How Things Are Made

Lesson Plan

Description

Students will learn about the artist Theo Jansen and imagine how he created his kinetic sculptures. Students will experiment with color to create painted paper. Students will build skills using scissors, glue, and markers to create a collage of a real or imagined machine.

Level

Beginner

Areas of Study

Collage Tempera Mixed Media Color Shape Contemporary Art

Collections

Investigating My Everyday World

Lesson Objectives

Students will imagine how Theo Jansen creates kinetic sculptures and hypothesize about what materials are used.

Students will experiment with color mixing to collaboratively paint paper.

Students will build skills with scissors and glue to construct basic shapes using painted paper.

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Teaching Strategies

Facilitate a conversation about how Theo Jansen creates kinetic sculptures and what materials he used.
Facilitate brainstorming about a list of real or imagined machines.
Introduce basic secondary color mixing. Assist small groups of students to create painted paper sheets.
Demonstrate how to cut paper and use glue to affix shapes to a background.

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National Standards

Create

Through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to art-making.

VA:Cr2.1.Ka

Engage collaboratively in creative art-making in response to an artistic problem.

VA:Cr1.2.Ka

Through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to artmaking.

K.VA:Cr2.1

Engage collaboratively in creative artmaking in response to an artistic problem.

K.VA:Cr1.2

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Time Requirements

Teacher Prep Time

20 minutes

Demonstration Time

10 minutes

Student Studio Time

1 hour and 20 minutes

Supplies and Materials

12" x 18" white construction paper
Red, yellow, and blue liquid or cake tempera paint
Scissors
White glue or glue sticks
Washable markers

National Standards

Create

Through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to art-making.

VA:Cr2.1.Ka

Engage collaboratively in creative art-making in response to an artistic problem.

VA:Cr1.2.Ka

Through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to artmaking.

K.VA:Cr2.1

Engage collaboratively in creative artmaking in response to an artistic problem.

K.VA:Cr1.2

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Steps

Imagine and Brainstorm

Observe art by Theo Jansen. Imagine how the sculptures were made. Hypothesize what types of materials were used. Collaboratively brainstorm a list of real or imagined machines.

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