Integrating curriculum with my fellow teachers is one of the highlights of my job. I love finding new ways to celebrate learning, and enjoy the challenge of making each lesson meaningful and relevant. This post highlights projects were all a collaboration between art and science although we also snuck in some social studies too!
Above, you can see the solar system posters our 3rd Graders built. Glow in the dark paint was added so artists could decorate their bedrooms with a real space scene!
Above, you can see the solar system posters our 3rd Graders built. Glow in the dark paint was added so artists could decorate their bedrooms with a real space scene!
These paper bag kites were so much fun to make and sold out at our Science Fair! The 2nd Graders were studying birds as part of their Flight unit. The class also spent the whole year working to help our entire community find new ways to upcycle. These kites brought all that great learning together, and are really just incredibly awesome. Artists sketched birds and scenery on to the bags, and then added color with tissue paper and glue. Strings were added, and we were all impressed with the results!
Our 4th Graders took on this fun collaborative project with excitement. Three teachers came together to integrate learning about identifying land formations, learning about Lewis and Clark's famous journey, and creating sculpture into one amazing project. Students sculpted these land formation pieces, and then used them as a backdrop to help create animated movies showcasing their learning. It was quite an undertaking, but we did it!!
Gyotaku fun! After studying the arts of Japan in the Art Room and the life cycle of salmon in the classroom, artists had fun making prints that were labeled and displayed for all to enjoy.
