What animal can you create with a handprint? (Science integration lesson)

This fun art lesson is designed to pair with a science lesson about animals and their habitats. There are so many different animals that can be made out of a handprint if you use your imagination!

Description:

For a warmup activity students will trace their hand with a crayon. They will then put on their thinking caps to create an animal out of their handprint that matches the color they chose. Students will think - pair - share with a partner about the animal they designed.

After the warmup activity students will think about an animal they would like to paint using their handprint; it could be the same animal or a different one. They will also include three elements from the animals habitat and write three facts about their animal to attach to the painting (this is the science integration.)

I love this project, and it is a great example of how art can be included with other core subjects.

Full lesson:

Class presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15eR2vz136dPakdmkpzrEQDYJa6Sc76kPLu4cOlyFZfw/edit?usp=sharing

Lesson plan: plan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Ui8tU4Rgvi5FdNE2gSzlP3ikNj9ZcJeRPUbXnas6Pk/edit?usp=sharing

Rubric:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12LZD3YvJoHbvLjAYhF-Qws-KGO2Hn7yy/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114930066162753577485&rtpof=true&sd=true

Extension:

An extension activity that would fit well with this project would be to create handprint animals to fit with a Dr. Seuss unit for English Language Arts. Students could create handprint animals after reading "If I Ran the Zoo" and then write a rhyming sentence to go with their animal.

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