Thursday, October 22, 2009

WEEK FIVE

project:
power project logo

purpose:
begin to combine image and text
brainstorm ideas for an actual power project logo

materials:
blank paper
pencils
logo coloring sheets
(really easy to make... just live trace with outlines)
logo examples
serif/sans serif signs
"voting sheet" for power project fonts




concepts/skills:
defining "logo"
recognizing logos around us
serif/san serif (again)
selecting appropriate type
making a thumbnail sketch to describe a word

examples:





a test to the power of a logo? all we had to do was show the kids a piece of paper with the mcdonald's golden arches on it and they went crazy. we didn't even have any mcdonald's with us...

products:

brainstorming sheets




coloring sheets (good to have for the little ones to work on, and something to hand a kid that finishes early.)