P-12 Lesson Plans
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Download Through class discussions with the teacher, students will investigate the sense of touch and how it has shaped who they are and what they have learned about the world. Students will use printmaking to discover that each of them have their own specific DNA and that everyone’s fingerprints are different and unique. Students will also explore texture through games and some textured paint. (124 KB)
Download Students will be introduced to the purpose of fingerprints and how it affects in our lives. They will then use paint to fingerprint to learn about value, color, line, and shape. They will then incorporate their methods of fingerprint with the lifecycle of a butterfly. The class discussion focused on this topic will help students to visually memorize the material by using the elements and principals of art. (113 KB)
Download Students will learn from visuals of microorganisms the different traits that they hold. Based off of the acquired knowledge of the microscopic world they will use their own fingerprint to create an organism based on them. (81 KB)
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Download Students will use the medium of metallic sharpie and pen, reminiscent of the forensic powder, to create narratives, following the shape, pattern, and design of a fingerprint. Students will also make aesthetic inferences regarding problem-‐solving and appropriate arrangement of the narrative. (134 KB)
Download Students will develop a 2D work that explores the idea of personal expression, individuality, identity, and the sense of touch. The content of this portrait is to be based off of a black a white photo that each student will individually select and/or edit. Students will use the medium of ink to create their portraits using their fingerprints, and will make aesthetic inferences regarding problem-‐solving and appropriate representation of values. (133 KB)
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Description
This is group of lessons for K-12 art classroom is connected to the artists in the ZMA exhibition Laboratory, on view November 14, 2014 - February 21, 2015. The exhibition worked to demystify artistic practice by revealing parallels between art and scientific research and methodology. These associated lessons include scientific concepts and principles paired with art.
Publication Date
Winter 2014
Keywords
printmaking, identity, fingerprints, lifecycle, butterfly, microorganisms
Disciplines
Art Education | Curriculum and Instruction | Early Childhood Education | Elementary Education | Fine Arts | Outdoor Education | Painting | Printmaking | Science and Mathematics Education | Secondary Education
Through class discussions with the teacher, students will investigate the sense of touch and how it has shaped who they are and what they have learned about the world. Students will use printmaking to discover that each of them have their own specific DNA and that everyone’s fingerprints are different and unique. Students will also explore texture through games and some textured paint.
2-3LessonPlan-Laboratory.pdf (113 kB)
Students will be introduced to the purpose of fingerprints and how it affects in our lives. They will then use paint to fingerprint to learn about value, color, line, and shape. They will then incorporate their methods of fingerprint with the lifecycle of a butterfly. The class discussion focused on this topic will help students to visually memorize the material by using the elements and principals of art.
4-5LessonPlan-Laboratory.pdf (81 kB)
Students will learn from visuals of microorganisms the different traits that they hold. Based off of the acquired knowledge of the microscopic world they will use their own fingerprint to create an organism based on them.
SupplementGrade4-5Laboratory.pdf (4014 kB)
"Amoebas" slidedeck
6-8LessonPlan-Laboratory.pdf (134 kB)
Students will use the medium of metallic sharpie and pen, reminiscent of the forensic powder, to create narratives, following the shape, pattern, and design of a fingerprint. Students will also make aesthetic inferences regarding problem-‐solving and appropriate arrangement of the narrative.
9-12LessonPlan-Laboratory.pdf (133 kB)
Students will develop a 2D work that explores the idea of personal expression, individuality, identity, and the sense of touch. The content of this portrait is to be based off of a black a white photo that each student will individually select and/or edit. Students will use the medium of ink to create their portraits using their fingerprints, and will make aesthetic inferences regarding problem-‐solving and appropriate representation of values.
SupplementGrade6-12Laboratory.pdf (9624 kB)
"Art Laboratory" slidedeck
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