This was a presentation made for K-5th grade teachers on how to teach math and science concepts through a special art exhibit at the High Museum in Atlanta.

1. ATLANTA HIGH MUSEUM OF ART
PICASSO TO WARHOL: TWELVE
MODERN MASTERS
Summer Teacher Institute
June 14 to 16, 2011
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2. OUTLINE
 Introductions
 Objectives
 Activity Modules
 Primary Colors and Shapes In Art
 The Life of a Butterfly
 Numbers and More
 Additional Activities
 Closing

3. INTRODUCTIONS
Duane Rollins
 3rd Year Masters Student, Georgia Tech
 Major: Industrial Design
 Focus: Mass Customization Principles in the Do-It-
Yourself (DIY) Consumer Market
Zakiya Seymour
• 3rd Year Doctoral Student, Georgia Tech
• Major: Environmental Engineering
• Focus: Household Sanitation Demand in Developing
Countries

4. OBJECTIVES
From “STEM” to “STEAM”…
Incorporating Art into Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics
Our Objectives
 Demonstrate ways to utilize the High as a teaching aid
 Present background materials about upcoming exhibits at
the High
 Practice science- and math-based activities to take back
to the classroom

5. ACTIVITY MODULES
Activities
 3 Main Modules
 Primary Colors and Shapes In Art
 The Life of a Butterfly
 Numbers and More
 Several Supplemental Modules
With each activity, we will discuss its purpose,
applicable standards, and background artist and
artwork information

6. ACTIVITY MODULE :
PRIMARY COLORS AND SHAPES IN
ART

7. ACTIVITY MODULE:
PRIMARY COLORS AND SHAPES IN ART
Purpose
- Use visual skills and hands-on activities to understand color and
shape
Applicable Standards
Kindergarten to Third Grade: Students will use the ideas of system,
model, change, and scale in exploring scientific and technological
matters.
 Describe changes in size, weight, color, or movement, and note which of their other
qualities remains the same. (SKCS4, S1CS4, S2CS4, S3CS4)
Kindergarten to Third Grade: Students will be able to communicate
scientific ideas and activities clearly
 Describe and compare things in terms of number, shape, texture, size, weight,
color, and motion. (SKCS5, S1CS5, S2CS5, S3CS5)

8. ACTIVITY MODULE :
PRIMARY COLORS AND SHAPES IN ART
Background
Henry Matisse is a famous French artist born in
1869. He is known for his mastery of color and is
considered to be the founding leader of the Fauvist
movement.
Other Fun Facts
 His parents owned a flower shop.
 He briefly studied law in Paris and worked as a
court administrator.
 Matisse and Picasso considered themselves to be
both friends and rivals.
Source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Matisse

9. ACTIVITY MODULE :
PRIMARY COLORS AND SHAPES IN ART
Background
Andy Warhol is an iconic American born artist known for
his silk screening of famous celebrities including Marilyn
Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and Elvis Presley.
Other Fun Facts
 His actual birth year is unknown.
 He is the original “Prince of Pop.”
 He affectionately called his studio “The Factory.”
 His birth name is Andrew Warhola.
 He obtained a degree in commercial art from what is
now known as Carnegie Mellon University.
Source: http://www.worldcollectorsnet.com/magazine/issue31/iss31p6.html

10. ACTIVITY MODULE :
PRIMARY COLORS AND SHAPES IN ART
Background
Piet Mondrain is a Dutch painter born in 1872. He is
known as a leader in the de Stijl movement. His most
famous piece is called Composition II in Red, Blue, and
Yellow (1930).
Other Fun Facts
 The White Stripes, an American rock band, entitled
their second studio album “De Stijl” as a tribute to the
movement.
 “After 1919, he only painted in horizontal and vertical
lines and used only the primary colors of red, yellow,
and blue.”
 To date, a “successful” forgery of a Mondrain painting
has not been created.
Sources: http://www.thearttribune.com, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian;
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1651&page=1&sole=y&collab=y&attr=y&sort=de
fault&tabview=bio

11. ACTIVITY MODULE :
PRIMARY COLORS AND SHAPES IN ART
Activities
 Water Jelly Crystals (Hands On)
 Connect the Dots (Worksheet)
 Color by Numbers (Worksheet)

