This is lego that we made for a competition. Fun fact, Powelliphanta can grow to the size of your palm. This took Me and my Dad a while to make this is the last day to do it. It can connect to the shell and disconnect off. I think we are the only people doing a snail. There are twenty slides that took days and I think that I did like 5 or 6 slides a day. Fun Fact they eat worms because they are hunting snails.
Will you answer all the questions in the slide?
Wow Theo, your Powelliphata looks incredible. I love that you have included a slide show to show the process. You have put a huge amount of time and effort into this. Well Done!
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ReplyDeleteI love the way you challenged yourself to make something that was difficult. Making curved surfaces for square lego blocks would certainly pose some problems. It was a good idea to sort all your suitably coloured lego out before hand so you know what you had to work with. I am glad you got to spend time with your dad to help you with the construction.
Your slide show was informative about the process that you used to construct your Powelliphanta. It is good to ask your audience to answer questions in your slideshow as that encourages people to interact with you post. Have you ever watched the You Tube video of the Powelliphanta eating a worm? If not I would encourage you to find it. It is amazing. I wonder if you can edit your post to include other incredible facts about Powelliphanta. I know your dad knows lots about them and I am sure if you did some research on the DoC website you could find out more. The variety of snail sizes and locations always impresses me. I like that almost every location has its own distinct sub species and that they are so spread out form one end of the coast to the other. Do you know if they occur in other regions of New Zealand or are they just a West Coast thing?
I think your creation is amazing, and thinking, planning, and problem solving skills you used to complete your project will help you in all areas of your learning. Kai pai.
Mrs H
Hi this is a reply to the comment you posted, this is all I could find to the question, they are just a West Coast thing, they live in north nelson and north west nelson has the most. Also Marlborough Sounds, Richmond Ranges, and on coastal west coast mountain ranges as far south as Fiordland and Southland. In the North Island they
Deleteare found in tiny parts of the Horowhenua plains, in some of the mountains of central North Island and on Mt Taranaki, what it says on DOC. I like your comment. 😊
Kia ora Theo and Dad,
ReplyDeleteYou have done an outstanding job creating this slideshow presentation about ‘Powelliphanta Lego’! The amount of effort that you have both put into making this snail is incredible, not to mention the fact that you also recorded the entire process and turned it into a slideshow!
I can imagine that it would have been hard to decide which animal you wanted to make. How did you make your decision?
I really appreciate how you documented your lego making along the way. Adding a new slide each time you altered the snail was a great idea as it not only provides a step-by-step process for your viewers, but also would have helped you remember each individual step you took.
You mentioned how you had to sort through your lego to find all of the brown-coloured blocks.
How much lego do you have?
Did it take you long to sort through?
You also mentioned how you found the body hard to make. What was it about the body that you found difficult?
It would be awesome if you could reply to this comment and let me know!
The two facts that you have underneath your slideshow are amazing, and I cannot believe that a snail would be able to eat a worm! Then again, one of the facts you included was how powelliphanta snails can grow to the size of your palm, so it would make sense for them to hunt bigger prey.
Overall you have done a phenomenal job, and I am thoroughly impressed with all of the hard work and effort you have both put into this project!
Nga mihi