Movement

Skateboard Symmetry

We all have lessons we revisit each year due to the high level of student success and excitement. One such lesson for me is a collage skateboard deck project that focuses on symmetry, space, color value, and positive/negative shapes. For this experiment, my fifth-graders look at works by not one, but three amazing contemporary artists: Eva Zeisel, Patrick Hruby, and Shepard Fairey.

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