High+School+Links

This page is for links to websites that would help teachers (or students) in high schools.

Latched Box: Plans for folding a paper box that can latch shut. (Note that it's not really origami because you don't start with a square paper, but it's still paper sculpture.) http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/f_h/clean_box/gomibakology/origami_1.html

Altered Books Gallery: Examples of altered books that could be used for lesson ideas. http://karenswhimsy.com/altered-books/

eno blog: my new iPod: Want a new iPod for almost nothing? Cut out and assemble this one! (Warning: iPod may not be functional.) http://blog.neoteny.com/eno/archives/008865.html

eno blog: Paper Mac: Want an old school Macintosh for almost nothing? Cut out and assemble this one! (Warning: computer may not be functional.) http://blog.neoteny.com/eno/archives/008875.html

FLIPBOOK!: Use this nifty web tool to make digital flipbooks online. http://www.fabrica.it/flipbook/index.php

History of Animation: Before Disney: A short illustrated article with some very useful vocabulary. I recommend you do google searches for the words "thaumatrope," "phenakistoscope," and "zeotrope." http://www-viz.tamu.edu/courses/viza615/97spring/pjames/history/main.html

How to make a concertina book: I first saw this project in room132.com's video podcast and was able to figure it's construction out then, but for anyone who hasn't been doing paper folding for over two decades this tutorial should help. http://lizplummer.com/blog/2005/12/20/how-to-make-a-concertina-book/

Jack and Beverly's Persistence of Vision: Lots of pictures of collectibles that use the principle of "persistence of vision" to create the illusion of movement. http://brightbytes.com/collection/per_vis.html

jahshaka.org: Free, open source video editor for Mac, Windows, and Linux. http://www.jahshaka.org/

Lesson Plan: Focus Down Colored Pencil Drawing - Non-Objective Art: A lesson where students select a composition using a small viewfinder and enlarge it to a 10" circle. The result is somewhat abstract but still cool to look at. http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/Andy-Circle.htm

Lorelle on WordPress: HTML, CSS, PHP, and other "cheat sheets" to help you build web sites. http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/10/10/html-css-php-and-more-cheat-sheets/

NOVA: Watch NOVA programs for FREE. PBS rocks once again. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs.html

The Strength of Weak Ties - Sandburg meets Flickr: An interesting idea concerning the combination of Flickr tags and poetry. It's like those stories I used to read in Highlights, but in html and with more pictures. http://jakespeak.blogspot.com/2005/05/sandburg-meets-flickr.html

Twelve sided calendar: Everyone needs a 3d calendar, don't they? :D http://www.ii.uib.no/~arntzen/kalender/

Writely - The Web Word Processor: Online word processing where you can share your documents with others or even send them to your blog. Nifty concept. http://www.writely.com/