. I didn’t have a specific audience, but I wanted to share with people, an easy and affordable way to bring proper healthcare monitoring to undeveloped countries. I wanted this device to be noticed by people so they can spread the word, I hoped that it could slowly encourage people to make their own and start changing the lifestyles of people.
To further spread the word of the product I have made, I decided to make a website/blog. On my website, I have shared the process that I have been through to make my monitor. There are different sections, some talk about the specific parts and steps in detail, the research and information I gained through the process, and there will be a section where I reflect on the final outcome and explain how the device could change the lifestyles of certain communities.
With this website, many others who are curious about creating beneficial changes in our world could notice my website. I have also put blog posts on there to describe what I have experienced and learned throughout the journey. This platform will allow me to show and communicate to others about what I have achieved, and those people may even get inspired. Through this website I am sharing my experience using some of my communication and social skills.
November 20, 2019:Throughout the process of building my health monitoring device, I have seen myself improve and grow as an IB learner. I have even developed some new traits that made me become almost a different person and I have found new ways to explore and look at things. Firstly, the project that I chose was not very simple or easy. Compared to some of the projects that my peers have made, I found out that I have chosen a pretty complicated project. I realized that I had no experience or knowledge at all about the topic I chose, and I was worried that I was putting too much work on my shoulders. I decided to move on with this project and not change my mind. This made me become more of a risk-taker, because I was doing something I normally would not prefer to do, and I went on to learn new things.
Another way that I have grown, was by becoming more knowledgeable on the topic of my project. Part of my goal was to be able to understand and demonstrate how the device works. To do this, I had to do tons of research on this new subject, and I have gained lots of knowledge. By the end of the project i knew how my device worked and I could explain what each part did and how everything functions together to give the end result.
Along with becoming more knowledgeable, I became a better thinker as well. After doing all the research, I knew that I couldn’t just memorize everything. I had to be able to think about each step and process to fully understand how my device works. I had to even think deeper at times, and look at situations in different ways to make difficult choices. Through this process I got the experience of doing lots of constant thinking, and I could use this improved skill in the future for other things in life.