Found Object Art Lesson

Found Object Art lesson at work this week: the following Prezi is to introduce the kids to the project, mainly boys, 3rd - middle school:

To work with we have the insides of the following computers that I salvaged on their way to the recycle bin... as well as various hardware and parts that I've saved (I'm a saver!): 

To attach pieces together we'll use soft armature wire and a hot glue gun. I have some two part epoxy but I think it's a bit too fumey for the kids and perhaps too slow curing (I have the 20 minute kind, there's a lot faster). A soldering iron would be great for this.

http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_info.php/cPath/89_142_2015/products_id/90411/n/Weller-Marksman-25W-750-Soldering-Iron?utm_source=Google-Base&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Product-Feeds&source=google_ext&gclid=CPXiv-mcjbgCFQJqMgodszEAmg

This soldering iron costs $13.50 and heats to 750ºF. Hmm.. maybe an early birthday gift.. But definitely not good for work for the younger ones. The older ones maybe..

Some of the students' work. The Prezi worked really well as a conversation starter. We used hot glue to attach the pieces. They were excited about what they made and wanted to keep working on them even when I needed to get going. We will continue working on them this week. I will probably include another Prezi having to do with Trash/Junk Art, a sub-genre of found object art and include the notion of "upcycling."

In Progress...