Merging Art with Reading, Math and Science

Just a little background information for all: I taught reading, math and science (among other subjects) to kindergarten through fifth grade for 31 years.  My dream job of being an art teacher came through four years ago.  So if you are good at math you can figure out that I have been teaching for 35 years.  31+4=35.  We can turn that into a word problem but I am here to focus on merging math, reading and science with art. 

A lesson I taught a FAEA Conference this year focused on merging math with art.  The math standards covered are lines, angles, measurement and radial symmetry. Art standards: line, value, radial symmetry, complimentary color and blending.

Optical Illusions: Day 1 & 2 

MATERIALS

• White paper (measure and cut into a square) 5" x 5" works the best.
• pencil
• ruler
• black sharpie or black marker
• color markers

Finished optical illusion using only black and white

HINT: if you place your pencil where your first two lines intersect and then line your ruler up next to your pencil and then draw the line you'll be able to have the lines intersect at the same point easier.

 Draw 6 lines that all intersect at the same point.

Next step will be to add alternating curved lines between each section.

Final step is to color the sections. 

Students can choose black and white or complementary colors.


Complementary colors:

Complementary Colors
red & green
blue & orange
yellow & purple

When you finish your work put it on instagram with the hashtag
#scarbrougheaselart