Solar System Collage
Learn about the solar system and create a collage of the planets and the sun and moon.
Resources
- Lined paper
- Pencils
- 3 Cans of white foam shaving cream
- Plastic knives,
- 6 or 7 cookie sheet trays
- Paper towels
- Various colors of food coloring or liquid watercolor paint
- Toothpicks
- White drawing paper 9×12
- 12×18 black construction paper
- White tempera paint
- Bristly paintbrushes or old toothbrushes
- Scissors
- Glue sticks
- Black oil pastels
- Circle templates to trace
- Newspaper
- Solar System by Melvin and Gilda Berger
Fine Art Standards
The students use the characteristics of line to create artworks. The students use geometric shapes and forms in artworks. The students use the strategy of blocking-in to get correct proportion and placement of subject matter. The students create depth by overlapping shapes. The students create the illusion of 3-D form by using shading techniques.
Integrated Standards
LANGUAGE OBJECTIVES Students will apply strategies to comprehend text. The students will cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly, as well as inferences drawn from the text.
SCIENCE OBJECTIVES Students will understand the relationship and attributes of objects in the solar system.
SCIENCE OBJECTIVES Students will understand the relationship and attributes of objects in the solar system.
Objectives
The objective of this lesson is to teach the students how to create a collage of the solar system which depicts the textures of the planets as seen in space. It also teaches them to create the illusion of depth in their work on a flat surface through shading.