text by / 總管理部 / Michael
Cat’s July 2022 Summer Camp, Uncharted Legacies, took students on a journey of exploration and discovery. Through geometry, science, math, crafts, art, architecture, and much more, students learned worlds of wonders, exploring brilliant structures and discovering beautiful cultures.
With a surface area of 510 million square kilometers covering 70 % water and 30% land, the world is a diverse and beautiful natural paradise, but its additions of eclectic unnatural landscapes, some of which date back thousands of years, is what makes it so wondrous.
For now, let’s take a quick look back at what went on in Cat’s July 2022 Summer Camp, Uncharted Legacies…
Ancient Wonders
Curated around the turn of the Common Era (CE), the 1st of such wondrous lists, the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, was created to witness the grandest attractions constructed in ancient Greece Before the Common Era (BCE). Students virtually took a trip around the Mediterranean Sea, exploring both the ancient Wonders of the time and what remains of them today.
Geometry and Science
Likely the most well-known, the Great Pyramid of Giza dates back to 2, 500 BCE – nearly 2, 000 before any other ancient Wonder – and is the only one left standing.
Students not only engaged in the painstaking ordeal of building a pyramid brick-by-brick, but they also immersed themselves in the world inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. Surely, exploring the tomb itself through videos and photos, including the chambers, shafts, and sarcophaguses within, was thrilling, but most fascinating of all was unraveling the science behind mummies and how that method is still applicable in today’s world.
Other standout activities included writing in cuneiform script, sculpturing statues, drawing Alexander the Great’s better half, and playing traditional Turkish games.
Modern Wonders
The New 7 Wonders of the World, the much-anticipated updated version of the original, spans a larger portion of the Earth, and thus is a better representation of the world’s wonders and a more accurate display of its cultural diversity.
Excluding Jordan and Italy, Brazil, India, Peru, Mexico, and China are worlds away from the Mediterranean Sea, so it was refreshing for students to delve into a greater variety of lands.
Math and Crafts
Hidden high up in the Andes Mountains of Peru, Machu Picchu was once impervious to outside influence, allowing it to cultivate a culture unknown to the world below.
Students learned to better understand the once-lost Inca Empire through its “talking knots” system which served as its unique way of communicating and writing. In various colors and sizes of knots, these creative bands look eerily similar to pieces of modern-day jewelry, so students took quipu to the next level and designed funky-looking wall decorations, bracelets, anklets, and hair ties that doubled as a “secret” message.
Other standout activities included reproducing sections of the Great Wall, symmetrizing the Taj Mahal, weaving Jordanian mats, and designing Mayan masks and headdresses.
Eighth Wonders of the World
Last but not least, un-designated Wonders of the World were added to Uncharted Legacies. Incredibly, Cliff Palace in America and Angkor Wat in Cambodia aren’t part of either list, but you can be sure their names have been tossed in the hat for the unofficial “Eight Wonder of the World.” It just goes to show how many awe-inspiring structures exist in our world today.
Art and Architecture
Cliff Palace is by far the most expansive and most ancient man-made dwelling found anywhere in North America, so you can be sure it would be part of any North American Wonder list.
Inhabited by the Ancestral Puebloans these ancient Native Americans are credited for many things (cultivating crops, food storage, pottery), but their pottery stands out the most. Through the guidance of their teachers, students picked up paintbrushes and followed the design of the Anasazi or crafted uniquely designed plates of their own.
If the Taj Mahal – 1 of the 7 New Wonders of the World – was granted status for its grandeur over its size, then the largest religious monument in the world, Angkor Wat, deserves a similar fate.
Spread across more than 400 acres, the enormous Buddhist temple is surrounded by a near-200 m-wide moat measuring 1.5 km by 1.3 km. Its sheer size is jaw-dropping, but that only motivated students further to build the biggest and most elaborate constructions possible with the tools and resources at their disposal.
text by / 總管理部 / Michael
Cat’s July 2022 Summer Camp, Uncharted Legacies, took students on a journey of exploration and discovery. Through geometry, science, math, crafts, art, architecture, and much more, students learned worlds of wonders, exploring brilliant structures and discovering beautiful cultures.
With a surface area of 510 million square kilometers covering 70 % water and 30% land, the world is a diverse and beautiful natural paradise, but its additions of eclectic unnatural landscapes, some of which date back thousands of years, is what makes it so wondrous.
For now, let’s take a quick look back at what went on in Cat’s July 2022 Summer Camp, Uncharted Legacies…
Ancient Wonders
Curated around the turn of the Common Era (CE), the 1st of such wondrous lists, the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, was created to witness the grandest attractions constructed in ancient Greece Before the Common Era (BCE). Students virtually took a trip around the Mediterranean Sea, exploring both the ancient Wonders of the time and what remains of them today.
Geometry and Science
Likely the most well-known, the Great Pyramid of Giza dates back to 2, 500 BCE – nearly 2, 000 before any other ancient Wonder – and is the only one left standing.
Students not only engaged in the painstaking ordeal of building a pyramid brick-by-brick, but they also immersed themselves in the world inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. Surely, exploring the tomb itself through videos and photos, including the chambers, shafts, and sarcophaguses within, was thrilling, but most fascinating of all was unraveling the science behind mummies and how that method is still applicable in today’s world.
Other standout activities included writing in cuneiform script, sculpturing statues, drawing Alexander the Great’s better half, and playing traditional Turkish games.
Modern Wonders
The New 7 Wonders of the World, the much-anticipated updated version of the original, spans a larger portion of the Earth, and thus is a better representation of the world’s wonders and a more accurate display of its cultural diversity.
Excluding Jordan and Italy, Brazil, India, Peru, Mexico, and China are worlds away from the Mediterranean Sea, so it was refreshing for students to delve into a greater variety of lands.
