- CREATURETOPIA -
Lesson Description
In this class period students added final touches to the habitats for their 2D and 3D Crazy Creatures. The day started with Discovery Board and an in-process critique of a few teacher-selected habitats. Kelly discussed these habitats with students in terms of their functionality of the elements within the habitats ("Will this creature survive here?" Why or why not?"). Students talked about the visual elements and what kinds of patterns and colors the artist had added. Students then offered some ideas to the artist of what he or she could do that day to finalize the habitat. This in-process critique was effective in getting the students to remember their plans from last time to continue the work process a week later. It was also a great time for students to hear others' ideas and plans in order to visualize more ideas of their own. At the end of the class, each student had to come up with a title for their Crazy Creature and its habitat and write it on an index card. The habitats were set up around the tables with their titles and the class moved through a "safari" through "Creaturetopia." The class discussed together some of the finished habitats in a manner similar to the in-process critique at the beginning of class. Students first discussed the habitat in terms of what they were seeing and how they think the creature would survive there. Then, the artists gave us a statement of what each part of the habitat was, how the creature survives in it, and what some of their artistic decisions were. We are hoping to film the students discussing their habitats because they have so much to say about them!
Enduring Understandings
Learning Target
Using 2D and 3D art materials, students will be able to create a habitat that considers the features of their creatures
Key Concepts
Living things, texture, animals, function, habitat, environment, survival
Skills
Cut, build, use hot glue safely, imagine, combine, discuss, predict
Art Focus
Exploring three-dimensional space
Literacy Focus
In-process critiques (talking about art as it is being made), telling stories about our creatures
Final critique (discussing their artistic features and functionality for survival of the Crazy Creatures that live in them)
Creating and writing down titles for creatures and habitats
In this class period students added final touches to the habitats for their 2D and 3D Crazy Creatures. The day started with Discovery Board and an in-process critique of a few teacher-selected habitats. Kelly discussed these habitats with students in terms of their functionality of the elements within the habitats ("Will this creature survive here?" Why or why not?"). Students talked about the visual elements and what kinds of patterns and colors the artist had added. Students then offered some ideas to the artist of what he or she could do that day to finalize the habitat. This in-process critique was effective in getting the students to remember their plans from last time to continue the work process a week later. It was also a great time for students to hear others' ideas and plans in order to visualize more ideas of their own. At the end of the class, each student had to come up with a title for their Crazy Creature and its habitat and write it on an index card. The habitats were set up around the tables with their titles and the class moved through a "safari" through "Creaturetopia." The class discussed together some of the finished habitats in a manner similar to the in-process critique at the beginning of class. Students first discussed the habitat in terms of what they were seeing and how they think the creature would survive there. Then, the artists gave us a statement of what each part of the habitat was, how the creature survives in it, and what some of their artistic decisions were. We are hoping to film the students discussing their habitats because they have so much to say about them!
Enduring Understandings
- People investigate new ideas by synthesizing pieces of reality
- Environments fit the needs of living things
- The characteristics of living things are designed for function
Learning Target
Using 2D and 3D art materials, students will be able to create a habitat that considers the features of their creatures
Key Concepts
Living things, texture, animals, function, habitat, environment, survival
Skills
Cut, build, use hot glue safely, imagine, combine, discuss, predict
Art Focus
Exploring three-dimensional space
Literacy Focus
In-process critiques (talking about art as it is being made), telling stories about our creatures
Final critique (discussing their artistic features and functionality for survival of the Crazy Creatures that live in them)
Creating and writing down titles for creatures and habitats
- THE ART MAKING -
This student created a variety of 3-dimensional structures for her creature. She explains there is a trap to catch enemies, snow to cool off in, and shelter to hide under.
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This student really thought about the needs of his creature when he provided both sand and snow in his habitat. The sand warms the creature when it is cold and the snow cools it off.
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This student describes a device she created that provides protection for her creature. She explains how when intruders come, it "slingshots them" away. She thought about the physical properties of the industrial parts and how they would function theoretically.
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