Week 7- In Progress

Last week, my group and I talked about our plans until the day of the presentation. So far we have been doing great! The only problem is that we only have one macro lens. So every week, one person is only able to take pictures, while the two people are at least working on editing the pictures that they have taken before. Luckily, I had the macro lens. I took so many pictures, but I deleted most of them because they were not perfect. Also, I edited the pictures that I have taken and you will see one of the pictures below. Below is a cockroach laying an egg. Female cockroaches produce egg cases, known as oothecae. Oothecae contain many eggs and are enveloped by a protein substance that gradually hardens into a strong, protective casing. Some cockroach species drop the egg case, while other species carry it until the eggs are ready to hatch. Below is an American Cockroach. The American cockroach’s ootheca is dark brown in color and averages 8 mm in length. One female may create six to 90 oothecae in her lifetime. The female American cockroach carries the ootheca for a few hours to a few days, at which point she deposits the egg case in a safe, hidden location. The American cockroach ootheca contains approximately 15 embryos and remains in place through the use of the female’s saliva. Immature cockroaches will emerge from the ootheca within 24 to 38 days. 

Week 6- Plan

On March 14, 2014, my English teacher talked to us about how we should have a plan for our 20% project. Which is true because I think that most of us does not even have a plan. He also told us that we will be presenting starting May 29, 2014. Moreover, he showed us a video of how we should present. Now back to the plan, our plan is to take more macro pictures, so that we can show tons of the pictures during our presentation. My partner, Divina made a website, so that she can also put pictures there. My other partner, Gino will be running our Instagram account. And I made a Vine account to also share macro videos that i have taken. We believe that the plans that we came up with will help us to have a successful project. Also, I came up with an idea take a picture of my fellow classmates' eyes. Luckily, many of them wanted their eyes taken with the macro lens. Moreover, they were suprised when the saw their eyes up close and thought it was really cool. Please also follow us at out Instagram and Vine account @_macroworld

Week 5-Reflection

       In the first semester of my English 3 class, my teacher assigned a collaborative project. We had to create something to improve someone's life, physically, mentally, or spiritually. My team mates Divina Bartolome, Gino Delatorre and I had come up with different things: food blogs, virtual tour at Savanna High School, taking sunset pictures. These are the things that we've came up with, and we had agreed on a project that we think we can achieve, taking macro pictures.

       Looking back, I can say is that we are doing great. We have taken more than two hundred pictures and posted at least 30 pictures on our Instagram page. Also, we've posted videos. Also by every post, we partner it up with a meaningful quote or a trivia. In conclusion, I belive that by pushing ouselves through the finish line, we can proudly say, we have changed some people's lives in some ways.

Week 4- Buttons

Last weeks weekly topic was chocolate; this week is buttons. Buttons may have been invented almost four thousand years ago. In ancient China people used buttons made out of gold and silver. Sometimes they only put a button on the cap, and the clothes were held together by strings and buckles. So initially were used as ornaments. But when people did realize that they could use buttons to hold clothes together, they started making buttons out of wood, seashells, iron or ivory. But today all the buttons are made out of plastic. Early settlers in North America often used buttons in trading with the indigenous peoples. The manufacture of buttons began in the United States c.1826. Buttons, originally made of bronze or bone, have also been made of materials such as metal, porcelain, paste, wood, ivory, horn, pearl, glass, and plastic. There are two main types, those made with holes and those with shanks. The latter have a loop of metal let in through a hole or soldered into place. Below, you can see an up close look of a button.