If you don't want to be flooded, live in this house! - Post not sponsored by anything.

By Anonymous -
Hello everyone! Before we get started, I have something to explain. I know my blog looks different. It's not an accident. I did it myself. If you're wondering where all the little gadgets went, the about me one has been updated and is sitting below the title, Search is the magnifying glass up and to the right of the title, and everything else, like Translate (new!), a list of dictionary's (new!) contributors, that calender of posts thingy, the cloud of labels, Report Abuse, Recent comments, and total views, are all in the three lines button up and left from the title. If you want to follow, it isn't at the bottom of the blog like it probably should be. Instead, it's in the menu under the three lines (anyone have a better name for it?). You can get email alerts as well (please do, or else everyone can see your full name) by clicking the button underdeath the about me. 
But now, onto what I made, a (not entirely) flood proof house! I made it using Tinkercad. On Tinkercad, there was a customisable house, which I gave 2 floors, a big patio, a very high wall, with an elevator to get out (the red tower) and what else? Actually, that's all. And now, here are some photos!
From the front (notice very deep foundations)

From the left.

From the back (why did I take this one?)

From the right (notice little hole where a doghouse was).

And from the top.

I don't really know what more to talk about. Oh yeah, where I got the inspiration for it. All the resources we all used (apparently Karl made a great explanation, but he might not have published it yet) are in the drawing below all these words!

18 T2 W5 Vince Ford - copy for blog readers

Main Text : Summarising - WALT summarise the main points in a story Synthesising- WALT - combine my prior knowledge with new learning to say what I think. Focus Questions: How is science used to help? How is culture honoured in this text? How do the ideas from this story apply to coastal properti...
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