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Week 6: Sustainability Design
July 29 - August 2
Instructor: Corinne Takara
How might we imagine a future without plastic? How might we creatively design in collaboration with nature? In this camp week campers will expand on ideas of what materials can be used to make products. Campers will grow structures with mycelium (the root like structure of fungus), grow bacterial cellulose leather sheets, make bio plastic from algae and chitin (the exoskeletons of insects and crustaceans), grow meal worms on coffee cups, and design future products using a Circular Design process. Campers will also learn to vacuum form their own mold forms and explore simple circuitry along the way.
Monday (July 29)
9:00am Housekeeping and intros
9:10am Ice Breaker sketch activity: What do you think of when you think of fungus, bacteria, mealworms, and algae?
Discussion of sustainability design and circular design. Campers will sketch and write descriptive words
of what comes to mind when you think of: Fungi, Bacteria, Mealworms, Algae, Chitin
Activity: Mealworms - Campers will start a mealworm study with polystyrene
~ Experiment by feeding polystyrene coffee cups to one, and bran meal to a control group of mealworms.
10:00 am BREAK
10:15 am Activity/Lesson: Mycelium Mold Forms
~ Campers will press mycelium incubated bark into mold forms that are
recycled plastics and silicon molds of gummy bears and Legos.
10:30am Activity/Lesson: Mini Light Shades - A biomaterial and simple circuit project.
~ Campers will create a mini table light or a light-up wearable broach using a pre-grown mycelium form.
12:00pm LUNCH
12:45pm TINKER TIME
Activity option of vacuum forming mold forms for upcoming biomaterial projects
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up
3:00pm Camper Pick Up
Photos
Tuesday (July 30)
9:00am Mealworms
~ Check in on mealworm study.
~ Sketch and log notes
9:15 am Activity: Kombucha Leather Growing -
~ Discussion of what is currently being done with the Kombucha.
~ What are the materials properties.
~ Campers will grow their own kombucha leather in mason jars.
10:15am BREAK
10:30 am Kombucha Designing for the Future
Campers will brainstorm, design, and prototype a product for the future that is made of kombucha leather.
~ What might be a product that you would want to dissolve over time?
~ Write an explanatory statement about the design created and the need it addresses.
~ Imagine possible solutions to scaled production of the design and disposal.
11:30 am Campers share concepts, imagined systems, and prototypes.
12:00pm LUNCH
12:45pm TINKER TIME
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up
3:00pm Camper Pick Up
Photos
Wednesday (July 31)
9:00am Mealworms & Kombucha
~ Check in on mealworm study and kombucha.
~ Sketch and log notes
9:15am Activity/Lesson: BioPlastics Exploration 1: Chitin
Campers will explore a chitin recipe and pour it into silicone mold forms.
10:15 am BREAK
10:30 am Activity/Lesson: BioPlastic Exploration 2: Agar
~ Campers will explore a bioplastic recipe made with Agar.
~ Campers will pour the solution onto textured silicon molds sitting inside frames to create sheets.
12:00pm LUNCH
12:45pm TINKER TIME
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up
3:00pm Camper Pick Up
Photos
Thursday (August 1)
9:00am Mealworms & Kombucha
~ Check in on mealworm study and kombucha leather.
~ Sketch and log notes
9:30am Activity/Lesson: Bioplastic Product Prototyping.
~ What is currently being imagined with bioplastics?
~ View two videos on bioplastics.
~ Campers will imagine a bioplastic product that addresses a need
and which taps in the the waste stream flow.
~ Circular Design Discussion
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Activity: Bioplastic Product Prototyping, continued
~ Campers will continue to work on design concepts
11:30am Sharing Designs
~ Campers will share their design concepts
~ Campers will check on their drying bioplastics
~ Campers will potentially harvest agar bioplastic
12:00pm LUNCH
12:45pm TINKER TIME
2:30pm Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up
3:00pm Camper Pick Up
Photos
Friday (August 2)
9:00am Mealworms & Kombucha
~ Check in on mealworm study and kombucha leather
~ Sketch and log notes
~ Revisit the question: "What do you think of when you think of fungus, bacteria, mealworms, and algae?"
9:15am Activity: Packaging Design Concepts
~ Campers will research and imagine biodegradable, biomaterial packaging for products.
~ Watch videos about the future of packaging design for the circular economy.
~ Campers will use their agar sheets and fruit roll up sheets to prototype.
9:30 am Campers will complete all projects
10:15am BREAK
10:30am Sharing Out
~ Campers will share their product packaging concepts
~ What was the biggest challenge?
~ What was the most fun?
11:00 am Guest Speaker: TBD
12:30pm LUNCH
1:15pm TINKER TIME
2:30pm Snack & Daily Camper Assessment
2:45pm Clean Up and Prep for Showcase
3:30pm Student Showcase
4:30pm Camper Pick Up
Photos