12. ACTIVITY MODULE :
PRIMARY COLORS AND SHAPES IN ART
Materials Needed
 Water Jelly Crystals
 Water Jelly Crystals (Classroom Set)
 http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/product/1428
 Water Pitcher
 Connect the Dots (Worksheet)
 Color by Numbers (Worksheet)

13. COLOR WHEEL OF MIXING COLORS
http://www.sugarcraft.com/catalog/coloring/colorwheel.jpeg

14. ACTIVITY MODULE:
THE LIFE OF A BUTTERFLY

15. ACTIVITY MODULE:
THE LIFE OF A BUTTERFLY
Purpose
- Use visual skills and hands-on activities to understand living/non-
living organisms and the life cycles of animals
Applicable Standards
Kindergarten: Students will sort living organisms and non-living
materials into groups by observable physical attributes. (SKL1);
Students will investigate different types of motion (straight, zigzag).
(SKP2.)
First Grade: Students will investigate the characteristics and basic
needs of plants and animals. (S1L1)
Second Grade: Students will investigate the life cycles of different
living organisms. (S2L1)
Third Grade: Students will investigate the habitats of different
organisms and the dependence of organisms on their habitat.
(S3L1)

16. ACTIVITY MODULE:
THE LIFE OF A BUTTERFLY
Background
Alexander Calder is an American sculptor born in 1898
and is most famous for being the inventor of the mobile.
Other Fun Facts
 His father and grandfather were both sculptors.
 His grandfather is famous for sculpting the William
Penn statute on top of Philadelphia's City Hall Tower.
 His mother was a professional portrait painter.
 He obtained an engineering degree from the Stevens
Institute of Technology.
Source: http://www.calder.org/life/page/biography.html

17. ACTIVITY MODULE:
THE LIFE OF A BUTTERFLY
Activities
 Video of The Butterfly Lifecycle (~4 minutes each)
 http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-
pets-kids/bugs-kids/butterflies-kids.html
 http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=124222
 Contour Drawing of a Caterpillar (Hands-On)
 Butterfly Wire Art (Hands-On)
 Balancing Butterfly (Hands-On)
 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/butterfly/balancer/
 Butterfly Math Activity (Worksheet)
 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/activities/
mathcolor/Bflymathcolor.shtml

18. ACTIVITY MODULE:
THE LIFE OF A BUTTERFLY
Materials Needed
 Video of The Butterfly Lifecycle
 Internet Access
 Contour Drawing of a Caterpillar
 Pencils
 Paper
 Butterfly Wire Art
 Aluminum Gage (Hobby) Wire (can get at Home Depot)
 Pliers to cut wire (or good scissors )
 Balancing Butterfly
 A piece of paper
 Thin cardboard (like from a cereal box)
 Scissors
 Pencil
 Markers, crayons, or paint
 Tape
 2 pennies for each butterfly
 Optional: a small lump of clay and a small stick
 Butterfly Math Activity (Worksheet)

19. ACTIVITY MODULE:
NUMBERS AND MORE

20. ACTIVITY MODULE:
NUMBERS AND MORE
Purpose
- Use visual skills and hands-on activities to understand numerals
Applicable Standards
Kindergarten: Students will connect numerals to the quantities they
represent. (MKN1)
First Grade: Students will estimate, model, compare, order, and
represent whole numbers up to 100. (M1N1)
Second Grade: Students will use multiple representations of numbers
to connect symbols to quantities. (M2N1)
Third Grade: Students will further develop their understanding of whole
numbers and decimals and ways of representing them. (M3N1)

21. ACTIVITY MODULE:
NUMBERS AND MORE
Background
Jasper Johns is a famous American painter and
printmaker born in Augusta, GA in 1931. His most
famous work is Flag (1954), a painting he did after he
had a dream of the American flag.
Other Fun Facts
 He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on
February 11, 2011.
 He is ranked as the 23rd most valuable artist by Skate’s
with his collection being valued at $132 million.
 He served time in the US Army during the Korean War.
Source: http://www.jasper-johns.com/ http://www.skatepress.com/_index.php?cat=28 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/john/hd_john.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/arts/design/03voge.html?ref=arts

22. ACTIVITY MODULE:
NUMBERS AND MORE
Activities
 Embossing Overalls (Hands-On)
 Fractions In Art (Worksheet)
 Find the Numbers (Worksheet)
 Abstract Numbers (Hands-On)
 http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2008/09/abstract-
numbers.html

