STUDNETS CREATE THEIR OWN
AND CHECK OTHER TEAMS WORK
SEE SOME PHOTOS OF KIDS CREATING OWN KALEIDOSCOPES
(DOWN THE PAGE)
In 1816, Scotsman Dr. David Brewster was the first to arrange mirrors and
objects in a tube and call it a kaleidoscope.
Not just a toy, the device also was intended for use by designers and artists,
who might be inspired by the beautiful patterns they could create.
Brewster patented his invention in 1817.
CULTURAL KALEIDOSCOPE EXPLAINED
Each country of Europe has it's own culture, however cultures influence one another, and changes within one culture continualy take place.When different cultures come into contact, they exchange conceps and we can speak about cultural transfer.
The kaleidoscope is a toy through which one can look through to view beautiful, multicolored, shifting images and patterns.So in our project called e-cultural Kaleidoscope we present culture of Europe and beyond Europe as beautiful, changing and interconnected. Looking through the kaleidoscope usual things become extraordinary, so we will look at our cultures through the eye of kaleidoscope to see Europe's changing colous, sights and impressions. We will also bring countries and cultures together.
A LITTLE BIT OF SCIENCE
CREATE YOUR OWN KALEDOSCOPE,
DECORSTE IT WITH NATIONAL SYMBOLS
TAKE PHOTOS, RECORD A VIDEO,
TELL US WHAT MATERIALS YOU USED,
PRESENT YOUR KALEIDOSCOPE
A kaleidoscope is a cylinder with mirrors containing loose, colored objects such as beads or pebbles and bits of glass. As the viewer looks into one end, light entering the other creates a colorful pattern, due to the reflection off of the mirrors. Coined in 1817 by Scottish inventor Sir David Brewster, "kaleidoscope" is derived from the Ancient Greek καλός (kalos), "beautiful, beauty",εἶδος (eidos), "that which is seen: form, shape" and σκοπέω (skopeō), "to look to, to examine",hence "observer of beautiful forms."
SPANISH STUDENTS CREATING KALEIDOSCOPES
BEAUTIFUL IMAGES INSIDE THE KALEIDOSCOPE
IT LOOKS LIKE MAGIC
BUT IT IS SCIENCE
By creating the kaleidoscopes students learnt that
a collection of ordinary things such as buttons, beads or glass pieces can be transformed into a complicated and beautiful design inside the kaleidoscope. This is due in part to the principle of symmetry.
In a kaleidoscope, each repeated image is symmetrical in relation to the image beside it.
Look at our smartboard - there are students from our partner schools
giving us some ideas of how they created their kaleidoscopes:
assamble all parts together:
make sure everything fitts well:
check if it works
the mometnt of truth:
Time to decorate our kaleidoscope:
Our kaleidoscope's almost done:
Our kaleidoscopio is almost done.The Greek team enjoyed the manufaction a lot,
Greek kaleidoscopio is done
KALEIDOSCOPE IS A GREAT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION
CREATIVE WAY OF USING THE KALEIDOSCOPE EFFECT
by professional designers, choreographers, directors
watch the video
"Here is an absolutely gorgeous video of dancers creating a human kaleidoscope in an ad for the TEDxSummit
TED is a non-profit dedicated to Ideas Worth Spreading and focused on technology, design and entertainment.
The idea behind this campaign, produced by advertising agency WE ARE Pi, is to celebrate TED's mission about "the power of x" to multiply great ideas."