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ANIMALS IN ART
Our focus this week was on animal habitats (forest, ocean, and desert).
Our artists used mixed media to make memorable crafts on various animal habitats. We also explored other art projects like puppets and paper plate aquariums.
We were also able to leave the studio and visit the zoo. We were able to see the actual animals in their various habitats. We sketched animals we liked using simple shapes, and then added more realistic details afterwards.
CREATIVE PROGRAMMING WITH SCRATCH
This week, we started developing our skills in using sound (SFX) and background music to add ambience to our games. We also started to expand our ideas to create a bigger, final projects as well as working on making real games we enjoy playing!
CREATOR SPACE ADVANCED
This week we tie dyed shirts, continued working on our mixed media canvas, planned our mini relief printmaking design, and began discussing display plans for Open House.
FOSSIL FILES 🦖
Week 3 has been jam packed with activities to help our little paleontologists study the past and present. We covered the ancient Earth, the environment dinosaurs lived in, adaptations that they had to help them survive, and even discussed paleoart and how we can figure what dinosaurs looked like. We’ve been piecing together the past and recreating dinosaur images in both paper layers and 3D. Our ‘museum’ will be filled with all their hard work!
MINECRAFT: A VIRTUAL LEARNING ADVENTURE
Our Minecraft builders have been honing their creativity and in-world construction skills. Now we are putting those new skills to use as we begin work on our final projects.
PASSPORT TO ART
This week, students traveled to Europe through art by exploring artistic traditions from the United Kingdom, Greece, and Italy. Students created stained glass-inspired artwork while learning how stained glass has been used to tell stories, sculpted terracotta pinch pots inspired by ancient Greek pottery, and designed metal reliefs after learning about Renaissance art and the techniques artists use to create texture and depth. To conclude the week, the class visited the Honolulu Museum of Art, where students explored artwork from around the world and made connections to the cultures and artistic styles they have been studying throughout the summer.
ROBOTICS WITH VEX
Students worked on developing their 3 iterations of the freeze tag rules. Then we developed new rules for soccer. Using these new rules we played our first game of soccer. On Friday, we reevaluated our soccer rules and made improvements to fix any problems we discovered.
SLEUTH ACADEMY FOR JR. DETECTIVES
For week 3, our theme was “Impression Evidence.”
The detectives learned to identify different types of impression evidence such as bite marks, footprints, and tire tracks. They learned the types of materials that are best for these impressions and how investigators collect these evidence. They finished the mock crime scene investigation that was started the previous week. We had a guest speaker from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), an agency of the Department of Defense. We learned about their ongoing mission to bring home POW and MIA remains. Finally, they learned about real cases where these types of evidence were used to solve the crimes.
STEAM WITH LEGO SPIKE
This week, we completed programs and builds under the Great Adventures series.
STORYBOOK TO STAGE
In our third week, our young storytellers explored fairytales. First, we used finger puppets to re-enact fairytales, made-up our own original stories using fairytale characters, and created original skits with animal finger puppets. Next, we were introduced to hand puppets. We read and performed a hand puppet skit for the story, “The Great Race.” To help our performing skills, we played “Mirrors” and “Freeze and Justify”
UNDERSEA ECOLOGY
This week your ecologists dove into the fascinating world of carnivores. We started talking about the much anticipated sharks and other carnivorous ocean animals. On Monday, the Native Hawaiian Student Services office at UH Mānoa graciously welcomed us to their birthday celebration for Dr. Isabella Abbott.