Leonardo+da+Vinci

=Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance Man! (1452 - 1519)=

Let's learn about Leonardo's art and inventions at the [|Museum of Science]!

We can also learn more about his painting techniques. Can you win the perspective and vanishing point games? if you think you can, then click [|here]!

More about Leonardo....
Did you know that Leonardo was also an inventor of musical instruments?

Take a **look** at some instruments that he designed:

Viola Organista
//The viola organista was an experimental instrument// //invented by Leonardo da Vinci. It was the first bowed keyboard instrument (of which any record has survived) ever to be devised.//

//Leonardo's original idea, as preserved in his notebooks of 1488-1489 and in the drawings in the Codex Atlanticus, was to use one or more wheels, continuously rotating, each of which pulled a looping bow, rather like a fanbelt in an automobile engine, and perpendicular to the instrument's strings. The strings would be pushed downward into the bow by the action of the keys, causing the moving bow to sound the pitch of the string. In one design, the strings were fretted with tangents, so that there were more keys than strings (several notes, for example C and C#, would all be played on one string). In another design each note had its own string.//

//Apparently Leonardo did not build his instrument. The first similar instrument actually to be constructed was the Geigenwerk of 1575 by Hans Haiden, a German instrument inventor.

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=What's brewing in the laboratory today (12/2/09)?= Today we will spend some time **thinking of some burning questions ** that we have about Leonardo: maybe about his life, his inventions, his artwork, what like was like in //Renaissance// Italy in the 1400s and 1500s...... What are you curious about?


 * Go to your wiki page
 * Read the notes from our discussion on Mon/Tues. As a group, we brainstormed about what we already **knew** (**K**) about Leo.
 * Did you learn anything new that day? Type it under the (**L**) for what you have **learned**.
 * Do you have any burning questions? Type them under (**W)** for what you **want to know**.

=What's cooking in the lab today (12/16/09)?= I have read your and have made comments and asked you questions on your wiki page. Take a look on your page - my comment is in your KWL chart.

Today we are going to focus on thinking and writing about HOW we can find the answers to our burning questions. Where will we find the information?

Let's plan for our research now. Write on your wiki page 2-3 places that you will try to find the answers to your burning questions.

When you are done you can watch this [|Brainpop movie] about Leonardo DaVinci. Maybe you'll find the answer to one of your questions here.....?

=1/5/10 - Welcome back!!=

Today's agenda:

- if it does, then write it down on your paper. -if it does __not__, then choose a different source and TRY AGAIN!!
 * 1) Go to your wiki page and choose one burning question that you want to answer today. Write it on your paper.
 * 2) Review your ideas for finding answers to your burning questions - what are you going to try today? (we'll look at books next week)
 * 3) Go to the "**Research Tool"** wiki page and choose your first source for research.
 * 4) Check to see if the source answers your question.
 * REMEMBER! //Trying again// is an important part of the research process!!! :)

=1/20/10 - Back to our burning questions!!= 1.) review your burning question notesheet. Is there anything you still need to answer? Was the first source you used unsuccessful? 2.) If you answered 'yes' to question #1, then TRY AGAIN!!

Go to our 'Research Tools' page and check out all the new sources that have been added. Which will you choose first? It depends on your burning question..................

=Leonardo the Inventor! (Mrs. Coppola's class is going to invent a rockin' video about Leo!)=

Today you will pick one invention from this [|website]
 * save a picture of it
 * read about it and write down three facts about it
 * read about it and write down three facts about it