23. ACTIVITY MODULE:
NUMBERS AND MORE
Materials Needed
 Embossing Overalls (Hands-On)
 Heavy Grade Aluminum Foil
 Scissors
 Glue
 Construction Paper
 Fractions In Art (Worksheet)
 Find the Numbers (Worksheet)
 Abstract Numbers (Hands-On)
 Paper
 Ruler (or just a straight edge)
 Crayons or markers

24. SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITIES

25. SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITIES
 Activity: Drawing Lines, Planes, and Perspective
 Activity: Casting Shadows
 Activity: Design Packaging
 Activity: Comparison

26. ACTIVITY: DRAWING LINES, PLANES, AND
PERSPECTIVE
APPLICABLE GEORGIA STANDARDS
Kindergarten
 MKG1. Students will correctly name simple two and three-dimensional figures, and
recognize them in the environment.
First Grade
 M1G1. Students will study and create various two and three-dimensional figures and
identify basic figures (squares, circles, triangles, and rectangles) within them.
Second Grade
 M2G1. Students will describe and classify plane figures (triangles, square, rectangle,
trapezoid, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, and irregular polygonal shapes) according
to the number of sides and vertices and the sizes of angles (right angle, obtuse, acute).
 M2G2. Students will describe and classify solid geometric figures (prisms, pyramids,
cylinders, cones, and spheres) according to such things as the number of edges and
vertices and the number and shape of faces and angles.
Third Grade
 M3G1. Students will further develop their understanding of geometric figures by drawing
them. They will also state and explain their properties

27. ACTIVITY: DRAWING LINES, PLANES, AND
PERSPECTIVE
 Discuss de Chirico’s
and Picasso’s work
 Illustrate perspective
used to create depth
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ft
p/client_ftp/ks1/art/perspective/index.htm

28. ACTIVITY: CASTING SHADOWS
APPLICABLE GEORGIA STANDARDS
Kindergarten
 General Characteristics of Math and Science
First Grade
 S1P1. Students will investigate light and sound.
Second Grade
 S2E2. Students will investigate the position of sun and moon to show patterns
throughout the year.
Third Grade
 General Characteristics of Math and Science

29. ACTIVITY: CASTING SHADOWS
 Discuss de Chirico’s
and Brancusi’s work.
 Have students
individually go to a
separate (and possibly
less lit) part of the
classroom and trace
their portrait’s shadow
 Show how to cast
shadows on geometric
objects
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_im
ages/lesson1016/shadow.pdf

30. ACTIVITY: DESIGN PACKAGING
APPLICABLE GEORGIA STANDARDS
Kindergarten
 SKCS4. Students will use the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring
scientific and technological matters.
 SKP1. Students will describe objects in terms of the materials they are made of and their
physical properties.
First Grade
 S1CS4. Students will use the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring
scientific and technological matters.
Second Grade
 S2CS4. Students will use the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring
scientific and technological matters.
Third Grade
 S3CS4. Students will use ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring
scientific and technological matters.
 M3M3. Students will understand and measure the perimeter of geometric figures.

31. ACTIVITY: DESIGN PACKAGING
 Look at Andy Warhol’s
work and have students
build and design
packaging for a product
http://www.freecraftdownloads.co.uk/paper/
d/18505-1/sq_box_template.jpg

32. ACTIVITY: COMPARISON
APPLICABLE GEORGIA STANDARDS
Kindergarten
 MKM1. Students will group objects according to common properties such as
longer/shorter, more/less, taller/shorter, and heavier/lighter.
 SKP1. Students will describe objects in terms of the materials they are made
of and their physical properties.
First Grade
 M1M1. Students will compare and/or order the length, height, weight, or
capacity of two or more objects by using direct comparison or a nonstandard
unit.
Second Grade
 M2M1. Students will know the standard units of inch, foot, yard, and metric
units of centimeter and meter and measure length to the nearest inch or
centimeter.
Third Grade
 General Characteristics of Math and Science

33. ACTIVITY: COMPARISON
 Look at Brancusi’s work;
compare and order
objects based upon
length, capacity, height,
and weight.

34. This document has been made possible by the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Permission to copy for educational purposes is granted and no portion may be
reproduced for sale or profit.