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Photo lesson from Dr. McCallum
Vehicle Elective Upper School boys in Dr. Robert McCallum’s elective were given a challenging task: build an electronic vehicle. They used Tinkercad software before learning how to 3D print the body of the car, which was designed to house an electronic power unit with gears. The challenge was to make a vehicle that can move and be programmed incorporating the mechanics of servos, torque, and gear ratios. They learned to code in Scratch or JavaScript using variables, constants, loops, and functions.
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Sixth Grade Artists Create Hockney-Inspired Photography Collages Sixth graders in Dr. Robert McCallum’s art class studied the photography style of David Hockney as a reference for their photo art. In the 1980s, Hockney was famous for his unique style of photo collages, which he referred to as ‘joiners.’ He used Polaroid 35mm color prints to cleverly compose patchworks of images.
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Sixth graders pulled inspiration from Hockney for their photography collages. Students both photographed objects in their surrounding environment (including fellow students) and ventured outside the School building to take photographs using DSLR cameras. They used these photos as they compiled beautiful photo collages in the Hockney style. Boys will now start working on stop motion animations using DSLR cameras.
Adding the power unit to a 3D vehicle