Day 3

3Doodler Build A Better Book Character Design Challenge

Maker - Naomi Harm

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Naomi Harm Twitter: @NaomiHarm Cave Creek, Arizona

The WHY For This Maker Project

This year, International 3D Printing Day and Giving Tuesday both fall on December 3rd, and 3Doodler thought this would be the perfect time to share your Doodles with those who have never been able to experience them before. They are calling this day 3D Giving Day, a first-of-its kind humanitarian day centered around giving 3D creations. *More details on the larger global collaboration project can be found at this link.

So to extend this learning effort of 3D Giving Day and in collaboration with 3Doodler, I thought this "3Doodler Build A Better Book Character Design Challenge" would be a perfect fit for our 25 Days of Making, and to also have this 3D maker project represented on Tuesday, December 3rd!

Learning Goals and Big Picture Overview

Learning Goal - Student teams will create a 3D physical character from a holiday story, and provide the final 3D representation to a student that is visually impaired. Our student team global goal is make picture books accessible to visually impaired students, and provide them an interactive learning experience, so they too can empathize with a character from a story, and be able to interact through touch to better understand the character's unique personality traits.

Big Picture Overview - Using one of the choice holiday books of "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" or "The Night Before Christmas" you will read aloud the story to your group of students. You will discuss the characters, the setting, the plot and resolution importance of the holiday story as a large group activity.

Next, you will review how each character in the story portrays his/her unique personality through their actions, words, and how they have contributed to the resolution and positive outcome of the story. Then student teams will create a 3D physical character from the holiday story, and provide and explain the final 3D representation to a new student group, or a student that is visually impaired.

Materials Needed

Your favorite holiday picture book or books
4 x 6 inch printer paper & pencils
Ziplock bags
3Doodler Start Pen or Create Pen
Start Filaments or Create Filaments
Start DoodlePad or Create DoodlePad (or a clear laminated sheet, such as a Ziplock bag)
Educator phone with camera and social media accounts for posting final project photos. *Share your final 3D characters on social media to: @3Doodler #3Doodler #BuildaBetterBook #3DGivingDay

Student Groupings

Explain to students that they will be working in "transformative trio" student groups to recreate a 3D character from the story.

Each student will have a very important team role/job to contribute to the success of the final project. Student roles/job tasks/badges could include the following for accountability:

Communication Team Leader, Visual SketchNoter, and 3D Design Engineer.

*(Printable student job badges can be found here and modified)

Step-by-Step Activity Directions

Step 1. Have students identify and choose one of the characters from the holiday story that resonated with their team. Discuss their reasonings of their choice and final team decision. Team lead will finalize the group decision. ( 5 minutes)

Step 2. Provide each student a piece of 4x6 printer paper and a pencil. Have students on one side of the paper list action words and statements the best represent the strong personality traits, character actions and the emotional tone that their chosen character portrays in the story. Have students compare and contrast their word choices and circle description words that best represents their character and the 3D image they want to create. ( 5 minutes)

Step 3. Next, the identified "SketchNoter" will sketch/outline a character representation on the backside of their 4x6 papers to be reflective of the descriptive words their team chose. Up to three sketches can be created. SketchNoter will receive constructive feedback for the Team Leader and 3D Design Engineer to improve the final sketches. ( 7 minutes)

Step 4. Have students identify one of their best team sketches they want to create and a filament color choice. Next, the 3D Design Engineer will place the paper sketchnote into a ziplock bag, and using a 3Doodler pen, trace and design the 3D character on top of the Ziplock bag. The completed 3D character will be easily removed/peeled from the Ziplock bag.

Step 5. The Team Lead will write a one paragraph description that will be place on a pop-up tent card to describe and express the emotional tone that their character is representing.

Step 6. Celebrate the learning! The Team Lead from each group will share their collaborative groups final 3D project, by explaining the final 3D representation to a new student group, or a student that is visually impaired.

*Extensions could include sharing what worked well, what challenges they faced, and what they could do next time to improve their group's team efforts of the project as a collaborative effort. Here is also another 3Doodler Engineering Design Challenge Project I have also created - please feel free to join this project too :-)

http://bit.ly 3DoodlerGlobalChallenge

Questions On This 3Doodler Maker Project???

If you have further questions on this make project, please feel feel to reach out to me time and I will respond to you within 72 hours to guide your learning.

Email: Naomi@NaomiHarm.org Twitter: @NaomiHarm

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