Watershed Magazine
The biggest project that all other work has been leading up to, is the watershed magazine. All of the components that are included in the magazine is: a cover page, a table of contents page, an introduction statement (with a few small interactive games, such as a word search), our How To brochures, our completed infographic page, two pages of the interviews of our role-person, a few seafood recipes, an author's note page, and finally a back page with a simple picture included. I finished our magazine, but due to time management, we had to cut down a few pages, that we were originally going to add. You can find the description of each of the pages below, when you click on the link to see our watershed magazine.
After we began on this project, it took a little while to get my group and I focused, and determined to get this done. In the beginning stages of the magazine, my group and I were very disorganized, and confused on how to start. Once we were a few weeks into the project, I took charge and decided to start on a few pages of my own. When I figured out what format I wanted everything to be in, I then began finalizing the pages that I had already completed. Towards the last two weeks of work time on the magazine, it was pretty stressful. My group members had to work on other work for their other classes, that they were already committed to, so it was up to me to finish the last few pieces of the magazine. Like I said before, because we were so stretched for time, we had to take away a few pages that we were going to include. I eventually finished the magazine with a few hours of spare time left. You can find a digital version of our magazine on the link below.
I didn't do much artwork for the magazine, because I am not particularly artistically gifted. Although, I did write many of the descriptions of each of the pages. I have included all of my writings below.
Here is what I wrote for the introduction page:
For this project each student was put into groups of three or four and as a group, they were assigned to research watersheds, and what they do to benefit us, and our community. Throughout this magazine, you will find our many projects that we created during this past semester. We hope you enjoy our watershed magazine, learn a lot about the environment, and remember to take care of our planet. Note: we have included a fun nature-based word search for the younger children, and a crossword puzzle for the older children.
For this project each student was put into groups of three or four and as a group, they were assigned to research watersheds, and what they do to benefit us, and our community. Throughout this magazine, you will find our many projects that we created during this past semester. We hope you enjoy our watershed magazine, learn a lot about the environment, and remember to take care of our planet. Note: we have included a fun nature-based word search for the younger children, and a crossword puzzle for the older children.
Here is what I wrote for the How To brochures page:
One of our assignments that we had in our Art and Design class, was to create a “How To” brochure. A How To brochure is a simple
explanation, consisting of few words, but with many more illustrations. Our How To brochures had to be connected to either water,
recycling, or a watershed. Savannah’s brochure was connected to recycling, her How To was called: How to properly recycle a water
bottle. Jocelyn’s How To brochure was coincidentally also connected to recycling. You know what they say, great minds think alike!
Jocelyn’s brochure was called: How to recycle. Savannah’s focused mainly on a single water bottle, but Jocelyn’s consisted on the broad outlook on recycling, like paper, plastic, and glass. You can find both of our informative brochures below.
One of our assignments that we had in our Art and Design class, was to create a “How To” brochure. A How To brochure is a simple
explanation, consisting of few words, but with many more illustrations. Our How To brochures had to be connected to either water,
recycling, or a watershed. Savannah’s brochure was connected to recycling, her How To was called: How to properly recycle a water
bottle. Jocelyn’s How To brochure was coincidentally also connected to recycling. You know what they say, great minds think alike!
Jocelyn’s brochure was called: How to recycle. Savannah’s focused mainly on a single water bottle, but Jocelyn’s consisted on the broad outlook on recycling, like paper, plastic, and glass. You can find both of our informative brochures below.
Here is a description of the infographics page:
One of our major assignments that we had in our Chemistry class, was our infographics. An infographic is a chart or collage of multiple
images or visuals, that can represent a piece of information or data. We were assigned a “role” in our groups that could serve as a different part of the society as a water user. The roles were: water user, farmer, and land manager. In our group, Daisy was the water user, Savannah was the farmer, and Jocelyn was the land manager. We each made informative charts to explain the positives and negatives a watershed has on our “role” person.
One of our major assignments that we had in our Chemistry class, was our infographics. An infographic is a chart or collage of multiple
images or visuals, that can represent a piece of information or data. We were assigned a “role” in our groups that could serve as a different part of the society as a water user. The roles were: water user, farmer, and land manager. In our group, Daisy was the water user, Savannah was the farmer, and Jocelyn was the land manager. We each made informative charts to explain the positives and negatives a watershed has on our “role” person.
Here is a description of the interviews page:
One of our assignments for Chemistry as our “role” as a person in the community was to interview someone with the same role outside of school. The roles were: water user, farmer, and land manager. Daisy was the water user, Savannah was the farmer, ad Jocelyn was the land manager. Below and on the next page, we included the interviews that Savannah and Daisy made with their “role” person. Savannah interviewed a farmer, Gary Hampton, who is also her great-uncle. Daisy interviewed a professional sufer, Bonnie Gaines, as her water user. You can hear their stories in the interviews, and learn just how important it is to keep our earth clean, preserve our water, and appreciate thepeople around us, for what they do.
One of our assignments for Chemistry as our “role” as a person in the community was to interview someone with the same role outside of school. The roles were: water user, farmer, and land manager. Daisy was the water user, Savannah was the farmer, ad Jocelyn was the land manager. Below and on the next page, we included the interviews that Savannah and Daisy made with their “role” person. Savannah interviewed a farmer, Gary Hampton, who is also her great-uncle. Daisy interviewed a professional sufer, Bonnie Gaines, as her water user. You can hear their stories in the interviews, and learn just how important it is to keep our earth clean, preserve our water, and appreciate thepeople around us, for what they do.
Here is a description of the seafood recipes page:
We thought it would be nice if we included a few yummy meals to satisfy your famished stomachs. These are recipes that we found on a few cooking websites. We decided it would be cool to combine both something to do with the watershed, and food! That is why we found recipes to do with seafood. We have three entrees to choose from: salmon, shrimp, and tuna. We hope you enjoy them, and you may take pictures of the recipes if you please.
We thought it would be nice if we included a few yummy meals to satisfy your famished stomachs. These are recipes that we found on a few cooking websites. We decided it would be cool to combine both something to do with the watershed, and food! That is why we found recipes to do with seafood. We have three entrees to choose from: salmon, shrimp, and tuna. We hope you enjoy them, and you may take pictures of the recipes if you please.
I have also spent many hours trying to find the perfect, royalty free, photos to include in our magazine. I had to find pictures, because I wasn't able to go to a watershed and take any of my own photos. Although they aren't my own work, I think the pictures that I found are really pretty, and resemble our watershed magazine beautifully. Here are only a few of the pictures that we have included in our magazine:
Here is a link, where you can find the digital version of our finalized watershed magazine: