Supplies:
- Crayola Broad Line Markers
- Crayola Paint Brushes
- Crayola White Glue
- Crayola Glue Sticks
- Crayola Scissors
- Toothpicks
- Water Containers
- Plastic Container Lids for Palettes
- Paper Towels
Steps:
1
- Draw marker ink on a plastic lid.
- Dip the paintbrush in water.
- Don't get it too wet.
- Pick up the marker ink with the wet paintbrush.
- Paint different patterns and colours on each face of the tetrahedron.
2
- Carefully cut out each painted net.
3
- Glue the net together.
- Use a toothpick to apply pressure from inside the net by gently placing it into a vertex and pushing the outside edge against the toothpick.
- Make at least 6 tetrahedrons.
4
- Start gluing your tiny tetrahedrons together to make a stable, balanced sculpture.
- Put a small amount of Crayola Washable Glue on the end of a tetrahedron and hold it in place for a few seconds until it sticks.
- Look at your sculpture from all directions to see how the spaces and shapes move your eye around and through the whole piece.
- Make sure it can stand on its own.
5
- Give your sculpture a title.
- Write the title on a card and place it with the sculpture.
- Place all the sculptures on a table so they are part of the group, but still have their own space.
Subjects:
Language Arts,
Mathematics,
Science,
Visual Arts
Grades:
Grade 3,
Grade 4,
Grade 5,
Grade 6,
Grade 7,
Grade 8
