Aarush Srivastava
Personal STEM Portfolio
The Lab Journal
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A reflection and explanation of how chess improves pattern recognition based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how chess players calculate variations based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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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.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of how i analyze my own chess games based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i prepare for a chess tournament based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of is chess a stem skill based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of my chess tournament routine based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of the mathematics hidden inside chess based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of the most interesting chess position i?ve studied based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what chess and coding have in common based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what chess and robotics have in common based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what chess taught me about problem solving based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what losing a chess game teaches you based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of why chess is basically decision-making based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of why tactics matter based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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Understanding the difference between for loops and while loops and when each type of loop can be useful.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 4 min read
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How I got started with Python, what I struggled with at first, and what learning programming has taught me so far.
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Looking back at my first Python program and how a simple program became the beginning of my programming journey.
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How Python's modulo operator works, why it gives remainders, and how I use it to solve programming problems.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 4 min read
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A closer look at what Python does each time a loop runs and how iterations, conditions, and variables work together.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 5 min read
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Understanding Python's += operator and how it makes updating variables simpler and easier to read.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 4 min read
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Why writing code that works is only the beginning, and how clean, understandable code makes projects easier to build, debug, and improve.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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How loops let programs repeat instructions efficiently and why learning to use them changed the way I approach programming.
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How Python's range() function makes loops easier to control and why it has become one of the most useful tools I've learned.
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How Python strings let programs work with text and why they are much more useful than simply storing words.
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A reflection and explanation of 10 scientists who changed how we understand the world based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of how i balance coding and science based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i balance school and competitions based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i deal with competition nerves based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i make a study plan based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i memorize scientists and discoveries based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i practice buzzer questions based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i prepare for a buzzer round based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i prepare for a science competition based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i prepare for science bee questions based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i review after a competition based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i study when i have limited time based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of my competition-day routine based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of my favorite science competition topic based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of my favorite scientist and why based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of the difference between studying and training based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of the most difficult competition question i?ve seen based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what happens before competition day based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what i wish i knew before my first competition based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of what losing a competition taught me based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what makes a good competition question based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what stem competitions have taught me based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what winning a competition taught me based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of why competition mistakes are valuable based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of why i like stem competitions based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what makes a website feel "premium" based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of building a website from scratch: what i learned based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of frontend vs. backend based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how contact forms actually work based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how email apis let websites send messages based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how git actually works based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i built my first website based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i debug my programs based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i deploy my website based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how len() works based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how my portfolio has changed based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how websites talk to servers based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of my biggest coding lesson so far based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of my favorite python trick based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of my most annoying coding bug based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of the difference between a bug and a mistake based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of the hardest python problem i?ve solved based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of the small details that make a website better based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what happens when you push code based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what happens when you type a website url based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what is a git branch based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what is an api based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of why developers use version control based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of why i use github based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of why input validation matters based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of why asking "why?" is so powerful based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i balance school, coding, chess, and stem based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i keep track of projects based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i learned to actually enjoy studying based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i organize a stem notebook based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i study for a difficult test based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i use mistakes to learn based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of my best study techniques based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of my stem goals for this year based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of my stem journey so far: what i?ve built, learned, and failed at based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what i wish i knew when i started coding based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what i wish i knew when i started stem competitions based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what makes a good study session based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of why curiosity is more important than memorization based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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Exploring how ecosystems recover after major disturbances and how succession helps new life return.
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Exploring how different soil types can affect water, nutrients, drainage, and the growth of plants.
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Understanding the difference between correlation and causation and why scientists need more than a pattern to show that one thing causes another.
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A reflection and explanation of could life exist somewhere else based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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Exploring the differences between food chains and food webs and how they show relationships between organisms in an ecosystem.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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Exploring how soil provides plants with water, nutrients, air, and support and why different soil conditions affect plant growth.
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A simple look at electric charge, electrons, circuits, and how electricity moves through the devices we use every day.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 5 min read
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The strategies I use to make my science notes clearer, more organized, and more useful when I study later.
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A reflection and explanation of how satellites stay in orbit based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how scientists know the universe is expanding based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how scientists measure things they can?t touch based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how scientists search for exoplanets based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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How scientists analyze data from experiments to identify patterns, evaluate predictions, and make evidence-based conclusions.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 4 min read
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How vibrations move through matter to create the sound waves we hear.
