Electric Origami

Due to the popularity of last year's Electric Origami event, the Library and Computer Services Departments decided to offer another chance to explore 3D design and circuitry. Students were again provided with a license to the Foldify app where they designed a three-dimensional figure. After printing and cutting them out, students built electrical circuits in order to add lights to their creations.

Luc and Joe design their creations in the Foldify app.

The group works on their 3D designs.

Nicholas builds a Pac Man arcade game.

Isato and Celine work on the construction of their creations.

Audrey, Emily, and Sophie work together on a Foldify creation.

Isabelle shows another student how to get an LED to light up using a battery.

Victor builds a circuit using copper tape inside his house.

Luke carefully designs his circuit in order to light up his LEDs.

Maggie works on her design while Celine builds a circuit.

Isabelle shows off her elaborate contraption.

Celine made several different creations, using LEDs in different ways.

If you have an idea for another library event, contact Mrs. Shaurette or Mr. Petkus in the library.

Electric Origami

On Monday, November 23 a group of students gathered in the library to make light up three-dimensional creations during the Electric Origami event hosted by the Library and Computer Services Departments. Eager students first dove into an app called Foldify to design their creations. Once they were satisfied with the way it looked, they printed it out and had the chance to fold and glue it together. The final step was to build a circuit that would allow the creations to light up with a few LEDs. Check out some of our designers and engineers in action below.

After looking through the Foldify app, a group decides to build some related pieces.

Ryan and Luke design their creation on the Foldify app.

Remy, George, and Daniel begin their project with the Foldify app.

Ken prints out his finished design.

Mr. Shaw explains how to use conductive tape in order to build a circuit.

Linda and Ken cut out a creation they designed using photos.

After printing and cutting it out, Owen folds his creation together.

Ms. Sellar helps Owen choose materials for his electric circuit.

Luc experiments with LEDs.

Luke demonstrates how the LEDs work.

Mena experiments with adding LEDs to her creation.

Sam and Ben show off their finished creations.

Rohin shows off the two pieces he made.

Remy shows off the arcade game console he created.

Luke tries on his light-up mask.

Thank you to everyone who participated. If you didn't get a chance to join us for this event, don't worry. We will be hosting more events like this in future! Look out for announcements from Mrs. Shaurette and Mr. Petkus.