Art of Shapes

Students will become immersed in the beautiful and mathematical world of shapes by exploring an art gallery, completing various challenges with 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes, and creating their own artwork with various paper shapes.

Student Challenge:

Explore shapes found in nature and in the human-designed world, specifically in art. Through a series of explorations, make mathematical and artistic connections to how shapes can be used in telling stories, leading to creating personal shape artwork.

Learning Outcomes:

• Make observations of the natural and human-designed world to determine patterns of where specific shapes are found or used. 
• Obtain and communicate information about how shapes are used to express artistic ideas.

Art + Math Connections:

Fine Arts Standards – Visual Arts Anchor 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work

Common Core Math Content – Geometry: Reason with shapes and their attributes

Common Core Math Practice – MP7: Look for and make use of structure

Cross-Curricular Connections:

• NGSS – Science & Engineering Practices (SEP): Obtaining, Evaluating and Communicating Information; Crosscutting Concepts (CCC): Patterns 
• Social Emotional Learning – 2A: Recognize the feelings and perspectives of others / 2C: Use communication and social skills to interact effectively with others

Materials:

DCM Educators will bring out a Shape Art Gallery, featuring large-scale art pieces from a variety of diverse artists. Additionally, each student will receive materials to create their own shape artwork.