cogs early exploration

plankton inspirations

http://dnr.louisiana.gov/sec/execdiv/techasmt/educational_resources/BGBB/3/plankton.html

discovery

Hi


found this - thought is was a nice way to make/work with/categorize boxes - shapes are inspired by crystals?! Could be useful or inspiring and could not?...
http://geologyonline.museum.state.il.us/tools/lessons/1.1/lesson.html

Art Project—Crystal Models

Materials:

• Enlarged shapes (on a standard Xerox machine, enlarging to 142% four times gives a good size for first graders to handle)
• Construction paper
• Glue
• Glitter
• String

Using enlargements of the patterns below, students will fold carefully on the dotted lines and glue the models together. These can be made from different colors of paper, or children can color and decorate the sides before they glue them. Glitter adds glitz to these models and makes them sparkle like true crystals. By using the correct names for each crystal model, children will become more familiar with correct terminology. These can be hung or made into mobiles by poking a small hole through them with a needle with string attached.

Biomimicry inspiration for interlocking mechanisms

proboscis on the butterfly forms a flexible, sealed cylinder
- could be a way to "snap" the cogs on to th string/chain
- caterpillar-butterfly connection!
http://www.asknature.org/strategy/36c34a8aaa1965360f5a6e1eb274ce5d
http://library.thinkquest.org/C002251/cgi-bin/default.cgi?language=english&chapter=3&section=2&mode=chapter&outputmode=0&navmenu=0&javascript=0(image 1 source)
http://www.bumblebee.org/invertebrates/Lepidoptera.htm (image 2 source)



 cross section of a proboscis
When it is not used, the proboscis is rolled up. To suck nectar the butterfly straightens it with the help of muscles. To roll it up, no muscles are needed.

 
Makes me think of party blowers....


 



feather filaments
http://www.asknature.org/strategy/c2f8abc558cb3adef7df08b5eb2b4846 

interlocking mechanisms

interlocking square shapes

http://home.hydroxycutblog.com/category/Educational_Toys

interlocking cogs

http://www.thisnext.com/item/BDB993E1/AC33489D/Oligear-Toys

 

interlocking shapes

magnets

http://www.oliblock.com

love this stop motion!

trying out some playfulness with the logo

Took a little inspiration from the tweens to give three dimensionality to the letters. Playful? Other colours? Thought it could be nice to have a tag word for each letter in cog? Let me know..

  

preliminary script draft

Please let me know how this works.... I will try to get Emma to read it tomorrow and would love to hear inputs. Tomorrow, I will also add vectors beside lines so we can get a visual of the script.. thanx, solveig

I am a girl

and I am 11

a so-called tween

so I could also be

9 or 10 or 12

or a boy

I live with my family,

in a neighborhood,

in a city,

in a country,

on a planet

This is my environment

where I call home

It is a place that I am part of and that is part of me

It is a meaningful place

a place where I create my own story

My school

My friends

My family

My dog

My chores

My body

A place where I contribute

Sometimes it feels a little too much, or I feel too little

or it just simply gets too complicated

But I think of things, things that can make my life better,

I observe, I dream, I create, I solve

Suddenly it all comes together as a great idea

like this one

the cog

a cog is an object

that plays a small part in a large organization.

like me

when I recycle

when I walk my dog

when I read for my little sister

when I hug my friend

when I do my best on the word quiz

I make my contribution

My cogs help me remember

When I carry my cogs around I feel confident,

confident that I will contribute

to the place where I call home

to my family,

to my neighborhood

to my country

to my planet

to my environment

more early visuals - caterpillar concept

early visuals - cogs

early vector illustrations