Project Title: Create your own planet
Description: Students create a planet then hang it up
Author: Francesca
Grade level or Target Age Range: preschool to middle school
Historical Art Examples or References: Planets
Vocabulary: Design
Materials: paper plates, markers, yarn, hole puncher
Anticipatory Set: Discussion on planets
Demo/Directions:
- Decorate your planet using markers
- Hole punch the paper plate
- Put yarn through hole to hang it up
Discussion: Life applications; how the lesson might apply to non-art related experiences or other types of knowledge.
- Where are the planets
- How many planets are there in our solar system