creating cultural activity

oval is an after-school visual art program designed to
complement students' education with creativity sessions

math ~ students will use geometric shapes, pattern recognition,
fractions, and grids to make cartoons, chalk art, sculptures

and musical instruments ~ paint murals ~ write books

~ measure for solar systems.

music ~ students will create percussion instruments from

household items that are often thrown away ~
each class will began with music and dance.

science ~ students will learn about the earth, sky, ocean,

chemistry, and ecology to make chalk, murals, sculptures,
musical instruments, grow plants, recycle trash, and write books.

culmination of the programs
art exhibition ~ chalk art festival ~ murals

oval intro

~ we will discover how math, science, music, and visual art work together ~

 descubriremos cómo math, science, music, and visual art trabajan juntos

~ we depend on each other and we must work together ~

que dependen de cada uno de los otros y debemos trabajar juntos

~ ferns unfold  into infinite patterns ~

los helechos desplegar en infinitas modalidades

~ look how the repeated shapes make patterns ~

mira como las formas repetidas hacen patrones

~ with a pencil on paper we will draw a fractal ~ teddy bear ~

con un lápiz sobre papel, dibujar un fractal ~ osito de peluche ~

~ we will make books, musical instruments, murals, and sculptures ~

vamos a hacer los libros, instrumentos musicales, murales, y esculturas

~ we will recycle trash, save seeds and grow plants ~

vamos a reciclar basura, guardar semillas y cultivar plantas

~ to take home and share with our families and our neighbors ~

para llevar a casa y compartir con nuestras familias y nuestros vecinos

~ we will paint murals and have art exhibits and chalk art festivals

at school and in the neighborhood ~

vamos a pintar murales, exposiciones de arte y festivales de arte tiza

en la escuela y en el barrio

celestial homemade music

Percussion instruments have been used for 1,000's of years ~

for communication, celebration, ceremony, and enjoyment.

Instrumentos de percusión se han utilizado para 1.000 de años ~

para la comunicación, celebración, ceremonia, y disfrute.

~ save plastic bottles to make our musical instruments ~

guardar botellas de plástico por insturments musical

~ we will make rattles and shakers and decorate them with tape ~
haremos sonajeros y maracas y decorar con cinta

~ gives us the opportunity to use rulers and introduces fractions ~
nos da la oportunidad de utilizar los gobernantes y introduce fracciones

~ sound waves are made by energy, movement, and vibration ~

las ondas sonoras son hechas por energía, movimiento y vibración

physics-of-sound/all-music-comes-from-vibrations

~ we use our energy and movement with percussion instruments ~
usamos nuestra energía y movimiento, con instrumentos de percusión

~ my grandfather wore this arrowhead patch on his ww1 uniform ~ 

mi abuelo llevaba este parche punta de flecha en su uniforme ww1
drum and drumsticks ~ tambor y palos tambor

first americans dance

line drawing creates patterns

4 colors for 4 students ~ each draw grid and/or line

4 students + 2 colors each ~ color areas ~ add handprints

kolams ~ plotting points in the cartesian plane

kolam : simple to elaborate design based math systems

combining algebra and geometry with sidewalk chalk art ~ students will
become familiar using grids, pattern recognition, lines to make shapes, and

math terminology ~ plot points on a cartesian plane ~  trace puntos en

un avión cartesiano

a big kolam drawn with chalk on canvas in klyde warren park downtown
each time we will create a more challenging kolam in preparation for a
year end chalk art festival

tipi

7 bamboo poles, canvas cover, and 2 cushioned drawing mats

spread wide with flaps open our tipi is shelter from the sun 

our chalk, water, and other supplies stay cool inside the tipi

tipi is decorated with spirals, peas, insects, and other imagery

rope and shoe strings tie poles together