The fifth grade focus age group will be taking a deep dive into various water topics. This process will give them great comprehension of how artists brainstorm, research, sketch, edit ideas, and design in order to participate in the art process. Students will see first hand that art making is not just placing lines, colors, shapes, and art materials together; it is a deep reflection process and response process to something else. Students will see that their water composition is connecting to something deeper than what is present on the page. This S.T.E.A.M water art unit is an introductory art unit revealing the design art process so students will see through their own trial and errors that rarely is art created for no intended purpose.
I want to close this unit with friendship. I want students to gain a relationship or friendship with water and I want to students to be safe around the water in the summer. In 2017 my son’s 10-year-old friend had an incident with a culvert drain due to a whirlpool. I want students to be mindful that in the summer we all need to be very wise around water because secret whirlpools can pop up out of the blue especially summer storms when undertow can exist too. I want students to feel the beauty in water everywhere while also knowing to be safe around water as well.
