Purpose:

Just for reference here's where the 'brass ring' expression comes from ( I had no idea:)).

The Brass RIng was originally a game reward or prize related to riding a carousel. Most carousels did not have "jumpers" - animals which move up and down as the carousel spins - The outer row animals were still/fixed. Many riders of carousels tended to ignore the outer rows in favor of the jumping animals. In order to encourage more riders to sit on the outer rows, someone devised the ring game and it became a common fixture of the carousel.

The object of the game was simple. A rider sits on the outer row and when the carousel spins around, the rider reaches out and grabs one of the metal rings from the dispenser. Since not all the rings were brass - typically one brass ring per ride among many non-brass rings - getting the brass ring was a special treat. The brass ring usually entitled the holder to a free ride when they returned the brass ring to the attendant. Or could be kept as a good luck charm, memento, etc.

However far you got with incrementally improving your model now it's time to wrap it up and reflect on what you have learned. I have never made a computational model of a situation where I didn't learn a great deal about my own understanding of the problem. I also find that I always learn something new about coding. I worry that I won't remember some useful coding tool but that's just life.

Process:  

For this last Jupyter Project lab I want you to put your project notebook(s) in a form that you could share them with a potential employer or internship recruiter. This means good documentation and explanation and clear code with thoughtful plots and illustrations. Remember that what will impress potential employers or colleagues the most will be your ability to explain what you did, where it goes from here, and your mastery of the physics/engineering embedded in the model.

This time I want a hardcopy of the pdf of your notebook. I will read it as if I am a recruiter and give you feedback from that perspective. Think about this expectation before you hand it to me.

The last week of the term you will also be asked to give a 5 min presentation of your project to your colleagues (classmates). The list below articulates what I want to make sure you communicate in that 5 min presentation.

I: What was the project and why did you pick it?

II: What is the simplest version of the model and what did it teach you?.

III: What is one way you sought to add complexity to the model and how did you approach this?

IV: What is one takeaway from this project for you?

Please Note: I'm asking for four (4) things in your presentation and you have 5 mn. You need to keep it VERY brief or you will blow through your time. As you know from your communication classes it is important to do a little practicing to avoid rambling and running out of time.

Project: Brass Ring:

1) Turn in a hardcopy of your final notebook to your instructor

2) Present your project to the class