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Aarush Srivastava
Personal STEM Portfolio
The Lab Journal
A place where I document projects, experiments, competitions, ideas, and things I learn, keeping each entry organized like a polished STEM notebook.
Academic notes • Field observations • Competition reflections • Project write-ups
Notebook Index
Organized by subject, medium, and lesson
Latest article
♟️ How Chess Improves Pattern Recognition
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Photos and videos
Tone
Academic and personal
Journal Notes
Media Shelf
A journal that holds images, clips, and project evidence.
Photo essays, demo videos, experiment snapshots, and school project artifacts all fit into the same visual system.
Photos
Photo archive
Experiment setups, notebook pages, trophies, and project snapshots.
Videos
Video logs
Demo clips, competition recaps, and walkthroughs of what I built.
Learned
Discovery notes
Short personal entries about ideas, mistakes, and what changed my thinking.
Entries
Articles and write-ups arranged like a clean STEM notebook.
This journal is built for articles, photos, videos, project write-ups, experiments, competition experiences, and short reflections on what I learned.
♟️ How Chess Improves Pattern Recognition
A reflection and explanation of how chess improves pattern recognition based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Oct 10, 2026 • 10:23 AM • 3 min read
3 min read
♟️ How Chess Players Calculate Variations
A reflection and explanation of how chess players calculate variations based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Oct 10, 2026 • 10:23 AM • 3 min read
3 min read
♟️ How Competition Chess Changed My Approach to STEM
A reflection and explanation of how competition chess changed my approach to stem based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Oct 10, 2026 • 10:23 AM • 3 min read
3 min read
Journal Method
A simple academic structure that keeps every entry useful.
Each post can follow a classroom-style flow so the journal stays organized, easy to scan, and useful for future review.
Question
What am I trying to learn, build, or solve?
Process
What did I try, measure, sketch, code, or test?
Evidence
What photos, results, or observations support it?
Reflection
What would I do differently next time?