Describe the progress you have made this semester on your Genius Hour Project
So far I have created my website pages, have done research, and have started Stephen Hawking's book, A Brief History of Time. I have watched approximately one and a half episodes of The Cosmos with Neil Degrasse Tyson and will watch them again this weekend while taking notes. I want to get ahead on this project for this semester, so over the weekend I will try to get at least three episodes down with notes. I will try to finish and take notes of A Brief History of Time too.
What is the most challenging aspect of your project so far?
The most challenging aspect of my project so far is finding the time to watch the episodes and finding more sound material that I can base my project off of. Another challenge that I have been facing is trying to think of good visual examples to explain all of relationships, sizes, and age of each aspect of the Cosmos. In my videos I want to be able to draw or demonstrate these relationships to my viewers. Broadly speaking, my biggest challenge is understanding the concepts themselves. It's a lot to take in and to wrap your mind around.