Details
Pages
80 Pages
Subject
Visual Arts, Math, Science
Languages
English
Grade
4th, 5th, 6th
Resource Type
Activities, Projects, Research
Product
Digital
Description
The S.T.E.A.M. based activities in this product, which were inspired by the book Zane and the Hurricane, concentrate on the subjects of math, science, engineering, and the arts. Students will discover the relationship between the Fibonacci series and fractal spirals as well as their existence in nature. Students will also plot fractal spirals, write a myth, tall tale, or comic to describe a natural occurrence, and make an artistic cube with pictures of natural objects that follow the Fibonacci number sequence (hurricanes, flowers, pine cones, shells, etc.).
Additionally, students will have the opportunity to learn about artists who incorporate debris from natural disasters into their artwork and then use recycled or discarded materials to make their own masterpiece. Students will also conduct research on a chosen natural disaster's effects and use art to communicate what they discover and its impact on people, the environment, and other living things.
Students will make connections between ideas like the golden ratio, fractal spirals, the Fibonacci number sequence, and Pi as they build a Pi skyline. They will design and build a mock levee, a hurricane-resistant building, and an anemometer to gauge wind speeds.
⭐️This resource includes:⭐️
Let's Build a Levee
◾ Teacher's Guide (3 pages): includes a list of suggested materials and step-by-step instructions.
◾ Play money (6 pages): color and B&W
◾ Student Handouts (4 pages)
Measure the Wind
◾ Teacher's Guide (3 pages): includes a list of suggested materials and step-by-step instructions.
◾ ½ inch graph paper
◾ Student Handouts (5 pages)
Tough Towers
◾ Teacher's Guide (1 page): includes a list of suggested materials and instructions.
◾ Student Handouts (3 pages)
Finding the Fibonacci Number Sequence and the Golden Spiral in Nature
◾ Teacher's Guide (3 pages): includes a list of suggested books, websites, videos, materials, and instructions for 3 differentiated activities.
◾ Cube Template
◾ Cube Example
◾ Fibonacci Sequence & Fractural Spirals in Nature - Information Guide (4 pages)
◾ Pictures of Things Found in Nature with Fractal Spirals (3 pages)
◾ Student Handout: "Fibonacci Sequence & Fractal Spirals" (3 pages)
◾ Answer Key: "Fibonacci Sequence & Fractal Spirals" (3 pages)
◾ Tall Tale: Brainstorm
◾ Tall Tale: Story Board Draft (2 pages)
◾ Tall Tale: Final Draft (3 pages)
◾ Myth: Planning Sheet (1 page)
◾ Myth: Final Draft (2 pages)
◾ Comic Storyboard (4 pages)
Pi Skylines
◾ Teacher's Guide (2 pages): includes a list of suggested videos, websites, materials, instructions, and student examples.
◾ Pi Handout
◾ ½ inch graph paper
◾ ¼ inch graph paper
◾ 5mm graph paper
Trash Art
◾ Teacher's Guide (1 page): includes a list of suggested videos, materials, and instructions.
◾ Examples of Art Made from Natural Disaster Debris (2 pages)
◾ Student Handout "Trash Art Ideas" (1 page)
◾
Natural Disaster Research Project
◾ Teacher's Guide (3 pages): includes a list of suggested websites, videos, books, reading passages, extension articles, materials, and step-by-step instructions.
◾ Art Inspired by Disaster
◾ Student Examples
◾ Fact File Student Handout
◾ Fact File Example (Tornadoes)
◾ Informational Essay Planning Sheet (3 pages)
◾ Informational Essay Final Draft (2 pages)
Additionally, students will have the opportunity to learn about artists who incorporate debris from natural disasters into their artwork and then use recycled or discarded materials to make their own masterpiece. Students will also conduct research on a chosen natural disaster's effects and use art to communicate what they discover and its impact on people, the environment, and other living things.
Students will make connections between ideas like the golden ratio, fractal spirals, the Fibonacci number sequence, and Pi as they build a Pi skyline. They will design and build a mock levee, a hurricane-resistant building, and an anemometer to gauge wind speeds.
⭐️This resource includes:⭐️
Let's Build a Levee
◾ Teacher's Guide (3 pages): includes a list of suggested materials and step-by-step instructions.
◾ Play money (6 pages): color and B&W
◾ Student Handouts (4 pages)
Measure the Wind
◾ Teacher's Guide (3 pages): includes a list of suggested materials and step-by-step instructions.
◾ ½ inch graph paper
◾ Student Handouts (5 pages)
Tough Towers
◾ Teacher's Guide (1 page): includes a list of suggested materials and instructions.
◾ Student Handouts (3 pages)
Finding the Fibonacci Number Sequence and the Golden Spiral in Nature
◾ Teacher's Guide (3 pages): includes a list of suggested books, websites, videos, materials, and instructions for 3 differentiated activities.
◾ Cube Template
◾ Cube Example
◾ Fibonacci Sequence & Fractural Spirals in Nature - Information Guide (4 pages)
◾ Pictures of Things Found in Nature with Fractal Spirals (3 pages)
◾ Student Handout: "Fibonacci Sequence & Fractal Spirals" (3 pages)
◾ Answer Key: "Fibonacci Sequence & Fractal Spirals" (3 pages)
◾ Tall Tale: Brainstorm
◾ Tall Tale: Story Board Draft (2 pages)
◾ Tall Tale: Final Draft (3 pages)
◾ Myth: Planning Sheet (1 page)
◾ Myth: Final Draft (2 pages)
◾ Comic Storyboard (4 pages)
Pi Skylines
◾ Teacher's Guide (2 pages): includes a list of suggested videos, websites, materials, instructions, and student examples.
◾ Pi Handout
◾ ½ inch graph paper
◾ ¼ inch graph paper
◾ 5mm graph paper
Trash Art
◾ Teacher's Guide (1 page): includes a list of suggested videos, materials, and instructions.
◾ Examples of Art Made from Natural Disaster Debris (2 pages)
◾ Student Handout "Trash Art Ideas" (1 page)
◾
Natural Disaster Research Project
◾ Teacher's Guide (3 pages): includes a list of suggested websites, videos, books, reading passages, extension articles, materials, and step-by-step instructions.
◾ Art Inspired by Disaster
◾ Student Examples
◾ Fact File Student Handout
◾ Fact File Example (Tornadoes)
◾ Informational Essay Planning Sheet (3 pages)
◾ Informational Essay Final Draft (2 pages)
The S.T.E.A.M. based activities in this product, which were inspired by the book Zane and the Hurricane, concentrate on the subjects of math, science, engineering, and the arts. Students will discover the relationship between the Fibonacci series and fractal spirals... more
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