Wind Designs

Background Information

Objectives

• Students will create windblown designs with art materials depicting four different ways the wind blows.
• Students will observe the differences of the art patterns between different blowing ways of the wind.

Materials

• 9" x 12" sheets of black construction paper
• straws
• diluted white paint in paint cups
• displayed list of different ways that wind blows

Procedures

1. Looking at the list of different ways that wind blows, the students have to choose four that they will imitate through the straw. At the bottom of the black construction paper, they will write -- "This is what...wind looks like." For example, from the list, the student may choose to create a strong wind or a gentle breeze or quick, short winds, etc.
2. The students will drop a few drops of diluted white paint in the center of their paper.
3. The students will aim their straw at the paint and blow into it to create the windblown design. If they wrote that they were going to make a strong wind, they will blow hard into the straw. The same procedures should be done for the other pages, changing how they blow into the straw according to the wind they chose.
4. As they are creating new designs and waiting for theirs to dry, students should compare the differences of the designs and of their groups' designs.
5. The papers should be left out to dry and then collected to put in their center folders.

Evaluation of Student Learning

1. Review the art pages the students have created and left in their folders. Have they chosen four different ways the wind blows? Does their windblown design reflect the kind of wind they should have blown in the straw?
2. Listen to students' conversations at their centers and the observations they share with their classmates. Do they comment on the differences of the designs and how they relate to the different type of wind they chose to blow?