Lesson Two – Fish Shapes

This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to explain and model how to build and arrange layers of a papier mache material to mould the shape of a type of fish that lives in the sea.
The class can identify and describe the location and function of some of the different parts of a fish to support their sculpture production when making a matching model.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explain and model how to build and arrange layers of a papier mache material to mould the shape of a type of fish that lives in the sea
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe the functions of different parts of a fish used to move through the water and a template to select and use mouldable materials to produce the shape of a fish that lives in the sea when working with papier mache.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to build and arrange layers of papier mache to mould the shape of a fish that lives in the sea.
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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