Project 05
Title:
Mood Rings
Curricular connections:
Technology, Art/Design, Social Studies, Language Arts, etc
Synopsis:
Use art and computer media to develop oral expression and body language decoding skills.
Key Questions:
What are moods? How are moods different than physical states (hot, cold, hungry)?
Can you tell how someone is feeling by looking carefully at them?
What are some key elements that help us determine someone’s mood?
Materials:
Text resources, Digital Camera, Computer, Art materials (paper, pencils, markers, paints)
Activities:
Discuss key questions with class.
Each student will then draw/paint a ring of images which convey a variety of moods.
Each student will create a slide show of digital images (HyperStudio is great for this!)
Each student alters the digital images to enhance the depiction of the mood presented.
Each student uses computer software to record voice in mood story file.
Present increasing variety of mood vocabulary words to students at beginning and end of class.
End with discussion and oral presentations.
Each student shows their HyperStudio stack; each asks class to decode mood of each image.
Variations:
Import a scanned picture into the computer project instead of a digital picture.
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