Tag: Art and Design
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Wearables, Robots and Rockets – FALL 2019 STEAM Program at MERCY
General Topics: Sewing, Electricity, Wearable Electronics, Mechanical Motion, Motors, Mini Robots, Newton’s Third Law, Physics, Engineering, Chemical Reaction, Art & Design Grade Level: 4-7 Illuminating Wallet and Bracelet With Halloween right around the corner who doesn’t love some fun fabrics? In this session, our students used their design skills to create a wearable electronic device!…
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Lights, Color, Coding: Art & Science – Spring 2019 STEAM Program at MERCY
General Topics: Geometry, Color Theory, Biology, Drawing & Painting, Light, Electricity, Robots and Block-Programming Grade Level: 2-4 In this session, we focused on the physics of light and color, natural sciences, and concepts related to simple circuits and basic programing. Color Theory We started by teaching color theory, which explores how humans perceive color and…
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Illuminating Things, Circuits, and Robots – Fall 2018 STEAM Program at MERCY
General Topics: Wearable Electronics, Electricity, Light, Basic Robotics, Origami, Building with WeDo and Little Bits Grade Level: 4-7 In these classes, we learned a variety of skills to create many different electronic projects. From wearable circuits to robotic cars, we build on our knowledge of circuits to create fun and exciting projects! Creating an Illuminated…
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Balloon Cars!
General Topics: Kinetic Energy, Mechanics, Physics, Simple Machines Grade Level: 2-3 In this activity we explored the process of how forces work and how a force in one direction can cause motion in the opposite direction (Newton’s third law). The exercise had the students learning how to make a car powered by a balloon to be blown…
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Check out our pilot project at the YBCA-Room for Big Ideas: Conceiving Place.
In the summer of 2015, over a three-month period in San Francisco, SPARKmakers and Studio CNS were invited to design and transform the Room for Big Ideas. We created the multifaceted exhibition “Conceiving Place” where it highlighted CNS’ on-going artwork “The Weight I carry with Me” and our initiative the “SPARKmakers Thinkering School” – a self…