Parents! Here are the wonderful pictures from Week One and Week Two. As you recall, in Week One we worked with a subtractive printmaking method focusing on the life cycle of particular insects. In Week Two, students were continuing to investigate the life cycle of insects by creating fossils and dissecting home-made bug eggs. The fossils were made from simple kid friendly plaster mold making, which we will be painting with acrylics next week in class. While waiting for the plaster molds to set, the students were each given a home-made bug egg (made from planter's soil, sand, salt and water) with a secret critter inside. Before opening it, they had to record on an iPad with their table team their individual predictions of what was inside, film themselves opening it, and then create a story from what they discovered. The videos were a lot of fun and the students will have a chance to view each other's videos this week in class.
Besides painting the fossil plaster molds in the next class, students will also learn about the habitats of a bug. We will be using food to make food bugs and habitats, and also making edible play-doh (made from cake batter, food coloring and butter) and other food (celery, carrots, grapes, pretzels, raisins, etc). We made sure to not include anything with nuts or peanut butter in case of allergies.
Please keep bringing in any recycled objects such as toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, cereal boxes, egg cartons, etc. We love to recycle and use these materials to create art.
We hope you enjoy the pictures...and see you next week in class!
