Olympic Games Activity Flyer - Zart Art

Beijing OlympicArchitectureTwo new buildings stand outfor their architecturalbrilliance and inventiveness -the Beijing Olympic stadiumwhich is affectionately calledthe “Bird’s Nest” and theNational Swimming centrewhich has been dubbed the“Bubble Building”.Refer to the official BOCOG'swebsite for images of thesetwo stadiums:Cardboard Weaving Base TemplateOlympic StadiumsMaterialsCardboard Weaving BaseMatch Sticks ColouredStrawsSupertacLow Melt Glue GunSpray Paint FluorescentSpray Paint Gold and SilverGallery Oil Pastels MetallicGallery Oil Pastels FluorescentUse Spray Paint or Oil Pastels tocompletely cover both sides of a CardboardWeaving Base, including the surroundingcardboard.Caution must be taken if using SprayPaint. Create a spray booth out of an oldcardboard carton and only spray outside theroom, inside the booth. Use gloves toprotect the hands from paint.Separate the Cardboard Weaving Basefrom the surrounding card and fold upalternate flaps around the base.Use the flaps facing down to glue thebase to the surrounding template card.Glue different lengths of plastic Straws tothe flaps and use these to randomly addStraws of varying lengths and colours tocreate a futuristic building similar to theNational Stadium or Bird’s Nest as it isreferred to as.Keep on adding Straws until you reachthe height and design of the building.Glue coloured Match Sticks on andaround the stadium to add anotherdimension to it that complements the basicstructure of overlapping straws.EDREAMER Steps®ExperimentExperiment with a variety of construction media, suchas Wooden Spills, Satay Sticks, Popsticks, Construct aStick, Fairy Floss Sticks and Match Sticks to create astadium of the 21st century.DREAMER Steps® is a strategy for teaching. Please referto page 16 for more information.e©2008 Activity and nots designed by Zart Art9