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A reflection and explanation of how stars are born based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how stars die based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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How scientists turn questions into testable experiments by identifying variables, making predictions, and planning how to collect data.
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How the ear transforms sound waves into electrical signals that the brain can understand.
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Looking at how an experiment that did not go as planned can still teach valuable lessons about planning, testing, and improving.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 4 min read
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A look at the kind of science experiment I enjoy most and what experiments have taught me about testing ideas, collecting data, and learning from results.
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Exploring how predator and prey populations interact and help maintain balance within an ecosystem.
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How batteries use chemical reactions to produce the electrical energy that powers everyday devices.
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Exploring how the loss of one species can affect an entire ecosystem and change relationships between organisms.
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How keeping a science journal helps organize questions, observations, data, mistakes, and ideas throughout the scientific process.
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What black holes are, how they form, and how scientists can study objects that cannot be seen directly.
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A reflection and explanation of what is dark energy based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what is dark matter based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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Exploring what makes a science experiment fair, testable, and useful for answering a scientific question.
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Exploring what makes a science question testable and how scientists turn curiosity into questions that can be investigated with evidence.
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What scientists predict would happen to matter, light, and time as something gets closer to a black hole.
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Exploring why food chains usually have only a few trophic levels and how energy is lost as it moves through an ecosystem.
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A reflection and explanation of why eclipses don?t happen every month based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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Exploring why having many different species is important for healthy and resilient ecosystems.
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How interference, diffraction, and other experiments show that light has wave-like behavior.
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How experiments showed that light can behave like individual packets of energy called photons.
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A look at magnetic poles, magnetic fields, and why some materials become magnets.
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Why metals are good electrical conductors and how moving electrons help electricity travel through wires.
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Exploring how control groups give scientists a comparison point and help them understand whether a variable actually caused a change.
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How frequency determines pitch and why faster vibrations create higher-pitched sounds.
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A reflection and explanation of why the moon has phases based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of why the universe is expanding based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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Why unexpected results can teach scientists new things, reveal problems, and lead to better questions and experiments.
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A reflection and explanation of why we have seasons based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how robots actually "see" based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of engineering: build, test, improve based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how a line-following robot works based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how autonomous robots make decisions based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how cad helps engineers based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how engineers prototype based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how i prepare for robotics competitions based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how mechanical and software engineering connect based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how obstacle-avoiding robots work based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how robot arms work based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how robot drivetrains work based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how robot motors work based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how robot sensors work based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how robots navigate mazes based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how robots sort objects based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of how robots use feedback based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of my biggest robotics mistake based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of the engineering behind a competition robot based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of the most important robot design decision based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of torque vs. speed in robotics based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what happens when a robot fails based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what is a pid controller based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what makes a great competition robot based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of what makes a robot autonomous based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of why engineers build multiple versions based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of why failure is part of engineering based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of why gear ratios matter based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of why robot design is full of tradeoffs based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of why robots need sensors based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of why robots sometimes overcorrect based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of can ai really think based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of ai in climate science based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of ai in healthcare based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of ai in science based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of ai in space exploration based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
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A reflection and explanation of ai vs. machine learning based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of how ai can get things wrong based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of how ai could change robotics based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of how ai generates images based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of how ai generates text based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of how chatbots work based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of how does machine learning learn based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of how image recognition works based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of how recommendation algorithms work based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of how to test an ai system based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of how voice recognition works based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of the difference between an ai demo and ai research based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of what actually is artificial intelligence based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of what i think students should learn about ai based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of what is a dataset based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of what is an ai hallucination based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of what is generative ai based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of why ai isn?t magic based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of why ai needs data based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection and explanation of why ai needs testing based on the way I think about science, engineering, and learning in practice.
Sep 24, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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An introduction to Aarush, my interests, projects, competitions, and the portfolio behind this Lab Journal.
Sep 2, 2026 • 8:28 PM • 3 min read
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A reflection on my latest tournament and the lessons I carried away from the final rounds.
Sep 2, 2026 • 8:08 PM • 1 min read
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