Project 1
Plastic Endangering Turtles
For my first project, I wanted to focus on the plastic that has been endangering the sea turtles. Plastic has been endangering the turtles for years now. By turtles, plastic bags are being mistaken for jellyfish, straws are being stuck in turtle's nostrils, the fishing wire is tangling them, and so much more damage is being done. Plastic is being littered all of the world, some of it doesn't make it to the proper waste that plastic belongs to. Tons and tons of plastic end up in the ocean. Taking proper care of recycling your plastic will save the turtles. As well, many plastic items are being banned from certain businesses. For example, most of the coastal states have taxes on plastic bags, paying fees of $0.05 up to $0.25. Popular attractions like Disney World and Sea World are planning to get rid of all their plastic bags by 2020. Businesses like Starbucks are getting rid of plastic straws and substituting it for paper straws or lids that are made for not using straws.
The three weeks I had to work on this, I found many interesting facts about the plastic debris harming the sea life and the new legislative on plastic. At the end of the project, I was very happy with what I had found and put together. Reducing the use of plastic will help the sea life significantly if we start now.
The three weeks I had to work on this, I found many interesting facts about the plastic debris harming the sea life and the new legislative on plastic. At the end of the project, I was very happy with what I had found and put together. Reducing the use of plastic will help the sea life significantly if we start now.
Contextualization
To contextualize is the form to explain further in, to break down something. Project 1 had focused on the skill of contextualization. For each class, I contextualized each piece differently. For art, I researched different techniques and artists to help apply it with my artwork. English, I contextualized by teaching younger kids, the next generation, how to recycle to save the sea turtles. Lastly, for history, I turned the smaller infographic into a bigger diagram breakdown to explain each fact further in detail.
ArtBefore I made any sketches, I started with researching different art techniques used in children's books. I looked up the artist for the book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. I loved his collage he illustrated with for his book. Doing a form of art like his was one of my ideas, but I still felt like it wasn't the type of art for me. After researching a little more of different illustrations, I started some quick sketches of different variations of sea turtles. Realistic, cartoons, different angles. Once my book was printed out, I started to transform the smaller sketches into the real art piece. Each page, I drafted lightly in pencil and then colored it with colored pencil.
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EnglishI began with research first on how to write a children's book. With the information I gathered, I started to write my own children's book. I wrote many drafts before I found the draft that I wanted to turn into my final book. My children book has 12 pages, with rhymes. The purpose of the book is to teach children 4-6 years of age, how to recycle for the sea turtles. The story plot is that two sea turtle best friends are racing, but at the end, they see legs in the water that drops a water bottle. The two sea turtles bring the bottle out of the water, but then the next morning the sea has lots of plastic. All of the sea turtles clean the ocean to remove the plastic. Finally, the sea turtles can live a happy life without plastic.
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HistoryFor history, I wanted to focus more on the statics of the sea life and plastic, as well as the laws in the U.S. for plastic. Seeing how much plastic affects the sea life, history is more used for research. I visited many websites, as well as national websites in the U.S, to find all the information I needed. With all the facts I found, I put them in an infographic that I made. I had 10 facts that were about the sea turtles suffering, the plastic, and the laws on the infographic. To contextualize, I made a "spider web" diagram to explain each fact and then connected a few of them together to explain the effects, causes, and similarities.
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