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           Intro: 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)
                         Ice Breaker Activity: Storytelling Game
9:15am            Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) with Outdoor Murals
9:45am            Activity - Hero Storyboarding
                           Campers create an interactive storyboard where they are the hero.
10:15am                   BREAK
10:30am          Activity - Lumos: Magical Circuit Wands
                            Campers create 
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
                             Photos

Tuesday (July 10)
9:00am           Warm Up - Videos: Pixar in a Box, Your unique perspective and Joseph Cornell's Shadow Boxes
9:20am           Activity/Lesson: Shadow Boxes
                           Campers will design and create immersive and interactive shadow boxes
10:00am        Guest Speaker - Leah Jay, Artist
10:30am                   BREAK
10:45am         Continue Shadow Box Activity
12:00pm                   LUNCH  
12:45pm           TINKER TIME         
2:30pm           Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm           Clean Up
3:00pm           Camper Pick Up
                            Photos
 
Wednesday (July 11)
9:00am           Warm Up - Video: Puppets
9:10am           Activity/Lesson: Introduction to Puppetry
                            ~ What are puppets?
                            ~ Basic puppet mechanics
                             ~ Engineering puppet joints and movement
                             ~ Translation of motion
                        Video: Wayang Puppet Theatre
                        Review of Puppet types
                              ~ Rod Puppets, Pull String Puppets,Marionettes, and Shadow Puppets
9:30am           Activity/Lesson - Puppet Making
                           Campers will design and create puppets with a least one mechanism that helps tell the puppets story.
10:15am                   BREAK
10:30am         Activity/Lesson: Continue Puppet making
12:00pm                   LUNCH  
12:45pm         TINKER TIME         
2:30pm           Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm           Clean Up
3:00pm           Camper Pick Up
                           Photos
 
Thursday (July 12)
9:00am           Warm Up Video - Pixar in a Box: Visual Language
9:15am           Activity/Lesson: What are Thaumatropes?
9:30am           Activity/Lesson: What are Zoetropes      
10:15am                   BREAK
10:30am         Activity/Lesson: Continue with Zoetropes
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
                            Photos
 
Friday (July 13)
9:00am         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
                             Photos