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Making fossils

Topics Year 4/5

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Objectives

Art

  • To improve their mastery of art and design techniques.

Science

  • To learn about light travelling in straight lines and casting shadows.

Lesson Planning

Make replica dinosaur and Ice Age fossils and experimental silhouettes.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To use art and design techniques to make replica fossils.
  • To experiment with ways of casting silhouettes.

Children will:

  • Use different techniques to make 3D artworks.
  • Try out making a silhouette.
  • Discuss the effects of light and shadow.

Provided Resources

  • Making Mammoth Tusks
  • Making Giant Deer Antlers
  • Making an Ammonite
  • An Example Silhouette

You Will Need

  • Craft materials
  • Clothes line
  • White sheet
  • Bright lamps

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