Friday, April 27, 2012

Grade 6 - European explorer linked art

Compass
This is a great project that I did with my grade 6 students. We are currently studying European explorers, and the technology that they used when navigating. We studied the compass, the sextant, the hourglass, and the astrolabe. Students did research about a technology piece of their choice, and then they made elaborate drawings of their chosen technology piece! Some did their drawings on paper then glued them onto the map, while others just drew right onto the map pieces. I burned the edges at home - the smell made me feel ill, but the results are so beautiful! They used gold paint and watercolor to finish off their paintings. What a phenomenal piece of work!

Astrolabe
Sextant
Unfinished compass (needs to be painted!)
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5 comments:

  1. MargauritaApril 28, 2012 at 8:40 PM

    I love these, especially those directly on the map pieces. I'd really like to try making compasses in clay. This project reminded me of that. Keep up the awesome work!

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  2. MissApril 29, 2012 at 2:19 PM

    These are cool and a great link to Social Studies/History. Where did you get the map paper from?

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    1. UnknownDecember 11, 2012 at 10:11 AM

      I just saw this!I just ripped up an old atlas.

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  3. AnonymousMay 5, 2015 at 11:54 AM

    Such a simple but very effective idea! I would love to try this out with my children!

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  4. benNovember 16, 2018 at 4:45 AM

    Well written.
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