TRANSPORTATION SCULPTURES
ART EXPERIENCE
Project description:Â
We will teach students how to express their ideas using many different mediums in a sculptural style. We will brainstorm ideas about our favorite ways to get around and then create sculptures that represents these modes of transportation. Â We found in our first lesson that many of our students expressed interest in vehicles such as planes and trucks and decided they would find personal relevance in creating their own representations of these everyday objects.
Essential Understanding:
I understand how to choose appropriate media and tools to transform found objects and provided materials into tangible expressions of my ideas about transportation.
Objectives:Â
Students will be able to use found objects to create a vehicle sculpture that uses everyday objects in a new way to express my ideas about how humans navigate and travel through the world they live in.
Skills:
1. Work on creative problem solving
2. Explore many different materials
INSTRUCTIONS
In this class students will explore their dream vehicle. Students will reflect everyday transportation, comprehend that transportation is much more than just cars, trains, planes, etc., then finally transfer their understandings to create a transportation of their dreams.
RELECTION
Journal Entry
What worked well for this art experience? Why?
A few classes ago we got to do a drawing activity with Matilda the Vacuum, it started with a story to get a creative drawing, and then we also learned about the menu to help make decisions on what to draw just in case someone was stuck. In the reading that was due on Monday we also learned about the differentiated instruction and helping students reach their goals. So this helped when it came to teaching the lesson, we had three questions (things you would like to travel in or on?, Who/What do you like to travel with?, and what is your dream place to live?) on the board and we wrote the answers on the board as they called them out. When asking these questions it really helped the students be introduced to the project of making a dream vehicle and everyone was really excited. We also finished painting the pinch pots from last class and it was very successful when it came to students making their own decisions about what colors to paint their items.
What didn’t work well for this art experience? Why?
When we had gotten the pinch pots out, we had set out all the paint, and told the students where to find their items and where the paint was and Allison did have to mention something very important that we had forgotten that we cannot paint on the bottom of the pinch pots because they will get ruined in the kiln. Even after she had mentioned that their were some misshapes about painting on the bottoms, however it was easily solved. I also personally think the series of how I asked the questions about the vehicle of your dreams was a little confusing.
What would you do differently? Why?
I would probably plan a mini lecture about the glazes next time including layering, some glazes look like a different color when we paint them but they do change in the kiln and what areas not to paint on. A mini lesson would have been important so students would know what to expect from the glazes as well as how to use them. Also I would ask questions in more of a story form so What is your dream place to live? then What is something you've always wanted to travel in or on? and finally who/what would you bring with you on your trip? I think asking these questions in this order would make students more engaged because it would be as if they were traveling to their dream destination in their dream vehicle.