Session 2 - Art and the Environment
June 28 to July 9 (No camp on July 5th)
Instructor: Michele Guieu
Discover the importance of Climate Change and the consequences of human activity on the environment. If you are interested in Climate Change, want to understand it better, and learn what you can do about it, then this camp is for you! Nature is the most precious thing on this planet and we are going to create art using different techniques and various natural elements, starting with a mini succulent garden! We will then use what we have learned to create a collaborative mural online as part of The Climate Collage.
Monday, June 28th
9:00am Instructor Intro and kit pick-up at AYA Makerspace
Attendance & registration forms
10:00am Travel and Lunch Break
Noon Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Review of Kit contents
The Climate Collage - What is it and how we will use it.
12:30pm – 12:35pm Break
12:35pm Introduction: Climate Collage, collaborative mural
What do you know about Climate change?
Climate Collage Introduction / how to use Mural
1:00pm – 1:05pm Break
1:05pm Activity 1: Greenhouse Gas Glass Jars
Prepare glass jars to learn and see how a greenhouse gases work and how it is trapped in the atmosphere
Materials: 2 Mason jars, one with a lid, 2 cups of water
1:30pm – 1:35pm Break
1:35pm Activity 2: Succulent garden
Make a mini succulent garden that is adapted to the drought-conditions California is going through.
Material: Cuttings of Succulents, succulent soils, small rocks, rocks for decoration, newspaper for protection, cup for watering, plate for dripping water.
Activity 3: Green beans planting
Plant Green Bean seeds, and monitor their growth.
Material: Green beans seeds, potting soil, pot, cup for watering, plate for dripping water.
2:00pm – 2:05 Break
2:05pm Succulent Garden & Green Beans planting continued
2:20pm – 2:35pm Break
2:35pm Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard,
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Tuesday, June 29th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Activity 1: Climate Collage, collaborative mural
Starting the Climate Collage - an online mural!
What do we know about “human activities” - what are they?
Most of our activities generate pollution!
10:00am – 10:05am Break
10:05am Work on your collage
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Activity 2: Mini Mobile / plastic pollution
Make one (or two or more!) mini mobiles with plastic trash Michele collected on the beach. A good reminder to participate in beach cleanups when we can, and to try not to use too much plastic.
Material: plastic trash, lasered wooden tags, glass beads, thread, a piece of driftwood.
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Plastic Pollution Mini Mobiles continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Wednesday, June 30th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Activity 1: Climate Collage, collaborative mural
What is CO2? How is it related to our activities?
What is the difference between CO2 pollution and plastic pollution?
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Work on your collage
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Activity 2: Cranky Contraptions / plastic pollution
Create one (or two or more!) fun small automata about plastic pollution. Make it a scary monster of sorts!
Material: a small block of wood, pierced, one long piece of metal, 2 short pieces of metal, one piece of popsicle stick, pierced, plastic trash, decoration like googly eyes, a piece of cardboard for base.
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Plastic Pollution Cranky Contraptions continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Thursday, July 1st
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Activity 1: Climate Collage, collaborative mural
The warming of the atmosphere has many consequences on the ocean, land, animals and plants. Insects populations are declining in many places around the world. Insects are essential in each eco-systems they live in, and they also pollinate many of the crops we consume.
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Work on your collage
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Activity 2: Clothespin Automata/pollination
Create one (or two or more!) small automata with a simple mechanism about pollination, and learn about one or more critical insects.
Material: printed butterflies, a clothespin, one pipe cleaner, lasered flowers, yellow pom poms.
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Pollination Clothespin Automata continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Friday, July 2nd
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Activity 1: Climate Collage, collaborative mural
How does the warming and acidification of the ocean affect plankton, these tiny plants, and animals responsible for more than half of the oxygen produced on Earth?
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Work on your collage
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Activity 2: Plankton drawings
A closer look at some of the mesmerizing plankton species! Let’s draw a few using stickers.
Material: black paper, colored round paper stickers.
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Plankton Art continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
Pick up of additional materials at Makerspace
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Monday, July 5th - No camp in observance of the Independence Day Holiday
Tuesday, July 6th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Activity 1: Climate Collage, collaborative mural
Evaluating emotions (use the emotions tree) - Now that you understand better how climate change works, how do you feel about it? There are many things we can do, let’s start thinking about SOLUTIONS!
