We took a “Maker” approach at STEM SantaFe’s camp this week. Students experimented with different ways to make a moveable joint using a variety of materials: balloon pieces, tin foil, brads, rubber band and even the wax paper bag the materials came in.
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- We didn’t plan to make pinwheels!
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- Bent Brad
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- Playing with shapes
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- Adding tension
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- Working with tinfoil
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- Long chain of segments
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- Five different joints: brad, balloon, rubber band, tinfoil and paper bag
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- Combination balloon and brad.
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- Golden rectangle and golden caliper
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- Using the Calipers
Creative ideas included bending the brads to make tension, combining brads with balloons. We also made 3 sets of calipers: 1:1, 1:2 and 1:1.618 and a variety of creative shapes. The building kit parts are 2″ and 2 x 1.618 so they can be used to make a golden rectangle.