Countdown to Dragonfly TV Show!

Big Idea: Dragon Fly is on the flight back to the museum, so a couple of the teens from ALA wanted to prepare for the big day.

Time: Saturday, April 8, 2006

Participants: Sammie, Augie, Eddie, and Rebecca.

Materials: K'nex, legos, marbles, and lots of blocks.

Activity: Since Dragon Fly is coming back to the museum in about two weeks, a couple of the teens felt the need to prepare for the television show. Although, dragon Fly is not focusing on DesignIT Studios, they have asked that we put on a little display in front of the cameras. Some activities that the DesignIT teens will be showcasing are: Spin Art and Chain Reactions. For this open studio day, they decided to work on some models for the Chain Reaction. For the teens, it was interesting for them to see the reknown artist, Augie N'Kele, struggle keeping the blocks steady. By the end of the workshop, the teens help Augie with his blocks, ready for the final countdown. In the picture above, Eddie is building the ramp that will hopefully be set off by a balloon.

Best Part: The two teens that showed up for extra hours had just finish testing for school and still showed up prepared to work.

Worst Part: The blocks were not steady enough and can easily be triggered by anything.

Rebecca tying the string to give her swing a more fluent flow.

Augie concentrates on making the k'nex stay together.

Sammie adds the last k'nex piece the ferris wheel.

Augie and the fallen blocks...

Rebecca's organic styling with the blocks...

The tower hovers over the diamond for a dramatic fall...

Eddie makes is bridge steady by clamping it to the table.

The final picture before the countdown: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!