Making in the Arts - STEAM Exploration!
STEAM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. How can all these concepts come together while teaching students specific concepts, skills, etc. You will explore different ways to integrate "making" with the arts and with various content areas. After you have explored each method of making, you will select one to go back to and create something of your own design. In the next 20 minutes, explore all of the stations determining what you are most interested in - you do not need to do the stations in any particular order.
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STATION 1: Tinkercad Imagination Station - What do you think would be cool to design in Tinkercad? *
Tinkercad allows the user to drag and drop shapes that merge together in order to create a three-dimensional object that can be printed on a 3-D printer. When exploring stations, look at the Tinkercad website that is up at the 3D printer computer and at some of the objects that have been created. Describe something you would like to see designed and printed on a 3-D printer:
STATION 1: Connect an arts area to Tinkercad. Where do you think it fits? *
(You can check one or multiple boxes.)
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STATION 2: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words - What would you like to design on a charm or as a cookie cutter? *
Charmr and CookieCaster allow the user to design their own jewelry charms/award medals, etc. or cookie/play-doh cutters that can then be printed on a 3-D printer and used in "real life." When exploring, look at the charm/cookie cutter examples and at the creation websites that are up on the laptops. Describe what you would like to design as a charm or cookie cutter:
STATION 2: Connect an arts area to Charmr and/or CookieCaster. Where do you think it fits? *
(You can check one or multiple boxes.)
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STATION 3: Building the Portraits of Life - What historical figure would you like to know more about? Why? *
Students can use Legos simply to build towers or construct objects but they can also use them to construct entire scenes of books/plays, tell stories based on what they've read, create their own stories, etc. When exploring at this station, play with Legos a bit and look at some of the samples that have been created by other classes. If you were to use Legos to tell the life of a famous person, who would you choose? Why?
STATION 3: Connect an arts area to using Legos to tell stories. Where do you think it fits? *
(You can check one or multiple boxes.)
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STATION 4: Doodling up Geometry! What would you like to draw? *
A 3-D doodler is used to draw in three dimensions. Instead of using a 3-D printer, a user can create with the doodler "pen" and add in supports, lines, shading, etc. to create a free standing three dimensional object. When exploring each station, look at the samples that have been created with a 3Doodler. Describe an object you would like to try drawing:
STATION 4: Connect an arts area to drawing in 3-D with a Doodler. Where do you think it fits? *
(You can check one or multiple boxes.)
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STATION 5: Minecraft in the Real World? Is folding paper into a shape as good for teaching three dimensional design as using a 3-D printer? Explain your answer. *
Foldify is an iOS app that allows a user to create a character, shape, etc. print it out and then fold it into a three dimensional object. Students can then use these shapes as puppets, characters, etc. in storytelling. When exploring the different station, check out the characters that have been built and that are ready to fold into shape. What kinds of stories could you tell with these characters? Do you think folding paper into a shape is as good for showing three dimensional design as using a 3-D printer? Explain your answer:
STATION 5: Connect an arts area to using Foldify and doing paper folding to represent 3-D design. Where do you think it fits? *
(You can check one or multiple boxes.)
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STATION 6: Little Bits Light Mixing! Watch the Little Bits video - what seemed the coolest to make? Why? *
Little bits are simple circuits put together by magnets to turn on lights, make things move, create sound, etc. While exploring all of the stations, watch the Little Bits video at http://youtu.be/wDa3dOERxvA . Describe what you might like to build with Little Bits:
STATION 6: Connect an arts area to using circuits and Little Bits to create. Where do you think it fits? *
(You can check one or multiple boxes.)
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STATION 7: Makey Makey Music! List all the things that you can think of that conduct electricity. What would you like to use to make a musical instrument? *
A Makey Makey is a circuit board that connects to your computer and then allows you to control anything on the computer with cables plugged into objects. So if the space bar on your keyboard plays a sound on a piano then you can have anything that conducts electricity play that sound. When exploring this station, hold the white clip with one hand and then touch the other clips to see how you can control the piano keyboard with the Makey Makey. List all the things that you can think of that conduct electricity. (Look it up if you need to.) Explain what conductive object(s) you would like to use to make music:
STATION 7: Connect an arts area to using the Makey Makey. Where do you think it fits? *
(You can check one or multiple boxes.)
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STATION 8: Art Rage! *
Art Rage is software that incorporated with a touch screen can make you feel like you are painting without any paint (or mess). When you get to this station in exploration mode, add a few colors and paint strokes to the Smartboard to see how Art Rage works. The project at this station involves painting a scene from a favorite book - what's one of your favorite books? What is a scene or setting you remember from the book?
STATION 8: Connect an arts area to using the interactive white board tool, Art Rage. Where do you think it fits? *
(You can check one or multiple boxes.)
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