Sundial Nanogirl - Summer Learning Journey Day 15.

 Today for our activity we had to make a Sundial! Sundials were in use in the olden times when analog or digital clocks were not made at the time. We had to make our own Sundial! I enjoyed making my Sundial because it was simple to make and very creative.

What you need for this activity is Card Paper/Cardboard, Tape and Scissors! I like these activities because anyone can attempt to make it without buying or spending money on anything. I learnt about Sundials, I never really heard about them before but they look really interesting and handy.

You can even write your routine on it like wake up, shower and stuff like that. Did you know that Sundials were made about 5,500 years ago? People who made the Sundials were mostly the Romans. Have you ever seen a Sundial? Here is mine!

Which is Real or Fake? How to Reverse an Image - Summer Learning Journey Day 14.

 Today for our last activity we had to go to a site which as images of people and 1 of them is fake, and we have to figure out what one is fake and what one is real. Here is a link to the site: Click Here . I enjoyed this activity because it was super fun to play. We also had to keep track on how many we got right and wrong! I played 10 times and got 9 correct and 1 incorrect. 

We also had to make a Screencastify on how to reverse a google image. There were 3 ways to do it, but I choose the simplest one for an example! I added both of my work that I did onto a google slide. Here is my google slide and my screencastify!

Happy New Year In Different Languages - Summer Learning Journey Day 14.

 Today for our 1st activity we had to make a poster on how to say Happy New Year in different languages! I wrote 10 different languages! Maori, Hawaiian, Italian, German, Chinese, Latin, Portuguese, Samoan, Punjabi/Indian and Hindi! 

I enjoyed this activity because I learnt a lot of different languages! I found nothing challenging  and I enjoyed mainly all of it because it was fun and really good to learn. MY favourite was definitely the Hawaiian one because I didn't really know Hawaiians spoke their own language!

What does your family do for the New Years? Do you speak any foreign language at home? 

Here is my poster!

Camping Ground Sites Math - Summer Learning Journey Day 13.

 Today for our last activity we did a math activity, where we had to try and make an equal camp site with squares with grids in them and at the end we had to do some 15 times tables to work out how much money they would've cost to stay in. I learnt a lot of different things and it was very confusing at first but got the hang of it as I went on.

I found nothing challenging other than the first few slides which were very confusing. I enjoyed most of it and I learnt some new math skills. It got harder and harder until the one where there was a toilet block in the middle and you couldn't really go through it or past it.

Here is my google slide on my maths activity:

Digital Fruit and Veggie Art - Summer Learning Journey Day 13.

 Today for our 1st activity we got to do art but with fruit and vegetables! I choose to do mine on my chromebook because them I'd have access to more fruits I might've not had at home. The person who created this type of art was.. Giuseppe Arcimboldo, he was an Italian painter and loved doing art with stuff you find outside, books, fruit and vegetables.

I learnt that doing art with something other than paper and colours can turn into a masterpiece as well. What I used for my art was a watermelon for the head, blueberries for the nose and eyes, half a lemon for the ears, cherries for the earrings, lettuce for the hair and a banana for the smile! 

I've also included a couple of facts about the painter in my google drawing, here is the art that I made: 

My Super Summer Taste - Summer Learning Journey Day 12.

 For our last activity for the day we had to write and explain our favourite foods to eat in the Summer. I choose, Ice cream, watermelon/any fruit, soda, and yoghurt. I choose these mostly because they are really nice when they are cold and when its Summer you really crave something cold and nice to eat/ drink in the hot weather.

I have explained why I choose these even more in my google drawing! I made a google drawing of the foods, here is my google drawing:

Word Art - Summer Learning Journey Day 12.

 Today for our 1st activity we had to read a slide in Maori and we had to make some word art. Here's a link if you want to try and some word art of your own: Click Here. What I like about word art is that is completely free and you don't have to pay anything. 

The words I used were Persevere, family, friends, Nature, Art, Happiness and Kindness. I choose all positive words because everyone should be enjoying life and being happy! Here is my word art:

Super Column - Nano Girl Summer Learning Journey Day 11.

 Today for our last activity we had to make a Super Column! A super column is like a little experiment to see if you can stack stuff on top on it and see how much it can hold. 

Have you made a super column before? How many items did you put on for it to fall down?

What I used for this:

Paper

Scissors

Card paper/Cardboard                  

Tape

And any slightly heavy item of your choice. Here is my google slide:                                                         

It's Cool To Be Kind- Summer Learning Journey Day 11.

 Today for our 2nd activity we had to copy a kind comment someone has left on our blog, I choose a comment from Shannon, a SMLJ commenter! Then you had to copy and paste your reply!

I like replying to comments because you get positive, thoughtful, and help comments to reply to. Do you like replying to your comments? Here is my google drawing:

UV/ Ultraviolet Indicator - Summer Learning Journey Day 11.

