Not So Simple . . . Simple Machines

Inventions to Make the World a Better Place

 

Art Lesson Outline:

Materials: 


12”x18 White Drawing Paper

Pencils

Sharpie/Permanent Black

Circle Tracers

Rulers

Images of Simple Machines

Oil Pastel

Black Watercolor

Art Integration with Curricular Study of Simple Machines, Writing/Creative Expression, Technology, Social/Emotional development.

Art Historical Images: - Film Still Image “Modern Times” 1936, Charlie Chaplin Leonardo da Vinci Simple Machines Contemporary Art Resources (the kids LOVE these): Sculptor Pete Beeman Reuben Margolin Studio Procedure: Use circle tracers to create a circle on 12”x12” white paper. (square paper works best for podcasting viewing) Add “teeth” by creating a “square zag” around the edge of the circle - erase pencil marks where necessary. Set up another circle tracer close to gear “teeth”. Follow same procedure. To show the negative space of a gear, trace a smaller circle inside a gear. Now create a tiny circle in the center. Then create negative space by connecting the new circles together in several places. Add levers, pulleys, bolts, metal pieces. Outline pencil marks with Sharpie. Choose a color scheme. Fill positive shapes with Oil Pastel Use intense black watercolor to fill in negative space. See additional studio outcomes here.   Podcasting: (this was a HUGE motivator for the artwork and writing quality) An enhanced podcast includes audio AND a visual. See examples below: More Podcasting examples here General resources for Podcasting: Education Podcast Network Create a Podcast in Google Apps Make a Podcast Hosting and Listing Podcasts on iTunes Learning in Hand VoiceThread Producing a Podcast Resources for Podcasting on a Mac: *If you’re on a Mac, use Garageband, upload and publish it iweb (you can upload directly to the iTunes Podcast Store when you publish to iweb) Garageband Tutorials I created for my students (on YouTube) Podcasting for Education (GarageBand users) Student Garageband Directions.pdf Resources for Podcasting using a PC: Audacity Audio Editor Using Audacity for Podcasting Audacity Tip Sheet Soundation Aviary Audio Editor MYBYTES Audio Editor Contact: Theresa McGee tmcgee@d181.org Blog: The Teaching Palette School: Art Room Website Twitter: @theresamcgee http://www.lumas.com/verzeichnis/seite/713/charles_chaplin/1268/modern_times/1494/motiv/0/info/info.htmlhttp://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/six/six.htmlhttp://www.opb.org/programs/artbeat/segments/view/546http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dehXioMIKg0http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?exhibit=499415http://teachers.d181.org/%7Einventorpodcast/InventorPodcast/Monroe_4th_Grade_Art_Class_Podcast/Monroe_4th_Grade_Art_Class_Podcast.htmlhttp://epnweb.org/http://www.drezac.com/2010/03/google-apps-for-class-create-podcast-in.htmlhttp://howto.wired.com/wiki/Make_a_Podcast?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29http://www.soyouthinkyoucanpodcast.com/members/podcast/blog/VIEW/00000002/00000012/Your-Own-Podcast-Hosting-to-Listing-on-iTunes.htmlhttp://learninginhand.com/creating-podcasts/http://voicethread.com/#homehttp://langwitches.org/blog/2009/03/08/producing-a-podcast-2/http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF4923D3C7DC75C6Fhttp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/podcasting-for-education/id352216825?mt=8LessonPlan_files/Student%20Garageband%20Directions.pdfhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/http://www.assortedstuff.com/stuff/?p=82http://www.classroominthecloud.net/2010/03/audacity-tip-sheet-for-students.htmlhttp://www.soundation.com/studiohttp://aviary.com/tools/mynahttp://www.mybytes.com/index.htmlmailto:tmcgee@d181.orghttp://theteachingpalette.com/http://teachers.d181.org/~theresamcgee/theresamgcee/Home_Page.htmlhttps://twitter.com/theresamcgeeshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9shapeimage_2_link_10shapeimage_2_link_11shapeimage_2_link_12shapeimage_2_link_13shapeimage_2_link_14shapeimage_2_link_15shapeimage_2_link_16shapeimage_2_link_17shapeimage_2_link_18shapeimage_2_link_19shapeimage_2_link_20shapeimage_2_link_21shapeimage_2_link_22shapeimage_2_link_23shapeimage_2_link_24shapeimage_2_link_25

Creative Writing:

(Integrate with homeroom teacher if possible)


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Encourage students to use descriptive words to

“make the world a better place”

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