Fingertip Dip
Paper Shapers
Brought to you by……
Dr. Claudia Burgess – Salisbury University – Math Education
Dr. Edward Robeck – Salisbury University – Science Education
Dr. Brandy Terrill – Salisbury University – Creative Arts and
Language Arts Education
PAPERS FOR A PURPOSE
Shopping
Writing
Eating
Painting
Wrapping
PAPER MAKING 1-9
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Dip Deckle
Lift Horizontally
Felt Over
Press Palms
Felt Under Deckle
Brush Edges
Lift Deckle
Peel Paper
Dry as Directed
PAPERMAKING DANCE MOVES
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Dip arms and roll down
Lift with your arms horizontal
Palms up and clap the felt on top
Press and bend knees
Turn palms over so felt is on the bottom
Brush finger tips across palm
Lift onto tippy toes
Raise arms to lift paper
PAPER MAKING 1-9
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Dip Deckle
Lift Horizontally
Felt Over
Press Palms
Felt Under Deckle
Brush Edges
Lift Deckle
Peel Paper
Dry as Directed
Create samples of paper that would be
useful to a gardener
THE HISTORY BEHIND
Fingertip Dip
Paper Shapers
• It started as in integrated activity in the
ECLIPSE Grant
• Kits began to find their ways Into
elementary classrooms.
• We have refined the process
and are now bringing it to
YOU….
Fingertip Dip Paper Shapers
IN THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
Technology is any modification of the natural
world made to fulfill human needs or desires.
Engineering is a systematic and often iterative
approach to designing objects, processes and
systems to meet human needs and wants.
A Framework for K-12 Science Education, p. 202
ITERATIVE APPROACH
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Designing
Producing
Assessing
Modifying (Redesigning)
CAREERS
Chemist
Commodity Sourcing Manager
Computer Programmer
Designer
Forester
Machinist
Manufacturing Equipment Operator
Manufacturing Process Engineer
Materials Scientist
Transportation GIS Specialist
Waste Water Treatment Engineer
STEM AS AN INTEGRATING INFLUENCE
SCIENCE
• Observing properties
• Investigate the Process
• Cohesion/Adhesion
• Evaporation
• Testing paper
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Durability
Strength
Absorbency
Flexibility
Recyclability
•Paper in the lab
Filter paper
Lens wipes
Lab journal
Graph paper
•Chemistry
Polymers (cellulose)
Sizing
Oxidation (burning)
VISUAL ARTS
•Aesthetic
•Purpose
•Color
•Texture
•Flat or Sculpture?
DANCE
•Steps of paper making
•Paper in the rain
•Paper catching fire
•Origami
MUSIC
• What sounds can you make
with paper?
• What is the sound of paper in
the wind, being ripped, etc.?
• What musical instruments
can you make with paper?
DRAMA
•Props using paper
•Mask making
•Puppets
MATH
• Ratios
• Area and Perimeter
• Shapes and their defining
characteristics
• Nets of 3D objects
• Circles—circumference and
area
• Weight of paper
• Multiplication/Division
• Word Problems ?
SOCIAL STUDIES
• History of paper
TECHNOLOGY
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Improving paper
• For what purpose?
• With what limitations?
• Designing and using paper
• Maps of where paper is made
• Maps of land cover (where are the trees that
are used for pulp?)
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Packaging/containers
• Transportation routs
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Surfaces of paper types
• History of printing
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Paper in consumer products
(paper towels, cards, tissue, dishes, etc.)
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Toys—kites, dolls, playing cards, board
games
• Art papers
• Paper clothing
• Cultural uses of paper
(diapers, origami, religious documents,
napkins, toilet paper, toilet seat covers,
party hats, birthday decorations)
• Reduce, reuse, recycle (and repurpose)
LANGUAGE ARTS
• Book making
• Journaling about where they see paper
• Writing the steps for creating their garden
paper
• Investigating the types of paper used for
novels.
• Writing a story from the perspective of the
tree as it gets turned into pulp and then
paper.
• Words that can be used to describe paper.
DIFFERENT MODES OF ENGAGING
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Writing
Drawing
Dancing
Doing
Telling
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Models
Data
Maps
Processes
Diagrams
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THANK YOU….
1. Please put the lid on the paper making tub
that contains the slurry.
2. Put this tub into the supply box (shoe box).
3. Use paper towels to wipe down the
workspace.
4. Put all other supplies except wet paper
towels in the supply box.
5. Put the lid on the supply box.
6. Keep your paper samples forever and ever…