My Money

This was a terrific lesson for the middle schoolers. Students studied the history of money and how it went from coin based to paper based in the United States. Students were given the task to create their own currency. We also study printmaking and how it effected the way money would be made.

Symmetrical Spiders

Students learned what symmetry is by creating symmetrical Halloween spiders. This project was very successful!  The students really enjoyed this project because they got to use X-Acto knives.
The hallway was really transformed after hanging the spiders from it!!

                                                

Viewing Art Elements

Students were introduced to the art elements by using clip on macro lens on their iPads . The lens are very inexpensive. They had to use the macro lens to capture each element. After taking pictures, further discussion about the art elements were discussed in the class. From there student took their images and created a collage using the Pic Collage app.  This was another great art lesson that I will be using in the future.

Presidential Pets

M group students created a 3 layer print by using Styrofoam. They were given the prompt, "If you were the next President of the United States what would you have as a pet?" This was a wonderful project for the introduction to print making.  The students really enjoyed the process!