Learning about Sea Shells

Today we talked about what we achieved over the last few classes. We made the connection that we have created fish and an aquarium for the fish to live in. Next we reviewed the different plants in the sea. We then discussed that we were going to add sea shells to our aquarium back drops. We then looked at slides of various shells and talked about the different shapes and lines we saw in them. We pointed out horizontal and vertical lines and geometrical shapes. Doing this, the students really understood how to go about drawing the shells. Once we finished talking about the slides, I passed out trays of diverse shells to so the students could feel the textures!! We talked about the rough and smooth shells. All the students were really excited to fully engage and touch the shells.

The students made beautiful shells on their practice sheets and next class we will be putting them onto their aquarium floor collage.