Summer Learning Journey | Water Cycle in a Bag

 

Today I have done another activity called water cycle in a bag. Water cycle in a bag is the process of the water evaporating into water vapour, then condensing to form clouds, then precipitating back to earth by forming rain. In the image above I have created my own water cycle and I have sat it on my windowsill for 2 days to see the changes in the plastic bag.

To create your own water cycle you will need to get a plastic bag, tape, food colouring (optional), marker/vivid, and water. After getting these materials you can write the four stages of the water cycles on the bag (this is optional), but it can help you visualize whats going on inside the bag. Then put the water inside the bag, and if you have, put your food colouring in it and mix it carefully. Now you can check it every hour and see whats happening inside your bag.

The changes I saw were that the small water droplets got bigger from the previous day. I enjoyed doing this activity because it allowed me to understand more of what happened to the water when it has been placed on the window. 

Summer Learning Journey | One Point Perspective

 

Today I have done an activity called one point perspective. A one point perspective is a drawing technique that helps us achieve depths. When we make a one point perspective drawing, the object get smaller as it moves farther into the distance. The image I created was a beach on the left hand side, a very quiet road in the middle, and on the right hand side I made a field and mountains behind it. I enjoyed making a one point perspective image because I really like how it turned out and how it looks. 

Summer Learning Journey | Stick Figure Fun

Today I have done another activity called stick figure fun. A stick figure is drawn by having a circled head, and the body, arms, and legs are drawn as lines. In this activity I have created 10 figures doing different activities like singing, biking, ribbon gymnastics, hitting, ice skating, sleeping, working, walking, watching tv, and exercising. 

To make my figures look like they are doing a particular activity I moved some parts of the body and also added some equipments to the people. One of my favourite figures I have created so far was the working one, and the biking one because its one of the detailed figures, and because I like to do both of the things. 

I found this activity fun and also a little bit challenging since sometimes when I drew the figures it sometimes didn't look like what I wanted it to be. 

Summer Learning Journey | 5 Word Summer Text Graphic

Today I have done another activity called text graphic. In this activity I needed to pick 5 words that reminded me of summer, and I picked coolness, cockcrow (defined as dawn), calm, cozy, and clear. The reason why I chose these words was because during dawn its cool, calm, and cozy in our house, and clear refers to when there are no people in the beaches, since theres the only sounds of waves coming in and going out. 

To create your own text graphics, you will need to pick 5 words that recall about summer, find a summer image, then choose a font and the colour of the words that makes the reading easier, and lastly share it on your blog.

I found this activity easy because I knew what reminded me of summer. 

Summer Learning Journey ~Poetry Slam ~ Haiku

   

This was my third poetry slam activity and I made a haiku about summer. Haiku is a form of poetry with three lines, in those three lines there is a specific amount of syllables needed, which is 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the last/third line. When writing a haiku it is mostly about writing about nature which are, birds, plants, and types of weather in that related season. I enjoyed doing this activity because it allowed me to practice writing a haiku poem. 

Summer Learning Journey | Seasonal Greetings Card

Today I have done an activity called seasonal greetings card. In this activity I have found out some facts about how the first Christmas card showed in the sides people caring for the poor and in the centre of the card it showed a family having a large Christmas dinner. The next fact was as printing methods improved over time it became very popular and it started to produce in large numbers from about 1860, then 10 years later in 1970 they shortened the to cost to half a penny which allowed for more people to send cards. The third fact is that the United States of America around the late 1840s Christmas cards were very expensive that made people not afford them. 

Then I watched a video that showed different designs to create Christmas cards, which gave me an inspiration to do the ornament design. In the card I have drew the flag of the country, the beach because I really love going there, and a zig zag ornament, and an M&M's design because I like to eat them. 

After I finished making this card I gave it to my mum because is one of the hard working person in my family. I found this activity very fun because I really like making cards and for other occasions too for my neighbours, and my family. 

Summer Learning Journey | Cicadas Do Maths

My timeline in the DLO above shows my prediction of how my life might be like this. The information that I have written in the text boxes are things I want to do and experience when I become an adult. 

Something I have learnt while doing this activity was that the life of the cicadas depends on what species they are, like the cicadas in USA they can live up to 17 years, which is a long life for them. I enjoyed doing this activity because I did not know that every species have a different life limit. 

Summer Learning Journey | Kennings Poem about Bees

Today Fotu and I have done another activity called Kennings Poem. Kennings poem is like a riddle, and each line has only 2 words, and the two words are seperated by a hyphen(-). The two words can be a noun and a verb or two nouns. 

While doing this activity we were listing animals that reminded of summer. We chose bees because we both have been seeing bees in our garden as well as other parts of our community. 

We both enjoyed doing this activity because it made us think more about what words we were going to use to write about the bees. 

Summer Learning Journey | Forced Perspective Photography

Today I have done another activity called forced perspective photography. Forced perspective photography is an optical illusion using your camera, this can make things that are very small seem very big, or make something that is big really small. This is depended on where you place your camera. For my forced perspective images I have done myself reading a huge book, me putting on sunscreen, me pushing a huge beach ball, and lastly growing a Christmas Tree on my hand. 

