AWED: The Sophomore Project
Another Way to Educate and Demonstrate: Visual Genre Idea
FORBIDDEN PROJECT IDEAS:
You WILL fail the project if you do any of these:
1. You cannot do a product that involves the flag of the country.
2. Any food project—no making a meal for a project!
3. Creating weapons or making illegal substances
4. Models of any type of inappropriate paraphernalia or tobacco products
5. No group projects
6. No 3D puzzles or regular puzzles
7. Any project involving your pet
8. No costumes that break dress code
9. No buying a project and passing it off as your own
10. No project created out of sugar cubes or other foods
11. No belly dancing.
12. No images of anything related to drugs, sex, or any other inappropriate subject for education.
TIPS FOR MAKING PROJECTS:
-Make sure you have adult supervision when using power tools!
-Keep all projects away from pets, especially CATS!!!
-Never spray paint Styrofoam; it will melt!
-Be careful with all razor blades when cutting model materials!
-Hot glue lives up to its name; be careful or you may lose a layer of skin!
-Do not glue or staple a costume together; sewing is the only option.
-Avoid the expensive papier mache mixes at the store; newspaper and a glue/water
solution is the best option.
-Avoid using clay for projects; it rarely works like you want it to, crumbling and
breaking easily.
-If you are doing a painting, it is easiest to find a picture and sketch it on a canvas
before painting.
-Do not paint white foam board…it will curl up because of the moisture from the paint.
-Do not use a paint canvas for a magazine mosaic…just use white foam board since glue won’t stick to canvas.
-If doing a magazine mosaic, choose a simple picture without a lot of detail so that it is easier to do in magazine
pieces.
COMMON MATERIALS FOR MAKING PROJECTS
Painting:
Canvas
Acrylic paint
Models
White foam board
Glue
Sewing
Pattern (from fabric store)
Fabric
Paint brushes
Newspapers (for papier mache)
Acrylic paint
Sewing machine
pins
Magazine Mosaic:
White foam board
Glue (Elmer’s or Modge Podge)
Scissors
Styrofoam
Wood (for base or buildings)
Clay (for small things)
scissors
thread