Lesson Six – Sea Shapes

This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to explain and model how to shape and combine different materials to make models of waves to create the background for a sculpture model of a fish that lives in the sea.
The class can identify and describe how to use the selected materials to create different patterns and textures to represent the sea when completing their sculpture models.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explain and model how to shape and combine different materials to make models of waves to create the background for a sculpture model of a fish that lives in the sea
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe shapes, colours and patterns that are visible in different sea states and a vocabulary word bank to select shapes and patterns to represent the sea to create the background for a sculpture model.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to use materials to make models of waves to create the background for a sculpture model.
This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to select, combine and shape different materials to design and produce layered sculptures representing fish that live in the sea. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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