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- 6th - 7th
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Students become aware of Radial design in art through examples of Rose windows and mandala designs from various cultures. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students design, build, and test a model of a free-standing structure used to support overhead road signs. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students recognize the basic concepts of architectural design, geometrical shapes, elements of design, creativity, basic math, and design concepts. They apply them to the creative process by creating a design project. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students explore the engineering design process. They discuss the design process steps, select a design and develop a brochure or poster for the design, and construct and test the designed product. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students identify the desired features of an aircraft and the limits that they, the Wright Brothers, or NASA scientists might face in designing one, and methods to solve these. They review parts of an airplane and what makes it fly. They construct an airplaine using everyday materials. They chat with real scientists through a webcast interview and read bios about the scientists with whom they chat. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students design and make a flying device. They work in small groups to brainstorm ideas for the design of their device. They choose an idea or combination of ideas to use for their design and create a sketch of their design. The students label the four forces of flight and indicate with the size of arrows, which forces will be greatest and explain verbally or in writing how the flying device increases lift over gravity and how thrust will exceed drag. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate criteria and constraints for designing any aircraft. They define these terms and categorize a series of examples of both. Using the constraints and criteria set before them, they design and construct airplaines in small groups and present their ideas to the class. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students are assigned to research the roles and responsibilities of technical personnel in drama/theatre, film/video, or broadcast media. Roles included are costume designer, makeup designer, properties master/mistress and choreographer. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify term synectics as a style of thinking, explore and recognize the list as design synectics triggers, explain how design synectics applies to 20th Century Modern Art, and apply design synectics eighty percent of the time to a design they create. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the design of a home and creating architectural drawings. They conduct research using a variety of resources and take part in interviews with homeowners to fill out a focused survey. Full Review »
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