Building a dam | Summer learning journey

 Today I completed the dam task of the summer learning journey.

First I went on the summer learning job to find out what a dam is. I watched both to understand what a dam is. 

A dam is a barrier that stops the flow of water.

After getting a better understanding of what a dam is, I started doing my template. After completing my dam on the template I wrote what materials I used and why I used them. My materials were sticks, mud, rocks and leaves. 

In my template you can see why I decided to used these materials. 

Hana Koko

 Today I done the Hana koko task for the summer learning journey task.

I first watched the to see what I have to do. Before starting the task I read the article.

Afterwards I went on the template to begin my design.

In my design it includes: Shorts, a t-shirt and sandals. 

Lastly I gave my reasoning on why I used these clothes for my design.

Nano Girl | Xylophones

 In this activity for the summer learning journey we had to make 2 xylophones. I created one xylophone using a glass cup and water and the second using paper and tape.

For the first xylophone I used 3 cups. Then I poured different amounts of water into the glass to make  different pitches. A pitch is the vibration from the cup which makes the sound.  

How much water you have, depends on how much glass can vibrate. Like if the glass of cup is halfway fulled of water it makes a low pitch, but if there is a small amount of glass it make a high pitch sound. Lastly, I tested my xylophone using a pencil, by gently tapping the glass.

For the second and last xylophone I made was used out of paper and tape. To make the xylophone I used 5 sheets of paper. Afterwards I rolled the paper into a tube, then used tape to secure the paper from it opening. I had to cut the tubes smaller and smaller from each other to make the different pitches. Similar to what I did on the first xylophone. If you have a long tube it would most likely make a low pitch sound. If you have a short tube you most like to get a high pitch sound.

Here is me using my xylophones:

Haiku

For this task we had to try make a haiku based on summer.

A haiku is a poet that has 5 syllables, 7 syllables , lastly 5 syllables again.

My haiku is about being at the beach. Here is my haiku: Sun shining on me, relax on the hot yellow sand, enjoy a nice ice cream.

This is my favourite task yet.

Summer learning journey | Commenting

 Commenting on others blog is a great way to share your idea learning with each other. 

I commented of Deysen's blog post of his Kawhaiwhai blog post.

His blog post was amazing. My question to Deysen was how did his colours represent summer. The colours that he used were white, black and green.

Optical illusion | Summer learning journey

 For the third activity we made a optical illusion.

I went on website about optical illusions, to get an idea on what to use to draw my illusion.

The shape I used for my optical illusion was shape. I started with a big square, then I copied and paste the square multiple times. Then I made the squares smaller and smaller.

Kowhaiwhai Art

Today I did the Kowhaiwhai art task for the summer learning journey. 

Before starting the task, I watched a video to get a understanding on what to do. 

I made all of my Kowhaiwhai's huge to represent a big wave. 

Lastly I made the background half blue, half yellow to represent summer.