Visual+Arts

=**Visual Arts**=

Using the following format, please add your PBL content.
 * 1) **Title:** In **BOLD**, please put the name of your project.
 * 2) **Name:** Please add your name.
 * 3) **Subject/Course:** Please provide the subject(s) covered.
 * 4) **Driving/Essential Question:** Please provide the project's essential question.
 * 5) **Objectives:** Please **bullet** 3-5 objectives of the project.
 * 6) **Planning Documents:** Using the "file" button in the tool bar above, after completing each of the items (1-5 AND 1-3), attach your planning documents to the wiki.
 * 7) **Example of Student Work:** Optional but desired. If you have a sample of student work, please add the file.


 * Reflective Questions:** For the project, please answer the following three reflective questions based on what you learned when completing the projects with your students.
 * 1) What went well with project?
 * 2) What did not go well?
 * 3) What will I change next time?


 * PLEASE LEAVE THE ABOVE FORMAT GUIDELINES AND ADD YOUR TWO PROJECTS BELOW USING THE FORMAT OUTLINED ABOVE.**

= **Chemistry of the Pinhole** =
 * Kip Kuhn & Russ Hopkins**
 * Chemistry and Photography**
 * Essential Question:** How can you create a surreal image without using a lens?
 * Objectives:**
 * Understand pinhole camera design
 * Produce a working pinhole camera
 * Develop prints from a pinhole camera
 * Understand positive image
 * Understand the chemistry of development process
 * Understand how light, photons, and wavelength are related to pinhole photography


 * Reflective Questions:** For the project, please answer the following three reflective questions based on what you learned when completing the projects with your students.
 * 1) What went well with project? Students had a hands on approach to a tangible and useful out come, Photographs.
 * 2) What did not go well? Students may have benefited from having a standard set of materials to start with as often time the final construction of the camera is not always successful
 * 3) What will I change next time? Provide students with a standard set of starting materials allowing for common ground for trouble shooting. Photographs should as a whole be more consistant and productive


 * The Egg Project**
 * Russ Hopkins**
 * Image making**
 * Essential Question:** How can a house hold egg be transformed into a object of art using photography?
 * Objectives:**
 * Understand darkroom techniques.
 * Incorporate the "egg" into your project as a major component.
 * Understand SLR camera usage.
 * Understand and demonstart craftsmanship worthy of a final project


 * Reflective Questions:**
 * 1) What went well with your project? Students did an excellent job thinking out side of the box and having a truly artistic experience with little permitters.
 * 2) What did not go well with your project? Some students had little experience with materials such as cutting, gluing, assembling.
 * 3) What will change next year? Tie in the construction process in pin hole camera construction with materials related to this project.

Linda Budd
Objectives: students practice some of the 21st century skills in working together to build a public artwork:
 * Drawing and Painting**
 * Essential Question:** How can a mural be created by sixteen students in a way that will result in a unified artwork?
 * critical thinking
 * collaboration
 * leadership
 * adaptability
 * initiative
 * assessing and analyzing
 * imagination
 * Reflective Questions:**
 * Reflective Questions:**

While in progress no leader was necessary! Students did not have to be asked to work on the mural, and imagination ran rampant. Students will have to decide how to unify the quality before starting the painting.
 * 1. What went well?** Students discussed the possibilities with the theme and gathered resources. Deciding on a format for collaborating followed.
 * 2. What did not go well?** The quality varied a great deal from area to area causing some to want to touch up others' work. This caused tension.
 * 3. What will I change?** Changes depend on choices the students make in organizing the effort and developing a theme. Quality control will change.

**Ceramics** **Essential Question:** Using the basic handbuilding skills learned what is the best way to create a multi pieced functional lantern?
 * Lanterns **
 * Laura Prenot **


 * Objectives: **
 * Create a functional lantern
 * Use handbuilding skills previously learned
 * Make project unique

**Reflective Questions:** For the project, please answer the following three reflective questions based on what you learned when completing the projects with your students.
 * 1) What went well with project? Students had more freedom of expression using the techniques already used.
 * 2) What did not go well? Time. Was very hard to complete before the end of the semester.
 * 3) What will I change next time? Provide students with a rubric specific to expectations of time, participation, and final project.

**Ceramics** **Essential Questions:** How does an artist prepare for and take part in a gallery show? How can I make a functional object personal?
 * Personalizing the Functional Object **
 * Laura Prenot **


 * Objectives: **
 * Explore individual creative potential
 * Develop and expand ideas within a theme
 * Go through the artistic process of preparing for a gallery show
 * Create a set of personalized objects that go together in a theme and are technically functional.

**Reflective Questions:** For the project, please answer the following three reflective questions based on what you learned when completing the projects with your students.
 * 1) What went well with project? Students produced very personal and unique functional objects. Gallery show went well. Both students and WA peers were impressed and gave positive feedback.
 * 2) What did not go well? Too much time, some students needed more direction than others, very hard to do with such a wide array of skills (some never used clay before, and some have been using it for years)
 * 3) What will I change next time? Do this project with a specific skill level (not mixed). Have checkpoints set up along way. Less time.



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