STEAM - Science, Technology, English, Art,

Math

Taking the Layered Look

Looking at StandardsInterpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) [RI.4.7]

Math

Science

ELA

Art

With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others [W.4.6].

Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using halves and fourths of an inch. whole numbers, halves, or quarters. [3-MD4]

Describe the interdependence of plants and animals; by identifying characteristics and body structures of organisms (SC4.5)

Apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real-world and mathematical problems. [4-MD3]

Produce two- and three-dimensional works of art with a variety of traditional and digital processes, materials, subject matter, and techniques.

Use technology tools to organize, interpret, and display data.Technology

APPLICATIONS FOR IPAD

Snapseed

Repix

Photo Shop

Pics Art

Photo Editor by

Aviary

Cam Wow

Educreations

My Brushes

Example

Looking by Analogy

Observing Closely

Applying Digital Processes

Lesson Progression

Look closely at crickets with loupes and Proscopes

Write Analogies (Kerry Ruef - Looking by Analogy)

Draw pictures

Take photographs

Use digital tools to create artwork with the pictures and poems.

Looking by Analogy

Cricket Snippets

Questions to Ask When Observing

What does it look like?

What does it remind me of?

Why is it like that?

If it looks like ___, how does it function?

If it reminds me of ___, might it function in the same way?

Observe Using Loupes

When looking at the cricket, write all the words and phrases you can think of associated with crickets.

Use your imagination to think of many and unusual words - Have fun!

Underline your favorite words.

Shhh...Shhh...

Share and Collaborate

Choose your favorite analogy or phrase to share

As you hear the ideas of classmates, write down a few more ideas

Cricket Snippet

Little brown cricket, what a funny sight

Singing noisily through the dark night

Serrated wings, screeching the melodious tunes

Sounding akin to harmonious flutes

Small hexagonal eyes like dark amber

Spindly legs dance, jump, and fairly clamber

Loupe Drawing

• Look at the specimen

• Draw what you see

• Look again…. and look often

Use List

• Develop your list into a poem.

• As you write, keep the loupe nearby

• Look at the cricket often

• Help your reader know the cricket

• When you are finished, draw your cricket (use loupe and look often).

http://www.rhymezone.com

Use Technology

• Using one of the iPad apps, create a synthesis of the lesson.

References

Reuf, K. (2003). The private eye: Looking/thinking by analogy. Lyle, WA: The Private Eye Project.