Learning Journal

What is art and how does it relate to other subjects?

Art is an expression of a person and their feelings about someone or something. Art can be related to a number of subjects. Chemistry for example can break it down to the basics so we can learn how basic art is made. Then we have literature which can dive into the thought process of the artist who made a specific piece of art and what it symbolizes. Some art may be done through computers or robots which is how engineering and computer science comes in.

August 4th

Langston Jones - Experimenting with Shapes

Mandala research-9/28/23

How is the mandala used? They are used as maps describing paradises or deities.
How are mandalas related to world civilizations? They hold incredible spiritual value in Hindu and Buddhist cultures as well as Islamic cultures.
What principles of design can you see? Mandalas use repetition, emphasis, and unity
How could you use a mandala to show an atom? Since a lot of mandalas use almost an art design similar to layers, they could be reconstructed to look like the layers of an atom.

Copy of Judah Scott - Food For Thought: Art Slides

Food For Thought Slides

The goal of this project is to raise awareness to food swamps and deserts. In the AP world history and world history classes we were doing a cookoff with ingredients included in the columbian exchange. The math classes are doing food desert and food swamps, researching them and finding solutions for them. For art class we used ceramics to show and explain the columbian trade. We decided what to make based off of the most interesting part of the columbian exchange which to us, was the way that they traveled to and fro. The techniques we used included pinch, slab and coil.

At first we spent time brainstorming and getting use to using clay. Then we drew sketches after we decided what we were making. Afterwards we created the ceramic and it was heated in the kiln. When it was out of the kiln we glazed it and took the pictures for our slideshow. We chose a crashed ship it relates to the columbian exchange because they traveled using large ships and we added our own twist to it by making it a shipwreck. Surprisingly most things worked well for us what we would do if we had more time is probably make more items to go with our ship or make the ship bigger.

Learning Journal Entry Chemvas 11/3/23

What have you been taught about in art this year that relates to other classes? I learned about how bonding in dye is similar to bonding in atoms.
What have you done this year so far that demonstrates you understand Principles of Design and Elements of Art? We made a picture using the elements of design these include rhythm, pattern, and contrast.
How do you experiment with different possibilities in your planning and process and how can you show your process? I show my process by taking pictures I experiment with different possibilities by having several drafts before finalizing.
What famous/historic art have you learned about so far? We learned about the banana on the wall which was taped to the wall and has taken the spot of other exhibits. It also gets replaced sometimes when it starts to go bad.

Chemvas Art 1/4/24

Borax is a mineral used in making glass and ceramics. The elements in borax are boron and oxygen. We use the hot water to allow the water to be supersaturated meaning it can dissolve more stuff in the water than when it was saturated. When the water cools it crystalizes. My sculpture is dynamic because I used multiple elements of ceramics such as coil and slab and score and slip.

Learning Journal& Oral Communication: 3/1 Abstraction and STEAM

When I was learning about abstraction I saw it as a way for artists to get a grasp or represent the vast changes through the world. I think abstraction is pretty linear throughout different cultures while they may not be the same they maintain similar concepts. I truly do not think that it could relate to science or math as those two subjects are very based in facts however abstraction is based in the rejection of said things. I think data should be used to get an idea of how to represent it in unconventional ways. I like to work in more personal ways because it's easier to produce when I'm working within my own parameters.

Langston Jones - Black Artist Share

2A Engineering July-August

Bandsaw

Do not use wood too big or small for he bandsaw. Keep hands and fingers out from under the saw. The Bandsaw is used to cut smaller pieces of wood.

Nailgun

Never point the Nail Gun at other people never nail the wood while it is over the edge. The nailgun is used to connect two pieces of wood or material together

Table saw

Table saw is used to cut large pieces of wood. Some safety rules for the table saw, never put your fingers near the blade, keep the wood flat on the table

Planer saw

A planer saw is used to shorten the width of wood, and smooth it out. Some safety rules for using it keep your hands out from the mouth of the machine. Always wear ear and eye protection.

Miter Saw

The miter saw is a engineering item for cutting longer thin pieces of wood into smaller pieces.

Some safety rules for the meider saw is never put your fingers in the area of the cut

Wear glasses to avoid flying pieces of wood

Have somebody to help hold your wood while cutting it

Biscuit jointer

The biscuit jointer is used for cutting holes into pieces of wood that fit biscuits.

Safety rules hold the blade down and align it with your cut

Keep fingers out of the cut area

Wear safety goggles

Orbital sander

Orbital sander is for smoothing wooden and rough surfaces. Safety rules never touch a moving sander with your bare hands don't place the sander on the ground don't operate it without safety glasses

Wood putty

Wood putty is a paste like substance used to fill holes in wooden structures. It is made of wood glue and saw dust.

Do: Let it dry after its applied, Sand it down after its dried, Wash the utensils you use after its done

Dont: Not allow it to dry, Wash the putty itself down a sink, Put it on your clothes

August 30th ELA Learning Journal

Today we presented our Gilgamesh poster's to the class in World Literature. We also started our project group contracts and wrote our norms.

September 6th 2023 ELA

Today in class we were researching and choosing our ancient civilizations for our project. My group(Jade, Judah, Nemani, and Kyler) chose the ancient persians civilization.

September 8th 2023 ELA

Today in class we learned about characters and plot diagrams. We also brainstormed our plot diagram for our play and discussed the characters.

September 20th 2023 ELA

Today we had our plays reviewed by our peers. Was kind of fun 6/10

AP World History Unit 0 Reflection

The Neolithic revolution caused injustices within religions, social classes and genders because the Neolithic revolution caused major advancements in agriculture and technology leading to certain people who had early access to such technologies gaining power over those who didn't have such technology. When those who gained power over others realized that they had the ability to they then felt entitled to impose their will on those “beneath” them. This is what we saw with leaders such as Nero with Christianity, As well as the male leaders to the women in Athens. Another example is the Caste system in Hinduism, people who gained power early on made a system that mainly benefited them but everyone below them had to follow.

An early example of Neolithic technology is irrigation, irrigation is a way of bringing water to crops to keep them nurtured. Irrigation was an incredibly helpful early invention that revolutionized farming as we knew it. This also skyrocketed the efficiency of farming.

International trade routes rose alongside the rise of great empires such as Rome and Asia. Rome had revolutionized the construction of roads paving them and using new and better materials such as crushed up stones that made an early form of cement. They had a road network that spanned across 50,000 miles. Alongside the many Asian empires that supported the construction of the silk road which spanned across 5,000 miles. The construction of these two roads alongside many more helped traveling people such as nomadic pastoralists to travel between empires spreading influence from ones that they came from.

A decentralized government is a government that spreads its power throughout many different people rather than one person holding all the power. Rome is a great example of this because they were one of the first to do it. They had a a group of senators called patricians they also had consoles who only had 1 term a. They had all this alongside one person who was in main title of leader. A centralized government would be like an empire. Some countries that were empires were rome(in the later years) and China.

Centralized, Triumvirate, Caste System, Acropolis, Polytheism, Monotheism,

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