Virginia Symbols

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The Task:

Students will use Microsoft Paint to go from an outline of an Artic Animal to a 3D animal.

The Process:

This project will be done in three parts:

Part 1: Students will select a symbol of Virginia from the following list:

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Symbols of Virginia

1.  state bird-cardinal

2.  state flower-American dogwood

3.  state dog-American fox hound

4.  state boat-Chesapeake Bay deadrise

5.  state dance-square dance

6.  state insect-tiger swallowtail butterfly

7.  state fish-brook trout

8.  state shell-oyster

9.  state fossil-Chesapecten jeffersonius

10.                    state beverage-milk

11.                    state bat-Virginia Big Eared Bat

12.                    Great Seal of the Commonwealth

13.                    State flag

14.                    State tree: flowering dogwood

15.                    Booker T. Washington

16.                    Thomas Jefferson

17.                    Natural Bridge

18.                    Mt. Vernon

19.                    George Washington

20.                    Patrick Henry

21.                    Richmond

22.                    James Monroe

23.                    state flag

24.                    state tree-flowering dogwood

When you get your symbol, you will then draw you symbol using Microsoft Paint. On to Part 2

 

Part 2: In the library, students will use the Information Management System to create a set of questions and answer regarding their  symbol.

Part 3: Students will take their outline to Mrs. Lee, Art Teacher, and by using different textured materials, turn your flat symbol into a 3D picture!

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Part 3: Students will take their outline to Mrs. Lee, Art Teacher, and by using different textured materials, turn your flat animal into a 3D picture!

When you are done, we will display them in the library! Do a great job!

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