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Work on your collage
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Activity 2: Cyanotypes w/ natural elements
We need to care about nature because nature is us. If we ignore and destroy nature, we are destroying ourselves. Let’s observe nature, look at all the beauty it has to offer! Cyanotypes are a fantastic way to make art with natural elements.
Material: cyanotype kit, a piece of cardboard, a container for water (larger than the cyanotype paper), elements from nature: leaves, seeds, weeds, twigs, etc.
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Cyanotypes with Natural Elements continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Wednesday, July 7th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Activity 1: Climate Collage, collaborative mural
Let’s talk about SOLUTIONS and populate our mural with hopeful thoughts and images, now that we know better what can be done!
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Work on murals
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Activity 2: Mobile with Natural Elements
Exploring more about nature with natural elements you found in your neighborhood. We can make beautiful art with nature!
Material: natural elements ( leaves, seeds, weeds, twigs, etc.), thread, glass beads, a small branch
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Activity 3: Stamping symbols
Create symbols for the different sections of your mural by making stamps you print with colorful inks.
Material: stamping kit (carving material, ink pads, carving tool), small colored and white cardstock.
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Thursday, July 8th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Activity 1: Climate Collage, collaborative mural
Make it beautiful: organize all the drawings, images, photos!
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Work on your collage
Campers will upload their chosen images to the collage.
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Activity 2: Stamping: Symbols for the Climate Collage
Create symbols for the different sections of your mural by making rubber stamps and printing them with colorful inks.
Material: stamping kit (carving material, ink pads, carving tool), small colored and white cardstock.
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Stamping: Symbols for the Climate Collage continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Friday, July 9th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Showcase Project Review
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Work on projects
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Continue work on projects
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Continue work on projects
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Project Sharing
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Sharing on Miroboard
Daily Evaluation and Session evaluation
3:00pm Final Prep for Showcase
3:30pm Student Showcase
4:30pm Camper Check Out
June 28 to July 9 (No camp on July 5th)
Instructor: Michele Guieu
Discover the importance of Climate Change and the consequences of human activity on the environment. If you are interested in Climate Change, want to understand it better, and learn what you can do about it, then this camp is for you! Nature is the most precious thing on this planet and we are going to create art using different techniques and various natural elements, starting with a mini succulent garden! We will then use what we have learned to create a collaborative mural online as part of The Climate Collage.
Monday, June 28th
9:00am Instructor Intro and kit pick-up at AYA Makerspace
Attendance & registration forms
10:00am Travel and Lunch Break
Noon Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Review of Kit contents
The Climate Collage - What is it and how we will use it.
12:30pm – 12:35pm Break
12:35pm Introduction: Climate Collage, collaborative mural
What do you know about Climate change?
Climate Collage Introduction / how to use Mural
1:00pm – 1:05pm Break
1:05pm Activity 1: Greenhouse Gas Glass Jars
Prepare glass jars to learn and see how a greenhouse gases work and how it is trapped in the atmosphere
Materials: 2 Mason jars, one with a lid, 2 cups of water
1:30pm – 1:35pm Break
1:35pm Activity 2: Succulent garden
Make a mini succulent garden that is adapted to the drought-conditions California is going through.
Material: Cuttings of Succulents, succulent soils, small rocks, rocks for decoration, newspaper for protection, cup for watering, plate for dripping water.
Activity 3: Green beans planting
Plant Green Bean seeds, and monitor their growth.
Material: Green beans seeds, potting soil, pot, cup for watering, plate for dripping water.
2:00pm – 2:05 Break
2:05pm Succulent Garden & Green Beans planting continued
2:20pm – 2:35pm Break
2:35pm Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard,
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Tuesday, June 29th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Activity 1: Climate Collage, collaborative mural
Starting the Climate Collage - an online mural!
What do we know about “human activities” - what are they?
Most of our activities generate pollution!
