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Students will observe, analyze, and discuss nests in nature. Students will research basket weaving techniques. Students will set mindful intentions and create personally meaningful nests to hold symbolic clay objects by experimenting with fibers, wire, and natural materials.
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Students will observe, analyze, and discuss the purpose and construction of various nests in nature.
Students will research traditional and contemporary basket weaving techniques.
Students will redesign a natural nest in response to mindfulness practices, integrating personal intentions and goals.
Teaching Strategies
- Present various nests from nature and facilitate a discussion about their purpose, structure, and construction.
- Prompt students to research, examine and modify traditional and contemporary basket weaving techniques.
- Facilitate a mindfulness exercise to brainstorm, sketch, write and construct personal goals on paper and in clay.
- Assist students in describing their personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and their art.
National Standards
Create
Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
VA:Cr2.1.IIIaRedesign an object, system, place, or design in response to contemporary issues.
VA:Cr2.3.IIaTime Requirements
Teacher Prep Time
40 minutes
Demonstration Time
20 minutes
Student Studio Time
5 hours
Supplies and Materials
- Drawing paper and media of choice (pencils, pens, markers)
- Books/websites
- Needle-nose pliers, wire cutters, sewing needles
- Scissors
- Fibers (natural and synthetic) and wires
- Papers (patterned, colored, newspapers, books, magazines)
- Clay and paint or glaze
- Natural materials (twigs, leaves, grasses, feathers, fur)
National Standards
Create
Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
VA:Cr2.1.IIIaRedesign an object, system, place, or design in response to contemporary issues.
VA:Cr2.3.IIa
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Observe, Analyze, and Discuss Nests in Nature
Observe, analyze, and discuss the purpose and construction of various nests in nature.
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