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Creative Sustainability - Picturing Plants
Lesson3 of 6 in this unit
PrimaryYear 3 - 4The ArtsVisual ArtsEnvironmentalSustainability
Lesson Summary
Students explore the plants in the school yard, focusing on leaf variation. They begin by creating a word cloud of terms relating to plants, and think about why we need plants. Students are then asked to observe a range of different plant materials (such as bark, twigs, seeds, etc.) and then focus specifically on leaves and the variety of leaf veins (venation). They will then participate in an observational drawing activity to represent a range of different types of leaves, and finally will share their favourite drawing with the class.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand that there are a great variety of plants and leaves
- understand why plants are important
- practice and develop observational drawing skills and are able to select the techniques that are best suited to different subjects
Success criteria
Students can:
- name the parts of a plant
- describe what leaf venation is
- give a reason for why plants are important
- use a range of colour pencil or pen drawing and colouring techniques
- use the observation technique to draw a picture of a plant
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