Prep - 2 Art -STEAM

HOW DO YOU KEEP A PENGUIN ENGAGED?

Learning Intention: To develop art and design techniques when creating a STEAM solution

Success Criteria:

Identify the needs of a penguin in the zoo

Describe how an enrichment tool/toy can keep a penguin happy

Justify how decorating your prototype will keep a penguin engaged

Reflect if your prototype has met the design parameters


TASK - DESIGNING AND BUILDING A PROTOTYPE ENRICHMENT TOY FOR A PENGUIN

I’m Liz and I’m a zoo keeper at Melbourne Zoo. My job is to care for the Little Penguins and make sure they have good health. My team and I use ‘enrichment’, which helps penguins to use their senses, move their bodies and behave in natural ways.

DESIGN PARAMETERS

Your design for Liz needs to help lions to do at least one of these things:

a. Use its senses e.g. smell, touch, taste, see, hear

b. Move in natural ways

c. Behave in natural ways


Your design for Liz also needs to:

· Survive the weight and strength of a little Penguin

· Be safe for Liz to use

· Be made of a material that isn’t toxic

· Be cheap to build

WHAT TO DO:

Follow the procedure below:

1 Brainstorm solutions and create a list of design ideas to solve the challenge and choose one to try.

2. Build a prototype so that you can show your design to other people.

3. Test and Refine – test and improve your design, ask members of your family what they think about your design and then improve it.

4. Share Your Design