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IR 1
11/7/19
Objectives Accomplishments
Write and send more adviser letters Sent two adviser letters
Journal
The Smart Speaking presentation went well. I went last, after the seniors, so I felt a little
over-prepared. It was much more relaxed than I anticipated. I hit all of the major points and did
not stutter or pause too much. After that, I feel like the classroom presentations won’t be that
bad. I plan on trying to be confident and more relaxed now that I have some experience. I also
need to remember to make eye contact. For the classroom presentations, I will speak more
confidently, be more relaxed, and make more eye contact. I want to present in front of my
engineering class since it is mostly freshmen and it is laid back. I also want to ask my
government teacher because her class is very relaxed and filled with cool people who would
listen to me. I might ask my chemistry teacher because I have a scientific topic. I could also ask
freshman teachers I had last year because freshmen are the main people who we are marketing
to, and they still actually care and pay attention when people talk to them, unlike the other
grades. I have not found an adviser, but I did get a response from one of the people I emailed.
He told me to narrow my topic, so I am looking into whale falls specifically. I do not know if it is a
broad enough topic to research for the whole year, especially since it is a hard topic to research,
but the more I look into it the more it seems I could learn about whale falls. I want to change my
presentation to reflect that, but it will be challenging since I have to present in classrooms soon.
Because I want to narrow my topic so much, I need to do that before I can find a specific expert
to ask to be my advisor, but I already have possible people in mind. Once I settle on my
Chloe Hoffmeister
IR 1
12/6/19
Objectives Accomplishments
Journal
I did the interview and a stasis but I don’t know how to narrow my topic. I need to update
my advisor and I am going to throw a couple possible directions out there and see what he
thinks. I could go into how people have affected whale fall ecosystems, how whale fall
ecosystems affect other deep sea ecosystems, differences in different regions of the ocean
(although there is not a lot of data on that), or why we should be concerned with saving whales
and therefore whale fall ecosystems. During the thesis board activity, Ansa suggested that I
focus on something like how whaling has affected whale fall ecosystems. The problem is, in the
places where there is the most research, there was the least hunting. I want to narrow my topic
but I can’t settle on a direction. The stasis helped me to see what I already knew and helped me
identify some broad areas in my research, but it did not really help me decide on a specific
topic. The interview went alright, and now I feel like I kind of know my advisor enough to tell him
where I am in my research without feeling like I’m emailing a complete stranger. I hope to
narrow my topic, come up with a question, and come up with a rough hypothesis in the future.
Chloe Hoffmeister
IR 1
3/12/20
Objectives Accomplishments
Find more data collection articles Decided on what to do for data collection
Read the articles and collect data Started finding articles for data collection
Journal
I decided on what to do for data collection and started finding articles. The biggest
problem with my data collection is that there is not much accurate data related to threats to
whales today. We also know very little about the deep sea, so threats to the ecosystems once
they are there are hard to study. I will have to go off of articles about threats and estimates
instead of pure numbers. I will have to do that pretty fast since it is due in a week, although I
guess since the analysis is due the 25th I still have time to actually look in-depth into the
articles. I have not had time to look at the edits my advisor gave me last week for my paper. I
will probably hold off on really editing my paper until I am farther along with my data collection.
Chloe Hoffmeister
IR 1
4/15/20
Objectives Accomplishments
Journal
I don’t really know what to do with my data collection since I did not collect much. The
threats whales currently face are all in-depth topics by themselves, and I can only really sum
them up and say some vague possible solutions. I am trying to think of what would be most
helpful for my project, but I still don’t know exactly what I want to do for that. I could make a
video, but I don’t know who the target audience would be. I was thinking about making a video,
posting it on YouTube, and sending it to whale conservation groups and other groups that want
to help whales and the ocean. Maybe they could use it to encourage people to support laws that
help whales and donate to whale organizations. I haven’t had any motivation lately, so I haven’t
gotten much done. I still haven’t looked at the paper edit form the English teacher because I
hate editing and it seemed like a big task. Now that I’m on somewhat on a schedule, I should be