Monday, May 1, 2017

March 2017 - Flying Machines

Kindergarten and 1st Grade

Project Title: Flying Machines

Description:
  • K-1 students were read Leonardo and the Flying Boy by Laurence Anholt as inspiration for creating their own flying machines.  Handouts were also provided showing gears and cranks to fuel the imagination.  Students then used colored pencils to develop their flying machines.

Vocabulary: 
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • flying machines
  • gears
  • pulleys
  • levers

Resources:

  • Leonardo and the Flying Boy  by Laurence Anholt 
  • Extraordinary Machines by Claire de Moulor

Materials:
  • white colored pencils
  • black Bristol board
  • colored pencils and sticks

Examples of Student Artwork:









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