3rd Grade Lesson Plan: Brain Machines!

Brain Machines

Students will illustrate their personal “Brain Machines,” learn about silhouettes, and draw with markers.

Grade Level: 3^rd-4^th grade

Time: 2 class periods

  

Key Artistic Concepts:

Play, line, shape, overlap, exploration.

Lesson Objective(s):

Students will trace their silhouettes onto a sheet of paper. Students will then cut out and glue the silhouettes onto a larger sheet of paper and fill the head with their “Brain Machine” thoughts, ideas, creations, and parts.

Assessment:

Students will be assessed on the following: complexity of drawings and detail work in Brain Machine

Key artwork/artist/artifact: teacher’s sample, google image search “brain machine”

Detailed Instructional Plan:

DAY 1: Students should be reminded of classroom expectations.

Lesson objective(s) for the day: Students will trace each other’s silhouettes (or the teacher will trace the students) onto large construction paper. Students will then cut out their silhouettes and glue them onto larger paper. After gluing, students will view a presentation of Brain Machine images and begin to think of ideas for their own brain machines.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions:

Knowledge: (cognitive) shadow, outline, imagination

Skills: (psychomotor) tracing (drawing), using scissors, drawing

Instructional Strategies/Activities:

1. Tracing peers

2. Activity 1: cutting out silhouette created during class

3. Activity 2: gluing silhouette onto larger paper

4. beginning to gather ideas for what goes in their Brain Machines

 (What does my brain machine think about?)

Steps:

            1. form orderly line(s)

            2. tack paper to cork wall or tape to board – line up students so the top 

half of their body is all that shows up on the paper.

            3. trace outline of other person

            4. return to seat after your silhouette is done. Cut outline of silhouette

            5. glue silhouette onto larger sheet of paper. Write name on back of paper.

            6. begin writing/sketching ideas for Brain machine components

MODEL TRACING PROCESS EXTENSIVELY.

 Reinforce low voice level while working. Reinforce raising hand.

Detailed Instructional Plan:

DAY 2: Students should be reminded of classroom expectations.

Lesson objective(s) for the day: Students will begin to draw out their ideas and components of their Brain Machines using fine line markers and/or pencil

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions:

Knowledge: (cognitive) line, pattern, details, connections

Skills: (psychomotor) drawing, writing

Instructional Strategies/Activities:

1. Presentation of Brain Machine art/images and/or walkabout critique

2. Activity 1: continue to come up with ideas for brain machine

Components

3. Activity 2: Share teacher’s sample with students – discuss different components and details in drawing

4. Activity 3: draw with fine line markers – use detail, overlap, lines,

patterns – LOTS of information. Think about everything your brain does!

5. walkabout critique and discussion of completed work

           

Teach students to turn their marker tip while they draw to create different quality of line and line thicknesses. Reinforce low voice level while working. Reinforce raising hand.

Art Materials List:

18 x9 Construction paper (white)

18 x9 Construction paper (color of choice)

Scissors

Glue sticks

Markers

Pencil

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