About Us
Our team is from the Romeo Engineering and Technology Center (RETC), which is part of Romeo High School. Each of our team members is enrolled in the advanced Math and Science program at the RETC. Jessica and Jennifer are seniors, where as Joe, Nathan, Caymen, and Sarah are juniors. It was difficult for us to collaborate on this project because of our schedules. Since the RETC is fifteen minutes away from our main high school, most students only have a few hours at the technology center. Caymen and Sarah attend the RETC in the morning, and worked on the project during Mrs. Morgan's (our team captain) class. The rest of the team met in the afternoon and continued to work where Caymen and Sarah left off. The majority of the project was done in class, but Joe and Nathan worked on the technical aspect of the website for hours at home.
Our team chose to do our project on space junk because it is an unusual problem. When we asked our fellow classmates if they were concerned about space garbage, no one had any idea that garbage was orbiting our planet. We thought that making an informative site that was easy for high school students to understand would be a great way to raise awareness about space debris. Our hope is that people will realize that polluting space has dangerous long-term consequences, and the space junk problem needs to be kept under control.
Here's some information on our team memebers:
JOE:
Contribution to the website: HTML, css, javascript, and graphic design.
What I learned from this project: I hate Internet Explorer.
Hobbies: Computers and long walks on the beach.
Favorite food: Real food is measured by it's mass, not variant. Also, I like BBQ chicken.
Favorite TV show: Scrubs, Futurama, and Tellitubbies.
Favorite type of music: Rock and Spastic nonsense.
Interests: Computers, sleeping, and gardening, golfing
Favorite school subject: Math, Humanities
Plans for the future: I plan to study Computer Engineering and Software Engineering.
MRS. MORGAN:
Contribution to the website: Coach - I was the person asking all the questions.
What I learned from this project: I learned that my students know much more about web design than I do. Every day I still learn, and learning is still fun.
Hobbies: Gardening, reading, golfing
Favorite food:BBQ Chicken
Favorite movie:Classic: Dr. Zhivago New: A Good Year
Favorite type of music:Classic- Easy Listening, Rock-n-Roll
Interests:Travel, environment, education, equality
Favorite school subject:Sociology and Humanities
Plans for the future:I plan to teach, write, travel, and study! I plan to take long walks down the beach on Puget Sound looking for whales. I plan to read great literature and accomplish my goal of reading books form all of the Nobel Prize winners. I plan to smile, laugh, and dream!
SARAH:
Contribution to the website: Dangers of Space Junk page, coding for various pages, sources page, Earth background picture for the website
What I learned from this project: I never knew that space junk even existed. Through making this website, I learned that garbage is not just a problem here on earth. Every country needs to be conscious of the dangers of space debris, and help discover a long-term solution for the growing problem.
Hobbies: Volleyball (school team and club team), kickboxing
Favorite food: Italian food, Thai food, guacamole, chocolate
Favorite movie: Will Ferrell movies, Jim Carrey movies, anything funny
Favorite type of music: Rock
Interests: Volleyball, food, traveling, shopping
Favorite school subject: English, science
Plans for the future: I plan on studying biotechnology, but I have not decided which college to attend.
CAYMEN:
Contribution to the website: Physics page, Solutions page
What I learned from this project: This project was a great learning experience. I did not even know space junk existed in the way that it does or that there was so much of it. Doing this project helped me revisit the physics behind orbits, and discover some possible solutions for future space junk problems.
Hobbies: Diving, track, volleyball, art
Favorite food: Thai food, mashed potatoes, ice cream, sushi, Lebanese food
FAVORITE MOVIE: Finding Nemo, Second Hand Lions
Favorite type of music: Country, rock, pop, and pretty much everything else. I'm not picky.
Interests: Writing poems, drawing, extreme sports
Favorite school subject: Art, math, science, gym
Plans for the future: I want to go to college, but I'm not sure what I want to major in or what university to attend.
JENNIFER:
Contribution to the website: Wrote section on space junk, research on Kessler's syndrome.
What I learned from this project: That space junk is a growing problem and that space needs to be cleaned up.
Hobbies: Reading, drawing, and playing video games
Favorite food: Pizza
Favorite type of music: Alternative rock
Interests: Reading, playing video games, watching movies, and hanging out with friends
Favorite school subject: Physics, math
Plans for the future: I am planning on attending Michigan Tech in the fall. I plan on majoring in computer science and engineering.
NATHAN:
Contribution to the website: Coding for the game, web design ideas
What I learned from this project: Space junk is more of a problem than I thought. I learned how to implements graphics in a Java program when I made the game.
Hobbies: Basketball, track, building things, hiking
Favorite food: Steak
Favorite movie: October Sky
Favorite type of music: Rock
Interests: Sports, computers, engineering, new technology
Favorite school subject: Math
Plans for the future: I would like to major in engineering, but I do not know what college I will attend.
JESSICA:
Contribution to the website: Researcher/Writer, Editor
What I learned from this project: This project has been a great opportunity to work collaboratively and accomplish a common goal. I have learned about a subject that I never would have thought about before. I also learned ore about creating websites from my teammates.
Hobbies: Photography, reading, playing piano
Favorite food: Sushi
Favorite TV show: Lost and Gilmore Girls
Favorite type of music: Alternative rock
Interests: Architecture, culinary arts, traveling
Favorite school subject: Calculus
Plans for the future: I plan on attending University of Michigan to major in engineering.
