Creating Manufacturing - My Sign

In creative manufacturing for that last week or so we have been working on signs, to be specific the mandatory, prohibited and hazardous sign. Since last week we had been told to create our personal sign for our workshop. You were allowed to pick the kind of sign between the three, we started our draft on paper but it was optional so you were allowed to do digitally. Both my friends had picked mandatory signs and I had picked a prohibited sign.

At the start, it was a difficult choice you weren't allowed to copy each other, as to the results of having two of the same signs which aren't really ideal. My sign was based on food since it was a prohibited sign you needed to make it obvious on what it is trying to tell you. With mandatory signs, it is fine because it still tells you what to do but with a visual image as well. A hazardous sign also needs to be obvious since it is only a picture on a yellow triangle.

Mine was "no eating or drinking in the workshop" it is obvious since it has a red angular line through it, making people see it is something not to do. It has a burger in a drink bottle as the icon in the sign, everyone has a reason why that sign. Mine was because there are different kinds of chemicals in the workshop. if you touch those chemicals and then eat there is a potential you are risking your health because once you consume the chemical you could get sick. The same goes for a drink in the class as you might spill it and someone might slip. Or chemicals could get on your drink bottle and then you would drink it.

Well being Whare:

Hauora is a Maori philosophy of wellbeing and health, it is the same as six dimensions of wellbeing. They are pretty similar apart from us having 4 dimensions as you could say, each dimension has a meaning and an important impact in our lives. In New Zealand, each dimension represents a wall. All the walls create a house that's why there are only 4 dimensions. 

Here are the meanings of each of the walls - 

Taha Tinana:

This wall means physical wellbeing, this impacts on your life since you need to stay healthy physically. For example, eating healthy would be apart of Taha Tinana or exercising. 

Taha Hinengaro:

This wall means mental wellbeing, this impacts on our lives to stay mentally healthy or be happy and calm. Also exercising or calming your brain preventing you from being stressed all the time. Just simply sleeping can be part of Taha Hinengaro.

Taha Whanau:

This wall means social wellbeing but in English, it means family, this impacts our lives because everyone needs someone to depend on sometimes. Hanging out or spending time with family and friends would be apart of Taha Whanau.

Taha Wairua:

This wall means spiritual wellbeing, this impacts our lives because some would be really religious or have a religious family. But this is not only about gods or souls, but it is also actually about what you believe in. so if you believe in aliens then so be it.

In our classroom, we had created our own whare's at the start we had to write on each thing (foundation, walls, roof). On the foundation, we had to write down everything or everyone who makes us happy or defines who we are. On each of the walls, we had to write one of the dimensions (one wall = Taha Tinana/Physical) 

At the front of my whare which is really the door, the side that is the most important dimension to me is Taha Tinana. The reason for it is because the sport has been important to me since I was young. I loved to play netball and football when I was in primary in my last year I liked to play basketball. I carried on playing basketball for my first year in intermediate but also started to play badminton. Then badminton started to be my passion, and it turned out it was something that played throughout my whole family. Now I love to play badminton and netball and they are also my favorite sports.

When building our wellbeing whare it was like living our lives, our teacher Mr. Stock purposely cut off a few flaps to make it challenging for us. He explained to us that we are always allowed to ask for help. Because in our lives we are always allowed to ask for help when we need it. 

Everything is built on our foundation which keeps us happy and we need all the dimensions in our lives our roof is our happiness so we need all these dimensions to hold up our happiness. 

Crazy Crystals

Crazy Crystals

Aim: To learn about a saturated solution and how to make crystals.

Borax

Materials:

1. Container
2. Spoon/ Stirring object
3. Paper
4. Pen
5. Borax
6. Pipes
7. Peg
8. Half a cup of Warm Liquids/ Water

Procedure:

Step 1: Grab a container/ cup

Step 2: Pour half a cup of warm liquids/water into the container then add one scoop of borax, - equivalent to 8 tablespoons  And mix it with a spoon.

Step 3: Get a pipe and shape it into a star to make a star you need three pipes

Step 4: Get a peg and clip the top tip of the star

Step 5: Put your peg into the Container/cup and it should be hanging into the borax water.

Sugar

Materials:

1. Container/Cup
2. Pen
3. Peg
4. Stirring utensil
5. Half a cup of Warm liquids/Water
6. Sugar
7. 1 pipe

Procedure:

Step 1: Grab a container/cup

Step 2: Place half a cup of sugar into the container/cup

Step 3: Pour half a cup of warm water into the cup or container

Step 4: Mix the sugar and water for how long it takes just to get the sugar to dissolve

Step 5: Then after the water and sugar are dissolve go and grab a pipe and peg.

Step 6 : When you have your pipe and your peg clip the pipe into the peg and put it into the top of the container and push it until it touch the water and the sugar.

Salt

Materials:

1. Peg
2. Salt
3. Half a cup of Warm Liquid/water
4. 3 tablespoons of salt
5. Cup
6. Stirring utensil
7. Pipe

Procedure:

Step 1: Grab a container/cup

Step 2: Place 3 tablespoons of sugar into the container/cup

Step 3: Pour half a cup of warm water into the cup or container

Step 4: Mix the salt and water with a spoon for how long it takes just to get the salt to dissolve

Step 5: Then after the water and salt has dissolved go and grab a pipe and peg.

Step 6 : When you have your pipe and your peg clip the pipe into the peg and put it into the top of the container and push it until it touches the water and the salt.