Students will be able to:
- Work independently and self-regulate;
- Create personal responses to the activity materials;
- Share their ideas with peers;
- Demonstarte a sense of accomplishment.
Use lots of different colours to colour on several coffee filters. Create lots of different patterns and designs. Explore a variety of ways to add colours, such as using only primary colours on a filter, or using only non-primary colours on a different filter.
Scrunch the coloured coffee filters into balls. Place them onto a washable surface, such as a plastic tablecloth or garbage bag. Spray the coffee filters about 3 times. Turn the coffee filters over after the first spray to make sure the whole filter gets wet.
Gently open each coffee filter and lay it flat to dry. Notice what is happening with the colours.
- What kinds of patterns do you see?
- What happened with the primary colours?
- What happened with the other colours?
Allow the coffee filters to dry overnight.
Cut the coffee filters into 4 quarters.
Place your wooden frame on the table.
Choose one of the coffee filter quarters. Pinch the centre and glue the pinched part onto the frame.
Continue gluing the coloured quarters all the way around the frame.
Make sure you fill the entire frame with coloured quarters. You shouldn’t see any wood once you have finished.
Practice writing a caption about your picture on a scrap of paper. Then glue your picture onto the card stock paper, and write the caption below it.
Glue the picture to the back of the frame.
Students will be able to: