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Week 4: STEAM Smorgasbord
July 15 - July 19
Instructors: Various


This week will provide a different theme and instructor each day to introduce campers to a variety styles and projects. 
 
Monday (July 15)
     Shadow Theatre with Lauren Cage

                    In this day’s journey, campers will explore shadow puppet construction
                        while being introduced cultural history of shadow theater.

9:00am       Intro/Warm Up Activity: Monster Stick Puppets
                      Campers will be given a quick introduction to shadow puppetry and how it
                        has historically been a form of storytelling around the world.  Then, for a warm up activity,
                        they will create a simple stick shadow puppet of a monster they make up.
                        They will draw their design on black cardstock, cut it out and attach to a craft stick with tape.
                        Then we will go around the room and they will tell us what their monster is called and something about it.

9:30am       Lesson: Introduction to Shadow Theater
                       > What is a shadow? (science of light and shadow)
                       > Brief cultural history of shadow theater storytelling
                       > Bringing shadows to life: controls, joints, fixed positions, orientation, design (color, decoration, circuitry)9:50am         Activity: Shadow Puppet Making
                        Campers will explore mechanisms of motion by creating an articulated rod shadow puppet. 
                        They will use black cardstock to cut out a 2D figure like the warm up, but this time
                        they will also need to include separate, moveable parts. Using the Puppet Mechanics board for reference, 
                        they will explore different ways of giving their puppets expression and personality through motion. 
                        Campers will also be encouraged to try other shadow puppetry effects, such as creating negative space
                         or adding colored gel parts to their puppets to create a colorful shadow.
10:15am                                 BREAK
10:30am       Continue Shadow Puppet Making
12:00pm                                 LUNCH  
12:45pm       Lights off, puppet play time
                        We will turn out the lights in the room so campers can try out their puppets and watch each other perform.
                        This will be casual puppet play, with multiple people playing at the theaters at once.
                        Campers are encouraged to have their puppets interact and organically build stories together.
1:00pm           TINKER TIME          
                        Campers are welcome to tinker with whatever project they’d like.  if they would like to continue
                         exploring shadow play, I will have a couple of suggestions, such as creating a shadow mask
                         or using circuitry to create lighting effects.
2:30pm           Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm           Clean Up
3:00pm           Camper Pick Up
                            Photos


Tuesday (July 16)
     Bubble Adventures with Erin Salter
      Have some fun with chemistry as we experiment with bubble solutions to get the perfect bubble!
9:00am           Warm Up Activity:  What makes a bubble?
                    Campers will learn about what makes a basic soap/water bubble and how we can change bubble size,
                    duration, 
stability, and even color by mixing ingredients you can find in your kitchen or grocery store.
                    We’ll also talk about how bubble wands are 
designed work to create a film you can blow out into a bubble.
                    Campers 
will write a brief description of what they want to include in their bubble mix and
                    how they think the bubbles will behave

9:30am           Activity/Lesson: Bubble Mix Making
                    Each camper will make their own bubble mix and test/record results outside.
10:15am                                 BREAK
10:30am         Activity/Lesson:  Bubble Mixing cont...
                    
Test and revise! Students can make another bubble mix with different ingredients to see the difference
                    between formulas, or 
tweak their first formula. We will also experiment with making unique bubble wands
                    to make lots of little bubbles, huge bubbles, etc. Before 
lunch we will go in and discuss our observations
                    and what the campers 
think made the best bubbles and why.
12:00pm                                 LUNCH  
12:45pm        Wrap up morning activity:
1:00pm           TINKER TIME         
2:30pm           Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm           Clean Up
3:00pm           Camper Pick Up
                            Photos

 
Wednesday (July 17)
      Game Design with Joon Luther
9:00am           Warm Up Activity: 
9:30am           Activity/Lesson:  Design & Build Your Game
                    Campers will work in small teams to design a simple game in Javascript.
                      They will use pixel art to draw a character, background, and other objects in the game.
                      They will learn basic programming to add functionality to their game.
10:15am                                 BREAK
10:30am         Activity/Lesson:  Design & Build Your Game, continued
12:00pm                                LUNCH  
12:45pm         TINKER TIME   
2:30pm           Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm           Clean Up
3:00pm           Camper Pick Up
                            Photos


Thursday (July 18)
"Make it Sew" with Danielle Martin
Students learn how to set up pre-programmed micro-controller units and use them to enhance a product’s functionality and personality. 9:00am           Intro: Which Star Trek Monster Are You Today? (& Why?)
9:15 am          Hand Sew a Shape
                                ~ Pick a Monster Head Shape
                                ~  Pick a prototyping fabric (felt)
                                ~ Cut 2x the shape
                        DEMO - Running vs Whip Stitch
10:00 am        Reflection                        
                          What brings out my monster? Frustrations with Sewing & Skills Sharing
10:15am                                 BREAK
10:30am         Brainstorm - How might we “enhance a product’s functionality and personality”?
10:45 am        Micro-Controllers
                            ~ What is a microcontroller?
                            ~ Why do we need them to design e-textiles or wearables?
                            ~ Why LilyPad vs Arduino?
                         DEMO - Sew & Test a Simple Sewn Circuit FIRST
11:00 am         Sketch - Show your circuit design before trying to sew (in journal)
11:15 am         Sew a Circuit into your monster.
11:45am          Reflection
                               Gallery Walk - Monster Prototype Sharing
12:00pm                                LUNCH  
12:45pm        Reflection 
                          ~ What brings out my SEWING monster? 
                          ~ Sewn Circuit Debugging
                         HINTS group discussion and/or journal entry
1:00pm           TINKER TIME         
                            ITERATE - How might we take my monster further?
2:30pm           Reflection - Document your iterations in your journal.
                        Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm           Clean Up
3:00pm           Camper Pick Up
                            Photos

 
Friday (July 19)
     Fun With Fonts with Eric Victorino
      Have some fun changing you perceptions of the meanings of works by writing them in different fonts.

9:00 am       Intro + Presentation + Discussion 
9:30 am        Font Puzzle (full group collaboration)  - An Einstein quote about the power of imagination,
                           with each word in a different font. 
                        100 characters will be printed on a card, and all the cards will be shuffled and spread on the floor.
                         The campers will need to sort the letters according to font, then figure out what the whole quote is.

10:30 am      Snack
10:45 am     Handwriting, Signatures and designing your Monogram
                          Campers will create a three dimensional cardboard sculpture of their initials.  Sketch 3, pick one, refine + build it!
12:30 pm       Lunch
1:15 pm        Tinker Time
                          
Campers can finish their monogram or work on something new.
2:30 pm       Snack
2:45 pm        Survey + Clean Up + Showcase Prep
3:30 pm        Showcase
4:3o pm         Camper Pick Up
                            Photos

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