Mo’adon

MO'ADON

Martin J. Gottlieb middle school students partnered with Ti-Tech and MIT for a yearlong project-based learning program. They were charged with creating a meaningful and practical space to pray and host their mitzvah program which they named “Mo’adon.”

The Mo'adon is a lounge designed and created by middle school students. It is also a space for prayer, projects and social events. The students successfully completed the projects while implementing “design thinking” skills.

Design thinking, a sophisticated methodology used to solve real-world challenges, uses four steps:

1) Understand the problem

2) Develop possible solutions

3) Prototype, test and respond

4) Implement

Mo'adon Part 1: Floor Plan

Students brainstormed and generated many solutions for their multifunctional space and designed a scaled diagram of the Mo’adon.

Mo'adon Part 2: 3D Printed Tzedakah Box Challenge

In order to create 3D printed tzedakah boxes, students drew sketches and turned them into paper prototypes.

Using the 3D modeling program Tinkercad, the tzedakah boxes were 3D printed and the students reviewed and revised them.

The final versions are proudly displayed in the Mo’adon.

Mo'adon Part 3: Digital Prayers

Prayers were analyzed, interpreted and transformed into digital art using the program Google Drawing. The digital tefillah (prayers) were professionally printed onto canvas and decorate the walls of the Mo'adon.

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Mo'adon Part 4: Coding

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Students upcycled chairs for the Mo’adon. First, students learned how to use the program Turtle Blocks which tasked them with coding a radial symmetrical design. The digital designs were then combined onto one Photoshop file and uploaded to Spoonflower, a company that turns your art into custom printed fabric. When the fabric arrived, the students learned how to sew by hand and by machine. They then reupholstered the chairs in the Mo’adon.

Mo'adon Part 5: Ner Tamid

Students were provided with a box of materials & charged with the challenge of creating a light sculpture to serve as the ner tamid (eternal light ) which hangs above the ark. A ner tamid sculpture was chosen to hang above the ark in the Mo’adon. Lights were coded and added to the ner tamid.

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