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(25)Chain Reaction Machines
This challenge will engage students in recognizing different simple machines and creating their own in a chain reaction machine, using the engineering design process to explore forces and…
Flip Book Challenge
Inspired by the two flip books used in “The One Moment” video, this exercise will challenge students to create their own flip book. Creating a flip book includes…
Hit the Note
Inspired by the tuned glasses in the music video, students will learn about pitch and musical notes through a science inquiry activity, then play a song of their…
Making “The One Moment”
OK Go discuss how bursting salt, crashing balls, flying paint and some serious calculations can make a really amazing music video.
Making “Needing/Getting”
OK Go discusses a car as a musical instrument, finding everyday objects that make music and the engineering behind the giant race track they use to play the…
Making “This Too Shall Pass”
From collaborating with engineers, to the lengthy testing process and many attempts it took to finally get it shot, OK Go tell the story of how “This Too…
Simple Machines Scavenger Hunt
A chain reaction machine is a series of simple machines — one after the next. We challenge students to discover the simple machines in OK Go’s videos.
Surrounding Sounds
This challenge is designed to encourage students to discover the musical qualities of various everyday objects and put them to use in making music. The world is full…
The One Moment of Math
Lead singer Damian Kulash makes spreadsheets cool again, as he explains the math and basic physics required to create the music video.
Timing Is Everything
In this challenge, students will explore the impact gravity has on objects of different sizes and masses by dropping objects from a consistent height and recording their falls.
Making Upside Down & Inside Out
OK Go dives right in to answering the questions everyone is asking. How were they weightless? What did it feel like? And how did they do it for…
How Parabolas Work
OK Go explains what a parabola is and why is it so important for the creation of this video. (Hint: Microgravity)
Art in Microgravity
OK Go explores the rarely explored challenge creating art in microgravity. How? through play, experimentation and trial and error!
Art of Experimentation
Now you try! The band will show you how to use fluid dynamics and color to experiment and create art!
Cube
In this challenge, students will develop their understanding of optical illusions and explore how to create illusions like those in “The Writing’s On the Wall” music video by…
Illusions
OK Go discusses the brain processes behind optical illusions to give us an understanding of how we are able to see things that aren’t really there.
Triangle
This challenge engages students by making a project that encourages students to create their own small-scale optical illusion: an accordion fold.
Behind-The-Scenes: Anamorphic Illusions
Lead singer Damian Kulash describes anamorphism and how anamorphic illusions were created in the music video for “The Writing’s On the Wall.”
Behind-The-Scenes: The Camera
This video provides a closer look into the creation of the camera and the camera movements that helped make “The Writing’s On the Wall” music video possible.
Behind-The-Scenes: Tim's Face
Bassist Tim Nordwind explains how they created the illusion of his face out of a collection of objects in the music video for “The Writing’s On the Wall.”
Behind-The-Scenes: The Finale
Art director Hannah Alpert describes the process of creating the final image of “The Writing’s On the Wall” music video.
Art Together Now
In this video, Damian and Tim introduce their music video “All Together Now” and challenge you to create your own piece of meaningful collaborative art.
Art Together Now
In 2021, OK Go Sandbox invited the world to help create a new video and remix of "All Together Now." The #ArtTogetherNow project ended up creating 6 films and 5 new versions of the song, thanks to over 15,000 global collaborators.
Spin Art
In this challenge, students will learn how different choices affect art by making spin art projects and understanding how to control the process.
Art of Circular Motion
In this challenge, students will learn about the processes of uniform circular motion by exploring the process of creating spin art.