ThunderLaser STEAM Education Student
Course (Thematic)
Practice
(1) Thinking before class1.What are the four great inventions of our country?
2.Who invented our country’s movable type printing?
3.What is movable type printing?
1. Prepare before class
* Find a poem of seven or five characters that you like and count the number of words in the poem;
* Design the size of the font (requirements: the font should be square);
* According to the distribution of the font, design the size of the font plate.
2.Designing Fonts
(1) Open LaserMaker.
(2) Design a single word pattern according to the design steps of the seal design drawing.
(Tip: Refer to the course of “3.1 New Print – Single Character Seal”)
(3) According to the number of words counted in advance, click the “Array copy” in the menu bar above the software to copy the single character font, and double-click the text in the square to modify it.
(4) Delete the text and engraving layer of the design drawing of the redundant font
(5)Select all fonts and click “Rotation – Horizontal flip” on the menu bar above the software for image processing.
(6) Set the parameters of “Cutting” and “engraving” (Tip: 3mm plywood is used, and 3mm material thickness should be selected for cutting parameters) Check the sequence of layers after parameter setting is completed.
3.Design the font plate
(1) First select all the fonts and see what their total size is. (The dimensions shown are 125*125mm)
(2) Create a new file or draw a square with the total size of the font in the blank interface. (125*125mm) as the size of the font layout.
(3) Draw a square about 10mm larger than the font plate, and place it in the middle of the font plate (as shown in the picture). This design drawing is cut out as the border of the font plate.
(4)Draw a square with the same size as the outer border (135*135mm in the figure)as a font plate.
(5) Set the “cutting” parameter of the font plate (tip: 3mm plywood is used, the cutting parameter should choose 3mm material thickness)
4.Machine demonstration
Import the design file demonstrated above into the laser cutting machine for processing.
(Tip: Remember to adjust the focal length before processing to avoid impenetrable cutting.)
5.Splicing assembly
(1)Align the outer frame with the edge of the plate and use white latex or hot glue to secure it.
(2)Sort the finished letters on the plate in the order of the verses.
6.Movable type printing
Use the finished type for movable type printing.
(1) Prepare materials such as ink, ink stone, brush, rice paper and roller.
(2) First of all, use the brush to evenly brush the ink on each font.
(3) Then spread the rice paper, use the roller gently rolling, so that the ink evenly covered on the rice paper.
(4)Finally slowly open the rice paper, movable type printing production is complete!
1. Through the production process of printing, students briefly retell how movable type printing is completed?
2. Through the process of making letters, we will find that the making method of letters is the same as the making method of seals. Then students think about what materials can be used to carve besides wood? What material is appropriate to use to make the font?
3. Think about it. What kind of printing is there besides movable type?
4. Students, come on stage and tell me why you chose this poem? What inspiration did it bring to you?
(4)Make a comment
Evaluation item | Self-evaluation | Peer evaluation |
Creativity (30 points) |
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Technology (30 points) |
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Art(20 points) |
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Assist (20 points) |
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Total (100 points) |
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ThunderLaser STEAM Education Course (Thematic)
Practice
(1)Steam Index
* Improve students’ ability of observation, thinking and operation;
* Consolidate and practice the operation of LaserMaker laser editing software;
* Consolidate practice laser cutting machine operation;
* Understand the traditional culture of movable type printing;
* Make a sheet of movable-type printing.
* Improve students’ hands-on, observation and thinking ability;
* Consolidate the operation of LaserMaker laser editing software;
* Consolidate practice laser cutting machine operation;
* Understand the traditional culture of movable type printing;
1. Teaching introduction
Guide students into the topic of this lesson by asking questions:
1. What are the four great inventions of our country?
Printing, compass, gunpowder and paper.
2. Who invented China movable type printing?
Bisheng in the Northern Song Dynasty
3. What is movable type printing?
Movable type is a method of printing in which movable blocks of metal or mastic type are used in place of traditional copying or non-reusable printed forms. The method of movable type printing is to make a positive and reverse type of the words, then select the words according to the manuscript, arrange them in a type plate, ink the printing, and then remove the type until the next type is printed.
Watch the video: After watching the video, whether the students have a little understanding of how the movable type printing is printed, then let us personally experience the traditional Chinese culture!
2.Preparation before class
* Find a poem of seven or five characters that you like and count the number of words in the poem;
* Design the size of the font (requirements: the font should be square);
* According to the distribution of the font, design the size of the font plate.
3.Teaching demonstration
Designing Fonts
(1) Open LaserMaker.
(2) Design a single word pattern according to the design steps of the seal design drawing.
(Tip: Refer to the course of “3.1 New Print – Single Character Seal”)
(3) According to the number of words counted in advance, click the “Array copy” in the menu bar above the software to copy the single character font, and double-click the text in the square to modify it.
(4) Delete the text and engraving layer of the design drawing of the redundant font
(5)Select all fonts and click “Rotation – Horizontal flip” on the menu bar above the software for image processing.
(6) Set the parameters of “Cutting” and “engraving” (Tip: 3mm plywood is used, and 3mm material thickness should be selected for cutting parameters) Check the sequence of layers after parameter setting is completed.
Design the font plate
(1) First select all the fonts and see what their total size is. (The dimensions shown are 125*125mm)
(2) Create a new file or draw a square with the total size of the font in the blank interface. (125*125mm) as the size of the font layout.
(3) Draw a square about 10mm larger than the font plate, and place it in the middle of the font plate (as shown in the picture). This design drawing is cut out as the border of the font plate.
(4)Draw a square with the same size as the outer border (135*135mm in the figure)as a font plate.
(5) Set the “cutting” parameter of the font plate (tip: 3mm plywood is used, the cutting parameter should choose 3mm material thickness)
Machine demonstration
Import the design file demonstrated above into the laser cutting machine for processing.
(Tip: Remember to adjust the focal length before processing to avoid impenetrable cutting.)
Splicing assembly
(1)Align the outer frame with the edge of the plate and use white latex or hot glue to secure it.
Movable type printing
Use the finished type for movable type printing.
(1) Prepare ink, ink stone, brush, rice paper and roller and other materials. First of all, the ink is evenly brushed on each font with the brush, followed by the rice paper, using the roller to gently roll, so that the ink is evenly covered on the rice paper. Finally, slowly open the rice paper, movable type printing production is complete!
4.Student operation
(1)Preparation before class: Organize students to find a seven-character poem or five-character poem they like by themselves, count the number of words according to the poem, design the font on scratch paper and the size of the font plate.
(2)Software design: Guide the students to complete the design according to the requirements on the design draft, and assist the students to transfer the design file to the laser cutting matching computer named after the name and student number.
(3)Machine processing: Guide students to complete the steps of machine processing according to the order of software completion.
(4)Splicing and Assembly:Students complete the splicing and assembly independently and use the finished font to print.
1. Through the production process of printing, briefly retell how movable type printing is finished？
The method of movable type printing is to make positive and reverse types of characters, then select the characters according to the manuscript, arrange them on a type plate, ink them, and then remove the types until the next type.
2. Through the making process of the font, we will find that the making method of the font is the same as the making method of the seal, so think about what materials can be used to carve in addition to wood? What material is appropriate to use to make the font?
In ancient times there were blocks of metal or clay
3. Come to think of it, what kind of printing is there besides movable type?
Block printing
4. Come on stage and tell me why you chose this poem? What inspiration did it bring to you?
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