Finding Heights of Objects Using Similarity

Finding Heights of Objects Using Similarity

Work for the Problem

Pictures of us Collecting Data :

In this activity, we used a meter stick to find the length of a tall pole using shadows. To do this, we collected the length of the meter stick, shadow of the meter stick, and the shadow of the pole. My math working above shows how we used proportions to find the length of the tall pole. 

Portrait Photography Unit - Art 7

Reflection Questions for Portrait Photography Unit

1) I took this photo along with some of my friends. My inspiration for this photo graph was to somehow take plants or nature and incorporate that into my photograph. We initially tried to do this with some of the plants nearby. We did not uproot any plants, therefore, it was very difficult to get the picture I desired. So we took a leaf that was lying on the floor, and used for my picture. I focused the camera on my friend, and the picture turned out to be very creative. This picture is a frame inside of a frame picture. This means that there is a second frame inside the main frame of the camera. After I took this picture, I did some editing to it. I cropped a few parts out of the picture and very slightly edited some of the lighting behind it.
This is my final photograph:

2) This is my Exposure Photograph. Exposure is how much light you let into a picture. This picture is closest to "0" in exposure. An overexposed photograph lets a lot of light in. Therefore, it sets a more energetic mood. An underexposed photograph lets less light in. Therefore, it sets a moody, dark, and gloomy mood. 

This is an example of a picture taken in exposure close to "0."

3) I think that my reflection picture is one of the best photos I took. In this photo, I used a mirror to create a reflection of me taking a picture. I feel as though this is creative and my angles and lighting suite this picture very well.
Here is my picture:

4) the background and the lighting are very vital because they set a mood for the viewers. If you take a picture in a dark place with surroundings that look unfamiliar or haunted, then the viewers might feel "scared." On the other hand, if you take a picture in a bright surrounding with a pleasant background (such as flowers) then the viewers might feel "happy or joyful."  This can play an important role in how the audience views the pictures, and what kind of mood the artist wants to set. For example, this picture below sets a slightly dark atmosphere. This is because only half of the the person (or student's) face is lit. The rest of the surroundings are dark. I also made this picture black and white, so it adds a touch to the dark atmosphere.

Here is the picture:

Natural Disaster Presentation

Link for Presentation!

F major Scale

Here is a link of my playing F-major Scale! Link

Minuet #1

Here is a link of me playing Minuet #1 from the Suzuki book! Link

Art Keva Plank Blog Post

Art Keva Plank Reflection

This is an example of Cantilever

Summative Works:

Static Form: 

Static form was slightly easier to build. This form usually has a solid base and a stable structure. We made a hexagonal shape form he base and slowly tarted to narrow in the shape. Then we set some planks vertically and then built a triangular prism on top. This form is very straight forward with definite shapes. We really enjoyed building this!

Dynamic Form: 

This form took imagination and perseverance to build. This type of structure does not have a solid structure and "plays with your eyes." My team mate and I attempted to build a "bridge like" structure. We first made our horizontal structures and made cantilever to connect the two. Our structure fell down a few times, however we finally managed to stabilize the structure and finish the masterpiece. We got inspired to build this by looking at a dynamic building online. It was a curved structure, so we just made our structure look more like a bridge. 

Reflection Questions

1) My favorite part of this assignment was using my creativity to build amazing structures. I especially liked the dynamic form and cantilever because we needed to be careful and use our imagination to come up with a wonderful idea. Then we need to see how to actually build the structure. Each time, I would come up with a different time, from part of a castle to a house!

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2) Keva planks can enhance creativity because you have to come up with different designs for your structures. Many different people have various an creative structures of their own. We had to do the same when we were building our own structures!

3) In Cantilever, we used some planks to weight some keva planks in order to keep the structure from falling. If we kept a block in an awkward position where it is going to fall, then we can use the weight of another block to support it. So we would put a few planks on top it it to keep it from falling. We created many masterpieces using cantilever in our class!

Understanding of Effective Communication

          Understanding of Effective Communication  

           

          I was at my art table working diligently on my art project at my Elementary school. I had just skipped third grade and I was into my first week of 4th. We were making some arts and crafts and I was very occupied in my work. Our art teacher put a set of supplies on the table, and we were told to share them. I reached for the pair of scissors sitting on the table. I did not realize that another girl at the table also reached for the scissors simultaneously. She was shy, so she did not say anything, instead patiently waited for me to finish. The person next to her said, "That was very mean of you Jayashree! You know she is older than you!" Since I skipped a grade, I was the youngest one in our class. This girl took advantage of that and continuously tried to pull me down. I became very frustrated with her. I said, "Well first of all, this is none of your business. Second of all, I did not know that she was reaching for the scissors at the same time." I continued with my work, and so the girl gave me a dirty look and turned away. That day in Social Studies class, our teacher chose groups for us. I got stuck in the group with the bully. She said, "You go first, then you and then you. Jayashree can go last because she is the youngest." I became very pissed off and irritated. I told her that, "Just because I am the youngest does not mean that I have to go last. I am now in 4th grade just like all of you." The rest of the people in my group supported what I was saying, so the bully could not say anything more.The next day, I sat at a different table and made new friends. They did not pull me down just because of my age. I was able to have a much more pleasant conversation with this group of girls.

        I think that this method of simply staying away from the bully is useful because I ran into no further problems, and it was a positive outcome for both of us. I stopped getting bullied, and the bully no longer bothered me because she was cognizant that I was not going to put up with her.