DOCUMENT RESUME SO 025 612 ED 390 752 Gamble, Harriet; Gamble, David AUTHOR A Relief Sculpture of Dinosaur Bones for Elementary TITLE Students. Amaco Lesson #5. Dig This! American Art Clay Co., Inc. Indianapolis, IN. INSTITUTION PUB DATE [94] 5p.; For other lessons in this series, see SO 025 NOTE 610-614. American Art Clay Co., Inc., 4717 W. 16th St., AVAILABLE FROM Indianapolis, IN 46222. Teaching Guides (For Classroom Use PUB TYPE Guides Teacher) (052) MFOI/PC01 Plus Postage. EDRS PRICE *Art Activities; *Art Education; Ceramics; DESCRIPTORS *Dinosaurs; Elementary Education; Interdisciplinary Approach; Sculpture ABSTRACT This lesson resource focuses on the interdisciplinary study of dinosaurs and provides insight into the work of paleontologists. The plan includes lesson goals and objectives; background preparation; a glossary of terms; a list of supplies; optional supplies; and instructions and suggestions for lesson implementation. Supplies needed include a commercially available low fire clay and a kiln. Follow-up ideas encourage lesson extension. (MM) ***************************************************A*********** cc Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made cc from the original document. 1.: *i:*****:,,**************************************************** 4111{4COR PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS Lesson #5 MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY 1 DIG THIS! TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES A Relief Sculpture of Dinosaur Bones INFORMATION CENTER 1ERICI U S OEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION for Elementary Students h and ,,Leoven,e^' )M,, e F.nocAroNAl RI SOURCES INF ORMAT 'ON CENTER IFRC, th,s 10, urn,Ant has tWen ,a/Akthn P,I The study of dinosaurs continues to be one of the most AS organIzal.. n 11,P engaging activities for elementary students. Because of ony.nal ^A.!. tsePn ,natIo 1. their fascination with these extinct creatures, most stu rpvtochn hon .-..._.... dents absorb a remarkable wealth of knowledge Staled .r..h.s V.hnIS .4 nes. p541,, 4 about dinosaurs by the time they leave elemental?, school Many classroom teachers have often won. dered why students ore able, with apparent ease, to identify almost every dinosaur that ever lived and recall incredible amounts of information about these crei tures, but shuggle to remember the current week's list of Telling words Why not capitalize on this extraordi Iry interest and create on exciting and Wry unusual expehence that allows the students lo be the ii exFrerts? In this lesson, students will create a large rellei ulpture from low fire clay, They will develop on understanding and appreciation for an important art form, expand their knowledge of dinosaurs and the time in which they lived, participate in an exciting engaging interdisciplinary hands-on experience, and provide their school with a lasting educational tool is a lesson which will make a lasting I hist" "Dic.) impression, lust as its subject matter has always d(.)ne AVARAN BEST COPY Glossary: view of dinosaurs and the age in which Lesson Goals these enormous creatures lived. Dinosaurs and Objectives: were the most successful animals to walk on Archeology t.)e scientific study of extinct - planet, dominating the earth for ap- thir peoples througl; seletal remains, fossils, proximately 120 million years. Discuss the Students will create lowfire ceramic and objects of !Tinian workmanship 1 work of archeologists and paleontologists ,iel sculptures of dinosaur bones and what makes them different. Introduce Bisque - clay that has been fired once at a students to the different dinosaur periods The lesson will incorporate art history. 2 low temperature; unglazed, fired pieces of cretaceous, jurassic, and triassic. Show aesthetics and (.ritic..ism with a hands on clay. Also is used as a verb. drawings and photographs of different di- activity. nosours. Ask students to share the resources Ceramics- the art of making objects of clay and information they have with the class. The lesson, with the cooperation of the 3 which are hardened by firing at a high Discuss with students how the dinosaurs classroom teachers, will also focus on the temperature in a kiln. became extinct, how they fell, and how their inter-disciplinary study of dinosaurs and pro. bones have been preserved to be found vide incite into the work of paleontologists Dig - on archeological or paleontological millions of years later. excavation. Present an historical overview of von- a term used in ceramics, to heat the 3 Fire ous types of sculpture. Explain to students clay in a kiln at a yery high temperature until the different materials used: stone, br onze it is dry and hard and becomes pottery. Provide students with a wood, clay, etc furnace that reaches very - an oven or Kiln simple explanation of how the great mas- high temperatures 120000 to 2300) and is ters created the world's most famous sculp- used far drying, firing, and glazing ceramic tures. Show students examples of classical ware. Greek and Roman sculptures and sculp- tures by Michelangelo, Bernini, Rodin, De- Paleontology - a science that deals with gas, and Segal past geological periods and is based on the Explain that most sculptures are cre- stu'ly of fossil remains of plants and animals 4. ated in the round or are freestanding and Paleontologist - a scientist who has spe- completely finished on all sides Another cialized in paleontology. category of sculpture is called relief sculp- Background ture, sculpture that is meant to be viewed Relief-Carving, molding, modeling, or stamp- and Preparation: from one side only. Relief sculptures have ing in which the design projects from the three-dimensional depth, but they do not background surface. The degree that the occupy space independently. Most often relief projects from the surface can vary A This project involved the review of they decorate walls or other architectural 1. bas-relief (low relief) does not project very dinosaurs by a fifth grade class and the forms. There are two types of relief sculp- far, like the surface of a coin An haut-relief ture, low relief (sometimes called by the creation of a 6 foot by 9 foot relief sculpture (high relief) projects more boldly from the of the bones of a Stegosaurus. The work French name