Leonardo Di Vinci Inventions 4th

Students learned about Leonardo Di Vinci and all of the inventions he kept in his sketchbook. He had flying inventions sketched out back in the 1500's! Students also made their own sketchbooks with many of their very own inventions. Below are some of the students favorite inventions from their sketchbook. You might notice that some of their words are backwards. Leonardo wrote his notes backwards so that it would be hard for people to read and steal his ideas.

Numbers into Pictures 3rd

Students started by numbering their artwork 1-8. Next they had to be creative and think of something different then anybody else in the room. The #2 was most difficult for the students to transform into a picture. Soon everyone had unique pictures which all started from the same 8 numbers.

Step 1 in Fall Printmaking

3rd and 4th grade

When fall comes leafs start changing colors, but why?! I was surprised to find out that the students already knew about photosynthesis. What surprised me more....one student knew that chloroplasts are what create the colors that we see in leafs.