Hours and Activity Log for Aquaponics Building

Week Weekly Activity Weekly hours Cumulative hours
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Week 6

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Week 8

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Week 11

Computer work arranging aquaponics photographs and making power point

Clean aquaponics building for framing grow beds.  Dismantled old grow beds and moved lava rock

Made grow bed frames with 2×4’s and 2×6’s. Analyzed the difference between rectangle and round grow beds and their placement in the building.

Installed insulation in roof/ceiling of aquaponics building

Measured, cut and installed some of the paneling with nail gun.

Worked on ILC contract and sent for editing

SOS Commodification seminar

Explored my first use of a tablet and accessed the TESC website

Tutorial on tablet by Ben

Computer skills: editing my ILC, and sent aquaponics papers to my edu website from Gmail, this is a first.

Internet research for new reading material on aquaponics.

Computer training on campus for Commodification website and ILC contracts

Went to Organic Farm to discuss with David Muehleisen about being my Field Supervisor on the aquaponics building.

Finalized ILC contracts with Sarah, then to computer lab to complete the finalized edits.

Selected cedar boards, planed the boards, ripped to window trim and sill size.

Dug out porch area with pick axe, shovel and rakes..

Built saw horses for aquaponics job site.

Cut and placed siding around windows and trimmed siding with router to fit around all 5 windows.

Drilled holes for wiring and fan vents in building.  Installed fuse box, pulled wires, and installed boxes for plug-ins.

Poured footings for porch using cement mixer. Framed porch and placed brackets using nail gun.

Posted log on computer

Posted bibliography recourses

Computer lab visit

Worked on porch

Tablet training

Worked on deck/porch

Computer skills

finished porch/deck

Computer skills

Installation of water,  power and inside fixtures.

Computer skills

Computer skills

Computer skills on downloading pictures and site browsing

Practicing on downloading pictures on website

Used planer, skill saw, nail gun to finish cedar window sills.

Measured, glued and placed linoleum

Made form and poured concrete pad for ramp.

Computer skills

Computer skills

Computer skills by sending photos from my phone to my edu account

Watched YouTube videos on aquaponics

Explored class website, sent e-mail and worked on media library

Started new aquaponics paper, coped, pasted, edited plus photo gallery additions.

Worked on aquaponics building making vent boxes, cut siding and trim for entry way.

Worked on aquaponics manuscript by copying, pasting and editing from two different papers.

Cut more vent holes, installed fan cover and made vent cover.

Built entrance ramp onto porch.

Worked on aquaponics paper.

Computer

Took photographs of ramp, vent, linoleum, fans, painting supplies, and taped cedar sills.

Painted inside of building white.

Zotero training

Computer

Computer

Mid-quarter evaluation conference

Computer lab on campus and print3ed pdf

Worked on web page and categorized posts

Visit at writing center

Worked on research paper

Worked on building by framing and siding the stem walls for the fish tank.

Computer work, data entry, and editing report

Finished the insulated bee hives by adding vents

Photographed Alex and Maryn fumigating the Varroa mites

Edited log and worked on other parts of website

Inserted wall around fish tank area

Took photographs and sent to; my edu email and entered into media library

Painting

Built wooden covers over fish tank to make a platform

Finally finished painting the inside of the building

Worked on research paper

Computer skills

Computer training, etc. at college

Met with Sarah for 8 week evaluation

Went to computer lab and worked on paper

Read the Lives of Animals

Worked on hard copy paper

Went to computer lab and got help with wordpress

Spent the morning editing my blog by adding pictures with text. Took photos of aquaponics building and posted them. Produced header image.

Worked on log because it does not look right.  Very frustrating.

Posted on my blog

Spent all morning fixing the log, I hit a button and could not undo.  I printed it out and reposted all entries

Cooked food and went to seminar and tasting lab.

Wrote paper on The Lives of Animals

Finished insulated walls around fish tank and sump tank

Installed fish tank, filled with water, and built grow bed benches

Finished painting, and benches.  Went shopping for grow bed tubs and plumbing materials.

Made shopping list of plumbing attachments for up to 10 grow beds and then purchased supplies

Drilled holes for auto siphon drains in bench and tubs

Wrote new academic statement

Laid pipe, placed attachments, brackets, and gate valves

Made funnels, bells, and media guards for grow beds

Attached pump and tested  two of the eight auto siphons

Took photographs of parts and assembly of grow beds

Need larger pump or new pump

Computer work, and e-mails

Added more photographs and worked on my site

Cut drain pipe, installed auto siphons in seven grow beds, installed larger pump, activated water flow

Visit from David

Did informative research about the issues concerning Evergreen these last few months.

Evaluated water flow of auto siphons on 7 grow beds.  Each had a different flow rate of 6 minutes to 12 minutes.  Adjusted gate valves.

I took my first video and it was about the aquaponics building.

Analyzed the water dynamics flow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

6

7

8

4

1

6

0.5

1

2

2

2.5

1

1

4

4

1

8

8

6

1.5

1

0.5

1

0.5

1

0.5

1

0.5

8

1

2

2

3

3

6

1

1

2

2

2

2

6

1

6

3

2

4

1

1

3

3.5

1

0.5

0.5

0.5

3

1

3

5

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

3

2

3

2

3

0.5

2

3

4

2

4

2

3

4

2.5

1

4

6

5

3

2

2

3

4

3

2

0.5

2

2

6

0.5

4

1.5

2

1

 

6

12

19

27

31

32

38

38.5

39.5

41.5

43.5

46

47

48

52

56

57

65

73

79

80.5

81.5

82

83

83.5

84.5

85

86

86.5

94.5

95.5

97.5

99.5

102.5

105.5

111.5

112.5

113.5

115.5

117.5

119.5

121.5

127.5

128.5

134.5

137.5

139.5

143.5

144.5

145.5

148.5

152

153

153.5

154

154.5

157.5

158.5

161.5

166.5

168.5

170.5

171.5

173.5

175.5

177.5

179.5

182.5

184.5

187.5

189.5

192.5

193

195

198

202

204

208

210

213

217

219.5

220.5

224.5

230.5

235.5

238.5

240.5

242.5

245.5

249.5

252.5

254.5

255

257

259

265

265.5

269.5

271

273

274