6th Gr. OP Art- Optical Illusions

Students learned about the art movement that started in the 1960’s called Op Art.  Op Art is a style that uses geometric forms (shapes) and color contrast (opposite colors) to create the illusion of movement or 3-D space.  The students practiced making many optical illusions and selected their favorite design for their final artwork.  They did a wonderful job using creativity, good balance, composition, and craftsmanship in their artworks. 

Some students made OP Art cubes!

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6th Grade Clay Sandwich Boxes

Students were Very creative with this project where they made a sandwich of some kind and gave it a personality.  Also, the top buns come off to expose a secret box in the middle! 

cat burger with treats inside!

cowboy burger

mudpie burger!

afraid burger

breakfast burger

SMORE!

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Great work 6th grade!

8th Gr. Stop Motion Animation Videos

Stop Motion Animation Videos

For this project, students worked in groups to create a Stop Motion Video, which is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence.  Students came up with their own original ideas for the videos, created props, took hundreds of pictures, put them into Keynote and edited the videos, adding music and sound effects.  They did an amazing job with this, check them out!!

"Human Skateboard"

"Somewhere Under The Rainbow"

"Gummy Bear Space"

"Anger Management Chorus"

"Doing It Wrong"

AWESOME JOB 8TH GRADE!