Fingertip Dip Paper Shapers

Adapted from FROM SU Faculty Presentation

Dr. Robeck, Dr.Burgess and Dr. TerrellAt

NSTA 2012 Stem Forum and Expo

Engage

The Hornets’

Nest

PAPERS FOR A PURPOSE

ShoppingWritingEating

PaintingWrapping

CONSIDERsome

relevantquestions• What is paper made

of?

• What makes different kinds of paper different?

Explore

PAPER MAKING 1-101. Pour slurry2. Dip Deckle3. Lift Horizontally4. Felt Over5. Press Palms6. Felt Under Deckle7. Brush Edges8. Lift Deckle9. Peel Paper10.Dry as Directed

PAPERMAKING DANCE MOVES1. Pouring movement with arms2. Dip arms and roll down3. Lift with your arms horizontal4. Palms up and clap the felt on top5. Press and bend knees6. Turn pressed palms over7. Brush finger tips across palm8. Lift onto tippy toes9. Raise arms to lift paper 10.Spreading movements to dry

Taking apart and putting together paper

• As you follow the instructions for recycling paper, see what you can discover what paper is made of.

• Consider how you could make the paper turn out different.

• Consider what would happen if you changed the process by which the paper is made.

PAPER MAKING for a Purpose

NOW

Create samples of paper that would be useful to a gardener

Explain

Key Concepts• Paper is made of plant fibers that are processed

to produce thin sheets.• These fibers are similar to each other, but

different types of papers can have very different properties.

• These properties can be explored by describing, measuring and testing different paper samples.

• Properties are traits (characteristics) of materials or objects that can be described and are usually measured.

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING

Technology is any modification of the natural world made to fulfill human needs or desires.

Engineering is a systematic and often iterative

approach to designing objects, processes and systems to meet human needs and wants.

A Framework for K-12 Science Education, p. 202

ITERATIVE APPROACH

• Designing • Producing • Assessing• Modifying (Redesigning)

CAREERSChemistCommodity Sourcing ManagerComputer ProgrammerDesignerForesterMachinistManufacturing Equipment OperatorManufacturing Process EngineerMaterials ScientistTransportation GIS SpecialistWaste Water Treatment Engineer

Elaborate

Paper Up Close

Observe and compare different kinds of paper

1. Use your eyes and magnifiers for the observations.

2. Tear the paper samples and look at the torn edges.

3. Drop some water onto the paper and observe what happens.

Paper Up CloseConsider:

1. How are their properties alike? Different? 2. How can you test the papers to find out

more about the similarities and differences among their properties?– How can you describe these similarities and

differences?– How can you measure these similarities and

differences?

3. What would you infer is the purpose for each kind of paper?

4. How do the properties of the different kinds of paper fit their purpose?

Evaluate

Consider:• What are other sources of materials you could try using

to make paper?• What makes you think these would work?• How are they alike/different from the pulp you used?• How is it like/different from the material used by

hornets?• What might happen if you added those to the pulp that

you used to make recycled paper?• Let’s look at how the hornet– Gets its pulp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVEXoOd7q_A– Builds its nest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw5YWJXZzgI

• How is this like/unlike the process we used? How is this like and unlike the paper we made?

Background for the teacher

STEM AS AN INTEGRATING INFLUENCESCIENCE

• Observing properties

• Investigate the Process•Cohesion/Adhesion •Evaporation

•Testing paper•Durability•Strength•Absorbency•Flexibility•Recyclability

•Paper in the labFilter paperLens wipesLab journalGraph paper

•ChemistryPolymers (cellulose)SizingOxidation (burning)

VISUAL ARTS•Aesthetic•Purpose•Color•Texture•Flat or Sculpture?

DANCE•Steps of paper making•Paper in the rain•Paper catching fire•Origami

MUSIC•What sounds can you make with paper?•What is the sound of paper in the wind, being ripped, etc.? •What musical instruments can you make with paper?

DRAMA•Props using paper•Mask making•Puppets

MATH•Ratios

•Area and Perimeter

•Shapes and their defining characteristics

•Nets of 3D objects

•Circles—circumference and area

•Weight of paper

•Multiplication/Division

•Word Problems ?

SOCIAL STUDIES•History of paper

•Maps of where paper is made

•Maps of land cover (where are the trees that are used for pulp?)

•Transportation routs

•History of printing

•Art papers

•Paper clothing

•Cultural uses of paper (diapers, origami, religious documents, napkins, toilet paper, toilet seat covers, party hats, birthday decorations)

•Reduce, reuse, recycle (and repurpose)

TECHNOLOGY• Improving paper

• For what purpose?• With what limitations?• Designing and using paper

• Packaging/containers

• Surfaces of paper types

• Paper in consumer products (paper towels, cards, tissue, dishes, etc.)

• Toys—kites, dolls, playing cards, board games

LANGUAGE ARTS•Book making•Journaling about where they see paper•Writing the steps for creating their garden paper•Investigating the types of paper used for novels. •Writing a story from the perspective of the tree as it gets turned into pulp and then paper.•Words that can be used to describe paper.

DIFFERENT MODES OF ENGAGING

• Writing• Drawing• Dancing• Doing• Telling• …

• Models• Data• Maps• Processes• Diagrams• …

Relevant SCIENCE StandardsStandard 4.0 Chemistry: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the composition, structure and interactions of matter

A.Structure of Matter

1.Provide evidence to support the fact that matter has observable and measurable properties.

b. Describe and compare the physical properties of samples of matter. (strength, hardness, flexibility, ability to conduct heat, ability to conduct electricity, ability to be attracted by magnets)

THANK YOU….1. Please put the lid on the paper making tub

that contains the slurry.2. Put this tub into the supply box (shoe box).3. Use paper towels to wipe down the

workspace.4. Put all other supplies except wet paper

towels in the supply box.5. Put the lid on the supply box. 6. Keep your paper samples forever and ever…