Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts

Friday, April 28, 2017

Racimals



I wish I could take full credit for this project idea, but it was inspired by an article I saw in my nephew's Highlights magazine! In Highlights, students created a robot racer. I took this idea and let children have complete creative freedom to design any racer they would like. All they needed was an empty square tissue box and a tennis ball! Then of course a ramp or some type of hill for their racers to travel down!






In this lesson, students use their design skills to create their very own one of a kind racer! They want it to look aesthetically pleasing, however, they must use their engineering skills to make it travel fast! Will 30 pom pom balls, 20 pipe cleaners, layers of construction paper and glue really help their racer? Students learn that minimal design is not only more pleasing to the eye, but can also help them construct a super fast racimal (racing creature). This lesson also ties in well with a forces and motion unit. Students experiment with push, the amount of effort applied (to push) and distance. Teachers can also tie math in by having students measure the distance their racer traveled.

Here is what you need:
A variety of art materials for students to go crazy /experiment with! (construction paper, pipe cleaners, markers, crayons, googley eyes, etc)
Empty square tissue boxes (with the top square cut off - where you pull the tissue out)
Tennis Balls

What you do:
1. First cut the top off of the tissue box (this is the bottom of the racer)
2. Next, decorate it! Students can create an animal, superhero, monster, alien, cryptid, anything they can imagine.
3. Then students put the tennis ball inside of the opening of the tissue box, flip it over (tennis ball on the bottom, inside of the box), set it on a ramp and watch it go!

Saturday, April 1, 2017

Geography Design Project



Check out my post at We Are Teachers: Design a country! Click here for the free printable! + page edit

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Amusement Park Map Design



Check out my post at We Are Teachers: Amusement Park Map Design! Click here for the free printable!

Monday, February 27, 2017

Alien Genetics Lab: Baby Alien Creation



(Science / Art Integration) Kids create a baby alien by flipping 2 coins, while leaning about heredity, alleles, genotypes and phenotypes! Click here for instructions and here for a free printable!


Friday, February 24, 2017

Wild Thing Adaptations



Invite your students to investigate the structural adaptations and behavioral adaptations of the creatures from Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are! In this lesson, students examine each Wild Thing’s physical characteristics, using the free printable below to help them identify the various attributes that make each Wild Thing unique. Then in a group, they design a new environment and their very own original Wild Things! 

Click here for the full project description / criteria. Click here for printables!

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Alien Tour: Show Me Your Landforms



3 landform projects given to kids by Vladimir the Extraterrestrial! Vladimir sends the kids 3 postcards from Saturn via a space capsule (tupperware). He wants to know a little more about Earth's natural landscape. - No, he does not want to take over our planet! - In one postcard, the alien shows the kids his planet (an alien world with a familiar landform). 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17cLQgrcKLVTEuJrJAukLpfD5lPMquRIA/view?usp=sharing

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Rock Band Storypath



Storypath units promote children as active participants in their own learning. Students learn about topics through cross-curricular connections woven into an imaginative real-world scenario. They role-play and make critical decisions independently and collaboratively. Invite your students on a rock band adventure! This unit integrates Common Core standards with project-based learning. Students discover that what they learn in school is valuable, even for a rock star!

Monday, May 23, 2016

Mandala Math Art

Check out my We Are Teachers post on integrating art and math by making mandalas!

Thursday, June 11, 2015

7 Bohemian Inspired History Crafts

Wearable art with educational lessons tied in! Visit We Are Teachers for the rest of the post!



Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Monday, December 22, 2014

Half Yellow


Visit We Are Teachers to check out Half Yellow Fraction Art with geometric pattern blocks!

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Post-It Note Area/Perimeter

Have you used post-it notes for a creative math lesson yet?! They're a fantastic tool to introduce the concept of area and reinforce perimeter. For this lesson, students used 25 or less post-it notes. We made a prediction: Do different shapes that have the same area have the same perimeter? Working in groups of 4, students mapped out their design and figured out the area and perimeter of their shape. Then, they found a blank wall to construct it! Click here for printables! Featured in The National Counsel of Teachers of Mathematics - thanks to my ECE professor! - if you belong, check out the article here!


Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Art History Math Integration

Check out my post over at We Are TeachersStudents learn about artists while creating their own art using their math skills!

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Fraction Pictionary

This activity is from the Oregon Department of Education. Students play Pictionary with fractions! Divide students into teams. One child draws the fraction on the board. His/her teammates try to guess the image as well as the fraction! If their team guesses correctly they get a point. When drawing, children can divide single objects to represent fractions (shown above) and you could also thrown in multiple objects. For example, 2/5 dogs. A student could draw 2 dogs and 3 cats. Also, check out Fraction Charades!

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Math String Art

Kids discover patterns in multiplication while playing with string! First, have 10 students sit in a circle and give each one a square with a number on it (0-9). Next, take out some yarn and explain that we are going to see what would happen if we used math to create a shape. First explore the 4 times table (you will magically create a star). Each child passes the yarn to the correct number to create their "web." They will pass in this order: 0, 4, 8, 2, 6, 0. When students ask, "Who do I pass to for the number 12," say see if you can see a pattern. Write the 4 times table on the board and see if they can identify a pattern 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36 (Pattern: 0, 4, 8, 2, 6 - look at the ones digit). After they make a star, try doing another times table.

Then, have them go off on their own and explore the different patterns. Click here for a recording sheet from High Hill Homeschool. Click here for a more advanced printable. Ask the students what they discovered when they created a web for each times table.

Then, using the new knowledge they gained, have them create a multiplication dream catcher with a paper plate (cut out the center). You should only need four colors of yarn based on their findings. See if they can figure out how many colors they will need on their own. Once constructed, children can refer to it if they forget one of their multiplication facts. They take their finger and follow the colored yarn. Here is a printable multiplication circle to use for students to mark on their paper plate where the numbers should be.

Here is a video about Waldorf Math: Learning Multiplication with 10 point circles.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Lite Brite Pointillism & Percentages

Using the web 2.0 tool Happy Daric Lite Brite, students learn about the art technique pointillism and explore fractions and percentages! Have students create a unique design on the lite brite. While they are making their art, have them tally each time they add a color.  Next, students write a fraction for each color. Then, they divide and multiply to figure out the percentage of each color they used. Students round their percentages. Then, they check their work to make sure all the colors add up to 100%. 

Monday, May 19, 2014

Vedic Square Math Art

This math art project comes from Miss Bowler's Partridge Class! Kids practice their multiplication tables while creating art! They have to problem solve when filling in their Vedic Square. Their square should not include any two-digit numbers. If the solution is a two digit number for one of their boxes, they must add the numbers in the ones and tens place together to obtain a single digit. For example, 4x4 equals 16. Instead of writing 16 in the box they write 7 (1+6=7).

After they fill in their square, they look for patterns. They can further investigate patterns by choosing one number and connecting it to the same numbers throughout the square. For example, connect all 4's to each other.

Next, they can color in the squares to create a design. Then, they can count up the squares and write a fraction for each color. How many times did the number one show up in the Vedic Square (6/ 81)? They can make copies of their design, transform the pieces (reflection and rotation) to create one large, colorful piece of art. Visit Miss Bowler's page for more details!

Click here for a Vedic Square printable. Check out more multiplication art here: Art in Numbers: Multiplication Patterns

Friday, May 9, 2014

Warhol Arrays

Students collaborate and create giant array of soup can art! Give each student one soup can template. They come up with a unique flavor, color it, and cut it out. Next, working in small groups, students create 3 different arrays using their soup cans (each student contributes his artwork - 1 can of soup). They write down their multiplication equations and solutions for each array they created.

Then, as a class, students create a giant display of all of their soup cans and figure out the multiplication equation and solution to their collaborative array artwork!

To integrate writing, students write a persuasive letter to The Campbell Soup Company stating why their soup should be added to Campbell's soup line. Click here for a free printable to help kids outline their persuasive letter!

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Right Angle Art

Using a ruler, students create a unique line drawing by overlapping, rotating, and reflecting right angles.