Lesson Three – Sea Shapes
This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to practise identifying, describing and comparing some of the different shapes and patterns that can be seen on materials and objects found under the sea.
The class can explore how to create and model some repeating patterns of shapes to illustrate the matching sets of scales that are visible on fish living under the sea.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise identifying, describing and comparing some of the different shapes and patterns that can be seen on materials and objects found under the sea
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the different shapes and patterns that can be found under the sea and a template to select and record a repeating pattern of shapes that might be visible on the scales of a fish [enlarge to A3].
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and describe some of the different shapes and patterns that can be seen on materials and objects found under the sea.
This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to combine and shape a selection of different natural and art materials to produce artwork reflecting ideas and themes about 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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