bas-relief) and high relief (haut- surface, giving the relief a much more sculp- was coordinated with the second grade relief, in French). A low relief projects very tural or three-dimensional appearance teachers in order to correlate with a com slightly from the surface, like the images on prehensive dinosaur unit they teach. When a coin. A high relief sculpture projects more Sculptor - a type of artist who creates the sculpture was completed, it was laid out boldly from the background. Examples of sculptures and buried in a sand pit in the schisol's famous relief sculptures are the walls of outdoor laboratory classroom. During the Sculpture - a work of art that is meant to be Egyptian tombs and Lorenzo Ghiberti's fa second grade's study of dinosaurs, they mous bronze doors for the Baptistry of the viewed from more than one side; a work of went on a "dig" and discovered and dug Florence Cathedral. art that is three-dimensional. It can be carved up the bones. With the help of the fifth in stone or wood, or modeled from clay or Explain the differences between two 5 grade students, the bones were laid out in plaster, or cast in metai. and three-dimension in art. Explain that a the correct positions, recreating the relief painting is two-dimensional and that a sculp Template - a pattern or guide. sculpture of the Stegosaurus is three-dimensional because it has ture Texture - the characteristics of the surface of is meant to be viewed depth, because it The art teacher in association with the 2. something that we can see or feel. from more than one side. classroom teacher should present an over 2 the fabric out necessary amounts of clay on Instructions: Three-dimensional - A work of art that is 1" to a thickness of approximately 7.1" to meant to be viewed from more than one side, having the dimension of depth as well lay a template on clay and, using a 7 If a relief sculpture of only one dinosaur as width and height 1 needle tool, cut around the template Peel work is to be made, decide which one will off template best for the group In this case, Stegosaurus Lot is _at _ wor_ o. art Two-dimensional- A Fl teachers was chosen because classroom and viewed from the front, like a painting; pencils, and assorted Using fingers, 8 and fifth grade artists all agreed that the having the dimension cif width and height tools, create texture, ridges, grooves, and large bony plates along its back makes it only notches in the bones for a realistic effect. recognizable dino- one of the most easily be readily iden- saurs and would therefore Incise with pencil or needle tool the 9 tified by the second grade "paleontolo- number and group name of the bone on the gists. back Supplies: Using a good line drawing of the skel- 2. 10 toy paper template gently back on cloy eton of the dinosaur as a guide, students bone and place bone on racks or in cabinet should work together to draw an enlarged Assorted resource materials on dinosaurs to dry including skeletal drawings or photo- skeleton on butcher paper The Stegosau- foot paper rus Was drawn on a 6 foot by 9 graphs Continue process (instructions o 10) for 11 Butcher paper each bone in dinosaur skeleton This enlarged drawing should be traced 3. Pencils that two drawings are or copied exactly so Newspaper (to protect tables and desks) 12. After all bones are completely dry, peel available. The first drawing will be cut up to Fabric on which to work (old sheets) templates off (and save), and bisque fire second drawing will use as templates; the Assorted AMACO ceramic tools bones once to cone 05 be the pattern guide on which the students AMACC01 Terra Cotta Clay #77M with will be able to lay out the fired bones. #45 )43N) 1 3. When bones are fired, match templates grog, Cone 06-5 (Catalog to bones and lay bones out in their appropri- ate positions on first drawing. Optional Supplies: Rolling pins Each bone of both drawings should be 4 ;"4 categorized by group (ribs, neck bones, front legs, back upper tail, lower tail, plates, Rib, legs, head, etc.) and numbered, i.e. # 1 Front #1 Plate, #2 Plate,.....; # 1 #2 Leg, #2 Front Leg, ...; and so on Cut out bones of one drawing to use as 5. templates. Using AMACO° #77M Terra Cotta 6 clay with grog, students should pound or roll Li 3 . Additional Suggestions: AMACO'' Terra Cotta Clay #77M 1 has ()firing range of Cone 06-5. The higher this clay body is fired the darker the clay will become F or a more chocolate color, fire to Cone 5 If you wish the bones to be white, use 2 AMACO' White Sculpture Clay No 27M wth grog if you want students to create free- 3 this lesson can be standing sculptures adapted to allow students to sculpt models of dinosaur skulls and other assorted dino- saur bones If making such a large relief sculpture 4 would present problems. divide students into small groups to make smaller models !3 Save the bones and the lay out draw- 3 The results would be an feet by 3 feet) ng to use for "digs' with upcoming classes. assortment of smaller relief sculptures in- stead of one very large sculpture. Working with the classroom teachers, 4 have students do research on a particular If an outdoor sand pit is not availabie 5 dinosaur, the work of archeologists or pale- at your school, a box can be built for the ontologists, or the age., of dinosaurs. Stu- classroom and filled with sand to provide a dents can prepare ana present reports on simlar "dig" experience for the younger their research complete with drawings, students. charts, and maps. Follow up ideas: Either before, during, or after this les- 1. that son, arrange a trip to the local museum features dinosaurs. After the "dig" is completed, arranged 2. with the school's administration to hang the dinosaur relief sculpture(s) permanently on a wall in the school Robbins, art teacher. Examples of ceramic sculptures are by art students from Van Buren Elementary School, Plainfield, Indiana, Susan Successful lessons will be considered for future This is one lesson in a series of art plans for elementary and secondary programs using American Art Clay Co., Inc. products. publication. Send your ideas and slides to David Gamble, Nahonal Marketing Director, American Art Clay Co., Inc. fl WO. (317) 244.6871 (800) 374 600 Indianapolis, Indiana 46222 4717 West Sixteenth Street Mexican Art Clay Co., Inc. 5 ) DVAteioq).