Fossils
Many of the things we know about the past are a result of fossils. Students can choose what type of fossils they would like to make.
Resources
- Dry Wall/Sheet Rock
- Craft sticks
- Wood Skewers/Toothpicks
- Spray Bottles
- Tempera Paint
Fine Art Standards
- VA:CR1.1.4 Brainstorm multiple approaches to a creative art or design problem.
- VA:CR1.2.4 Collaboratively set goals and create artwork that is meaningful and has purpose to the makers.
- VA:CN11.1.4 Through observation, infer information about time, place, and culture in which a work of art was created.
Integrated Standards
- STANDARD 4: Students will understand how fossils are formed, where they may be found in Utah, and how they can be used to make inferences.
- OBJECTIVE 1a: Identify features of fossils that can be used to compare them to living organisms that are familiar (e.g., shape, size and structure of skeleton, patterns of leaves).
- OBJECTIVE 2: Explain how fossils can be used to make inferences about past life, climate, geology, and environments.
Objectives
- Consider the purpose of relief sculpture
- Identify bas, high, and sunken relief sculpture
- Investigate ideas of what is left behind