10:00am – 10:05am Break
10:05am Work on your collage
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Activity 2: Mini Mobile / plastic pollution
Make one (or two or more!) mini mobiles with plastic trash Michele collected on the beach. A good reminder to participate in beach cleanups when we can, and to try not to use too much plastic.
Material: plastic trash, lasered wooden tags, glass beads, thread, a piece of driftwood.
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Plastic Pollution Mini Mobiles continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Wednesday, June 30th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Activity 1: Climate Collage, collaborative mural
What is CO2? How is it related to our activities?
What is the difference between CO2 pollution and plastic pollution?
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Work on your collage
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Activity 2: Cranky Contraptions / plastic pollution
Create one (or two or more!) fun small automata about plastic pollution. Make it a scary monster of sorts!
Material: a small block of wood, pierced, one long piece of metal, 2 short pieces of metal, one piece of popsicle stick, pierced, plastic trash, decoration like googly eyes, a piece of cardboard for base.
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Plastic Pollution Cranky Contraptions continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Thursday, July 1st
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Activity 1: Climate Collage, collaborative mural
The warming of the atmosphere has many consequences on the ocean, land, animals and plants. Insects populations are declining in many places around the world. Insects are essential in each eco-systems they live in, and they also pollinate many of the crops we consume.
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Work on your collage
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Activity 2: Clothespin Automata/pollination
Create one (or two or more!) small automata with a simple mechanism about pollination, and learn about one or more critical insects.
Material: printed butterflies, a clothespin, one pipe cleaner, lasered flowers, yellow pom poms.
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Pollination Clothespin Automata continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Friday, July 2nd
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Activity 1: Climate Collage, collaborative mural
How does the warming and acidification of the ocean affect plankton, these tiny plants, and animals responsible for more than half of the oxygen produced on Earth?
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Work on your collage
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Activity 2: Plankton drawings
A closer look at some of the mesmerizing plankton species! Let’s draw a few using stickers.
Material: black paper, colored round paper stickers.
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Plankton Art continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
Pick up of additional materials at Makerspace
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Monday, July 5th - No camp in observance of the Independence Day Holiday
Tuesday, July 6th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Activity 1: Climate Collage, collaborative mural
Evaluating emotions (use the emotions tree) - Now that you understand better how climate change works, how do you feel about it? There are many things we can do, let’s start thinking about SOLUTIONS!
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Work on your collage
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Activity 2: Cyanotypes w/ natural elements
We need to care about nature because nature is us. If we ignore and destroy nature, we are destroying ourselves. Let’s observe nature, look at all the beauty it has to offer! Cyanotypes are a fantastic way to make art with natural elements.
Material: cyanotype kit, a piece of cardboard, a container for water (larger than the cyanotype paper), elements from nature: leaves, seeds, weeds, twigs, etc.
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Cyanotypes with Natural Elements continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Wednesday, July 7th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Activity 1: Climate Collage, collaborative mural
Let’s talk about SOLUTIONS and populate our mural with hopeful thoughts and images, now that we know better what can be done!
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Work on murals
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Activity 2: Mobile with Natural Elements
Exploring more about nature with natural elements you found in your neighborhood. We can make beautiful art with nature!
Material: natural elements ( leaves, seeds, weeds, twigs, etc.), thread, glass beads, a small branch
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Activity 3: Stamping symbols
Create symbols for the different sections of your mural by making stamps you print with colorful inks.
Material: stamping kit (carving material, ink pads, carving tool), small colored and white cardstock.
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Thursday, July 8th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Activity 1: Climate Collage, collaborative mural
Make it beautiful: organize all the drawings, images, photos!
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Work on your collage
Campers will upload their chosen images to the collage.
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Activity 2: Stamping: Symbols for the Climate Collage
Create symbols for the different sections of your mural by making rubber stamps and printing them with colorful inks.
Material: stamping kit (carving material, ink pads, carving tool), small colored and white cardstock.
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Stamping: Symbols for the Climate Collage continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Friday, July 9th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Showcase Project Review
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Work on projects
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Continue work on projects
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Continue work on projects
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Project Sharing
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Sharing on Miroboard
Daily Evaluation and Session evaluation
3:00pm Final Prep for Showcase
3:30pm Student Showcase
4:30pm Camper Check Out
