Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Summer Bucket List

Summer Bucket List

Have students watch this short video about a young boy who will go blind.  He has a bucket list of things he wants to do before he goes blind.  The video shows one of them.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/02/health/blind-child-bucket-list/

Here is another video:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/05/01/blind-wish-list-dallas-texas/8554135/

Students will draw a bucket and draw inside of it things they would like to do this summer.







Monday, June 2, 2014

Bubbles

K-2 Lesson on how to draw a bubble!

Intro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGTsBKXlCI4&list=PL_1xSV7crFiWMvdekjacGYmGSS2wplV1M&index=22


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryGMG06sd38&index=23&list=PL_1xSV7crFiWMvdekjacGYmGSS2wplV1M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdCiybJeP2w&index=24&list=PL_1xSV7crFiWMvdekjacGYmGSS2wplV1M

Watch bubble videos:
http://vimeo.com/55151810


Bubbles from baris parildar on Vimeo.

http://vimeo.com/21510156

Bubbles from gabriela zapata on Vimeo.


Blow some bubble for the class.  Ask students to observe the properties of the bubbles.  Tell them to look for the shine spots.

Demonstrate how to create the bubble drawing.

Have students trace various circles with white crayons and add the shine spots.
Have them add color with oil pastels.