Nature Collage

AN ELEMENTARY ART LESSON BY MCKENNA SCHLEY

CENTRAL FOCUS:
THE STUDENTS WILL CREATE A COLLAGE
WITH NATURE OBJECTS TO DEVELOP AN
UNDERSTANDING OF AESTHETICS TO
FOSTERING A DEEPER APPRECIATION FOR
THE BEAUTY FOUND IN THE WORLD
AROUND THEM.

STANDARDS:
VA:RE.7.1.KA- IDENTIFY USES OF ART
WITHIN ONE’S PERSONAL ENVIRONMENT.
VA:RE8.1.3A - INTERPRET ART BY
ANALYZING USE OF MEDIA TO CREATE
SUBJECT MATTER, CHARACTERISTICS OF
FORM, AND MOOD.
VA:CR1.1.1A- ENGAGE COLLABORATIVELY
IN EXPLORATION AND IMAGINATIVE PLAY
WITH MATERIALS.
OBJECTIVES:
STUDENTS WILL CREATE A NATURE
COLLAGE WITH NATURAL OBJECTS
THEY FIND IN NATURE.
STUDENTS WILL LEARN ABOUT
AESTHETICS WHEN OBSERVING
OBJECTS AND DECIDING THE LAYOUT.
STUDENTS WILL EXPLORE AND
DISCUSS THE BEAUTY IN NATURE.

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURE:
BEGIN BY EXPLAINING THAT AESTHETICS IS WHAT MAKES THINGS BEAUTIFUL OR PLEASING TO
US. IT'S LIKE HAVING A SPECIAL WAY OF THINKING THAT HELPS US APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY
IN ART, NATURE, AND THE WORLD AROUND US."
TAKE THE STUDENTS ON A BRIEF NATURE WALK AROUND THE SCHOOL GROUNDS. ENCOURAGE
THEM TO OBSERVE THE VARIOUS NATURAL ELEMENTS.ASK THEM TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE
DIFFERENT SHAPES, TEXTURES, COLORS, AND PATTERNS THEY ENCOUNTER.
ALLOW STUDENTS TO COLLECT A FEW NATURAL OBJECTS THAT THEY FIND INTERESTING
DURING THE NATURE WALK.
INSTRUCT STUDENTS TO ARRANGE AND GLUE THEIR COLLECTED NATURAL OBJECTS ONTO
CARDBOARD TO CREATE A NATURE COLLAGE.
REVIEW, DISCUSS BEAUTY IN NATURE, AND GO OVER THE BIG AESTHETIC QUESTIONS.

BIG AESTHETIC QUESTIONS: ASSESSMENT:

WHERE DO YOU SEE BEAUTY IN THE
WORLD AROUND YOU?
HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU LOOK
AT SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL?
HOW CAN WE TAKE OBJECTS FROM
NATURE AND CREATE A BEAUTIFUL
WORK OF ART?
GRADE BASED ON STUDENT
PARTICIPATION DURING THE NATURE
WALK AND REFLECTION.
GRADE STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING
AND APPLICATION OF AESTHETICS
THROUGH OBSERVATION OF THEIR
NATURE COLLAGES.