WHAT WE ARE DOING

WHY WE ARE DOING IT

Sketching and building our first prototype from low-fi materials such as cardboard and paper

Clarify functionality, identify issues, and communicate ideas.

ACTIVITY MATERIALS

Cardboard

Colored Acetate

Bristol Papers

Zip-ties

Straws

Metal Ruler

Pencil 

Markers 

Cutting Blade

Masking Tape

Hot Glue Gun

String

Brads

Popsicles and wooden skewers

1st

Second model will be made out of cardboard. Go over the carboard 101 presentation found in the resources tab [2hr]

2nd

Create a blueprint of your design, a drawing that will help you construct your structure [30min]

3rd

؜Students will work together to create a quick scale model prototype. The first prototype will be paper-based [30min]

Student groups will take photographs of their prototypes and post them in the Responses tab.

4th

1st

Create a blueprint of your design, a drawing that will help you construct your structure. Storyboards are also a good way to show how your project works.

2nd

؜Students will work together to create a quick scale model prototype. The first prototype will be paper-based [30min]. Check the resources tab of this activity for some origami templates

3rd

Second model will be made out of cardboard. Go over the carboard 101 presentation found in the resources tab [2hr]

TEST, PHOTOGRAPH, FILM, AND CRITIQUE

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

Now that you have built it out of cardboard, what would be the best materials and methods for the next prototype?

You have built and tested one possible shape of your project idea. What other shapes could this concept take?

What do you need to learn to create the next, more developed prototype of this concept?