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Examples of both art and technology lessons (often a combination of both) for Early Childhood, Lower, Middle and High School.
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![Maker Space ideas](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_505a4da84dfb406d9ca5a48f966a3ab3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_980,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_505a4da84dfb406d9ca5a48f966a3ab3~mv2.jpg)
![Stop Motion Animation](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_4ae5c353faf048bd9798e9dbd4d01d9b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_4ae5c353faf048bd9798e9dbd4d01d9b~mv2.jpg)
![Robot Prototypes](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_1650c3b4b9484fa89b1cd98d80c55de7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_1650c3b4b9484fa89b1cd98d80c55de7~mv2.jpg)
Students were challenged to turn Dash robots into delivery bots, using Legos to secure the package.
![3D Printed letters](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_335513326c6346a29aa950adba5ccefa~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_878,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_335513326c6346a29aa950adba5ccefa~mv2.jpg)
As an extension from sandpaper letters in a Montessori setting, students design and print words that reflect their environment.
![Spiral Workshop](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_1a6bc58dd8f7458aae239fa28e1c65bb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_360,h_270,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_1a6bc58dd8f7458aae239fa28e1c65bb~mv2.jpg)
Painting class for High School age students. We combined the lesson of basic shading techniques in painting with also incorporating a lesson on how ghosts have been integrated into art for centuries. I have one word for you; ectoplasm.
![Shadow Puppets](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_07fac1f3b87d45d4936e941a32e4ac28~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_980,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_07fac1f3b87d45d4936e941a32e4ac28~mv2.jpg)
![Drawing Ice- High School](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_475405b36af1434abee6ca275b32a894~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1307,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_475405b36af1434abee6ca275b32a894~mv2.jpg)
Drawing/shading lesson for high schoolers. Students drew the ice cube in shifts as it melted. I taught them about artists using ice as medium in between each drawing.
![Reggio art, make a tree](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_9ab949488b004ee291e216ac75424684~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_980,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_9ab949488b004ee291e216ac75424684~mv2.jpg)
Outdoor art activity, using materials found outside to construct an image of a tree.
![Recycle Tree Installation](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_65c0c94fe3294943b026486d9087bef8~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_980,h_1307,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_65c0c94fe3294943b026486d9087bef8~mv2.png)
![3D printed skyline](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_0b980d050b404047a496b2727b764377~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_980,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_0b980d050b404047a496b2727b764377~mv2.jpg)
Used app 3D Blox jr with 5 year olds learning about skyscrapers, they built their own models in the app and I printed them.
![Button Making](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_487ded25bb144ecebfe5cadcf5dd35f8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_980,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_487ded25bb144ecebfe5cadcf5dd35f8~mv2.jpg)
![BeeBots- coding](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_a33110dc05584ef3b381327d193c6cde~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_294,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_a33110dc05584ef3b381327d193c6cde~mv2.jpg)
Teaching basic estimation, prediction and counting skills.
![Sewing Lessons, Senior Kindergarten](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_5286b025107247f39c28bb64aa0abac9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_903,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_5286b025107247f39c28bb64aa0abac9~mv2.jpg)
![3D Blox Jr](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_dc4d3d0b9af2463595b652e0a499c672~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_980,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_dc4d3d0b9af2463595b652e0a499c672~mv2.jpg)
To enhance the inquiry of architecture in Chicago, students were able to design in 3D, removing the physical limitations of building.
![4 Seasons Installation](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_c65cbd833ab745a3892784f943c03f19~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_738,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_c65cbd833ab745a3892784f943c03f19~mv2.jpg)
This project was a collaboration with the Lower School French teacher. Students designed the 4 Saisons (Seasons) in Seesaw, a digital online platform and their work was printed on transparent sheets for a stained glass esque display.
![Bioluminescence](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_92f074a60ed544b9b9ce7b70610493d1~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_980,h_384,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_92f074a60ed544b9b9ce7b70610493d1~mv2.png)
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![Sensory art with infants](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_6d7f6929c62e4037ba43d5bb224e28b6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_980,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_6d7f6929c62e4037ba43d5bb224e28b6~mv2.jpg)
Shaving cream, paint and glue sensory slime on a canvas, child was about 7 months old.
![B_W contrast infants](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_24853621086243309080368effdaacdd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_732,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_24853621086243309080368effdaacdd~mv2.jpg)
![Soldering LED lights Collaboration](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_fd9e8f6adf1e4d7c953c3fb646371058~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_741,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_fd9e8f6adf1e4d7c953c3fb646371058~mv2.jpg)
7th graders soldered the electric components of the LED light in the lamps, 1st graders used paint markers to add design and color.
![Black Lives Matter Mural](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9aab43_c733b35063f94666b7ca77db49b371c9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_177,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/9aab43_c733b35063f94666b7ca77db49b371c9~mv2.jpg)
30 feet long cardboard mural, with mixed media. Created in collaboration with JK-2nd graders.