6th Grade - Painting Chosen for Art Exhibit
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| "Out of the entire 6th grade, my artwork was chosen to be in an art exhibit!" |
Creativity Pays Off
By Pressley Baird
Wilmington Star-News - Sunday, February 3, 2013
All eyes are on the purple "Start Here" line marking the paper track covering the floor of Janice Williams' Wrightsville Beach Elementary School classroom. No one is talking – some may not even be breathing – as hands give gentle shoves to small-scale cars of all shapes and sizes.
The miniature NASCAR pit is part of the force and motion science lesson in this fifth-grade classroom. Williams' students – and their peers across the county – learn about what makes something move by building miniature cars and seeing how far they'll go. It takes a little bit of design, a little bit of construction and a lot of critical thinking.
The rules Williams gives her students are simple: Use K'Nex pieces – student Luke Roberts describes them as an "advanced version of Legos" – to create a car. Push it down a track. See if it will travel at least 100 centimeters.
And with that, they're off.
In one corner, Luke and classmates Trey Clucas and Lawrence Richard are creating an elaborate contraption. The vehicle has more than 50 parts layered onto it, including two just-for-looks miniature doors. Adding all the pieces, the trio hope, will make the car go far, but also straight. The trick, Trey said, is "to get it to the perfect weight."
Across the room, Mitchell Boehling, Jack Glockner, Tjaden Durham and Andrew Tronca have the same idea – far, but straight – with the opposite approach. Their car is simple and streamlined, with just a few connecting pieces holding together three wheels.
Those wheels are the subject of debate between Mitchell and Jack. Two have no tread on them, which Mitchell thinks will help with the car's gliding ability. Jack is not so sure.
"If this was full-scale, that would be a problem," he said, frowning at the model in his hand like a mini-engineer.
When it's time to race, cars from all nine teams of students – including the 50-part gizmo and the three-wheel wonder – pass the 100-centimeter mark. But the most successful design, going a whopping 480 centimeters, is also the most unique. With three tiers of wheels and a lightweight body, the winning car was built by Anjeli Smith and Caroline Warshaw.
The pair are grinning with giddiness over their work as they answer questions about their car-creating thought process. Asked if they have a future as car designers, Caroline doesn't rule it out.
"Possibly," she said with a smile.
"Flor del Espiritu Santo"
< - Caroline did this painting as part of a school project.More info from National House of Panama: "The national flower of Panama is a terrestrial orchid called "Flor del Espiritu Santo" or Holy Ghost Orchid in English. This species is found from Costa Rica down to Colombia and Ecuador.
September 27, 2012 Collage of Work
Caroline, I created this weblog as a gift to you, my talented and very perceptive granddaughter, on your 10th birthday - September 27, 2012. As a visual online record of some of your work, I hope this will inspire you to make the time for more study and practice.
I
have added several links in the sidebar. These exercises and
observations will make it easier for you to begin honing your drawing
skills; the more accurately you draw, the more your ability to paint
will grow.
I
know from personal experience, the more you practice, the more your
eyes will observe; hand and eye will remember and work better and better
together, as you see and record with more confidence.
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