Journal Log - Kellyn Poe

Students: Maintain a neat, thorough, and well-organized record of your progress on your
Senior Project. The Journal may be typed or handwritten in a binder or lab book. The log
can guide you in your final presentation.

Keep in mind that you should pace yourself. It is helpful to take a look at a calendar with your
mentor before you begin your work. Please take into account common obstacles to the project:
costs, other commitments (AP classes), extra-curricular activities, work, and family.

You should review your project log with your mentor each time you meet.

Journal logs could consist of responses to the following questions or ideas:

● Describe the progress you made on your project this week. Please explain with
specifics.
○ What did you do?
○ Where did you go?
○ Who did you speak with?
○ What did you see?

● Did you meet the goals set with your mentor last time? Explain.

● What obstacles are you facing?

● What within your project work has emerged as especially interesting? Explain.

● What kinds of risks did you take in your project?

● How much time did you spend working on the project this time?

● What are you current goals?

● What education and skills are necessary to attain a job in this field?
○ What is the job availability, recompense, and any geographic considerations?

● Interview an experienced professional and write about your experience.

● Discuss barriers to your project.

November 2, 2017 4 Hours

I met with a veterinarian from Pacific Crest Sporthorse Veterinary and talked
about potential lower leg issues. I was purchasing a new horse, so we had a
pre-purchase exam done on the new horse. A pre purchase is when the vet looks over
the whole horse, does flexion tests and takes x-rays as necessary to ensure that the
horse does not have any lameness issues. During the pre-purchase for Bella (the horse
I used for my project) we had x-rays taken of both her front legs at four different views.
After the vet took the x-rays, we talked about many of the common problems that can
occur within the legs and what they would look like in an x-ray. Bella’s x-rays looked
really good and the veterinarian confirmed that she had no lower leg issues. It was very
informative to talk with the vet and learn what a good x-ray looks like.

November 11, 2017 12 Hours

I planned a statewide 4H event, the Horse 101 Clinic. It is an informational clinic

for 4H members with classes teaching about a wide variety of horse related topics. I
organized the whole event as a service project which included gathering people to teach
classes, planning the schedule, contacting the facility we rented and dealing with
registration for the event. We ended up having 40 kids from three counties attend the
event. I taught a class about leg wrapping and the reasons that wrapping your horse's
legs can help protect them from injury. This related to my project as I am also focusing
on lower leg lameness issues, some of which can be prevented with wrapping the legs.

Winter Break 6 Hours

Over winter break I gathered the data for my experiment. This included figuring
out how to attach the accelerometer to the horses leg so that it would not fall off or
move around while she was being longed. This was a little bit difficult because I ended
up using the accelerometer in my phone, so it was a larger than expected. I ended up
putting my phone in a waterproof pouch. I then used string to tie it onto a velcro strap on
the horses boots. This mostly had it attached, I just wrapped vet wrap around the whole
thing to keep it from moving at all. To gather the data I longed the horse at a walk, trot
and canter with the accelerometer recording. I also spent my time observing the way the
horses lower front leg moves in detail and taking pictures.
January 4 Hours

After returning from break, I had all my data gathered and needed to make it into
graphs and then analyze it. The accelerometer app I used for my data exported in lists.
So it was a challenge to split the data into columns so I was able to graph it. I then
made graphs for the walk, trot and canter. When I took my initial measurements, I had a
few minutes worth of data for each gate, but those graphs were too difficult to read. I
split them into 30 second increments, with X, Y and Z lines. This made the graphs
easier to interpret. Then I had to analyze the graphs, and I chose to focus on the Z line
because that was the up and down motion of the leg.

February 1 Hours

I presented my project to my 4H club and then expanded more on lower leg

lameness issues. I used a powerpoint presentation of pictures and included my data
graphs. After my project presentation I taught them how to wrap legs both for while
working the horse and how you would wrap the leg when injured. I presented to 10
people in my club, along with parents and 4H leader. The group as about 20 people.

February 4 Hours

My tasks for January included making my project board and putting all the final
touches on my project. I got everything done and in time for the science fair, but I didn’t
end up going to the science fair because I had a big horse show to leave for that same
day.

March 3 Hours

I attended a farrier clinic, where they showed x-rays of the feet and talked about
a sound foot versus an injured foot. Many injuries in the foot, such as coffin joint arthritis
and navicular disease occur within the foot and can be caused by excessive shock
impact. This was interesting, to apply things I have learned in my project to real
scenarios.

Total Hours: 34 Hours