For my first week of Daily Creates, I’ve completed the objectives from May 23-25. Here are the following creates:
May 23: Lunar Explorations
“Use the Random Moon Name Generator to find a moon in our solar system, and then do something creative with your lunar discovery — draw a picture of the moon, share an interesting fact, write a poem, compose a story ….”
1) This moon is named after Charon, the undead ferryman who carries souls across the River Styx in Greek mythology. It’s likely named after them to reflect Pluto, which is the Roman name of Hades, Greek god of the dead and the Underworld, as well as Charon’s boss.
2) This moon is one-half the diameter and one-eighth the mass of Pluto, and about a quarter of our Moon’s size.
3) I’m actually out of fun facts, so uhhhhhhhhhhh stay hydrated” – My comment on the TDC website
May 24: Environmental Sounds
“Record and share a sound happening in your local environment.”
May 25: Cyanometer
“‘According to Wikipedia, a cyanometer is “an instrument for measuring “blueness”, specifically the colour intensity of blue sky. It is attributed to Horace-Bénédict de Saussure and Alexander von Humboldt. It consists of squares of paper dyed in graduated shades of blue and arranged in a color circle or square that can be held up and compared to the color of the sky’.
It’s probably too big of a task to make one from scratch for today’s Daily Create – although we’d love it if you did. Instead, why not visit Hello Cyanometer and browse though the images there, then remix one into something to share with us.
Alternatively, you could download one from Gavin Gough, print it and hold it up to measure the sky where you are.”
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