StoryCity: Art in the City

This image links to the StoryCity: Art in the City lesson.

Create an art installation in your city and explain your inspiration!

Shoebox

This image links to the Shoebox lesson.

Perspective, or the way we see and understand things, can be tricky. Test the way your brain sees the world by creating an illusion inside of a shoebox!

Flip Book

This image links to the Flip Book lesson.

“The One Moment” music video features a giant flip book. A smaller version of this can be created using a stack of post-it notes. It can feature a stick figure jumping on a trampoline, waving, or anything you can imagine! Part 1 Part 2

Dancing with Dye

This image links to the Dancing with Dye lesson.

Check out the “Art of Experimentation” video and see how you, too, can dance with dye!

Chain Reaction Machines

This image links to the Chain Reaction lesson.

Simple machines are the simplest devices that control the way forces act on objects. Using several simple machines created from objects in your box or materials around the house, let’s create a chain reaction machine like the one in “This Too Shall Pass.”

Anamorphic Circle

This image links to the Anamorphic Circle lesson.

As you saw in “The Writing’s on the Wall” music video, there are many kinds of illusions. Let’s create another using the materials in your box for this week.

Accordion Fold

This image links to the Accordion Fold lesson.

Let’s start exploring the world of illusions! Gather your paper, scissors, glue, and favorite coloring supplies to create your own illusion to trick the minds of your family and friends.

Volcanoes

This image links to the Volcanoes lesson.

Explore a chemical reaction that causes your volcano to erupt!

Spoon Catapault

This image links to the Spoon Catapult lesson.

Launch into this activity, where you explore how to catapult a pom pom across the room with a spoon!