Seventh graders have recently been creating mini-golf lanes (or holes) with Tinkercad computer-aided design software on their iPads.   Mr. Bell and Mrs. Cvetan developed this  math-art integrated STREAM assignment.  In the first stage of the project, students create and label the segments of their putting lanes, as well as obstacles that contact the putting surface.  In Mrs. Cvetan's math class, students use measurements of components of their models to calculate surface area, volume, perimeter, and cost of materials.  Their math calculations relate to the putting surface and walls.  Students express themselves creatively by making elaborate sculptural forms above or around the putting area.  In addition to their time in art class, students of 7W and 7C have been team-taught by Mrs. Cvetan and Mr. Bell for about 45 minutes per week.  All of the forms in these virtual 3D models were created by our student artists with only the simple shape tools of the Tinkercad engineering software.

Many 8th graders in art tech class are now applying color to their pencil drawings of the Stations of the Cross.  They are using the tools of the Sketchbook app on their iPads. Although our students employ modern digital technology to develop their images, the basis of their work on this project is free-hand drawing with pencils and pens.
 
To begin this project, students drew grids with 1/2-inch squares on small prints of illustrations by contemporary artist Shari Van Vranken.  They drew proportionate grids with 1-inch squares on their drawing papers in order to scale up the images they were viewing.

The works shown here are among the first to be finished.  Many more very strong images are nearing completion.  Students have been highly motivated on this project because it allows them to express their faith in a creative and challenging way.