Right before break, the 1st graders finished their mixed media robots. These could possibly be the cutest robots you have ever seen!
To begin this lesson, we learned about present day robots and robots of the future. We looked at robot artwork and the students verbalized what they observed on the robots to get ideas for their own work. We then reviewed the difference between organic and geometric shapes. They were reminded that we often see geometric shapes on things that are man-made and organic shapes on things that are natural or from nature. They then watched and danced to a video about different kinds of geometric shapes. I then asked them to design a robot and be able to describe what it does. They were required to use different kinds of geometric shapes. I also asked them to come up with a name for their robot. They created these robots using aluminum foil tape, sharpies, and discarded items. They are pictured below...
To begin this lesson, we learned about present day robots and robots of the future. We looked at robot artwork and the students verbalized what they observed on the robots to get ideas for their own work. We then reviewed the difference between organic and geometric shapes. They were reminded that we often see geometric shapes on things that are man-made and organic shapes on things that are natural or from nature. They then watched and danced to a video about different kinds of geometric shapes. I then asked them to design a robot and be able to describe what it does. They were required to use different kinds of geometric shapes. I also asked them to come up with a name for their robot. They created these robots using aluminum foil tape, sharpies, and discarded items. They are pictured below...