Geometric+and+Organic+Shapes

Grade Level: K – 12
 * Lesson: Geometric to Organic **


 * Goals and Objectives: **

Oregon State Standard: AR.08.CP.01 Select and combine essential elements and organizational principles to achieve a desired effect when creating, presenting, and/or performing works of art.

Objective 1: Students will be able to identify organic shapes from geometric shapes 90% of the time.

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 * Materials: **
 * Black paper
 * One other color of paper (I usually use random donated paper with no other purpose)
 * Pattern for geometric shapes (There is a printable version of this lesson with patterns attached below)
 * Glue (Glue sticks are preferred)
 * Scissors
 * Pencils
 * Examples of other student’s work



 Title: Robot Monster Ninja Farmer trying to feed pizza to a spiky necked potato man turtle jest.



<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Title: Prehistoric Crime


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Lesson Plan: **


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Discuss the difference between organic and geometric shapes with students by asking students questions so that they come up with a definition of their own. Here are some of the questions I like to ask students:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are the characteristics of an organic shape?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are the characteristics of a geometric shape?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is the difference between an organic and geometric shape?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Can anyone give me an example of a geometric shape?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Can anyone give me an example of an organic shape?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Have students cut out the geometric shapes and recycle the scraps.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Have students turn their geometric shapes into organic shapes by cutting them up. Once the shapes are cut students should put away their scissors.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Now here is the fun part. Explain to students that they will be making a composition using only their organic shapes and it must have a descriptive title written on the back. Show students a few examples and then give them time to work.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">When most students are finished with the project, give students the opportunity to present their artwork to the class. The presenting student should come to the front of the class and hold up his or her artwork for everyone to see. Then that student can either just read the title or allow the rest of the class to guess for a few minutes before reading the title.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Principles of Learning: **

__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Discovery Principle- __ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">This principle only tells learners a little bit of information at a time which allows for students to make their own discoveries. This principle is used in this lesson plan in the beginning when students are asked questions to help them develop a class definition for geometric and organic shapes.

__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Explicit Information On-Demand and Just-in-Time Principle- __ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Learners are given information as they need it and at a point when the information will be best understood and used. In this lesson, students learn about the final product one step at a time. This helps students feel capable instead of overwhelmed by the task at hand.

__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Amplification of Input Principle- __ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">This principle gives learners a lot of output for a little input. In this case, the students are asked to come up with a composition using their organic shapes. The students are not asked to put too much effort into the task and the final product is always really fun. In addition, students that are willing to share, also get the benefits of seeing the enjoyment their peers get from the artwork.