Tissue paper, recycled plastic bottles, Sharpies and glitter come together with the amazing creativity of the GT students for Chihuly inspired Ikebana vases.
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The Hot Shop field trip was, according to Louis: "An amazing field trip - the best in the last few years!" Amelia stated it was "very satisfying watching them going through the process." Savannah shared it was "the best field trip I have EVER been on!
I agree! The Hot Shop was a blast! The students were impressed with Athan's skill with molten glass and fire. The fused glass project was a wonderful way to end the demo on glass.
Chihuly inspired Ikebana drawings/paintings and the beginnings of our woven cylinders. www.chihuly.com/work/cylinders Wow-what an adventure! I don't know about the kiddos but I was worn out just watching :)
Hi All! For the next few weeks we will be exploring the mind boggling world of Op Art and optical illusions. Students will research the op art movement and two of its most notable artists; they will create optical illusions and research how they work. Enjoy the brain tickle! On Tuesday, September 12 in the classroom we learned about M.C. Escher and recreated his art style of tessellations. We learned some tough Mystery Emoji fractions but our students are smart so we used teamwork and solved them together. We did Visual Literacy and put our minds to the test. It was quite an interesting but fun Tuesday in 6th grade GEP.
Savannah Today at GEP (Gifted Educational Program) we did drawings of tessellation and we learned about M.C Escher. M.C. Esher was the person who inspired us to do tessellation.
We also did some mystery fractions and thought we found a mistake but we almost instantly found that it was actually possible. Ruby and Blake Good Morning!
Well, its been a while since I've used this site to share all the news and happenings in my classroom! If you want to see what was going on several years ago at Fairhope Intermediate in the fourth and sixth grade Gifted class scroll down or up. I'm glad I found this site again and I will use it as in the past, so starting next week, each day I'll have two students post GT news and commentaries about what we are learning and how. Please try to view their postings and comment so they get authentic feedback. Okay, first I must apologize for not posting in many weeks, but it really has been a crazy December, and January is looking even more so:) Anyway, the students and I have been enjoying our trips out to the garden, when weather permits, and the addition of Breakout Boxes and the Genius Hour to our day. Below are some pictures from lessons on the Brain - Mazes, Team Building - The Barter Puzzle and the Breakout the S.M.P. I will send more info on the Genius Hour projects next week. Heads up - an overnight field trip to the Exploreum is planned for May 5th(6:00pm) - May 6th (7:00am), Each student will need a parent chaperone and transportation to and from the museum. We took this trip last year and it was a hit! We will view the Imax movie "Africa" and participate in hands-on physics and/or engineering lessons, as well as enjoy access to the permanent exhibits. Look for an information email coming your way soon!
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