Math and Crafts
Hidden high up in the Andes Mountains of Peru, Machu Picchu was once impervious to outside influence, allowing it to cultivate a culture unknown to the world below.
Students learned to better understand the once-lost Inca Empire through its “talking knots” system which served as its unique way of communicating and writing. In various colors and sizes of knots, these creative bands look eerily similar to pieces of modern-day jewelry, so students took quipu to the next level and designed funky-looking wall decorations, bracelets, anklets, and hair ties that doubled as a “secret” message.
Other standout activities included reproducing sections of the Great Wall, symmetrizing the Taj Mahal, weaving Jordanian mats, and designing Mayan masks and headdresses.
Eighth Wonders of the World
Last but not least, un-designated Wonders of the World were added to Uncharted Legacies. Incredibly, Cliff Palace in America and Angkor Wat in Cambodia aren’t part of either list, but you can be sure their names have been tossed in the hat for the unofficial “Eight Wonder of the World.” It just goes to show how many awe-inspiring structures exist in our world today.
Art and Architecture
Cliff Palace is by far the most expansive and most ancient man-made dwelling found anywhere in North America, so you can be sure it would be part of any North American Wonder list.
Inhabited by the Ancestral Puebloans these ancient Native Americans are credited for many things (cultivating crops, food storage, pottery), but their pottery stands out the most. Through the guidance of their teachers, students picked up paintbrushes and followed the design of the Anasazi or crafted uniquely designed plates of their own.
If the Taj Mahal – 1 of the 7 New Wonders of the World – was granted status for its grandeur over its size, then the largest religious monument in the world, Angkor Wat, deserves a similar fate.
Spread across more than 400 acres, the enormous Buddhist temple is surrounded by a near-200 m-wide moat measuring 1.5 km by 1.3 km. Its sheer size is jaw-dropping, but that only motivated students further to build the biggest and most elaborate constructions possible with the tools and resources at their disposal.
text by / 總管理部 / Michael
Cat’s July 2022 Summer Camp, Uncharted Legacies, took students on a journey of exploration and discovery. Through geometry, science, math, crafts, art, architecture, and much more, students learned worlds of wonders, exploring brilliant structures and discovering beautiful cultures.
With a surface area of 510 million square kilometers covering 70 % water and 30% land, the world is a diverse and beautiful natural paradise, but its additions of eclectic unnatural landscapes, some of which date back thousands of years, is what makes it so wondrous.
For now, let’s take a quick look back at what went on in Cat’s July 2022 Summer Camp, Uncharted Legacies…
Ancient Wonders
Curated around the turn of the Common Era (CE), the 1st of such wondrous lists, the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, was created to witness the grandest attractions constructed in ancient Greece Before the Common Era (BCE). Students virtually took a trip around the Mediterranean Sea, exploring both the ancient Wonders of the time and what remains of them today.
Geometry and Science
Likely the most well-known, the Great Pyramid of Giza dates back to 2, 500 BCE – nearly 2, 000 before any other ancient Wonder – and is the only one left standing.
Students not only engaged in the painstaking ordeal of building a pyramid brick-by-brick, but they also immersed themselves in the world inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. Surely, exploring the tomb itself through videos and photos, including the chambers, shafts, and sarcophaguses within, was thrilling, but most fascinating of all was unraveling the science behind mummies and how that method is still applicable in today’s world.
Other standout activities included writing in cuneiform script, sculpturing statues, drawing Alexander the Great’s better half, and playing traditional Turkish games.
Modern Wonders
The New 7 Wonders of the World, the much-anticipated updated version of the original, spans a larger portion of the Earth, and thus is a better representation of the world’s wonders and a more accurate display of its cultural diversity.
Excluding Jordan and Italy, Brazil, India, Peru, Mexico, and China are worlds away from the Mediterranean Sea, so it was refreshing for students to delve into a greater variety of lands.
Math and Crafts
Hidden high up in the Andes Mountains of Peru, Machu Picchu was once impervious to outside influence, allowing it to cultivate a culture unknown to the world below.
Students learned to better understand the once-lost Inca Empire through its “talking knots” system which served as its unique way of communicating and writing. In various colors and sizes of knots, these creative bands look eerily similar to pieces of modern-day jewelry, so students took quipu to the next level and designed funky-looking wall decorations, bracelets, anklets, and hair ties that doubled as a “secret” message.
Other standout activities included reproducing sections of the Great Wall, symmetrizing the Taj Mahal, weaving Jordanian mats, and designing Mayan masks and headdresses.
Eighth Wonders of the World
Last but not least, un-designated Wonders of the World were added to Uncharted Legacies. Incredibly, Cliff Palace in America and Angkor Wat in Cambodia aren’t part of either list, but you can be sure their names have been tossed in the hat for the unofficial “Eight Wonder of the World.” It just goes to show how many awe-inspiring structures exist in our world today.
Art and Architecture
Cliff Palace is by far the most expansive and most ancient man-made dwelling found anywhere in North America, so you can be sure it would be part of any North American Wonder list.
Inhabited by the Ancestral Puebloans these ancient Native Americans are credited for many things (cultivating crops, food storage, pottery), but their pottery stands out the most. Through the guidance of their teachers, students picked up paintbrushes and followed the design of the Anasazi or crafted uniquely designed plates of their own.
If the Taj Mahal – 1 of the 7 New Wonders of the World – was granted status for its grandeur over its size, then the largest religious monument in the world, Angkor Wat, deserves a similar fate.
Spread across more than 400 acres, the enormous Buddhist temple is surrounded by a near-200 m-wide moat measuring 1.5 km by 1.3 km. Its sheer size is jaw-dropping, but that only motivated students further to build the biggest and most elaborate constructions possible with the tools and resources at their disposal.
