This week we designed and constructed our bird shelter prototypes! That might sound easy, but in fact it was more challenging than we expected. Our shelter plans needed to be suitable for our species and needed to visually communicate how our shelter would be constructed. That involved using Math tools – such as a ruler and a compass. We also needed to apply Math concepts to calculate the area of the sides, roof and floor. Our next step was to start building. It was exciting to watch our plans come to life…and many of us recognized errors that we had made – such as the entrance hole or the shelter itself being too large. We have a few revisions to make and a few woodworking skills to learn before we start final construction. Since September we’ve been using blogs to write and share our ideas. We’ve also been reading each other’s posts and having great conversations in our comment sections. To expand our global audience, we started quadblogging this week! Quadblogging involves four schools taking turns reading and leaving comments on each other’s blogs. We’ve been matched with classes from Illinois, Washington and the UK! This week we focused on Woodlawn Middle School in Illinois, and we found it fascinating reading their posts and leaving comments (though we had some minor technical issues along the way). Next week, we’ll focus on Hayes Park School in the UK. To learn more about quadblogging, check out this article. We also spent time exploring visual art by a local Coast Salish artist, Dylan Thomas. We noticed that his art includes geometric shapes (including circles and symmetry) and that his art includes elements of nature. We decided to use those characteristics as criteria in our own 2D art inspired by Dylan Thomas.
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