Week 2: DEsign your world!
Dates: June 29th to July 2nd / Instructor: Corinne Takara
Students will redesign built spaces, functional objects and invent new design solutions for living spaces. They will go through the design thinking process as they construct models of their bedrooms and daily functional objects that they identify as needing improvement. Students will use Tinkercad (a 3D rendering tool) as well as traditional prototyping materials and circuitry in their design explorations. This week will build familiarity with building materials, vocabulary and a design thinking workflow. The projects will engage students in calculating ratios and proportions to develop scale models. Campers will also have the option to enter the Future Engineer Design Challenge as they imagine a zero gravity tool useful to astronauts.
Week Schedule
Day 1:
Day 1:
- Design Your Throne (paper circuitry project)
- Introduction to Design Thinking? How might you re-imagine your bedroom? Begin designing your room on a grid floor plan and then scale up to a large scale model.
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- Design Thinking Journal
- Adding circuitry to your room
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- Introduction to Tinkercad (designing an element for your room in CAD)
- Guest Speaker, Juan Carlos Araujo, Mural Artist and owner of E7S Empire Seven Studios
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- Day 4:
- Continue on room designs and camper presentations
- Guest Speaker, Lisa Whitsitt, Industrial Designer and Experience Designer at Cliff Bar. She will lead an activity in re-imagining public spaces.
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- End of camp week Showcase from 3:30-4:30pm