Narrative Assessment - Summer Olympics

Native Birds:

Hi everyone and welcome to another amazing blog reflection! Today would be a very different topic. Its gonna be about the natives bird puppets we created!

At the beginning of our project, we had to get into a group of 4. Of course I went with some amazing people. Aleena, Mervlyn and Margaret. They are all very creative and would make our puppet look bird-tastic. After we got into our groups, we planned. We wanted to make a owl but at the end. . . . . We founded out that we needed to make a bird that is native to our planet so last minute, we made a kiwi but at the end, someone took our kiwi and we just decided that it would have been best to just continue with our owl. It turned out, pretty good I think.

Two days after we planned, we were ready to create. We used a empty paper towel roll and we made a head by crunching up pieces of baking paper and stuffed it into a smooth piece of new baking paper. We hot glued the end so it wouldn't come apart. We then stuck it onto the top of the paper towel roll. We used a marker to draw a owl looking face. It looked pretty similar to a owl I personally think. 

We then made the wings. We collected some feathers to stick onto our wings to make them feel and look more realistic. We drew a wing shape that we all liked and cut it our and stuck it onto our owl body or base. We stuck on some feathers which gave it a realistic feel and look. My group ended up using red and blue feathers but it was our choice and I think it looks pretty cool.

Our finish product looks similar to a owl but not that close. We have the owl wings, face and the realistic look and feel of a real owl. I think it turned out cool! What I like about it is that we chose a different bird instead of the kiwi that many other groups were making. We added our own touches and we put a lot of thought into it.

Narrative Assessment

Student Leaders

Mervlyn and I's Oobleck iExplore

The Box Method

Last week and this week, workshop 3 have been using the box method to solve timetable problems. This week, we are focusing on disivon in parts and using the strategy for bigger numbers. 

If u don't know, the box method is a super easy strategy that you could use to solve multiples. We would need to draw out a three boxed, box and fill it in. For example, if you have the problem, 8 x 123, you would need to draw a three boxed box. On the left side, write the one digit number and on top of all the boxes, write down the number places for the three digit number. For example, 100, 20 and 3. Then times it and write your answer in the boxes, so, 800 in the hundreds box, 160 in the tens box and 24 in the ones box. All you have to do now is add all your answers together. The final answer for the question is. . . . . 984! Its easy as that,

I founded this strategy helpful because it was super easy for anyone to use. I learned it quickly and founded that I could help others from workshop 1 and 2 also learn the strategy. They also founded it cool and quick to do.

What I want to learn next with this box method is, use it to help me solve 2 digit and 2 digit problems. I want to learn how to use it fpr disivon in parts. 

Over all, I think this is a great strategy to use for maths and is super quick to learn. I think anyone could use this. I really also enjoyed learning this method and founded that instead of writing down the boring way of doing it, I could now show a different method and also I now know a new strategy and I could now add it to my interactive journal. 

Oobleck!

What is Oobleck?
Oobleck is just a mixture of cornstarch and water. It acts like a solid and a liquid.

How does it act like a solid and liquid?

Well, the cornstarch particles are bigger so they move a lot slower while the water particles are smaller and move a lot quicker. Plus, the cornstarch is a lot more densed than the water.

Where did the name OOBLECK come from?

There was once a Doctor Seuss book called Oobleck and that's where the the name OOBLECK came from.

What is Oobleck used for?

A lot of people have fun with Oobleck. Some people even walk on Oobleck! That's crazy isn't it? Well the over all answer is that people use Oobleck for fun. Some people as use Oobleck to find out more about it like why does it act like a solid and liquid.

That's a little about Oobleck. If you want to find out more, make it your self. All you need is cornstarch and water. If you don't want to make it but still want to find out more, please read my other blog that was also posted about Oobleck.