Activity 4: The Math Student as Artist: Pablo Picasso

Question
How are 3 dimensional geometric shapes different from 2 dimensional geometric
shapes?
Terminal Objective: Students
Enabling
Absorb Activity
objective
Students
Discussion
will
discuss 2
&3
dimension
al shapes

Students
will define
key
geometric
terms

Discussion

Students
will draw
2&3D
shapes
and
discuss
Cubism.

Discussion/Acti
vity

will differentiate between 2 & 3 dimensional shapes

Do Activity
Connect Activity
Instructor will show a
square and a cube. Aske
the students how they are
similar and how they are
different. Instructure will
show a rectangular box
and explain how to
measure length, width,
and depth (or long, high,
and wide). 3
measurements = 3
dimensions. How many
faces does a cube have? 6.
Instructor will show a
cube, sphere, cylinder, and
cone. Students will discuss
what flat or 2
dimensional shapes they
associate with the 3
dimensional shapes.
Using pencils and
paper the students will
practice drawing 3 D
shapes by converting flat
or 2 D shapes into 3 D
shapes.
While the students are
drawing the instructor will
talk about Pablo Picasso
and Cubism.
Picasso was one of
the first artists to
create Cubist art or
what we call
Cubism. What does

Connects prior lesson on

geometry.

Do activity serves as
connect.

Students
will create
an
original
work of
Cubist art.

Hands on
activity

the word Cubism

sound like to you?
What kind of art do
you imagine is
Cubist?
At first Picasso
studied a form of
Cubism called
Analytic Cubism. He
took apart objects
and "analyzed"
them in terms of
their shapes.
Then Picasso
started using
Crystal Cubism in
his art. He drew and
painted everyday
objects and figures
with many planes or
faces- like a cube or
a crystal.

Have the students draw

a multi-faceted shape like
a crystal.
Students will discuss parts
of a tree: bark, leaves and
fruit. Using a line drawing
of a tree the students will
add the parts of a tree
using the techniques they
learned earlier.

Do activity serves as
connect.