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Geometry
+2 Age Levels Primary (5 to 8 years old), Elementary (9 to 12 years old)
For younger students, play an "I Spy" or sorting game with sculpture images. Attributes to look for:
- Geometric shapes/forms
- Biomorphic shapes/forms
- Inside/outside sculptures
- Sculptures that resemble animals or people
- Sculptures that don't resemble anything
- Big/little sculptures - explain how you decided this (scale in relation to its surroundings)…
Abstract Sculpture
- Created by:
- Jean-Marie Galing
- Date Published
- March 10, 2017
- Last Modified
- November 08, 2021
- Description
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For younger students, play an "I Spy" or sorting game with sculpture images. Attributes to look for:
- Geometric shapes/forms
- Biomorphic shapes/forms
- Inside/outside sculptures
- Sculptures that resemble animals or people
- Sculptures that don't resemble anything
- Big/little sculptures - explain how you decided this (scale in relation to its surroundings)
With older students, challenge them to construct a definition of abstraction based on what they observe in the sculptures.
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