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Fossils Tell of Earth’s Changes
What is new about this stage of this Lab:
Students use all they have learned about sculpting with clay to make a nal sculpture of their favorite dinosaur.
Students learn that sculptors add both realistic and non-realistic details to their sculptures, using a variety of materials. Students understand that artists often do this to make their sculptures more beautiful as well as to attract the eye of a viewer to speci c areas of their sculpture.
Teacher and students will need to collect a variety of found or recycled materials to add to the dinosaur sculptures. Examples include but are not limited to: buttons, pieces of tile, shells, cardboard, birdseed, colored stones, etc.
Teacher will need to provide 5 pounds of fresh clay for students to use in creating their nal sculptures.
Students use all of the tools in their Artist’s Toolbelt, the Dinosaur Sculpture Criteria List anchor chart, and peer feedback to complete a nal sculpture.
Habits of character:
Students are completing their nal sculpture during the Choice and Challenge stage. Many will feel they are “done” early in the process. Encourage students to push their craftsmanship further using details and all they know about the sculpting process. Using peer and teacher feedback, students may add more details or revise speci c aspects of their sculpture.
Logistics:
During the Choice and Challenge stage, students spend 20 minutes in their Choice and Challenge Lab and 20 minutes in the Imagine Lab.
Materials
Continued materials:
✓ Dinosaur sculpture model (from Extend stage; one for teacher modeling) ✓ Air-dry clay (new; one container to share)
✓ Cup of water (one to share)
✓ Skewers (several per student)
✓ Toothpicks (several per student) ✓ Plastic forks (several to share) ✓ Plastic knives (several to share)
Additional materials:
✓Assorted found or recycled materials (variety to share; used by students to add embellishments or details to dinosaur sculptures)
✓ Dinosaur Sculpture Criteria List anchor chart (new; co-created with students during Transitioning to the Choice and Challenge Stage)
✓ Pictures of dinosaurs (from Launch stage; several to share)
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Module 2:
Choice and Challenge Stage