Submitted by: Alison Owens
Target Grade/ Subject: 8th Grade Art
Collaborators: Joy McDonald, ITRT
School: Hungary Creek Middle
Summary
Students use SketchUp to build a 3D museum that contains both their own work over the semester and the artists throughout history that inspired their work. This is the culminating project in a 5 class lesson plan that contains a variety of additional activities.
TIPC Ratings
This lesson falls solidly in the Developing level of the TIP Chart in Research and Information Fluency. Students research artists and use a variety of resources. Adding a focus on student question development, evaluating resources, and using multiple sources would increase the rating for this strand.
Students work in groups to create their three dimensional museum model using Sketchup. Communication within the classroom to create this model is aligned with the qualities of the Developing level of of Communication/Collaboration strand.
Scoring in the Ideal/Target level of the Critical Thinking strand of the TIP Chart, this lesson calls on students to combine their research, art skills, and technology skills into designing a real-world project. The questions involved in designing a 3D building to display art brings into play a number of open ended questions.
This project scores solidly in the Approaching level of the Creativity strand of the TIP Chart. It has students apply their existing knowledge to create products. If the students collaborated with an outside audience this strand would move into the ideal category. That could be done by inviting conversations with outside experts or working with other students from outside their classroom.
