Student’s Reflection on a Guest Lecture for PYP Exhibition

Mr. Kiran gave a Guest Lecture for our class and presented his views to help us for a successful PYP Exhibition. He explained the different steps to do a project. He inspired us to dream big in creating valuable products and machines in our life. He provided us guidance on how to make various projects work. 

The first step is to make our mission statement — this statement will explain what we want to do and achieve. The second step is to create a concept of the target we want to achieve. The third step is to know viable or not viable. He gave an example of how a proper ambience like ISRO or NASA is needed to create space projects. The fourth step is doing thorough research on our proposed model. The final step is to make a miniature of the project so that we know if our project is going to work or not. He told us that we can buy the parts readymade and dismantle the parts and rebuild them.

He also told us about the triangle of constraints: The three constraints in making our project are Time, Quality, and Cost — these three factors are interconnected; when the cost increases, the quality increases. So, we search a lot to do better and gradually the time increases. If our time is less, the quality and cost gradually decrease. 

He showed us some videos on how a Benz car, Apple iPhone, and India’s first unmanned rocket Mangalyan were made. The videos were really fascinating as we saw how the car most of us like is made. I also enjoyed the video on how the widely popular Apple iPhone is made — I learnt that while making an iPhone or an iPad, the workers are cleanly dressed and washed as even a single particle of dust can destroy the whole workplace. 

We came to know that there are 325 people who work to make a single iPhone! The Guest Lecture was really enjoyable and informative and it helped me and my friends to clear our queries.  

The videos presented by Mr. Kiran:

Apple iPhone\iPad Making: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck4XUnsfBuQ

Mars Satellite Launch: Mangalyan http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=293Ndze9v0Q

Benz Car Making: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQBzMYjp85w

Sai Teja Kambhampati, Grade VI H