Lesson PlanSarah Carreras: scarreras0@gmail.com Curriculum Area: Art Theme: Construction – Circuits

DRDP Domain: VPA – Visual and Performing Artso VPA 1: Visual Arts – Child engages, develops skills, and expresses self with increasing

creativity, complexity, and depth through two-dimensional and three-dimensional visual art. Artifact – Photo Documentationo This method of documentation can record the effectiveness of the two parts of the activity: The

constructions of the scribble bots and how the students have learned to manipulate and generate creations over time, and the resulting designs on a medium, such as paper or sand, etc. With their actions recorded I can evaluate their progress on the DRDP measure.

Examples of Behavioro Later Exploring: 1) Makes basic lines and circle-like shapes for a two dimensional creation. 2)

Decorates their robot by drawing lines on it with a marker.o Earlier Building: 1) Draws lines under one of the circles that the robot made and calls it a tree. 2)

Draws one line under one of the circles the robot makes and calls it a lollipop. o Middle Building: 1) After the robot scribbles, says, “It’s my house!” And draws grass under the

shape. 2) After the robot makes a circle, the student takes another marker and makes a sun.o Later Building: 1) After the robot makes lines, this child says, “They look like a car track,” and will

draw a car to drive on the track. 2) After the robot makes a circle, the student draws inside it a face, and adds hands and legs, and says, “He is running!”

o Integrating: 1) The student tries to move markers to make robot create a scene of their house and then uses markers to draw their family members with happy faces. 2) The student uses only the color blue for the legs of the robot, then draws an underwater scene with dolphins.

Activity DescriptionThe Whole

ChildCreative Cognitive Physical Social Emotional

X X X X Xo Overall Objective: A scribble machine is a motorized contraption that moves in unusual ways and

leaves a mark to trace its path. It’s made from simple materials and is based on the idea of motion created by an offset motor. Students will use the robot as a tool to develop their art, they can add to, experiment, and develop from the scribbles by using their imaginations. Students will develop an understanding of the basics of circuits, motors, and motion while at the same time using creativity and collaboration skills to iterate through the design process and create their own unique solution. They think creatively. They innovate. They prototype, test, and then make changes.

o Anticipatory Set: Setup: Individual stations with paper, materials in containers. Demonstrate: “Today we’re making our own robots! First, we can decorate our robots and then we can draw with the robot! We can add or remove markers. Second, I’m going to show you how to turn your robot on and off so we can see the different patterns they make!

o Visual Art Questions: What pattern does that look like? Do you think the pattern will be different if you move the markers up or down? What happened when you changed the markers? What happened when you changed the hot glue stick? What happened when you moved the battery? Or motor? How is the design different from the hot glue stick robot than the one that uses the popsicle stick?

o Other Questions: What makes the robot move like that? Can you show me with your body how the robot moves? What else moves like that? Do we use anything that moves like that? What will your cellphone have that your robot has then? What else uses batteries?

o Guided Practice: Demonstrate how to stop and start the robot by detaching one wire, and then reattaching by pulling the rubber band over the wire and battery. Demonstrate how to detach the motor by removing the tape and reattaching the motor to another location of the container with tape, with enough clearance the offset weight can spin.

o Independent Practice: Independent play is most important for this activity. Students will independently experiment and make their own discoveries. Engage students in questions. Gentle reminders about rules and topic. They’ll be answering their own questions: “What happens when I do this or add this?” “How can I make it do this?”

Diagram/Illustrationo Materials Needed: 1.5-3.0 volt motor with wires (allelectronics.com), AA battery, recyclable

container such as a strawberry basket or yogurt cup, masking tape, a piece of hotmelt glue stick, markers, broccoli band(thick rubber band used for produce), paper for testing.

o Optional Materials : clothespins; popsicle sticks; wood skewer sticks; pipe cleaners; wire; nuts, washers, or other small weights; scissors; googly eyes.

o Alternative: Try chalk on cement, whiteboard markers on plastic, watercolors on paper, and anti-scribble machines with erasers!

1. Connect the motor to the battery - using the broccoli band. 2. Experiement with ways to offset the motor – try clay, glue stick (be careful), wood. 3. Attach the offset motor to a base – can use recycled container. Tip: Make sure the offset motor has space to spin.4. Attach one or more markers.Extra DIY Scribble Bots Instructionswww.makeityourselfgirl.com/robotics-for-kids/makeitatyourlibrary.org/play-technology/make-scribbling-machine#.VlFW12RVikp

Purchase Scribbler – The Drawing Robot Kit- $25: www.scientificsonline.com/product/scribbler-the-drawing-robotDIY Art Botswww.instructables.com/id/ArtBot/http://gooddayswithkids.com/2015/04/26/diy-ball-wall/cheshirelibraryscience.wordpress.com/2014/05/30/program-34-artbots/www.digitalharbor.org/2014/03/tutorial-artbot/beam.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/Scribbling_Machines_Fa2010.pdfAdditional Ideaswww.sophie-world.com/crafts/paper-cup-lambswww.acmoore.com/plaid-mod-podge-apple-barrel-turtle-from-recycled-containers.html

***The blue wire was pulled off.