Leonardo+da+Vinci

=Leonardo da Vinci=

**Leonardo da Vinci is considered to be a Renaissance man. He was an architect, sculptor, engineer, inventor, geometer, musician and painter.**


 * Investigate** **[|Leonardo’s Mystery Machines]**

media type="youtube" key="Pir_H7kf_JU" height="344" width="425".  Was Leonardo da Vinci a lifelong learner? Did he struggle? If yes, what examples can you show of his struggles? What if you had the opportunity to spend the afternoon with Leonardo da Vinci; what questions would you have for him? Why? About his work: · What invention envisioned by Leonardo da Vinci interests you the most? Why? · What quote from Leonardo da Vinci says the most to you? Why? · Which piece of art by Leonardo da Vinci are you most drawn to? Why? · How are these works connected to each other?

What if Leonardo da Vinci had lived another 100 years or in a more current century; what do you think he would have accomplished? With whom might he have collaborated?

By researching, asking and answering questions, and giving and viewing presentations, you have learned a lot about Leonardo da Vinci.

Take the information and questions from all research and presentations and choose one of the following to summarize, illustrate, and share your learning of da Vinci and how it connects to the given quote. 1. __**Design**__ 2. **__Story__** “**Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.”** – Roger C. Schank, cognitive scientist (Pink, p. 102) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">**__Play__ “Games are the most elevated form of investigation.” **- Albert Einstein (Pink, p. 191)
 * “Good design is a ren ** **aissance attitude that combines technology, cognitive science, human need, and beauty to produce something that the world didn’t know it was missing.”** – Paola Antonelli, curator of architecture and design, Museum of Modern Art. (Pink, p. 72)

Quotes from //"A Whole New Mind"// by Daniel Pink