The reason why I chose these images was because it was what I do during the summer. I found this activity a little bit hard as sometimes the photos didn't look like what I had expected. 

Summer Learning Journey | Build Something that Floats | Nanogirl

 

Today I have done another Summer Learning Journey Nanogirl activity. For this task I have created a boat that floats on the water. The materials that I used were a plastic container lid for the body, then blu tack to stick the pencil to the lid, and lastly a piece of paper to make the main sail. During this activity I looked at Nanogirls video to give me an idea of what I was going to make because the boats that I made sank or got leaked by water. I enjoyed this activity because it allowed me to improve my boat when it was not working. 

Summer Learning Journey ~ E hia nga mea? ~ Kick start activity

Today I have done another activity called E hia nga mea (how many)? For this task I watched a counting video up to ten in Maori. Then I created a counting poster using the images on the web and creating my own images. During this activity it has helped me to recall the numbers in Maori, because it has been a while since I have done Te Reo activities.  The reason why I chose these items above was because it was what I do and have during the summer holidays.

Summer Learning Journey | Mandala Mania | Kick Start Challenge

Today I have done another activity called Mandala Mania. In this activity I had a choice of using natural materials from the garden, or using materials from our house, or using products around the house, or making a digital version using png flowers, and I chose to he the digital version, which can be seen above. I enjoyed doing this activity because I was able to use any flower, and be creative on where I put it around the circle. 

Summer Learning Journey | Magic Maths

Today I have done another kick start activity called magic maths. In this activity I needed to use my maths skills to find the answers of each of the answers on the slide. To do this task I have watched the instructions of the video, making a copy of the slide, then practicing the trick to try it on my friends. I found this activity very fun because I was able to also teach my other friends how to do this trick. 

Summer Learning Journey ~ Vector Art

 

Vector art was the third activity that I have done. To create these images it uses lines, curves, and polygons to create the image. When people create this art is doesn't looks the focus/quality of the image, if people zoom in. 

In the image above the blurb I have created my hero, Naomi Osaka. She is a Japanese and Haitian tennis player. The reason why I chose her is that because when I was playing tennis I wasn't really interested but when I saw her playing tennis on tv, I was really inspired by her which encouraged me to improve myself.

After drawing the image I searched up her quote which is "You just gotta keep going and fighting for everything, and one day you'll get to where you want."

My three top tips:

- Start off basic, detail it last.

- Use your heroes that inspire you.

- Use the right tools. 

I enjoyed doing this activity because it enabled me to share the person who inspired me in tennis. 

Summer Learning Journey ~ Spread the Word ~ Step it Up Challenge

Today I have done an activity called spread the word. In this task I needed to comment on the top 5 favourite blog posts. The 5 blog posts that I have commented on were the topic of the art colouring book that I really enjoyed doing. 

To do this task I watched a short video on how I was to do this task, copied the slide to put the blogs that I have commented on. After that I went on students' blog posts and gave them a positive comment, as well as a question for them. Then I took the pictures of their blog post and pasted it on the slide. Lastly I submitted my comments on the SLJ comment form.

I found this activity fun because it was enjoyable to look at other peoples art as well as a fact about the pictures they were colouring in. 

Summer Learning Journey ~ Poetry Slam ~ Step it up Activity

Today I have done another task, which is called the Poetry Slam. I have added my thoughts, and images of summer to help me for inspiration and for ideas when I am writing these poetrys for the rest of this poetry slam activities. 

During this activity I have watched four poetry videos to help me write down the answers for what makes a good slam performance and the different ideas for summer like, swimming, going to the beach, seeing many pohutukawa trees near waters, etc. 

I enjoyed doing this activity because it allowed me to think more about the answers for each question on slide 4. 

Summer Learining Journey ~ Draw a Geometree ~ Kick Start Activity

 

Today I have done another activity about geometry art. In this activity I have used vivid to do the trunk of the tree, as well as the branches of the tree. Then I used the vivid again to draw the different shapes on the branches. After that I used the colour pencils to colour the inside of some of the shapes. 

I enjoyed doing this activity because I was able to create my own geometric tree.

Summer Learning Journey ~ NASA Art Colouring Book ~ Kick Start Activity

This was my second activity of the Summer Learning Journey Activity, and I have recreated the drawing of the image looking out to the Earth. In this activity I have selected a colour and filled out the blank parts of the drawing. 

I enjoyed doing this activity because it allowed me to pick any colours, and to be creative. 

 

Summer Learning Journey ~ NASA Art Colouring Book ~ Step It Up Activity

This was the first Summer Learning Journey activity that I have done. In this task I have chosen an image of a soccer ball in the space craft, then filled the white parts on the page using the colours on the site. After I finished the art, I pasted the original image to a Google Drawing and pasted my art too. Then I wrote why I chose the picture, and an interesting fact about exercising because it's important to keep their bodies healthy since they don't need to use much muscles than on earth.

I enjoyed doing this activity because I learnt how astronauts keep their bodies healthy in space.