Sunday, July 5, 2009

Science and Art- It Really POPS!

I found this lesson a few years ago while I taught at an art summer camp. One of the supplies I ordered that summer was a color theory kit from Sax Arts and Crafts. It includes directions, chromadepth 3D glasses, and art prints.

This year I decided to resurrect that unit to the whole school. I introduced the science portion to my kids by introducing them to Isaac Newton. I told them about how he let a beam of light pass through a shade, into a dark room, through a glass prism, and out the other side came the colors of the rainbow - or ROY G BIV to the students. (I have the actual power point that I showed the kids, just send me an email and I will happily share it with you.)

The color theory principle we all know is that warm colors advance while cool colors recede. When wearing the 3D glasses -the color red, advanced the most- followed by orange, yellow, green, purple, then blue. We called it "popping" All I heard for two straight weeks was "It pops, it really pops."

I actually did this lesson with the entire school (275 K-5 kids). I purchased the chromadepth glasses from 3dglassesonline.com using the proceeds from our Artsonia account to pay for it.

The kids absolutely loved it. God love the Kinders who didn't really get it. They would put the glasses, look at me, and say, "Ms. McKinnon, you really Pop!"

Special note, regular 3d glasses will not work. They must be the chromadepth brand.

Hello, Join me on a look back at this past school year.





























Thanks for checking out my new blog. This past year was wonderful and the students at Planet Abacus Charter School in Philadelphia did an amazing job. I hope you enjoy thier work and come back in the fall for more lesson and ideas.