Week 3: Visual Storytelling
July 9 - July 13
Instructor: Lauren Cage
This week, campers will engage in creative STEM learning through the art of storytelling. Campers will be introduced to why sharing stories are important to the human experience through maker-style projects, such as designing magical light-up circuit wands, creating playful optical illusion toys and engineering shadow puppets with working joints. Over the week, campers will be planning their story-based showcase experience and put together an interactive experience for the showcase.
Monday (July 9)
9:00am Intros
9:30am Activity/Lesson Introduction to visual and interactive storytelling techniques
~ What are some of your favorite ways to experience a story?
~ How do you tell a story without words?
~ How can we use the maker mindset to design engaging storytelling experiences?
~ What Makes a Hero? (TED-Ed)
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Activity/Lesson: Create an interactive storyboard by incorporating copper tape circuitry
11:15am Activity/Lesson Design and build lumos circuit wands.
12:00pm LUNCH
12:45pm Review weekly projects
1:00pm TINKER TIME: Intro to Tinker Journal
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up
3:00pm Camper Pick Up
Tuesday (July 10)
9:00am Warm Up
9:30am Activity/Lesson: Creating Environments
Storytelling, shadowboxes and multimedia art
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Activity/Lesson: Creating Shadow Boxes
12:00pm LUNCH
12:45pm Continue morning activity: Shadow Boxes
1:00pm TINKER TIME
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up
3:00pm Camper Pick Up
Wednesday (July 11)
9:00am Warm Up
9:30am Activity/Lesson: Shadow Theater Around the World
~ Engineering puppet joints and movement
~ Light and shadow play
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Activity/Lesson: Engineering Shadow Puppets
12:00pm LUNCH
12:45pm Continue morning activity: Shadow Puppets
1:00pm TINKER TIME
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up
3:00pm Camper Pick Up
Thursday (July 12)
9:00am Warm Up
9:30am Activity/Lesson: What are optical illusions?
Before the time of GIFs: early
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Activity/Lesson: Designing Simple Cinematographic Devices
12:00pm LUNCH
12:45pm Continue morning activity: Cinematographic Devices
1:00pm TINKER TIME
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up
3:00pm Camper Pick Up
Friday (July 13)
9:00am Warm Up
9:30am Activity/Lesson: Visual Storytelling Showcase Planning
Brainstorm - What do we want to share?
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Activity/Lesson: Visual Storytelling Showcase Planning
Design & Preparation
12:00pm LUNCH
12:45pm Continue morning activity: Showcase Design
1:00pm TINKER TIME - Only if project is complete
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up and Prep for Showcase
3:30pm Student Showcase
4:30pm Camper Pick Up
July 9 - July 13
Instructor: Lauren Cage
This week, campers will engage in creative STEM learning through the art of storytelling. Campers will be introduced to why sharing stories are important to the human experience through maker-style projects, such as designing magical light-up circuit wands, creating playful optical illusion toys and engineering shadow puppets with working joints. Over the week, campers will be planning their story-based showcase experience and put together an interactive experience for the showcase.
Monday (July 9)
9:00am Intros
9:30am Activity/Lesson Introduction to visual and interactive storytelling techniques
~ What are some of your favorite ways to experience a story?
~ How do you tell a story without words?
~ How can we use the maker mindset to design engaging storytelling experiences?
~ What Makes a Hero? (TED-Ed)
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Activity/Lesson: Create an interactive storyboard by incorporating copper tape circuitry
11:15am Activity/Lesson Design and build lumos circuit wands.
12:00pm LUNCH
12:45pm Review weekly projects
1:00pm TINKER TIME: Intro to Tinker Journal
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up
3:00pm Camper Pick Up
Tuesday (July 10)
9:00am Warm Up
9:30am Activity/Lesson: Creating Environments
Storytelling, shadowboxes and multimedia art
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Activity/Lesson: Creating Shadow Boxes
12:00pm LUNCH
12:45pm Continue morning activity: Shadow Boxes
1:00pm TINKER TIME
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up
3:00pm Camper Pick Up
Wednesday (July 11)
9:00am Warm Up
9:30am Activity/Lesson: Shadow Theater Around the World
~ Engineering puppet joints and movement
~ Light and shadow play
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Activity/Lesson: Engineering Shadow Puppets
12:00pm LUNCH
12:45pm Continue morning activity: Shadow Puppets
1:00pm TINKER TIME
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up
3:00pm Camper Pick Up
Thursday (July 12)
9:00am Warm Up
9:30am Activity/Lesson: What are optical illusions?
Before the time of GIFs: early
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Activity/Lesson: Designing Simple Cinematographic Devices
12:00pm LUNCH
12:45pm Continue morning activity: Cinematographic Devices
1:00pm TINKER TIME
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up
3:00pm Camper Pick Up
Friday (July 13)
9:00am Warm Up
9:30am Activity/Lesson: Visual Storytelling Showcase Planning
Brainstorm - What do we want to share?
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Activity/Lesson: Visual Storytelling Showcase Planning
Design & Preparation
12:00pm LUNCH
12:45pm Continue morning activity: Showcase Design
1:00pm TINKER TIME - Only if project is complete
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up and Prep for Showcase
3:30pm Student Showcase
4:30pm Camper Pick Up
