I AM A QUOKKA - Sponge Painting

   This is going to be a long post as I am including everything needed to complete the artwork. I think the kids will love doing this as it uses only sponges, no paintbrushes, pieces of thick cardboard and black markers.
   If I were to do this with Kindy, Year 1 and Year 2 kiddlings, I think I would copy the line drawings of quokkas onto A3 watercolour paper as lesson prep and then they can just complete the artwork from there.
   The older kids, of course, would draw their own quokka onto watercolour paper using the Resource Images.
  I apologise for the poor quality of the sample artworks. I forgot to snap a pic before I laminated it and the image is affected by light reflections. Sorry.
   

STAGE 2: Years 3 and 4 - CROSS-CURRICULUM LINKS

Science Outcome
ST1-1WS-S, ST1-2DP-T, ST1-4LW-S, ST1-5LW-T

Content:
*compares features and characteristics of living and non-living things ST2-4LW-S
Survival of living things
describe how living things depend on each other and the environment to survive, (ACSSU073)


STAGE 2VISUAL ARTS OUTCOMES  - MAKING
  

VAS2.1
Represents the qualities of experiences and things that are interesting or beautiful by choosing among aspects of subject matter.

VAS2.2
Uses forms to suggest the qualities of subject matter.


STAGE 2 VISUAL ARTS OUTCOMES  – APPRECIATION

VAS2.3
Acknowledges that artists make artworks for different reasons and that various interpretations are possible.

VAS2.4
Identifies connections between subject matter in artworks and what they refer to, and appreciate the use of a particular technique.

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STAGE 3: Years 5 and 6 - CROSS-CURRICULUM LINKS

SCIENCE OUTCOMES

*ST3-4LW-S - examines how the environment affects the growth, survival and adaptation of living things

SCIENCE CONTENT

Key Inquiry Question
•  How do physical conditions affect the survival of living things?

Growth & survival of living things
describe how changing physical conditions in the environment affect the growth and survival of living things



STAGE 3 VISUAL ARTS OUTCOMES  - MAKING


VAS3.1
Investigates subject matter in an attempt to represent likenesses in the world.

VAS3.2
Makes artworks for different audiences, assembling materials in a variety of ways.


STAGE 3 VISUAL ARTS OUTCOMES  – APPRECIATION

VAS3.3
Acknowledges that audiences respond in different ways to artworks and that there are different opinions about the value of artworks.

VAS3.4
Communicates about the ways in which subject matter is represented in artworks.
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RESOURCE IMAGES





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