In both science and humanities we have been looking at geographic areas. And in humanities especially Canada. And since this is PLP we must make this into a project and more specifically a video since we have been looking at that all year. In order to do that we were assigned areas that we then had to look into more. I was assigned the innuition mountains, where it is super cold and there isn’t a lot around there. We had to also look into the animals around there because our project was to take an animal from that area and then create a problem that effects it and causes it to adapt, by physically changing. The problem would be caused by our math monsters which we made in math. (Here is my post on that).

An evil sparkle monster

But we had to have a base for all of this and a story behind it. So we made 8 epistolary stories which are basically episodes of the story where I chose the animal, the problems that cause it to change and the area which in my case was the innuition mountains. So here are my episodes so you can get a taste of it.

#1 Dear diary:
This is my first time writing in here, I don’t know why I am just suddenly starting but I am so I guess I should say my name. My name is Cleo and I am an arctic fox living in the Innuitian mountains more specifically 81°54’30″N and 75°01’30″W. I love living here in the cold and by cold I mean really cold since I live in the arctic region. Typically in January its -30 degrees Celsius, so that’s a cold long winter and short cool summers. But I’m fine with that since I can live in extremely cold areas, I actually depend on it. I even live in the snow since I am located in the mountains. And let me tell you there is lots of mountains since I live in the center of the region. I really like it here because there are no humans around me. I heard that in the north where my cousin lives there was a lot more people there but since its so cold right in the mild there aren’t a lot of humans coming through. There’s not even that many other animals other than me and couple of my friends. I mean there are polar bears, rabbits, arctic owls, seals, walruses and a few others but overall there aren’t a lot, speaking of which I’m starting to get hungry so I’m going to go catch a hare and maybe if I’m lucky even get a dead carcass that I can snack on.
#2 Dear diary:
Last time I wrote in here it was a week ago I think but I’m not sure. Anyway I just got back from howling to my friend who is also an arctic fox. He was saying that recently he heard others saying that there were a pack of wolves looking for us. And by looking for us I mean there hungry and were there dinner so now I’m going to have to be careful when I head outside to hunt for my dinner. Though around here it seems that everyone is just eating each other. Because I know that the hares that I eat try to find greens even though they are almost impossible to find around here because there aren’t a lot of trees. And then I eat the hares and wolves or polar bears eat me and polar bears eat wolves, so really polar bears are the only safe ones in the situation. But at least there aren’t lots of us around here otherwise I don’t know what it would be like. I guess others cant live here because its so cold around here. Anyway I should get to sleep its been a long day for me of hunting, howling to my friends and then this.
#3 Dear diary:
Since my last entry it seems that a lot has changed but I’m not sure why. Its starting to get a lot warmer then it should. And I’ve howled to others and no one else knows what’s going on but they feel it as well. Plus the snow is starting to melt as well and that really isn’t good because my home is getting washed away. There seems to have been no reason for this, I mean its only been a couple of days since I last wrote in here and already the snow is starting to melt at a very fast rate. Maybe its global warming but I don’t think it would happen this fast. What ever is happening its ruining the environment and creatures, even me in this area is have a very hard time surviving. There are a couple of reasons for that, one my home is melting its already gone actually so I have been sleeping on the dirt which feels like its burning me every time I stay still. Also food is very hard to hunt for now that I cant hide in the snow and sneak up on my prey, so I haven’t had a full meal yet today and that effects my energy as well. Who knows maybe even now that its warming up humans will start to come and that would be terrible for everyone living here already. But I guess I should go and look for some food even though it doesn’t seem look like i’ll be getting lots anytime soon. Anyway until next time and wish me luck to try and survive.
#4 Dear diary:
Today I was trying to find any food I could scavenge and I heard this loud stomping coming from somewhere. Then I got a glimpse at it and decided that it was best to hide because this could be something that was causing the area to heat up and had been eating all of us animals. I don’t know what it was but it was huge and surprisingly very cute. It had a big sparkly pink bow on its head and a cape on its back. And when I heard it talking to her self she said everything in a cute high pitched voice. So I guess that I should go tell the others that I know what it looked like and also see if there is some way that I can get it cool down or me warmup. Recently I don’t know how but I have cooled down a lot and am not as hot as I had been last week when this monster came here I guess.

Monster log #1:
I am just recording this now to say that I have traveled to a place which is freezing cold, I’m not sure how anyone survives. But since its so cold I have decided to make everything warmer. Maybe it will even bring some humans around so they can get rid of the other animals and I will have this whole place to myself. Anyway I’m hungry so I’m going to go eat a polar bear or two, maybe even one of those white fox things, I hear there really tasty.

