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Feeding, Powering and Clothing a Hungry Nation
There is something brewing that is rather secretive and you won't be able to see from the outside. But here is us planning these sneaky secrets & boxes. We'll let you ponder what might be going on! No shoes were purchased in the making of these boxes...
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With the undercoat dry and the cow cut up (or cut to shape - which ever you chose to believe) it was finally time to get some colour on our cow. There has been quite a bit of discussion around this, but we have finally settled on keeping to simple colours like the LEGO brand and are going with Yellow. It also has links to the colour of egg yolk on the colour fan with lego yellow sitting on a beautiful no 12. Taking ideas from paper to cow is not without challenges. With Mr Edwards having helped us cut & chop our cow, it was now up to us to make the idea come to life. And the logistics of this has proven to be - well... challenging! Lots of discussions, bouncing of ideas, refinement of trains of thought, drawings, changes of minor details. Its left us feeling like were not making much progress, when we really are. Here's us working on our 'notebook' and discussing some interesting ideas...
Today was all about trialling colours. We have debated long and hard which colours to use on our cow-vas and have finally settled on a colour we think will work for our lego table. Lego-yolk yellow. Our farmers had a wonderful time trying out their colour samples... What do you think?
With the Archibull 2018 deadline looming and with it seeming we have been doing nothing... we thought we had better get moooving on our cow. Time to get out tractor and trailer! We tried and failed. Time to call out the big guns - the students! With a little muscle, she has finally made the arduous journey via student courier pigeon down to the farm shed for her pamper session with Mr Edwards. Rumour has it, the cow has been concerned with the size of her wee derriere, so he has offered to give her some 'surgery' to help with this. Whilst she may not have received the same level of TLC as she did in the fancy blue truck, she did seem rather comfortable in her new home, down on the farm.
Quite a Special Moment...We were rather lucky to have the Qld Minister of Agriculture drop by our School's sheep display whilst at the EKKA this week. It was quite a special moment in time and we were one of few schools that he came to visit. Of course, having cute little lambs might have been an influencing factor and he couldn't resist a quick cuddle - who can?
We have discovered that greens go a long way in helping with great yolk colour for our eggs.
We found out that greens can help to supply Xanthophylls (compounds or natural pigments that give plants their color) with Beta-carotene really contributing to the yolk colour. This is found in greens and vegetables with yellow colouring, like carrots, corn and some melons. But the other interesting fact we have discovered is that yolk colour doesn't really reflect the quality of the egg. Its more a cosmetic thing and better reflects the diet of the bird. If variety is the spice of life, then we want our hens to have a more spicy living... bugs, grubs and greens! Who created Lego?Ole Kirk Christiansen When Lego was created?10 August 1932 Where was Lego Created?Billund, Denmark Story behind Lego: The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958), a carpenter from Billund, Denmark who began making wooden toys in 1932. In 1934, his company came to be called "Lego", derived from the Danish phrase leg godt, which means "play well". In 1947, Lego expanded to begin producing plastic toys. In 1949 Lego began producing, among other new products, an early version of the now familiar interlocking bricks, calling them "Automatic Binding Bricks". Others have tried to mimic this fantastic design, with multiple court challenges, but Lego remain on the top of the toy list. Key Company Values: The Lego Group's motto is det bedste er ikke for godt which means roughly "only the best is the best" (more literally "the best is never too good") Collateral beyond Bricks: Lego have expanded to include theme parks, clothing lines, online games, board games, robotics, retail lines, feature films and television, books and magazines. One mans small dream has become a huge global enterprise. And it would seem.... a cow? The results for our Ekka chickens are back, with judging taking place this morning. Our eggs, whilst not vast in number were quality shells with minimal evidence of stress on the parts of the chickens (who were obviously enjoying their holiday at the show) and warranted further investigation. We managed to have three of our class (also in show team) present for the judging of the three categories, which took forever (we got sore feet) but was rather interesting to watch. The special machine they used to measure the egg and score them was fantastic to see and the judges for each section were more than happy to talk through what they were doing and how it all worked. Whilst we didn't come away with any ribbons, we did learn a lot from the experience. And we'd definitely recommend it for the future. (And we've noted a few things for the competition of 2019, just in case!)
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