Planetary Motion Spinners
Posted by: TeachingArtontheCheap on: July 7, 2010
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- This was one of my best ideas all year – I used mostly junk to teach a great science concept through art. That’s SCRAP at its peak teaching ability.
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- Students worked to keep the tops on smaller sheets of paper and then took their art home, as well as the spinners, so they could use them again at home.
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- They used modelling clay to keep the cardboard in place and balance the spinner. We covered the desks with paper and spun the tops to demonstrate rotation and revolution, just like Earth!
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- Students revitalized dead crummy dollar store markers (donated to SCRAP and weeded out) in liquid watercolors (you could use food coloring).
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- Add color to the cardboard shape – I had kids use oil pastels since they would show up boldly against the dull grey cardboard. Adding the design is part of the fun, since they can try and predict what it will look like when it spins.
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- I used the die-cut machine to make the shapes quickly and easily (I needed about 50 stars) but students could easily cut their own.
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- Cut out shapes (I used stars) and cut an x with a knife in the center to poke your marker through. I used old cardboard from the backs of discarded notepads.
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- Bece: Keri, this is such an awesome site. I had no idea you had this. Great job! Bece
- Barbara Zaborowski: Did you know that you can also use old dried-up markers to make colored glue? If you break off the bottom of the marker, you can pull out the inside
- Lori Randel: Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!! I have been desperately searching for a project to do for Green Day in Sherwood. Your stick books are perfect!!
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July 7, 2010 at 5:44 am
Did you know that you can also use old dried-up markers to make colored glue? If you break off the bottom of the marker, you can pull out the inside and insert it in a bottle of white glue. Wait several days and the glue changes to whatever color the marker was.