Sculpting robots and aliens in 4th 5th grade

All of the groups have been using polymer clay to create creations this month. This group was by far the most adventurous of using all of the supplies. We have a collection of aliens and robots that just barely fit into the carrying boxes. It has been a lot of fun to use some of the metal fence and I pick up at the hardware store in order to create these. 

Art in the classroom again--alien names & plant cells

  The kindergarten started the day trying to find alien space creature names in their names. this was a conceptually advanced project that really had problems getting off the ground. They had to fold the paper, then outline their names in chalk to transfer and retrace their names. They had fun, drew lots of pictures but really had a tough time with this one. Some great creatures did appear in the end. 


The 3rd grade created a plant cell with a legend on the lids from plastic produce boxes. They got to chose which items to use for which of the portions of the cell and really did a great job!
Next time we'll create posters of the life cycles of various creatures and plants.