creative piece: instructions
- Your group is the design team for Bolus World, a theme park based on the human digestive system. The proposed park will contain at least eight attractions, such as rides, games, shows, and simulations, each of which will allow participants to experience some aspect of the digestive system and/or the digestive process.
- Share with your team members about theme parks that you have visited, read about, or seen on television. Be sure to note down the most memorable attractions, what made them so unforgettable, what you learned from them and how these might translate into your own design of BOLUS WORLD.
- Brainstorm aspects of the digestive system you might want to include in your attractions. Examples might include organs of the alimentary canal, accessory organs, mastication, peristalsis, enzyme hydrolysis, absorption, and elimination. Some of these features can be further broken down, and there are many other aspects of digestive anatomy and physiology that you may wish to include. From your brainstormed list, decide on ten to 15 aspects that you wish to discuss further.
- Decide how to divide the work. Because conflicting schedules may make it difficult for all the members of the group to get together at the same time, you might want to form subgroups to work on individual attractions outside of class. You can use class time for collaboration and coordination.
- Design each attraction. Determine how the attraction will teach about the digestive system. The final design portfolio must contain the following:
- A cover that has the name of the theme park, the names of the design team (alphabetical), and a picture or group of pictures of scenes in the park.
- An introduction to the theme park, stating its purposes and providing a general overview of the attractions.
- One or more colored drawings that illustrates each attraction in a clear, detailed manner.
- A complete description of the attraction, including how it is set up, how it operates, its unique features, and so on.
- A complete description of whatever aspect of digestive anatomy or physiology is featured in the attraction and how a participant can learn about it from the attraction.