Hello,
I can't remember what grade Stacie teaches, but
figured this idea could be used with almost any
grade....
If you are looking for a quick activity with includes
drawing, but may engage the students, and does not
take much in the way of supplies, what about
"thaumatropes"? (Basically you have a disk on a stick
with two different pictures - one on each side, like a
bird on one side, and a cage on the othe - when the
item is spun between your hands the two objects merge
visually!) The kids love it! My grade 9s were just
fasinated when I took out the file folder to remind
myself how to spell 'thaumatropes' - they all said 'do
we get to make those?!'....and they are in the middle
of painting canopic jars right now!
http://www.osv.org/kids/crafts7.htm (this one shows
how to build a simple one using the string method -
although I find the kids have better luck with a
stick.)
As for sticks - I used sections of wire coat hangers,
although bamboo skewers work also....(and those are
available at dollar stores!)
