Class 7 | Exploration of Scien

Supernova Projects

Class #7

11-02-18

Project:

Supernova monoprinting and painting exploration - In today's class period, students will be coming up with the initial ideas for an artwork based on the supernova phenomenon that occurs in outer space. Students will be shown some images from space and work from artists. The students will be given a playsheet to help them with forming ideas, and then begin generating plans in their sketchbooks. Towards the end of the class period, students will be shown how to create a monoprint using plexi-glass and marker.

Key Concepts:

Planning, communication, influence, language of art

Essential Understandings:

Art and design can be used to communicate ideas and findings to others.
Artists and designers use what they have observed as inspiration for their artwork.

Objectives/Learning:

Upon being shown a variety of Supernova images and completing Supernova Discovery Menu, students will be able to generate a “discovered” Supernova in their sketchbook referencing specific elements from the worksheet in their drawing. (Bloom’s: Understand/Standard: Comprehend/GLE: 1/Art Learning: Ideation & multicultural content/Literacy & Technology)
After demonstration of the monoprinting process, students will be able to create at least two monoprints using line, shape, and color to form a thoughtful and effective design. (Bloom’s: Apply/Standard: Create/GLE: 2/Art Learning: Materials and techniques/Numeracy [steps to a procedure])

Skills:

Observation, planning, creative problem solving

Art Focus:

In today's class period, students will be in the ideation process for their supernova artwork. Students will be looking at images and generating sketches in their sketchbook. A monoprinting demo will occur in this class period for students to see as well.

Literacy Focus:

Supernova, monoprint (vocabulary terms)
Supernova playsheet
Art language and vocabulary will be encouraged when appropriate

Daniel started out the class by sharing the blog. He had students reflect on the token critique and asked students if they enjoyed that type of critique, the responses were very positive. Then Daniel handed students pictures from our most resent cyanotypes to all the students to reflect on how different they look when the process goes correctly.

When asked, "can you see a difference in this resent cyanotype from your first cyanotype?"Responses were mostly positive with students saying "They are a lot more blue and I can even see the shapes I cut out" there were a few responses that involved students wanting to see the print they made, however we only chose a few prints to show because we need to introduce our supernova project.

Attached bellow is a video of Daniel asking questions and exploring supernovas with the students.

Students were given a playsheet and told to imagine themselves looking through the telescope and they have found a supernova! What does this supernova look like? Some students needed the playsheet to come up with ideas while others just started drawing without the playsheet. Attached bellow are two students who used the playsheet:

The student who drew the heart said "I want my supernova to look like a heart because it will be full of all the cute things I love like puppies!", this student didnt use the playsheet she just started drawing right from her imagination. The student in the right hand picture used the playsheet but did more than just coloring with color pencils, when asking where she got the idea to do more than just color she said "I wanted to cut out certain shapes and glue them on top of my drawing because I wanted them to stick out more." This was a really interesting idea because she was only given color pencils and she thought outside of the box and problem solved herself.

Some students asked of they could use their laptops to research specific sames or things that they wnated in their supernova this image here is a student who wanted the shape of her supernova to be a sloth.

As students started finishing their sketches of supernovas we decided it was time to demonstrate mono-prints. Daniel led this demonstration and at first students were reacting as if this concept was very simple, by the time Daniel lifted the paper from the plate the students reactions were as if it was magic! There were a lot of WOWS going around the class. the picture and the four videos attached bellow are students experimenting with the mono-prints. Only a few students experimented with the mono-prints, because the other students wanted to finish their sketches and ideas.