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Popcorn Movie Poster

Popcorn Movie Poster

Lights, camera, action! This week, our fantastic Firefly Artists learned about commercial art and relief-sculpture, and made these magnificent movie posters! Commercial art is the art of creative services, referring to graphic design and art created for commercial purposes...

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K'NEX Elevators

K'NEX Elevators

Elevator up! This week, our eager innovators at Early Engineers learned about pulleys and tension by making these working K'nex Elevators! An elevator is a mechanical device that is able to transport people or objects from one story of a building...

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Open Robot

Open Robot

Greetings, Firefly friends! This week, Flicker and our Firefly Artists used reflective mirror board to make these shiny, pop-up robot collages! Collage is art made by sticking various different materials such as photographs and pieces of paper...

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Pneumatic Machine

Pneumatic Machine

This week, our Early Engineers are positively pumped to learn with this lesson on pneumatic machines and air compression! Pneumatics is a branch of physics that when applied to technology makes use of gas or pressurized air...

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Colosseum

Colosseum

Friday greetings, Firefly Art fans! This week, our artists used flair pens and soft pastels to draw these fantastic tributes to the classic Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome! The Colosseum is a large oval shaped amphitheater in Rome, Italy...

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LEGO Logging Truck

LEGO Logging Truck

Timber! This week, our bold builders used LEGOs to learn about load capacity and ratchets while making these lovely logging trucks! Logging trucks are a type of truck used to carry logs. There are two main types of logging truck, those used on rough...

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Sleepy Sloth

Sleepy Sloth

Salutations, Firefly Art fans! This week, our artists traveled to the jungles of South America to make the acquaintance of this sleepy sloth! This week's drawing allowed our Firefly Artists a valuable chance to learn about the rule of thirds...

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K'NEX Rocket

K'NEX Rocket

3, 2, 1, blastoff! This week, Early Engineers built these K'nex rockets to learn about orbit, trajectory, and aerospace engineering! Trajectory is the path followed by a projectile or a flying object moving under...

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Polar Bears

Polar Bears

Pure polar prettiness! This week, Firefly Art used charcoal, soft pastels, and colorful paper frames to make these beautiful bears. By blending our charcoal and color pastel shadows...

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