Reflect on at least three takeaways that you learned from creating your project.

1. I learned that looking and building things on a deeper perspective, and I understood that feedback from different people matter a lot, because different people have a different perspective on your topic.

2. I learned that help and support from others were crucial, and you have to ask for help when you don't understand a topic really well.

3. I learned that teamwork is really important, because distributing your roles well means that you and your group mate can complete the project with maximum efficiency.

Explain what was difficult for you during this process and why.

I felt that coding with Arduino was really hard. It took me more than 2 days to figure out the code for our fire, and especially with how a switch was going to trigger the system turning on or off. Mr Tuttle, Mr Lew, and Ms Ray helped me a lot, and Mr Tuttle supported me and worked with me even though I really wanted to give up because the coding part is really confusing and is putting me into a predicament. I felt like I wasn't making any progress, and I thought of not being able to complete the project on time.

Talk about feedback that you received and how you were able to incorporate that into your process.  

We learned from the teachers that we needed to show a deeper meaning behind what we are trying to tell, instead of showing everything that mattered or happened in Tony's life. We also learned that we should use more abstract and symbolistic objects or patterns to represent what we are trying to show to the audience, which is anger, brutality, and limitation of freedoms. We also got the feedback of making the project more interactive, and overall, I felt that the project was interesting, and I received many useful comments from teachers and coaches.

1. I learned how to incorporate senses into different things such as writing and projects.

2. Using time wisely, communication and learning how to present things in front of people

3. We got to learn about various amounts of stories and they were very intriguing

4. Learning to take criticism and using it as motivation.

The Pyramid of Giza is the largest and oldest pyramid in the Giza Necropolis in Egypt. The Pyramid of Giza is considered by many to be the tomb of Pharaoh Khufu. The Pyramid of Giza is one of the wonders of the ancient world, and it is the only one of the seven wonders to remain today. It has been the tallest man-made structure for 3800 years until the construction of the Lincoln Cathedral was completed. 

Tony went to Luxor in the 1970s. At that time, Egypt was ruled by the democratic leader Anwar Sadat. Sadat switched the allegiance from being with the Soviet Union, to be with the United States of America. He changed many policies to be more democratic, and he opened up the gates for international investors to invest in Egypt. He was most famous for visiting Israel in 1977, which helped lead to the 1979 Peace Treaty with Israel that made Israel troops leave the Sinai territory of Egypt. The economic reforms he made laid a fundamental foundation for the current day Egyptian society, which mainly consists of tourism and construction.

Erick and I are working on our project called "Tony's Edifice" which is a Pyramid but 2 side of the pyramid being the right size, the 2 other sides being made out of fires. The Pyramids were constructed in  2580–2560 B.C with granite and limestone. One was built for Pharaoh Khufu, the second pyramid was built for the Pharaoh Khafre and the third Pyramid was for the Pharaoh Menkaure.  Tony had gone to the Pyramids in the 70s, in 70s Egypt:

Egypt was under the ruling of Anwar Al-Sadat (1970-1981). While he was ruling, he negotiated with Israel to make peace. He then broke ties with the Soviet Union and worked with the U.S.  Egypt and Syria teamed up to try to take back the Sinai Peninsula from Israel, though it didn't work. He then went to Israel's parliament in 1977, which was very unusual because the countries were just fighting each other. In 1978, Sadat went to the U.S and met with Jimmy Carter and the Prime Minister of Israel. They then agreed on an agreement called the Camp David Accords. This meant that Israel withdrew from the Sinai. The agreement served as a peace treaty for both countries. Both Anwar Al-Sadat and the Israeli Prime Minister in 1978 won the Nobel Peace Prize.

-October 1973 War

-The Assassination Of President Anwar Al-Sadat

https://fanack.com/egypt/history-past-to-present/sadats-egypt-1970-1981/

The idea behind our invention is that we wanted to make something symbolic for Tony to really hit home for him. When we interviewed Tony, he told us an anecdote about how he visited the pyramids in Egypt in the 70s, and while he was there he saw a prisoner and prison guard. The prisoner started defecating, and to clean himself, he had used a stone. Tony said this changed his perspective on life, as he then realized how privileged he was. Erick and I wanted to make a symbolic figure and with the help of Mr. Minehart, we laser-cut fire in the shape of 2 triangles with an led strip going in between, displaying different colors such as red, yellow and a rainbow color. We then placed 21 different hieroglyphs around the box and the little plank of wood in the front reads "Anger, Shame".

The excruciating heat and fierce winds began to leech on my face and as I got closer, I could see the prisoner using a piece of rough, gray gravel as toilet paper to clean himself.  I held my camera near my eyes ready to take a shot, but then heard the prison guard yell, "HEYY!!"

I then ran away without hesitation, holding my camera as tightly as possible. As the heat continued to pound on my body, and as the dusty winds began to fill my nostrils, I  pictured what life would be like if I were in that same predicament. This moment changed my life forever.