Grades: 3-8

Number of Students: 25

Hours of Curriculum: 12

Curriculum Sample

Teknikio loves origami and wanted to add more to the traditional art of paper folding. By adding simple circuits to paper sculptures you can instantly animate them and create unique sculptures. ‚ You can start simple and add a light or two and then make more complex modular systems with your origami robot sculpture. ‚ You can also add a small motor and seen how it affects the movement of the sculpture based on where you attach it. The Instructor Guide includes lesson plans, project extensions, and topic overview. Each lesson is matched to Common Core and NGSS learning standards for integrated STEM learning. ‚ Students can collaborate and make a giant super gadget, or work in smaller groups to make personal projects.

Features:

• Curriculum for 8 activities ranging from 1-2 hours. Activities can be broken into multiple sessions.
  
• Students can work alone or in small groups
  
• Tackle storage box
  
• Digital instructor guide with vocabulary guide - click here to preview the guide.
  
• Collaboration and discussion tips
  
• Lesson extensions for differentiation
  
• Adaptable for classroom/makerspace instruction or self-directed learning
  

Project Titles:

1. Folding tips
   
2. Origami crane
   
3. Blinky frog
   
4. Light house
   
5. Dancing Penguin
   
6. Origami surfer
   
7. Bridge structure
   
8. Modular Star Lamp
   

Included Materials:

• 26 Teknikio motor board
  
• 26 Teknikio battery board
  
• 50 batteries
  
• 100 LED lights
  
• 200 fasteners
  
• 2 rolls of conductive tape
  
• 1 roll electrical tape
  
• 280 sheets of origami paper