We have our first assignments! We are all supposed to look up information and make flash cards on noodle tools. Each person had to research different information according to their position in the group.
Beginning Steps In Research
Bryce picked out a few recipes for our group to recreate. He is now searching how the diet of France affects the people living there. Caleb is creating a drawing and the scale for our model. Elena researched the map that she is now going to trace and start drawing on. Celine is researching how she is going to create our video about our country.
The Waiting Game
Our group member did all the research and started making progress except one member, Elena. She hadn't done her work and it was affecting all of us.
Beginning the Model
Bryce brought the base board for our model. And Caleb used all the drawings he had made to draw the part of the Louvre we were doing onto the base board. We had to erase multiple times and find the right tools to make the base look just right. In the beginning we were going to build the entire museum but we decided to make the pyramid out front of the museum.
Elena Is Gone
Elena was not doing her work for the class and for our group. She was removed and I took over being cartographer.
For the map I had to find a map of France to scale and trace it onto a poster board. Then I labeled the countries on the map. Next, I colored the map topographically. I put France's extorts and the major sixties on the map. I finished the map off with a map key, rose compass, and lamination.
Our model is not only going to be 3D but it also will have a view of the subterranean part of the pyramid. We made a viewing area on one side of the base where we plan to leave off the sides so we can see to where the subterranean part of the pyramid is located . We are putting in pieces of styrofoam to make the viewer's eyes scope in on the subterranean view of the pyramid.
We continued building today. I was assigned to create a pillar out of cardboard for the observation area. We started putting sides on the base and pieces to narrow the view of the observer.
For the small pyramid we will be bought a square mirror that was the dementions of the small pyramid. We had to draw lines with permanent marker to symbolize the separations in the pieces of glass. We also had to tape the model and spray paint to make the base look like the ground is cobblestone.
We glued the styrofoam triangles on to where the fountains were on the model. Then, made the water by first covering the styrofoam with hot glue. Then we placed liquid model gel that is colored like water to make the hot glue blue.
We added boarders to make the fountains look cleaner.
To finish the small pyramid I glued the small plastic triangles to the small mirror and made sure they lined up.