Week Six

This week students traveled to the Amazon Rainforest. The focus was on the various textures of the rainforest and how students can incorporate these into their artwork. Using recycled materials, students learned about the process of making paper and were able to make their own paper as well. Students also learned about the 4 layers of the Rainforest and the animals and plant-life found there, and applied this idea of layers in the paper making activity, by adding natural materials into their finished paper. In addition to paper making, students were able to work at various centers to create a collaborative rainforest habitat by using a combination of natural and synthetic materials. 

Using clay, students also created clay animals forms that could be found in the rainforest.We will also continue an exploration of sound by having an area where students may listen, explore and drawing to the sounds of the rainforest.