Monster log #2:
Today there was this fox thing that attacked me and something really weird happened. So it came and snuck up on me from behind and actually really hurt my neck. Anyway once I flung it off of me and it passed out, it started changing into like a weird winged fox thing. It freaked me out so much that I just left so hopefully I will never have to see that thing again.

#5 Dear diary:
I don’t know what just happened but I know that I attacked the cute monster thing from the back and bit him and then he flew me off and knocked me out. I just woke up and I was look around when suddenly I realized two things, I was no longer so hot and was actually at at a normal temperature and second I have wings. I don’t know how or why but I have wings. I just tried to fly I guess and I crashed into a rock, but eventually I will get the hang of it. I wonder if other animals have changed as well. Maybe we can all fly now, I guess i’ll go find out…
Ok I know I had finished today’s entry but I have to say that I can now also swim underwater! Its so cool! I can also eat fish like I regularly do but now it will be a whole lot easier to catch them. Anyway I should go see everyone else and what we can do about this monster.

#6 Dear diary:
Today I think we got the monster to leave the Innuition Mountains! I had gathered up all the animals even the once that I usually snack on and we came up with a plan to get rid of it. Now as it turns out I was the only one that had transformed into something different but still we can take it. Anyway we are going to have me be bait and lead it to an old coal mine. We think this will work because coal is toxic and even if it doesn’t leave it will pass out and hopefully it will be so concentrated on me that it wont notice where its going. So I will lead it out and don’t worry i’ll be safe because I will be able to fly above. Well now we have to go and try and see if it works.

I just got back and figured I should probably say what happened. At first when I got there it wasn’t very interested in me but then as I started razzing it, it started to try to catch me. And did I mention that it is a very fast creature, a couple of times it nearly caught me. But I was able to get away and get it into the coal mine. It passed out at that point and hopefully it will get the point and leave. Though who knows if the temperature will change, but most have seemed to get used to it. I guess I should get to bed now though because its been a long day.
#7 Dear Diary:
Today we went back to the coal mine and the monster was gone thankfully, and hopefully it doesn’t come back because I’m not sure if we could take that, let alone the environment. If it were to heat up even more I’m not even sure if I could take it even with my changes. And recently a lot of the other animals have had trouble surviving. Because the smaller animals can’t find food which causes the larger animals like polar bears to not be able to find so really none of it is good. But I’m good because I can fly over and see where everyone is, without being caught but being able to come down when I want to get my food ( meaning rabbits now a days mostly). And did you know how beautiful the area is from above. You look down and see the ups and downs of the valley. The little snow that there is left is like art speaking of which I want to go see that view again, I love it.

Monster Log #3:
Yesterday I was just taking a nap, not really doing anything when there was this thing flying around me. When I opened my eyes I saw that it was that weird fox thing, at first I didn’t really want to deal with it so I just left it. But then it started yelling at me and saying things like “aw sparkles are you scared of me” that’s when I really got made. So I chased it and nearly caught it but then I fell into this black hole thing and I can’t rember the rest. When I woke up I left the place because who knows what they would do next. But I wanted to punish them so it is going to stay warm there forever maybe even ill get it to warm up even hotter. Anyway I’m heading somewhere else today not sure where but I’ll find somewhere.
#8 Dear Diary:
Now that the monster thing is gone things are starting to get in shape again. All the other animals didn’t change like I did which I find kind of weird but anyway, there adjusting ok. It is still quit a bit hotter so a lot of animals are struggling in that sense but it will turn out ok. I am going to go and see my cousin this afternoon and give him some food that I caught because he didn’t change either. I thought that all arctic fox’s would have changed but I guess since I battled the monster it changed me only. Anyway hopefully it starts to cool down because at the moment I don’t really have a proper home. I mean I guess I can now live in trees because I have these wings and my feet have kind of changed to these pointy like things. Though at the same time if the weather were to change back food wouldn’t be as easy to get. Because now that the snow has cleared everything is suddenly much more open and visible. And polar bears can’t fly so they can’t get me! I guess I should go give my cousin that food I said that I would give him, so until next time, Cleo the Arctic Fox.

 

So I took an arctic fox (that was my animal) and had it live day to day when all of a sudden it started getting warmer and then it figures out the monster is causing it. Then there is a fight and the fox adapts, but this is all explained in the video I made. In order to make the video though as usual we made a storyboard.

And all while this we were reading the Martian. A book that I found really interesting and loved reading. We read it because of the environment on mars. That they are so extreme and can range so differently. Overall reading the Martian was really helpful because it showed different environments and the writing was really good.

Anyway what you have been waiting for my first draft of my video:

And finally the final draft of my video which I think has improved greatly from the first draft:

Overall it was interesting to learn about Canada’s environment and I had fun making the frankenstuffie and math monster!