Students will use visual analysis to examine two images of rocks. They will make their own observations of individual rocks through drawing, and understand how the same observation skills can be used in the study of geology.
In this unit students will learn about the mixed media artworks of artist George Littlechild who addresses topics of identity, history, story, and memory. Students will be asked to research and represent role models that reflect their own identities, cultures, and communities. Students will collect photographs or create drawings of their role
models and will develop personally meaningful symbols and colour palettes in order to create a mixed media collage representing their own identities. Students will explore collage processes, symbolism, and layering.
This website takes you to the Royal Ontario Museum, literally. Google Streetview takes you directly inside the museum itself, allowing you to wander through several exhibits as if you were physically there. Wander through the spacious entrance of the museum past dinosaur skeletons, peek into the Sigmund Samuel Gallery of Canada and stroll through the Canada: First Peoples exhibit.
Be sure to click on the "Home" and "Explore" tabs at the top of the page to discover even more great learning opportunities on a wide range of topics.
Students explore the concept of a sacred place by looking at works of art representing sacred spaces, and studying the California missions. They explore perspective and point of view in both the visual and literary senses. Students create a project poster displaying photos, drawings, and journal writings that incorporate the major themes of California's missions, and use perspective and point of view both visually and in writing.
The Saint Basil Cathedral is one of Russia's most popular cultural symbols. There are several templates to print that students color then arrange into their own Russian-inspired masterpiece.
The San Diego Zoo Kids site offers thousands of resources for educators, including lesson plans, games, live feeds of animals, and detailed information on a variety of species from the African dwarf crocodile to the Western lowland gorilla.
This site is excellent for animal research projects.
There are a number of excellent videos and you can even watch a number of animals LIFE via WEB CAM (koala, ape, condor, elephant, panda, penguins, polar bear & tiger). Students can search videos for recorded clips at the bottom of the videos tab.
There are also games, activities and stories on the site.
Be sure to click the "for grown ups" section at the top right of the screen to see how you can a number of teacher resources and even book a video-conference for your class.
Painting Spirit Animal Silhouettes with step by step instructions.
There is a free download with the instructions and materials required.
This document has links to 7 grade specific units for FNME infused math. Keep in mind that these lessons can be altered to be used with any grade.
This 1 1/2 hour session will give students the opportunity to participate in a live broadcast with professional artist Heather Clines. Students will learn how artists come up with ideas to create art work and some of the basic ways Cline uses collage in her own work. Students will understand the use of collage as a form of visual art and use the method to create an art work inspired by a Freaky Friday in Saskatchewan.
I collaborated with the computer/visual arts teacher to design a social and computer/visual arts assignment. Our focus was to encourage creativity and give students an opportunity for collaboration. Creativity occurred in all stages of the process. Students had to be creative in the planning stages. They were given the task to choose a common children’s fairy tale and come up with ideas on how to make it a parody. They then had to write their own scripts together which takes an immense amount of creativity to create something entirely from one’s imagination. Because it was a humour unit, they were also tasked with coming up with elements of humour both non-verbal and verbal whether it be witty, dark, silly etc. Finally, they then filmed their scripts either on a green screen or a shadow screen which takes creativity not only to create the video but by learning how to adapt one’s vision into something more realistic.
Follow the instructions provided to create air dry clay fairy houses.
Follow these instructions to create animal pinch pots.
In this activity, students create unique clay landscapes to show different geographical features of their environment.
In this activity, students create their provincial crest out of clay.
Check out this source for instructions on how to create crazy pasta sculptures that look like twisty and bendy pieces of art!
Learn how to make leaf bowls with air drying clay, fired clay, or even salt dough.
In this lesson, students use wooden parts and pieces to create imaginary playgrounds. This is a great activity for grade 2 and 3 students; if "moving parts" are incorporated, this could also be a great "Kinetic Sculpture" activity for grade 4 Arts Education students.
In this activity, kids get creative by cutting cardboard into various shapes, then stacking it. The final step of pouring paint over their creations is definitely the icing on the cake!
In this fun activity, students experiment with manipulating paper to create different shapes and effects. They also learn about (and practice creating) symmetry!
In this art lesson, children learn about the sculptor Alberto Giacometti, then have fun with a quick human figure sketching activity, finally creating foil sculptures of people.