During the infographic project, I learned many interesting things. But one fact that really stood out to me was that there are 400,000 more women than men in New York City. I never knew that, and it was amazing to find out. When I read that fact, I was SUPER surprised!
Throughout the project, I learned a lot more technical skills. I learned how to use tech-y tools, such as Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Before the infographics project, I had no idea that Adobe Illustrator even existed! Another skill that I learned was how to work with frustrations. Computers are advanced, yes, but they are also tricky to use at times. They can be messed up easily, and if you don’t know how the tech works, you may fail with your project!
Outside of school, I will definitely use these skills again. Without a doubt, at some point in time, Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop will come in handy. I’m really excited to show someone about how it works. Clair taught us, and someday I can teach somebody else!
As for enjoying the project, I had a lot of fun messing around with Illustrator and Photoshop, finding photos to use, and researching facts. I LOVED learning about the new tools, too.
I would really, really, REALLY like using Photoshop and Illustrator again! They were super fun to experiment with. And I would love making another infographic. It would be cool to do one about the population of Tucson, Arizona and compare it with the one for New York City.
A lot of times the two programs that we used would get messed up and I’d have problems. But other than that, everything was particularly easy.
My all-time favorite part was when we found the pictures. A lot of times Eli and I would have trouble picking one, but eventually we decided on five.
The infographic project was really fun and very educational.
This article is about how scientists were able to track plastic garbage and see how it followed the current all the way up to the top of the world–the Arctic. The researchers filled nets with water from the Arctic Ocean and found little bits of trash in it! The floating bits of plastic gets pushed from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arctic Ocean and gets trapped there, because the ice and land keeps the current from pushing the trash any farther. Also, an oceanographer who wanted to see where plastic goes says that the amount of plastic in the Arctic will likely increase. Eventually, the Arctic may be filled with trash!
