4th Grade Snowflake paintings
This lesson comes from Leah Newton. Just click on the link to see the original idea.
We reviewed the term radial symmetry and discussed how snowflakes were created. Youtube has some great kid videos on how they are created.
I gave the 4th graders choices of colors. They glued an 8" x 8" , a 10" x 10" and a 12" x 12" together. On the 8" x 8" they folded it into fours and then drew a snowflake design. Using tempera paint they painted the snowflake with their choice of white, purple or blue (they could mix these as well). Students could also use a Q-tip to paint dots around their design as well.
If you want to see the video of me teaching it click on the link here
https://youtu.be/qWKOOtWfxAQ
This student decided to outline her snowflake with a black marker.
They had so much fun creating these!
