STEM Diary Entry #2 – Week 9 Term 3

In STEM this week, I began researching and searching for information that I could use to complete my project. In this lesson, I found a sufficient amount of information about electromagnetism and electromagnets. I found this information from 2 videos called “How does an electromagnet work” and “How to make an electromagnet”. These videos were very useful and I made lots of notes for when I progress the drawing stage of my project. I also found a webpage about electromagnetism which was written by the same company that made the videos that I watched. I found this webpage extremely useful as it was much more detailed than the videos, however, it did contain quite advanced terminology which I did not always understand. I overcame this challenge by looking at another website that was made for kids which contained some more basic information that was much easier to understand. After reading the webpages, I then analyzed them by highlighting and annotating the relevant parts of the text. I also found quite a few diagrams and images from the videos and the web pages, showing what electromagnetism is and how it works. When I had almost completed my research, I encountered another challenge. Unfortunately, the majority of the information that I had gathered was from the same company, meaning that it is a possibility that the information was not valid as it may have included bias. As a result of this, I then cross-referenced the information that I had gathered from this company with the information that has been provided by other companies and luckily it matched. Therefore, I was able to conclude that the information that I had gathered was reliable and that I will be able to refer back to it at different stages throughout my project, which will help me to successfully complete it.