| Online Class: Leonardo da Vinci Turn in the assignments in red to the librarian. |
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| Lesson 1: Exploring Leonardo | Thanks to Museum of Science |
| 1a Inventors Workshop | After you read the intro, click on Visions of the Future. Compare Leonardo's sketches with the inventions. |
| b Inventor's Toolbox | Study the concepts of these machines. There will be a test. |
| c Gadget Anatomy | I told you there would be a test. 1.Sketch One of the machines from Inventor's Workshop. Use an actual tool, if possible. When finished add arrows and written notes to indicate directions of motion for each part, label the elements of machines involved, and explain connections. |
| d Leonardo's Mysterious Machinery | Another quiz. How many did you correctly identify? |
| e Be Inventive! Design Challenges | 2.Choose one of Leonardo's
Challenges or a modern challenge. Create the device. A
list of possible materials is listed on the bottom of the page. 3.Make a sketch or blueprint of your design. Make details about materials used so that a person could create the same device from your sketch. |
| 2a Leonardo's perspective | Playing Around with Size and Distance. |
| b Looking through Leonardo's Eyes | Now see if you understand perspective by trying Playing Around with Size. Then work with Investigating Aerial Perspective. Causes of Aerial Perspective. |
| c Light and Optics | Mechanisms (click on the arrow pointing to the right). Scattering. Refraction. Density. Refraction of Light. Diffraction of Light. |
| d Leonardo's Window |
Exploring Linear Perspective. Classroom Activity: Using Leonardo's Window Follow the directions to make a drawing of the scene outside a window. After studying the above pages you will be able to locate the "horizon line", "vanishing point", and "orthogonal lines". |
| e How Far How Small | Drawing Conclusions |
| 3a Leonardo~Right to Left | Classroom Activity |
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