Bright Art CHALLENGE
winners announced
YOUR CHALLENGE IS:
TO CREATE A LIGHT ART MASTERPIECE
Challenge Closed
GRADES K-8 ONLY
**DESIGN GUIDELINES & RULES UPDATED IN YELLOW**
Your challenge is to create a piece of art using a battery-powered LED light source that demonstrates at least two interactions with light. To make your artwork, you can use materials that may include recyclables, trash, borrowed objects (each of which is no more than $10), and items found in nature. Your submission must include a video demonstration (max 30 seconds) that shows off your art and a text description of your design and its light interactions. For student safety, no lasers are allowed. Be sure to review the CONTEST RULES and DESIGN GUIDELINES for all challenge details. Be brilliant… and good luck! Challenge Launch Video
Challenge Launch Powerpoint
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DATES / JUDGING CRITERIA / PRIZES
You have to play by the rules to win.
WHO CAN ENTER
Individuals or Teams of up to 4 Students
All teammates must be in the same judging category
All teammates must be in the same judging category
Grades K-8 Students
In the United States
In the United States
JUDGING CRITERIA
K-8
K-8
K-8
40
POINTS
Creativity of your Bright Art Design
25
POINTS
Quality of your Bright Art Design
25
POINTS
Explanation of your entry's light interactions via text and/or finalist interview (if applicable)
10
POINTS
Quality of your 30 second visual demonstration video
HOW TO ENTER
Please review the Challenge Rules and Design Guidelines prior to creating your entry.
Challenge Rules Design Guidelines
Challenge Rules Design Guidelines
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PROGRAM DATES
Challenge Launch
05
February
Entries Close
29
May
Semifinalists Announced
03
July
Finalists Announced
10
July
Finalist Interviews
17
July
Winners Announced
20
July
Challenge Launch
05
February
Entries Close
29
May
Semifinalists Announced
03
July
Finalists Announced
10
July
Finalist Interviews
17
July
Winners Announced
20
July
PRIZES
K-8
GRAND PRIZE:
- Electronics Kit
FINALIST PRIZES:
- Electroluminescent sound sensor glasses
SEMIFINALIST PRIZES:
- Future Engineers T-Shirt
Dive Into The Challenge
Lesson Plan Details and Challenge Tips!
1. Links & Lessons
Learn about light2. Digital Tools
Learn to edit a video3. Brainstorm & Design
Experiment with light interactions4. Build & Iterate
Build, Iterate, and Light Test!
Links & Lessons
Digital Tools
Brainstorm & Design
Build & Iterate
Links & Lessons
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Links & Lessons
Digital Tools
Brainstorm & Design
Build & Iterate
LEARN ABOUT THE CHALLENGE
Learn about the light energy and the electromagnetic spectrum. Use a wave simulator to discover the parts of a wave and understand the relationship between brightness and amplitude, color and frequency.
Links & Lessons
Videos
Brainstorm & Design
Students will visit brainstorming stations to learn how light interacts with matter. They will experiment with various types of light transmission, reflection and absorption.
Educator tools
Brainstorming Idea
Transmission
What objects let light pass through them? Are these objects transparent or translucent? How will you incorporate transmission into your art work?
Brainstorming Idea
Reflection
Light that bounces off an object is reflected. Some materials reflect some visible light and others can reflect it all. Experiment with materials that reflect light to determine how to convey this interaction in your art piece. Or maybe you want a shiny specular reflection look?
Brainstorming Idea
Absorption
When light is absorbed by an object it is converted to heat. What materials absorb light? What happens when all visible light is absorbed? What happens when some light is absorbed and some is reflected?
Brainstorming Idea
Refraction
When light transmits through different mediums it can change speed and direction. This can change how the object appears and in some cases separte white light into the visible spectrum. What are some examples of refraction?
Brainstorming Idea
Scattering
Scattering occurs when loght passes through a non-uniform (imperfect) medium and is deflected in various directions. This often creates soft or diffuse loght effects. Can you think of examples of scattering that could be incorporated into your design?
Digital Tools
Take your video to the next level by using video editing tools and storytelling applications.
Native Tools
Microsoft Photo offers free, basic video editing software for PC users.iMovie is free for Mac users and is a powerful beginner video editing tool.
Google photos has simple video editing capabilities and is free for Android or iOS users.
WeVideo is a cloud-based video editor that is included in the Creative Apps bundle for Chromebooks which may have been pre-purchased by a school with their chromebooks.
Adobe Spark
Adobe Spark is a fun and free storytelling application used to create video stories with multimedia content including motion graphics, audio recording, music, text, and/or photos. It is cloud-based for Mac and PC using a web browser and also available as an IOS app.
Davinci Resolve 15
Davinci Resolve is a professional-grade, advanced editing and color grading tool. They offer a free version which has many of the editing capabilities of the paid version.Build & Iterate
In this phase of the engineering design process, students will build and refine their art piece. They will create a light test and use it to ensure their art shows light interactions.
FOR THE CLASSROOM
Group Size
Max 4 Students Per TeamApproach
Build, Iterate, and Light Test!Material
LED Flashlight, Recycled, Items from Nature and or Borrowed MaterialsEducator tools
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