Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Motat

Today the year 6 and 7s went to Motat. We had a fun time there and we got to see items from the olden days. 

The day started when we all got on the bus and rode off to Motat. When we arrived, we went to our meeting space and our instructor Nik, told us what the day was going to be like and the rules while Mrs Jensen told us our group's.

My group's first area was exploration. We got to explore Motat and we even went to go see Leonardo Da Vinci machines that he created and used for himself. We went to a convention area as well and it had some rooms that had different as-specks. There was even one room with a giant eye ball! It wasn't THAT creepy. There was even a room where you could watch someone game on a large screen. It was awesome! Plus, we got to see 3D creations that the instructor had created. They were creative and cool. There was also a upstairs area with tech stuff which wasn't that interesting.

Our second lesson would be in the classroom. Nik talked about items that improved and why people invent stuff. Like someone founded that white flies were attracted to his yellow t-shirt so he invented a yellow fly catcher that flies are attracted to. We got to look at the improvements of the telephone and moblies and even cameras. We got to try a typewriter, write with a quill and also write on a sleet board. The only down side to a typewriter is that if you make a mistake, you need to restart the whole thing or either choose to use a ink correcter.

After we had lunch while the other group went to their lesson.

Lastly, we went exploring again and we saw different conventions and even a crystal ball that if you put your hand near it, it looks like you are conducting eletricly. We just walked around and we even saw the old steam room. My favourite working item was this caged chair where you pulled a rope and them let go and you would go down. There were two different kind. One that went down really slowly and the other fast.

So that was our Motat trip. It was so much fun and a big thank you to Nik and the learning coaches who made this possible. This trip was incredible!! There is much more I could talk about but I don't want to make this blog too long so bye for now!

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

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.