Water Fountain Replica Assignment Guidelines

ASSIGNMENT:
Create a to-scale cardboard replica of a drinking water fountain.  


OBJECTIVE:
A beginning challenge that exposes students to basic construction methods  construction for a three-dimensional structure. 


STUDENT EXAMPLES:
http://foundations3ddesign.blogspot.com/search/label/Water%20Fountain%20Replica%20Student%20Work

EXAMPLES OF ARTISTS WORKING WITH CARDBOARD:

http://foundations3ddesign.blogspot.com/search/label/Water%20Fountain%20Replica%20Artists

MATERIALS:

• Cardboard. Students gather cardboard on their own. 
• Duct tape
• Utility knife
• Cloth tape measure
• Ruler
• Mask Tape (used to hold cardboard together while you put on final layer of duct tape)
• Paper/pencil 

STEPS TO FOLLOW:
Step 1:

• Find a water fountain on campus that you want to replicate. 
• Materials to take with you:
• Camera phone. If you do not have a camera phone, see me for an alternative step. 
• Cloth measuring tape. 
• Paper/pencil

Step 2:

• Use your camera phone to take ten (10) pics of the water fountain. 
• Strive for five (5) images at different angles and five (5) details (close-up). 
• You will have to refer to these images when building, so if you feel your water fountain needs more than 10 images, take as many as you need. 

Step 3:

• Use a cloth measuring tape to take detailed measurements of the water fountain. 
• Measure every shape, angle, line. 
• Create a diagram(s) with all your measurements, make many notes. 

Step 4:

• Build a small scale model of the water fountain. The model does not have to be "pretty" - you can use copy paper or scrap paper, scotch/mask tape. 
• Model should be approximately six inches in height (hint - a dollar bill measures six inches). 

Step 5:

• Begin building final structure out of cardboard. 
• A demo will be done in class to show students how to safely use a utility knife to cut the cardboard. 
• The final structure will be covered in duct tape. To ensure you have enough duct tape to cover the final solution, you can begin the construction with mask tape. 

Step 6:

• Field trip to visit actual water fountains. 
• Each student will carry their water fountain as we visit each student's water fountain on campus to see how the constructed water compares to the actual water fountain. 
• Bring your camera phone so another student can take a pic of you with your replica, next to the actual water fountain.