Phat N.

Interests: SCIENCE, SPACE, DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY, MILITARY

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2021-10-30 Never Give Up On Space Google Site Creation

2021-10-30: Never Give Up On Space Google Site Creation

Taking an idea and bringing it into form is not an easy task. Every step of the way needs to be thought through because you’re not simply reading from instructions to piece together your project. You’re actually conceptualizing your idea, architecting it, and then building it on your own.

Phat had an interest in watching instructional youtube videos and telling me all about how these youtubers were building rockets and parachutes and conducting various science experiments. All the avenues he was really interested in. I gently nudged him a few times to try out doing some of these projects on his own with one recommendation. I wanted him to use these videos as inspiration instead of simply copying them. Why? Because I knew it took a greater will power to develop something of his own. Not a new invention, but his own way of building something.

Phat tried out a parachute first and was pretty successful. We attached the parachute he made to a slimline aluminum bottle and got it up in the air a few times during our sessions to see if it would deploy. It did, but it needed to get to a higher elevation to really see if it worked. That would have to come at a later date.

Then Phat had an idea on how to build a rocket with some supplies he had in his house. I loved this idea of repurposing materials he already had so he didn’t have to purchase anything. The funny part was Phat didn’t tell me at first, but I knew he was working on something. I supported him with any kinds of questions he had, such as double checking math calculations for how to determine the diameter of a circle or mentioning how he had some dowels on one of the tables in his room and maybe it’d be a good support for a structure. Again I was thinking he was making a rocket, but wasn’t sure.

THE ROCKET

Two weeks later, Phat showed me the rocket and I was blown away. Not only by his ability to make it, but also by his creative skills to use the supplies he already had.

SPACE ARTWORK

Shortly after, this incredible artwork came through him.

ADDED COLOR

We brought this artwork into photoshop during our session and added a little color.

Next, I mentioned to Phat that I thought we needed to showcase his recent work on a free google site. He was excited and so was his family.

We took to designing this site over the next couple weeks, adding all his great content, and developing a parachute project for him and anybody else who was interested could work on together.

I was going to use Phat’s artwork above as the home page banner, but I was thinking how we still needed something original for the other section banners. Without mentioning this to him beforehand, Phat showed me this new set-up with his telescope. He put the telescope facing straight to the ground, placed a go pro to look through the eye piece, connected the go pro to our zoom session so I could see whatever was being shown through the telescope, and then Phat placed some pieces of colorful paper under the telescope. I was very curious to see what was going to happen. This is what came through on my end.

It was perfect. There were our header pictures and he didn’t even know we were needing them.

So Phat’s ideas all came to life in a very natural way.

Click the image below to be taken to the “Never Give Up On Space” google site.

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