Animal Zoom

TITLE: ANIMAL ZOOM

Author: Zachary Baggett

Year: 2017

Artform: Visual Art Grade: 2 and 3

Duration: 45 Min session x 2

OVERVIEW

Learners will explore the attribute and adaptations of animals in their habitats.

SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES

Black construction Paper for background

Oil Pastels or Specialized Construction Paper Crayons

Masking Tape

Zoomed in Images of Animal Eyes

Projector

Document Camera

2ND GRADE FINE ART STANDARDS

Standard 2.Visual. Present. 2: Distinguish between different materials or artistic techniques for preparing artwork for presentation.

2ND GRADE INTEGRATED STANDARDS

Science: Standard 4: Objective 1 Tell how external features affect an animals ability to survive in its environment.

3RD GRADE FINE ART STANDARDS

Standard 3.V.CO.1: Develop a work of art based on observations of surroundings. Standard 3.V.CR.5: Elaborate visual information by adding details in an artwork to enhance meaning.

3RD GRADE INTEGRATED STANDARDS

Standard 2 Students will understand that organisms depend on living and nonliving things within their environment. lesson a: Identify characteristics of living things

OBJECTIVES

Learners will identify attributes of an animal and compare how those

attributes assist it in its environment.

Learners will discover new ways of looking at recognizable objects by

changing perspective to an extreme close up.

TEACHING AND TIMELINE

INTRODUCTION 10 Min

Display images (prepared prior to lesson) either on google image search or collected images of wild animal eyes. Try searching Wild Animal Eye Zoom. Play a game with the students to see if they can identify an animal based only on it's eyes and surrounding skin/fur/scales etc. Lead them in the game to look for attributes like eye shape, color, skin pattern etc.

DEMONSTRATION 10 Min

Trace around a roll of masking tape as a stencil to create a circle on the black paper centered on the page. Use a document camera to demonstrate. Assist students by circulating the room. Advise students to select one animal eye to focus on. Use document camera and show students exactly which eye you are focusing on for demonstration. Inside the circle draw the shape seen for the pupil. Circulate room and help students do the same. Show students to select the color of the iris for their animal and fill it in, trying to get texture as seen in reference photo. Help students do the same. Continue this process, working outward and having students repeat the last step. Demonstrate doing several types of skin patterns around the eye, like the shapes on tiger stripes, or the spots of a jaguar.

WORK PERIOD 30 Min

Intermixed with demonstration section

CLOSURE/SUMMARY

Clean up materials.

INTEGRATION INFORMATION

Animal adaptations and attributes. Emphasize variety in animal eyes. Emphasize focusing on one spot, line or color at a time. Demonstrate this on document camera.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

How do familiar things appear different with new perspectives? How can I depict detail?

DIFFERENTIATION Several teaching strategies are used including: 1. Visual Presentation 2. Oral Lecture 3. Visual demonstration with "think aloud" processes 4. Individualized instruction 5. Tactile project creation

VOCABULARY

Pupil

Iris

Eye Lid

Camouflage texture environment

Interaction

Living

Nonliving

Organism

Survive

Observe

Terrarium