Several of our 8th graders have recently finished the Stations of the Cross project in Mr. Bell's Art Tech class. Illustrations by contemporary artist Shari Van Vranken served as model images for this student art. Students drew grids with half-inch squares on small prints of the model images. They made grids with 1-inch squares on larger pieces of cardstock. Students observed the contents of each block of the small grid and drew in the corresponding blocks on the larger grid. Students drew over their pencil lines with ink, erased the lines of the large grid, and photographed their drawings. They edited and colored their drawings with the Sketchbook app on their iPads.
Kindergarteners are currently making paper maracas, which they will soon develop further with paper mache, faces, and cotton hair. After rolling paper cylinders and sealing corn kernels inside with paper end caps, students test their seals by doing the shake test. If corn flies out, a hole needs to be patched with paper and tape. During this project, students learn about cylinders by constructing them with paper and tape. Kindergarteners engage in challenging spatial/structural problem solving as they draw, cut, trim, patch, and secure the lids of their maracas. Click the video below to see the KB art class test their maracas. Will the corn stay inside?
Kindergarteners are currently making paper maracas, which they will soon develop further with paper mache, faces, and cotton hair. After rolling paper cylinders and sealing corn kernels inside with paper end caps, students test their seals by doing the shake test. If corn flies out, a hole needs to be patched with paper and tape. During this project, students learn about cylinders by constructing them with paper and tape. Kindergarteners engage in challenging spatial/structural problem solving as they draw, cut, trim, patch, and secure the lids of their maracas. Click the video below to see the KB art class test their maracas. Will the corn stay inside?
 Allison Blum  Kennedy Lee  Vivian McKee  Maris Cheeseman |  Abigail Harris  Sophia Roach  Sailor Godwin  Adrian Coburn |
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