Friday, 21 February

Folks, please do a General's job of working with Mr. Winn, my substitute today.

At the bottom of this post is a copy of the handout you will use to guide your learning while watching some videos produced by Adam Savage, who you may recognize from Myth Busters.

Savage worked as a model maker on famous movies such as Star Wars, and is a famous "maker." Today's videos come from a Youtube Channel called Tested. All the videos below are on this playlist.

You will be viewing six segments of the playlist (1,2,4,5,6,7 of 9). For each segment there is a learning target or thinking activity provided below. You will turn this completed sheet in to the teacher at the end of the lesson for a grade so be thorough and write thoughtful and complete answers.

#1 Tour of Smithsonian Exhibit’s Fabrication Shop (10 min)

#2 The 3D Printing and Modelmaking Shop at Smithsonian Exhibits! (25 min)

#4 The Youngest Modelmaker at Smithsonian Exhibits (10 min)

#5 About Smithsonian Exhibits (12 min)

#6 How Smithsonian Uses Replicas to Tell Stories (7 min)

#7 Smithsonian Exhibits’ Installations Process (8 min)

Name _____________________________________ Date ______________________ Period ____

Viewing Guide: Adam Savages Tested Tour of Smithsonian

You will be viewing six segments of a playlist (1,2,4,5,6,7 of 9). For each segment there is a learning target or thinking activity provided below. You will turn this completed sheet in to the teacher at the end of the lesson for a grade so be thorough and write thoughtful and complete answers.

#1 Tour of Smithsonian Exhibit’s Fabrication Shop (10 min)

Similarities to Our Shop (list many)	Differences from Our Shop (many or few?)

#2 The 3D Printing and Modelmaking Shop at Smithsonian Exhibits! (25 min)

How is this shop different than our shop? 

Do you think you would prefer working in this kind of shop or our kind of shop, why? Do you enjoy technology based making or hand making more, why?

#4 The Youngest Modelmaker at Smithsonian Exhibits (10 min)

What were some key things Willow did to get their dream job?

#5 About Smithsonian Exhibits (12 min)

List two or three challenges and ways those challenges are solved:

#6 How Smithsonian Uses Replicas to Tell Stories (7 min)

1.   Before viewing this section answer the following question: Do you think a replica means as much as an historical object, why?

B ) After viewing this segment explain how and why your thinking has or has not changed?

#7 Smithsonian Exhibits’ Installations Process (8 min)

How is installation a challenge?  Would you like being an installer, why?

Thursday, 20 February

Time Lines for the Toy Project were due, and were checked.

Tuesday / Wednesday 18 / 19 February

Due NEXT Class:  

TIMELINE of TASKS

Your toy is due 19 / 20 March. Which of the following steps will you need to accomplish each day between now and then to have your toy done ON TIME?

Child’s Toy: Woods & Architecture Scoring Guide

Name _______________________________________________ Date __________________ Period _______

CATEGORY	NOT DEMONSTRATED	SHOWING GROWTH	MEETS	EXCEEDS
Design	Does not match plan	Significant deviations from working drawings	Mostly matches approved drawings; deviations are unavoidable	Matches approved drawings; deviations are justified improvements
Block	Toy is not laminated	Some gaps in lamination	Solid, multi-ply lamination	Laminations are solid; boards are oriented for ease of work; laminations are part of the design
Shape	Toy is not age appropriate; sharp edges or fragility; short grain failure likely	Generally smooth; and sized for audience; little chance of short grain failure	Recognizable design; no safety hazards;	Engaging design that invites play;
Wheels and moving parts	Wheels significantly out of plane; no moving parts;	All wheels are not co-planner; a wheel may be glued frozen	Co-planner; toy moves smoothly	Multiple moving parts; or interacting parts move smoothly
Finish	None applied	splotchy	Child safe	Additional coloration of techniques enhance the toy

On Monday 2 / 10 this happened

WHAT DO YOU SEE?

February 3 -7

Class was focused on finalizing plans for children's toys that are due on 11/12 February.

Here is an example of a plan fwith the various details that are necessary.

Students were encouraged to analyze their plans (and adjust as necessary) for the potential for "Short Grain Failure". Short grain failure is when a narrow piece of wide has the grain running across the short length. In orther words, the giraffe below is oriented in a way that gives long grain running up the neck and down the legs. The fish is arranged to have a long grain along it's bill, however the tips of the dorsal fin and the tips of the tails and fins would be in danger of sufferring short grain failure.




Students were also asked to cut long boards to appropriate length for joint on the Miter saw; and to plane boards that had already been jointed.


Meanwhile, Intermediate and Advanced students were working on a complex ramp build for Wizard of the Oz.