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Contact: Keon White Vision Facilitators: Andrew Geddes, Darius Jackson, Mason and Ethan Krideler,
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The Plan The Build

The Lego Movie Star


January 22, 2014

Project: S.T.E.A.M is using the program
Scratch. With Scratch, you can program your
own interactive stories, games, and
animationsand share your creations with
others in the online community. Scratch helps
young people learn to think creatively, reason
systematically, and work collaboratively
essential skills for life in the 21st century.
Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten
Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is provided free
of charge.




























A self-taught sculptor and designer, Simon Lee was born in China and moved to the United States at the age of 21.
After graduating from the University of Southern California with a degree in Business Administration, Simon taught
himself how to build web sites and started his own web programming business.
And after building web sites for 10 years, he decided to turn his childhood hobby of
sculpting into a business, so in 2007 he started releasing his original design model
kits under the online alias Spiderzero," which was also the name of his web
design company. In 3 years, he built up a sizeable fan base all over the world. In
2010, he officially closed his web programming business and became a full-time
sculptor. In late January of 2011, Simon challenged himself to design and sculpt 20
monster sculptures in 20 days, and he branded the event Spiderzeros 20 Days of
Monsters." Then in March of 2011, Simon was hired by Guillermo del Toro to work
on the concept design team for the movie PACIFIC RIM, since then, Simon has
contributed his design work to various film projects from Warner Brothers, Disney,
and Fox.




This week in S.T.E.A.M

This weeks overview:
complete plans and designs for a mural using scratch (scratch is a software developed by MIT that
teaches students the basics of programming).
continue work on their Lego Movie using basic camera and animation techniques.
complete their 2D plane models using spray paint.
complete and begin texturing 3D Digital Air Plane models.
begin introductions to designing 3D Text in Cinema 4D.