Salt Dough Recipe: 2 cups flour, 1 cup salt, 1 cup hot water. Mix till consistency of bread or pizza dough. Make your creation. Let dry until hardened (it takes a few days). Paint.
Looming on the monitor screen was a shot of a huge, shifting sand dune in the Sahara desert. "What kind of land form is that?" "DESERT!" was the loud reply. "How many have been to Sleeping Bear Dunes? (Hands shoot up) Did you know that the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes are slowly burying the parking lot? What might cause that?" "WINDSTORM! RAIN!" Wonderfully engaged after my Power point, we jumped into our art project for a culminating science activity - mixing and building salt dough land forms. What a great way to complete this earth science unit! Second graders studied everything from how mountains and hills are formed, to learning about the desert, how valleys and canyons are formed, plains, peninsulas, rivers, lakes, island, and even volcanoes. The culminating lesson takes place each year in the art room. Many hands measured then squished and mixed the sticky salt dough. As soon as their hands got sticky, the students could barely contain their excitement! Next they pinched and formed the dough into mountains, islands and curving rivers. By the end of an hour, each child had created their own land forms. After a week of drying, we painted them using tempera paint. Now THAT was hands-on, fun science!
Salt Dough Recipe: 2 cups flour, 1 cup salt, 1 cup hot water. Mix till consistency of bread or pizza dough. Make your creation. Let dry until hardened (it takes a few days). Paint.
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AuthorMy name is Mrs. Krupa and I'm an elementary art teacher at Oxbow Elementary. I'm a professional harpist turned art teacher of 20 years. I'll share art lessons and ideas on these pages, what works and doesn't. Enjoy! Categories
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