day 7: Bringing in the animals
Expedition:
In this lesson students focused on their enclosed environments for their creature. Each environment will become a part of the zoo. This particular day students considered different points of view (birds-eye, creatures-eye, and persons view).
Essential Understanding:
-Prior knowledge of subject matter influences the choices made during creation of work with an intended function.
-The choices made during the planning process directly influence the finished product.
-Composition of spatial elements impacts how that space can be utilized.
-Artistic intention and prior knowledge influence the artist’s choices regarding how to most effectively compose a plan for their piece.
Inquiry/Learning Target:
For todays Learning objectives, the students will be able to.....
Observe and Learn to Comprehend: Students will be able to observe real life examples of 2-d plans for 3-d spaces and identify the most important elements of the composition
2. Envision and Critique to Reflect: Through written reflection, students will identify other situations where this planning process could be applied
3. Invent and Discover to Create: Students will invent their own visual 2-D plan for a 3-D product they will be expected to create
4. Relate and Connect to Transfer: Understand how the steps from this planning process can be transferred to planning in other contexts
Key Concepts:
-Art Processes
-Expression
-Experimentation
-Prior Knowledge
-Artistic intention
-Choice
Skills:
-Collaboration
-Observation
-Experimentation
Art Focus:
The art focus of the day is to plan their environment for the creature then put the plan into action and create the environment with the materials provided.
Literacy Focus:
Vocabulary Terms for today's lesson:
Layout, composition, proportion, floor plan
In this lesson students focused on their enclosed environments for their creature. Each environment will become a part of the zoo. This particular day students considered different points of view (birds-eye, creatures-eye, and persons view).
Essential Understanding:
-Prior knowledge of subject matter influences the choices made during creation of work with an intended function.
-The choices made during the planning process directly influence the finished product.
-Composition of spatial elements impacts how that space can be utilized.
-Artistic intention and prior knowledge influence the artist’s choices regarding how to most effectively compose a plan for their piece.
Inquiry/Learning Target:
For todays Learning objectives, the students will be able to.....
Observe and Learn to Comprehend: Students will be able to observe real life examples of 2-d plans for 3-d spaces and identify the most important elements of the composition
2. Envision and Critique to Reflect: Through written reflection, students will identify other situations where this planning process could be applied
3. Invent and Discover to Create: Students will invent their own visual 2-D plan for a 3-D product they will be expected to create
4. Relate and Connect to Transfer: Understand how the steps from this planning process can be transferred to planning in other contexts
Key Concepts:
-Art Processes
-Expression
-Experimentation
-Prior Knowledge
-Artistic intention
-Choice
Skills:
-Collaboration
-Observation
-Experimentation
Art Focus:
The art focus of the day is to plan their environment for the creature then put the plan into action and create the environment with the materials provided.
Literacy Focus:
Vocabulary Terms for today's lesson:
Layout, composition, proportion, floor plan
Students spent this class period continuing their exploration of composition and mixed media materials. The example to the left shows how this student met the requirement of including water in the creatures enclosure. In order to make her habitat interesting for viewers to look at while also making it most suitable for her creature, she put a waterfall in the right hand corner of the enclosure.