8th Media Arts: GarageBand

1. Complete the Research and Planning worksheet

• Vocabulary

2. Choose a found video to compose music for. It must be 1:30 minutes or longer.

3. Read directions and watch a demo video

4. GarageBand Manual

Example Video 

7th Media Arts: You Are What You Eat

Research and Planning Worksheet

Questions 1-5: Guiseppe Arcimboldo

Make a 5 Star Meal! Once you have, draw what is on your plate.

Go to FoodNMe.com and follow along on your worksheet

Make a practice food face!

Student Examples (click here or on image to zoom)

If you have extra time, try these nutrition games:

Or Explore Fit Teens, or Fit Kids
Nutrition for Kids

Search for copyright-free food photos

Videos

Work of Archimboldo

Sculpture inspired by Archimboldo

Till Nowak

Painting and Drawing: Minimalism

1. Watch presentation on Minimalist Art

2. "The Dot" Read together

3. Videos- Richard Serra, Susan Rothenberg

4. Design: Minimalist posters for children's books, Minimal TV show posters

5. Research "Minimalism" on your own using these websites: Moma website, MOCA Museum. Use MS Word to type a persuasive paragraph, trying to convince me that Minimalism is or isn't art.

6. Minimalist Animation1, Minimalism Animation 2

7. Sketch your ideas for a "minimalist" painting

8. Create a color mixing practice painting

7th and 8th Media Arts: WallWisher

Directions

1. First. you will need to be logged on to your Google account.

          - Go to heights.apps.isd13.org

          - Use the same log in as your computer log in

2. Then go to http://wallwisher.com/

3. Click on "Build A Wall"

4. Title it with your name

5. Add your question in the description. Make your question something creative. For example: "If you discovered a planet, what would you name it?" or "If you could travel to any city in the world, where would you go?" or "If you had to eat one thing everyday, what would it be?"

6. Click on "wallpaper" and choose a background

7. Click on privacy and change the settings to "anyone", if you need too.

8.  Click on "address" and select and copy the address

9. Now go to cagallery.blogspot.com

10. Find the post that says "wall wishers assignment" (first one)

11. Go to the bottom and "add a comment"

12. Paste your wall's address

13. Ask at least 10 people to visit your wall and answer your question