Cassandra Said:

Hundertwasser - the Austrian painter, architect, ecologist. I'd love to hear your ideas for lesson plans?

We Answered:

He would be an excellent example artist for original use of materials.Your students would learn that only their imaginations limit them in what types of things can be used in the creation of art. Have lots of tin foil and gold leaf available to be used in conjunction with the paints.

Jay Said:

art museum and art - teachers i need help!?

We Answered:

O.K.
So there are basically four directions you can take with this:

1. You can get the students to collect information about the trip, themselves on the trip or things they saw on the trip and then graph it. (Statistics)

2. You can help them to identify or record patterns of shapes, sizes of shapes or colours within the architecture or artwork at the art museum. (Patterns) You could also use this information in your graphing.

3. You could have the students identify, recreate (through drawing or other means) or measure those shapes, sizes or distances between objects in the artwork or architecture within the museum. (Geometry) You can have them collect and use this information in their patterning and/or statistics

4. You could have the students record the information above using pictures, numbers and words and calculate answers using addition, subtraction, multiplication or division to answers questions like "How many _____ are there?" or "How much __________ did you find in the _______?" (Numbers)

Seeing that you're not a teacher yet, I'd probably recommend choosing to do Statistics and Measuring activities as they are fun and don't require a huge amount of background knowledge to get started successfully with students.

Google for lesson activities at the grade level(s) you need using keywords from the scenarios I've listed above. Look for activities that are easily moved outside of the classroom. Then take a trip to your museum to scope out what the possibilities are for this - which artwork, exhibits, parts of the building are you going to have your students focus upon. Then plan the activity around what's available there.

Remember to include in your plan what are the things you'll need to teach your students in the classroom before you take them on the field trip (e.g. names of shapes, how to graph using graphing paper etc.). Also include what types of activities you might want them to do after they return from the field trip (e.g. creating posters to show what they learned).

Also plan for the students to work in partners on this activity in groups of 6-8 supervised by a teacher, teacher's assistant and or volunteering parent. (This helps to keep everyone on task and to not get lost).

Hope that this helps!

Cindy Said:

FOR ART TEACHERS just a few questions for a project i have to do in school?

We Answered:

Yes to all of the above