6th grade created 2 Jen Stark inspired projects.
One was a Ball Wall Mural
The other a cut paper layered drip collage
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| Still a work in progress |
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Showing posts with label 2020-2021. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2020-2021. Show all posts
The world of Spiders
Students learned about the amazing world of the spider and how they are different from and insect.
Also took a look at famous spiders in literature!
Building vocabulary and drawing skills.
Observation and Imagination equal Creation
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| Louise Bourgeois is an artist who often used a spider/mother image in her art work |
Porch Stories With Mrs. Kane & Ms. Jane - Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh can't sleep, this is the new book featured on Porch Stories.
Spotlight Artist/Scientist Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian (2 April 1647 – 13 January 1717) was a German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family. Merian was one of the early European naturalists to observe insects directly.
Reprinted with from Women in Science. Copyright © 2016 by Rachel Ignotofsky.
Published by Ten Speed Press,
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| This is wonderful book about her life |
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| Images from the book above |
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| a page from the book |
For more information about Maria Merian I recommend these videos
Caterpillars are Cool
Kinders had fun learning about different kinds of caterpillars, what caterpillars eat and the huge word metamorphosis.
They were also introduced to two artists connected to the project: Eric Carle world renown artist/author and scientist/illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian
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