Art Projects
K-2nd Grades:
Squirrels
Science Standard 4.2.C: Identify behaviors and reactions of living things in response to changes in the environment including seasonal changes in temperature and precipitation.
Art Standard 2.V.R.3: Use learned art vocabulary to express preferences about artwork.
Materials required: Paper, pencil, markers or crayons.
Art Standard 2.V.R.3: Use learned art vocabulary to express preferences about artwork.
Materials required: Paper, pencil, markers or crayons.
Tadpoles
Art Standard 1.V.CR.1: Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with art materials, and use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.
Science Standard 4: Life Science. Students will gain an understanding of Life Science through the study of changes in organisms over time and the nature of living things.
Materials required: Some sort of dough - Play Doh, Model Magic, Salt Dough, etc. You will also need some tools for shaping the clay like a pencil and kitchen butter knife, and if you want to add color you will need paint, watercolor, or markers.
Science Standard 4: Life Science. Students will gain an understanding of Life Science through the study of changes in organisms over time and the nature of living things.
Materials required: Some sort of dough - Play Doh, Model Magic, Salt Dough, etc. You will also need some tools for shaping the clay like a pencil and kitchen butter knife, and if you want to add color you will need paint, watercolor, or markers.
Recycled Robot
Visual Art Standard 2.V.CR.4: Repurpose objects to make something new.
Social Studies Standard 4.1: Recognize that people supply goods and services based on what people want.
Materials required: Clean items that are normally thrown out: cracker boxes, plastic lids, yogurt containers, paper towel tubes, broken toys, etc. You will also need a hot glue gun or tape to attach the items together, and aluminum foil, markers, or construction paper to decorate.
Social Studies Standard 4.1: Recognize that people supply goods and services based on what people want.
Materials required: Clean items that are normally thrown out: cracker boxes, plastic lids, yogurt containers, paper towel tubes, broken toys, etc. You will also need a hot glue gun or tape to attach the items together, and aluminum foil, markers, or construction paper to decorate.
Planting a Rainbow
Visual Art Standard K.V.CR.3: Share and talk about the artwork and the process of making art while creating.
Science Standard 2 Objective 3: Compare changes in weather over time.
Materials required: Paper and coloring materials (or collage materials)
Science Standard 2 Objective 3: Compare changes in weather over time.
Materials required: Paper and coloring materials (or collage materials)
Spiders
Art Standard 2.V.CR.2: Experiment with various materials and tools to explore personal interest in a work of art or design.
Science Standard 4 Objective 1: Tell how external features affect an animals’ ability to survive in its environment.
Materials required: Website https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/symmetry-artist.html
Science Standard 4 Objective 1: Tell how external features affect an animals’ ability to survive in its environment.
Materials required: Website https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/symmetry-artist.html
Kindness Hearts
Visual Art Standard 2.V.P.3: Analyze how art exhibited inside and outside of schools (such as in museums, galleries, virtual spaces, and other venues) contributes to communities.
Social Studies Standard 2: (Citizenship): Students will recognize and practice civic responsibility in the community, state, and nation.
Materials required: Thick paper, white crayons, watercolor paints (or markers and crayons).
Social Studies Standard 2: (Citizenship): Students will recognize and practice civic responsibility in the community, state, and nation.
Materials required: Thick paper, white crayons, watercolor paints (or markers and crayons).
3rd-5th Grades:
Parallel and Perpendicular
Visual Art Standard 3.V.CR.3: Demonstrate an understanding of the safe and proficient use of materials, tools, and equipment for a variety of artistic processes.
Math Strand: GEOMETRY (3.G): Reason with shapes and their attributes – develop an understanding of parallel and perpendicular lines.
Materials required: Blank paper, ruler, two colors of colored pencils (or markers, or crayons).
Math Strand: GEOMETRY (3.G): Reason with shapes and their attributes – develop an understanding of parallel and perpendicular lines.
Materials required: Blank paper, ruler, two colors of colored pencils (or markers, or crayons).
Simple Machines
Visual Art Standard 3.V.CO.1: Develop a work of art based on observations of surroundings.
Science Standard 3.1.C: Investigate how forces applied through simple machines affect the direction and/or amount of resulting force.
Materials required: Ok Go - This Too Shall Pass Video , paper and pencil.
Science Standard 3.1.C: Investigate how forces applied through simple machines affect the direction and/or amount of resulting force.
Materials required: Ok Go - This Too Shall Pass Video , paper and pencil.
Toilet Paper Tube Challenge
Visual Art Standard 3.V.CR.1: Elaborate on an imaginative idea and apply knowledge of available resources, tools, and technologies to investigate personal ideas through the art-making process.
Social Studies Standard 3.3: Engage in meaningful dialogue about the community and current events within the classroom, school, and local community.
Materials required: Toilet paper tube and whatever art making materials that are necessary for your design.
Social Studies Standard 3.3: Engage in meaningful dialogue about the community and current events within the classroom, school, and local community.
Materials required: Toilet paper tube and whatever art making materials that are necessary for your design.
Community Portraits
Art Standard 3.V.P.3: Identify and explain how and where different cultures record and illustrate stories and history of life through art.
Social Studies 2.1: Describe how stories, folktales, music, and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture.
Materials required: Lined paper, pencil, and pen
Social Studies 2.1: Describe how stories, folktales, music, and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture.
Materials required: Lined paper, pencil, and pen
Social Studies Standard: Compare elements of the local community with communities from different parts of the world.
Art Standard: Experiment with and develop skills in multiple art-making techniques and approaches through practice.
Art Standard: Experiment with and develop skills in multiple art-making techniques and approaches through practice.
Materials required: Aluminum foil, cardboard square, tape or glue or stapler
Backyard Scientists
Science Standard: Identify living and nonliving things in a small environment composed of living and nonliving things.
Art Standard: Develop a work of art based on observations of surroundings.
Art Standard: Develop a work of art based on observations of surroundings.
Materials required: Paper, pencil, and outdoor space.