Recycled Race Car

Good Afternoon everyone!

Posted on the SLJ (Summer learning journey) site provided the SLJ participants with an activity! 

Today I had to build my very own race car using recycled materials around the house. They prepared inspiration videos to expand our creativity, and on what to use as building materials. 

Below is an attachment of a short video containing my experience making my race car. 

Enjoy!

Summer Text Graphic

A activity posted on the 28/12/21 from the SLJ blog was to make a copy of a google drawing and create a '5' word Summer Text Graphic, but I have listed ten words that describe summer. 

Seasonal Greeting Cards

A task posted on the 24/12/21 from the SLJ blog was to create a seasonal greeting card, they have also displayed a bunch of videos on a slide deck for ideas to make the cards. Before looking at making the cards I have taken a look at the History of Christmas cards

 These are the cards I have made for this activity. 

3 things that I have learned about the History of Christmas cards is that people have been sending Christmas greetings to one another for hundreds of years. The first recorded use for Merry Christmas was in a Christmas letter sent in 1534. 

Modern Christmas cards can represent a collection of designs, from dramatic depictions of nativity to images of Santa Claus and of his reindeer's, or the scenery of winter nature. However modern technologies like sending emails, messages, or any online communication have taken a toll on Christmas cards. In spite of that many families and friends still find time to mail out cards to their loved ones. 

Another thing that I have learned is that it is estimated that nearly two billion Christmas cards are sent out each year, and each household receives an average of approximately twenty cards each holiday season, which blows my mind now knowing that someone out there is sending out this many holiday cards each holiday. It's really nice and thoughtful that people out there prepare cards for many others to ensure happiness throughout the holidays.

  

Bridge Builder

 A task set for this week is about learning how to create a bridge using different shapes with any use of materials.

I needed to design and build my own bridge using geometry shapes such as triangles, arches and rectangles that spans about 30 cm.

Below will show a template that will display the before and after of the testing of my bridge and the explanations of some questions.

 And Below this template will present a video of me testing how much load my bridge can carry.

Thank you for visiting my blog! Have a wonderful day :)

Build something that floats!

This weeks task is about creating something that floats! 

Making things float must have air apart of the objects structure. Something called buoyancy; description of how afloat or buoyant something is. 

What materials can be used to make things float? Wood is a perfect example as it has many little air pockets inside keeping it afloat. Some boats and canoes are made out of wood because it is reliable on water. However rocks are the opposite. They usually don't float because they lack air in them, materials like that are heavy and dense. 

I can use anything that I can find in the house to create my floating invention, ANYTHING. 

Once I have engineered my new invention I will need to test it!

I will Measure how far it will be able to sail and how much load it can carry before it sinks.

The material I used in the house is paper. The heavy objects I used in my experiment were marbles.  

Watch my video to see my experience during this experiment!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uNk4N0CvK7Tv_1fAgZdW0jGx3oZMHToK/view

(If their are any problems occurring the video please let me know, thank you)