Hub City Zoo Flyer

My partner lesson consisted of teaching the students printmaking. To being our lesson, my partner and I taught the class about the history of printmaking and the artist, Andy Warhol. We discussed how the students will need to use alliteration in their flyer such as, Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. We then had the students draw a safari animal on a piece of white paper. When done drawing the animal, we had the students trace the drawing onto a piece of styrofoam. We educated the students on importance of using the correct amount of pressure will result in a better print. We then demonstrated how to make the actual print. The students were then allowed to make their print and put their flyer together. Below is an example of our finished flyer used as an example during the lesson. 

An extension activity that would work great with this lesson would be to allow the students to make a poster/ flyer for a sporting event and hang them around the gym or local businesses. 

3D Design

For this lesson, we started out drawing 2D silhouette before we got into the 3D portion of the lesson. Once Emma and Calli educated us on the process of forming our 3D object, we got together with our partners and formed an outline of our partners body using pipe cleaners. We then covered all of the pipe cleaners with tin foil. Once we had covered all the pipe cleaners, we got to dress them up using tissue paper, beads, yarn, and pipe cleaners. Once decorated, we stuck our figures feet into the styrofoam allowing them to stand. 

For an extension activity, allow the students pick their favorite dance move and have their partner demonstrate it. After they have the outline created, have the students write a story about their figure and why they chose that dance move. They could also created a haiku poem describing their figure. 

Plastic Cup Weaving

During this activity, we learned the origins of weaving along with the different things that can be weaved together. We learned about about the man who invented the loom, Joseph Marie Jacquard. We then split into two groups. The first group was to trace where we were to cut the cup 3/4 of the way. The second group was to measure out the yarn we were going to be using to weave our cup. When we were ready to start weaving, we were told to use an ABC pattern while weaving. Above is an example of my finished weaved cup. 

An extension activity for this project would be to allow the students to use any pattern they wished too. This would result in many different designs and creativity throughout the class. 

Clay Prints

During this project we learned how to work with clay and how to form it into a shape using a wooden dowel and two wooden sticks. We began by throwing the clay down against the cardboard to get out all of the air bubbles. After we got the hang of working with the clay, we got to start on our final project. Once we got the shape we were wanting, we got to use different material to make imprints on our clay. We were then given the opportunity to paint our clay whatever colors we liked as long as we used at least two colors. 

An extension activity to this project would be to allow the students to go outside and find one object that they can use to make an imprint with, like a fossil. 

Water Color Painting

During this project we were taught all about the many ways to use water color. We learned about a famous painter, Wassily Kandinsky. He was an influential Russian painter and believed that a great way to paint was listen to music and paint how the music made you feel. We then played musical chairs, painting how the music made us feel and when the music stopped we moved on to the next piece of paper. We learned about many different techniques to water color painting such as wet into wet, crayon, flat wash, blotting, graded wash, and sgraffito. 

An extension activity to the project would be to have the students pick a certain type of technique they learned about and use it to express their feeling their favorite movie. Allowing them to chose their own movie will result in many different paintings. 

Contour Drawing Lesson

During this lesson, we learned about a Japanese artist who uses contour drawing within his art. This artist may take a drawing of a dinosaur and makes it look like people are sliding down its tail. We got to practice drawing an object to warm us up. For our final project we got to have a big piece of paper and we could draw whatever we wanted, but we had to do it like the artist. I chose to draw a ship inside a glass bottle while tiny people are climbing the flag poles or hanging out in the windows of the lower deck of the ship. 

An extension activity for this project would be to have the students draw an object they use in their everyday lives. Then choosing a partner to turn it into a scale contour drawing using people or animals. 

Under the Ocean Collage

During this project, we created an ocean collage by applying torn pieces of tissue paper. We used cool color tissue paper to represent the water. We also used different sized tissue paper to develop texture throughout the collage. We then added the fish to the collage. We used warm colors so the fish would really pop out from the project. We then added the fish using a piece of folded paper like an accordion so the piece had movement. This project was connected to the children's book, The Rainbow Fish. The students then had to add sequence and pipe cleaners to show how each and every fish is unique. 

An extension activity to this project would be to have the students develop a poem about their unique Rainbow Fish describing why it is different from all the other fish.