More than half of students from low‑income households
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By enhancing my students' opportunity to explore with markers, I intend to introduce them to several ways that they can draw, paint, and recycle markers! Students have been sorting the working markers from the dried markers and soaking the dried ones in a cup with water. They have been seeing how the water pulls the remaining ink from the dried markers and then creates liquid watercolor. One student recommended that we put the watercolor into spray bottles and use it to paint with, which is exactly what I plan to do with them. I also want to add the colored water to squeeze bottles for my students to experiment with a variety of paint applications. After we create the liquid watercolor, the drained markers will be sent to Crayola's Colorcycle Program to be recycled.
This project will not only teach students how to stretch the use of the materials they already have but also how to use their materials in experimental new ways. Allowing students to use the "spray paint" made with markers will inspire students to think about ways that they can use other mediums in alternative ways to create experimental artwork. After we have sorted all of the markers in my art room, we have found out that most of them are dry and our supply of working markers is low. I hope to replenish our supply of working markers, as well as introduce them to paint pens so they can see the way they work differently. It will be an interesting experiment for the students to turn markers into watercolor paint, then compare that to paint that comes from pens. By showing students it is ok to experiment with our art materials, the opportunity for creative learning will be endless.
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By enhancing my students' opportunity to explore with markers, I intend to introduce them to several ways that they can draw, paint, and recycle markers! Students have been sorting the working markers from the dried markers and soaking the dried ones in a cup with water. They have been seeing how the water pulls the remaining ink from the dried markers and then creates liquid watercolor. One student recommended that we put the watercolor into spray bottles and use it to paint with, which is exactly what I plan to do with them. I also want to add the colored water to squeeze bottles for my students to experiment with a variety of paint applications. After we create the liquid watercolor, the drained markers will be sent to Crayola's Colorcycle Program to be recycled.
This project will not only teach students how to stretch the use of the materials they already have but also how to use their materials in experimental new ways. Allowing students to use the "spray paint" made with markers will inspire students to think about ways that they can use other mediums in alternative ways to create experimental artwork. After we have sorted all of the markers in my art room, we have found out that most of them are dry and our supply of working markers is low. I hope to replenish our supply of working markers, as well as introduce them to paint pens so they can see the way they work differently. It will be an interesting experiment for the students to turn markers into watercolor paint, then compare that to paint that comes from pens. By showing students it is ok to experiment with our art materials, the opportunity for creative learning will be endless.