What is happening in 7th and 8th grade art class.

If you have a son or daughter in 7th or 8th grade this is what we have worked on in the first unit. Students learned how to design and sketch out models in google sketchup, and created a 3-D rendering of a lidded vessel.  The objectives were to make a lidded vessel that fit together in both form and function.  The students 3-D renderings are now being printed.

7th grade standards met. 

VA:Cr1.1.7a: Apply methods to overcome creative blocks.

VA:Pr4.1.7a: Compare and contrast how technologies have changed the way artwork is preserved, presented, and experienced. 8th Grade Standards met. VA:Cr1.1.8a: Document early stages of the creative process visually and/or verbally in traditional or new media. VA:Cr2.1.8a: Demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of art-making or designing. The process of printing the projects.