Done by ( Melvin Khoo ) :

2a) Explain how your reading of the novel had inspired the design of the playground in 100 words.

My reading of the novel had inspired the design of the playground to a great extent. In the novel,the playground was a place where Jesse and Leslie could seek peace in and can feel relax and comfortable in there .We wanted to let these children who are suffering from Down Syndrome feel that they are like us and can do what we can do . Our playground is a place where they can get away from how others looks at them and they won't feel so demoralized and sad in this place as everyone is just like who they are.Therefore,they will feel happy in the playground and will want to come back as often as possible. Many of our games or parts of the playground are steep and challeging. This let them feel satisfied of their result and will make them happy . The main part of the playground is the treehouse . The idea is gotten from the tree house in Terabithia . We want to create a treehouse that allows kids to feel accepted and happy . We also have a forest-like theme as we want to create a open environment that allows kids to play happily .

2b) Write a 100-word explanation as to why you had chosen the specific recycled materials for your model.

We used a cardboard as the base for our model as it is light and it is able to withstand heavy loads of our playground . We used coloured paper for decorating the floring as the actual flooring of the playground is made of PVC . And PVC is the only type of material that is safe to play on and can be coloured . The grasses and plants in the model are made using colour paper . The Main materials used in the playground is cardboards . We choose card bord as it is light and easy to work with . Milk bottles are used to make the tree house as it has a shape of a house . Strings and toothpicks are other small materials that are used as connecters .Almost all of our materials are recycled materials and are biodegradeble. We use $0 out of our budget of $5 as we did not buy any materials but only use materials that are found by our group members .

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