Mindful Nests

Lesson Plan

Description

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.

Level

Areas of Study

Nature Fibers Mixed Media Sculpture Form Texture

Collections

Inspired by Mindfulness

Lesson Objectives

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.

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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.

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National Standards

Create

Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.

Redesign an object, system, place, or design in response to contemporary issues.

VA:Cr2.3.IIa

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Time 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.

Redesign an object, system, place, or design in response to contemporary issues.

VA:Cr2.3.IIa

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Steps

Observe, Analyze, and Discuss Nests in Nature

Observe, analyze, and discuss the purpose and construction of various nests in nature.

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Instructional Materials

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Weaving Vocabulary

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Assessment

Mindfulness Reflection

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