Lesson overview Students appreciate and discuss an artwork by Eddie Puruntatameri. Students learn why butterflies are important, the role they play in ecosystems and what attracts them to a habitat. Students make their own cardboard sculpture of a butterfly. Lesson outcomes , , , , , , , Cross curriculum links (Knowledge and understanding) You will need image of ; images of some different ; images of ; sheets of A3 coloured cardboard and black card; pencils, glue, tape and scissors; fabric offcuts in bright colours and various textures, bottle lids, plasticine, pipe cleaners, sheets of foam packaging, wooden sticks, buttons, skewers, corks, wool, felt, raffia and feathers and long strips of cane about 1 2 meters long. – Activities Introduction Display an image of Bird and Butterfly on a smartboard or projector and discuss the artwork with the class. Talk about the ecological relationship being depicted in artwork. Ask the Puruntatameri’s class if they have ever seen a bird eating a butterfly, show the class a picture of a Rainbow . Talk about predator and prey relationships and the fact that while the bird eats the butterfly there will be another animal that relies on the bird as a source of food. This is known as food web. Talk about the colours of both the butterflies and the bird with students. Artmaking Each student will need a piece of coloured A3 cardboard and a pencil to start. Fold a landscape orientated piece of A3 coloured cardboard in half so it creates an A4 portrait card with a fold down the left side. Keeping the card folded, and starting from the left side, students draw the outline of one half of a butterfly or a bird. Encourage them to fill the page, with the widest point of the forewing, and tips of the lower wing, going all the way out to the edge of the page and the antennae or beak touching the top of the page.
Lesson overview Students appreciate and discuss an artwork by Eddie Puruntatameri. Students learn why butterflies are important, the role they play in ecosystems and what attracts them to a habitat. Students make their own cardboard sculpture of a butterfly. Lesson outcomes , , , , , , , Cross curriculum links (Knowledge and understanding) You will need image of ; images of some different ; images of ; sheets of A3 coloured cardboard and black card; pencils, glue, tape and scissors; fabric offcuts in bright colours and various textures, bottle lids, plasticine, pipe cleaners, sheets of foam packaging, wooden sticks, buttons, skewers, corks, wool, felt, raffia and feathers and long strips of cane about 1 – 2 meters long. Activities Introduction Display an image of Bird and Butterfly on a smartboard or projector and discuss the artwork with the class. Talk about the ecological relationship being depicted in Puruntatameri’s artwork. Ask the class if they have ever seen a bird eating a butterfly, show the class a picture of a Rainbow . Talk about predator and prey relationships and the fact that while the bird eats the butterfly there will be another animal that relies on the bird as a source of food. This is known as food web. Talk about the colours of both the butterflies and the bird with students. Artmaking Each student will need a piece of coloured A3 cardboard and a pencil to start. Fold a landscape orientated piece of A3 coloured cardboard in half so it creates an A4 portrait card with a fold down the left side. Keeping the card folded, and starting from the left side, students draw the outline of one half of a butterfly or a bird. Encourage them to fill the page, with the widest point of the forewing, and tips of the lower wing, going all the way out to the edge of the page and the antennae or beak touching the top of the page.
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