Models and Designs

Students will be able to build a digital camera and explain how it works

Big Shot Camera
How is energy transfered to power machines?
What would life be like without cameras?
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We are learning to understand the impact cameras have on our world, and to understand how energy is transfered to power machines.

"Life is like photography, we develop from the negatives."

How has camera technology evolved over time?

WALT: understand the evolution of cameras over time
Build a Pinhole Camera

Interactives
Quizzes
BrainPOP - Cameras

"There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception." - Aldous Huxley

How does the way light travels impact our view of the world?

WALT: explain how light travels

Watch:

Brainpop- Light
Brainpop - Refraction
Brainpop- Color
Brainpop - Electromagnetic
​Spectrum
How Mirrors are Made
How Mirrors Work
Bill Nye - Light, Refraction,
​Reflection

Read:

Big Shot - Refraction
Bigshot - Color

Interact:

  • Fun facts about mirrors.
  • Fun facts about color.
  • mirror, magnifying glass, water bowl experiment
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"​The eye does not see what the mind does not know."

What are the similarities and differences between a camera and a human eye?

WALT:  COMPARE AND CONTRAST A CAMERA AND THE HUMAN EYE
Brainpop - Eyes

How is energy Transfered in the BigShot Camera?

WALT:
Describe the transfer of energy from mechanical, to electromagnetic, to electric.
BrainPOP - Energy Technology
Watch the videos about batteries, elecrtic cirtuits, and electromagnets.

Generating Power and Movement Simulator:

Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab
Click to Run

After Building

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Learn about the Polyoptic Wheel
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Learn about the LED Flash
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Learn about the LCD Display
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Learn about the Electronics
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Learn More about Image Processing
BrainPOP - Film making
Models and Designs Projects
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