11/1 Laser Cut Box

Laser Cut Acrylic Pencil Box

10/2 Soft Circuitry Lesson Plan

Soft Circuitry Lesson Plan

Goal: (knowledge and understanding)

Students will know:
 - Conductive thread can be used to create a mapping of our neighborhood through basic circuitry sewing  to light up one or more LED(s).

- Practice of abstract thinking by imagining from a bird’s eye view.
 - Problem solving

Objective (task and skill)
 Students will be able to:

 - Make a map of your neighborhood or imagined place with soft circuitry which lights up with a switch.

Component	Description / Guiding Questions	Minutes
Warm-up  Breaks ice and is related to the study	Walk around the classroom and remember your route.	2min
Brainstorming      Accesses prior knowledge, introduces vocabulary and key concepts	What would be the shapes and lines of your neighborhood if you were to look form a bird’s eye view?	3 min
Demo     When appropriate, TA models experimentation in a particular medium, or shares exemplars and related contextual info; Avoid lengthy demos that invite copying or discourage  “research curiosities”	1/ Teaching artist draw a route she just walked on the white board, from one point to another 2/ Teaching artist show how to light up a circuit on white board 3/ TA explains how circuitry works to light up a LED.	7 min
Art Activity Students work individually or collaboratively.  TA provides  individual assistance while encouraging students to take creative risks, revise, refine; identify and solve problems	1/ Students saw conductive thread onto a piece of felt or fabric to show their route.  2/ Try to think of a way to make a switch  3/ Add various shapes and lines around it to make a map by drawing with colored threads or sewing other fabric pieces	25 min
Journal Writing   Encourages individual reflection in words, phrases, sketches, etc.	Write two sentences about your partner’s work, try to guess where is his/her neighborhood	5 min
Turn and Talk Two students share their experiences, developing talking and listening skills	Students talk about each other’s art works.	5-7 min
Group Share     Guided by TA and focuses on wor completed- focuses on choices evident in student artworks. TA evokes description, analysis and interpretation with follow up questions, such as “What makes you say that?	Group discussion and critique	5-7 min
Research, Interests,  Questions and Closure Simple tasks completed at home, motivated by students’ developing interests.	Vocabularies: interlace, interlock, layers, layering, swirl, composition
Wrap-up/Clean-Up Everyone cleans up, rearranges the room, etc.
Materials and Equipment	Conductive thread, scissors, needles, fabric, pencil, paper
Documentation   Photos, recordings, sample written work.	Photos

10/1 Final Project Proposal

Furry swing chair sculpture  s e w i n g   i n   p r o g r e s s

A water drop shaped (approx. 6 feet) sculpture made with sewed fabric and faux fur fabric. The shape has a concave to provide a possibility for people to climb/sit inside it. Once inside, sensors would be triggered, the surrounding LED would light up and sounds would begin to play:

1. “ Relax. Take a deep breath. Feel the texture. Take a rest. Touch me. Do nothing. Just sit. Just look as it is.” approx. 10 seconds.
2. Sounds of baby crying (3-6 seconds). Recorded sounds from everyday life, such as neighbors chatting, piano from next-door, guitar from downstairs, trees from outside the window, wind blowing, sirens, airplane flying, trains passing from far away, rains dropping etc. Approx. 2 minutes.
3. Composed electrical music manipulated from everyday sounds (2 minutes) that is calm and therapeutic. Approx. 1.5-2.5 minutes. 

Total of approx. 3-4 minutes of remix music.

Possible (extended) version of the soft sculpture:

Version 1/ Threads are connected and expanded from the sculpture surrounding it that leads each thread to an object, each object would light up or play sound when a specific sensor is touched inside the sculpture.

Version 2/ Threads are connected from the sculpture to a furry object tied with conductive fabric to provide a possibility for people to touch it, once touched, the sculpture would light up with a different color.

9/1 Invent

Fabric Bacteria Detector

Other possible ideas for invention:

A 'Doraemon' Magic Door where we can go anywhere we wish when we open it.