Yesterday (or actually, two days ago now but it still feels like Friday to me today), I blogged about art demo lessons my class presented in our 'season' teams on September 30. Today, I wanted to make note about the 'winter' team's lesson prepared for us because it was very engaging. They brought in objects from nature like pine cones, bark, and sticks, as well as art supplies such as plasticine and pipe cleaners, and had us, in our 'season' team groups, to construct a representation of anything we wanted. They gave us a sheet of card-stock to make our models on top of. My group decided to make a model of Prince George. We started by drawing the confluence of the Nechako and Fraser rivers the city is built around on the card-stock and then proceeded to design our model from there. The model had little plasticine rabbits, a couple foxes, Mr. PG, and coniferous and deciduous trees. It also had the Exploration Place, the Two Rivers Art Gallery, and a parking lot for visitors who go to those places.
Here is a photograph of my 'spring' team with our model of Prince George:
I really like this activity because of its collaborative nature. Because we were doing art in a group, we had to be cooperative and respectful of each other's ideas and creations. I think this activity would be great in a classroom with younger students because they would have to work on these qualities and there is also the potential they could learn from each other's strengths. I also think using different materials would make the project enjoyable for students. Very cool art lesson, 'winter' team!
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