Beyond the Lens

Maximum Number of Students

50

Duration

1 Day 9:30 – 2:30

Curriculum Areas

7 – 10 Arts
7 – 10 Digi-Tech

Description

What does the world look like through a different lens?


In this hands-on program, students use cutting-edge imaging technologies to explore hidden perspectives and create unique digital artwork. Using FLIR thermal cameras and digital microscopes, students capture images that reveal heat patterns, microscopic fibres and details invisible to the naked eye.

Students then investigate how machines see the world, using robotic dogs and 3D scanning technology to collect data and generate point-cloud models of real environments.

Finally, students enhance their images using digital design software and transform their designs into a personalised product using vinyl printing and heat-transfer technology.

By combining photography, robotics, digital design and emerging technologies, students discover new ways of seeing, interpreting and communicating the world around them.

Learning Outcomes

  • Use different technologies (thermal, microscope, 3D scan) to explore the world.
  • Capture and examine images that show things we normally can’t see.
  • Understand how digital tools and machines “see” and collect data.
  • Create a visual design using real images and data.
  • Use design ideas to clearly communicate a message.

Career Paths

  • Photographer
  • Robot Vision Engineer
  • Thermal Imaging Engineer
  • Data Scientist
  • Artist

Tertiary Options

  • Certificate IV in Design
  • Certificate IV in Visual Arts
  • Diploma of Digital Media Technologies
  • Bachelor of Computer Science
  • Diploma of Engineering Technology

Before your visit

Yarra Ranges Tech School has pre-work and post-work developed specifically for each program. We suggest reviewing and implementing these resources to enhance your curriculum and support alignment with the Victorian 2.0 curriculum.

Share your resources

Yarra Ranges Tech School recognises the hard work our partner school teachers put into developing resources. If you have materials that link to our programs, we’d love to share them with your peers. Please contact us at YRTSProgrambookings@boxhill.edu.au to submit your resources.