Engineering With Paper: Simple Supplies For Complex Projects

Engineering With Paper: Simple Supplies For Complex Projects

Access to supplies is often a barrier to learning yet amazing projects can be made with the simplest supplies. Paper is commonly used for drawing but most people think to use it for 3-dimensional projects. Paula will show you a series of techniques for making hands on, interactive projects with just paper, tape & scissors. This workshop will get you cutting, folding and building while helping you plan projects that you can do immediately with your students.

Paula Frisch

Paula Frisch is a visual artist, educator and lifelong maker. She is Assistant Director of Dazzling Discoveries STEM Education Center and a co-creator of their Engineering with Paper initiative. Paula holds an MFA from Social Practice Queens CUNY and is currently pursuing an MA in Developmental Psychology at Teachers College Columbia University.

Godwynn Morris

Godwyn Morris is the Director of two programs in New York City, Dazzling Discoveries, a STEAM education center for grade school age children and Skill Mill NYC a maker space and digital fabrication studio for adults and teens. She is also the inventor of Dazzlinks Cardboard Engineering kits and Engineering with Paper, downloadable packets. Godwyn has been working and creating with educators and children for more than 20 years. She is an advocate of making, mixing, trying, testing and playing, all with the aim of teaching creative thinking and problem solving skills to kids and adults. She works with hundreds of students and teachers every year in classes, camps and professional development workshops. Her expertise is helping educators bridge the gap between teaching content and expanding hands on exploration.