 Today we learnt about a UV Indicator. A UV INdicator is basically a chart called "Ultraviolet". It tells you if you need to protect yourself from the sun today, I made my own Ultraviolet chart for me to hang up at my house. I was thinking placing it in the living room since everyone can see it, a Ultraviolet chart can save you from either getting a sun allergy, cancer or sunburns.

These are the 5 different levels:

1. Low: Low means your all good and you don't really need anything to protect.

2. Medium: Either sunglasses or a hat.

3. High: Sunglasses,hat and sunscreen.

4. Very High: Sunglasses, hat, and sunscreen, stay away from the sun.

5. Extreme: Stay home.

Here is my google drawing that I made:

3D Paper Origami - Summer Learning Journey Day 10.

 Today for our activity we had to make some 3D paper origami. I personally liked this because I love origami and doing crafts very much similar. I made a flower! 

The video I used: Click Here.

What you need:

Scissors

Tape

A4 Paper, and that's it!

I love origami because it's affordable for anyone.

Here are 2 photos of what I made:

Te Huarere / Weather - Summer Learning Journey Day 9.

 Today for our activity we had to do a slideshow that was teaching us about the weather in Maori. I enjoyed this because I learnt the weather forecast in a different language. I found nothing challenging in this activity because it was simple and clear to learn.

For an example I learnt something like this! "He aha te tohu huarere? (What is the weather forecast?), Puahuru & Kapuapua."!

Here are some slides that you can look through that can help you learn some words on your own!

Minecraft - Summer Learning Journey Day 8.

 Today for our 2nd activity, we played minecraft. I enjoyed this because it was fun and simple to learn especially if you don't really play minecraft like I don't. I found nothing hard except figuring out what to do at the starting.

We even got a certificate when we were done, Do you ever play minecraft? Have you done the hour of code? :

Kiwi Jingle Bells - Summer Learning Journey Day 8.

 Today for our activity we had to make up our own Kiwi Jingle Bells, I enjoyed this because it was really fun to make your own chorus for Jingle Bells. I found nothing hard besides trying to figure out what words would come next.

We listened to a song to give us some ideas, here's the link: Click Here

This is my google slide on my song that I created:

Pigpen Cipher Code - Summer Learning Journey Day 7.

 Today for our activity we had to learn about Pigpen Cipher, I enjoyed this because it was simple to learn and really helpful! I found nothing challenging in this activity because the symbols were easy to learn. For my own Pigpen Cipher code that I made, I wrote it about my favourite beach for you to try it out yourself! 

What I learnt from this was how to code but in PIgpen Cipher version which was way more funner. Here is a link to a video that can help you make your own code! Click Here. 

Here is what I made, can you figure out what it says? :

Hana Kōkō Outfit For Santa - Summer Learning Journey Day 6.

 Today for our activity we had to read a book and it was about Santa and Christmas, here's the link: Click Here. I liked this activity because we could give Santa his own Summer outfit so he wouldn't get hot in his normal fluffy clothes. 

My inspiration for the outfit was the weather because its Summer which means it's really hot nowadays. 

What do you and your family do in Summer?

Here is what I created and explained why I choose those certain items:

Summer Haiku Poem - Summer Learning Journey Day 5.

 For our last activity we had to make a haiku poem about summer! I loved doing this because I like making poems, mainly about summer. A haiku poem is a poem with 3 lines, the first line, 5 syllables, middle line, 7 syllables, last line, 5 syllables. 

I like making haiku poems because they are so easy and fun to make. My poem was based on summer and I got inspiration from a photo!

Here is what I made:

Which One Doesn't Belong? - Summer Learning Journey Day 5.

 Today for our Summer Learney Journey activity we played Which One Doesn't Belong. It's a game where you see 4 pictures of the same things, one or all of them might be really different and you have to detect that. I really liked this activity because it was really simple and dun to do, plus its really easy to make your own as well.

I even made my own one at the end of the slides to see if you can figure it out! Here is my google slide:

Made up Song Chorus - Summer Learning Journey Day 4.

 Today for our activity we had to make up or use inspiration from other songs to make up our own chorus. My inspiration was Louis Armstrong, he made a song called "What A Wonderful World". I like it because it's so positive and it's telling you to not give up.

I liked this activity because it was really fun and you can be creative with what you write. Mine is kind of similar but the song is amazing itself, here's the link of the video of him singing. Click Here!

"Here is what I came up with:

It's a marvellous world.

I'm walking on ground.

Talking about heaven on earth.

I've got more than my share.

Haven't got a care!

Happy today and everyday.

It's a marvellous world!

Loving marvellous you."

Here is a photo of Louis Armstrong!

Optical Illusion Art - Summer Learning Journey Day 3.

 Today for my last activity we had to draw an optical illusion. I drew one which looks like a tunnel of some sort and its going down. Optical illusions look really amazing and eye catching for art because it's the way their drawn. What I liked about this was that some of them are really easy to make like the one I have.

You also don't need to buy anything for most of them because most of the time you only need a pencil and paper!

They are really fun to do, it looks very smudged but it looks so trippy and cool to look at once you start to see it! Here is what I made: