Table of Elements sites

8th graders-
Check these sites out if you need more info about your element.

http://www.emsb.qc.ca/laurenhill/science/table.html 

http://periodictable.com/index.html

Science and Art Collaboration

Tomorrow we'll be starting the design process of our giant Periodic Table of Elements. This project is a collaboration between 7th grade Science students and 8th grade Art students.  Below are the documents needed to begin our work.

First, here is a definition from BrainPop to refresh your memory about what the Periodic Table of Elements is. We'll be watching the BrainPop animation to review as well.

The periodic table of the elements is a list of all the known elements in the world. Every physical thing is made up of matter, and matter is made up of chemical elements. An element is a substance that contains only one kind of atom. Atoms with different numbers of protons in the nuclei behave differently. Elements in the periodic table are organized by the way they behave. The elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic number, which is equal to the number of protons in one atom’s nucleus.

To use the periodic table, you have to know what the numbers and letters stand for. The abbreviation in the center tells you which element you are looking at—each element has a different abbreviation, like H for hydrogen and Li for lithium. The number on top of the letters is the atomic number. If you look across the periodic table you will see that the elements go in order, each increasing by one proton!

Here is an example of a table. We'll be using a similar color code system in our ginormous example.

Here is Mrs. Feierabend's example of a 7th grade worksheet. You'll be seeing one of these in your Google email account soon.

Here is an example of the layout of your element pizza box. Reference this when you are gluing down your pieces.

8th grade color quiz

Click here for your color quiz!

For those students who have been absent...

Here is a photo of the still life you may have missed in class.

Moldy food or funky glaze?

Here is the first look of some our Pop Art Food Sculptures. The glaze might give the food a moldy look, but we love the effects of crystal glazes. Yum!

Original Mona Lisa- 8th graders READ

Original Mona Lisa- 8th graders READ

http://www.history.com/news/has-the-original-mona-lisa-been-found

8th graders- Take a look at this article (AKA read it) and respond to the posted questions in Edmodo.

8th graders- Mandala link

Here is the link for Mandala directions...

http://www.art-is-fun.com/how-to-draw-a-mandala.html

Creating radial balance on CDs

Symmetry and asymmetry are well-rehearsed concepts by 8th grade but radial balance is not. We looked at stained glass rose windows for design inspiration and began to create a radial design using an eight piece circle pattern. This pattern is transferred to a CD using carbon paper. Colored is added with Sharpies and sparkle will be applied with 8th-graders-favorite glitter glue.

Our new MN Art Standards display

Now if I could just find an oversized brush...

Pop art food sculptures

Following Andy Warhol and Wayne Thiebaud's lead, we created realistic clay sculptures of some of our favorite food. We are just now finishing up the building and we'll soon be firing and glazing these pieces. Various methods of hand-building were used to create these- coil, pinch pots and slab.